JavaScript Workshop » Web stuff

The most extensible of all browsers is Firefox, which now has over 1,000 extensions. These are almost all cross-platform, so they work on Macs and Linux machines as well as Windows. They include debugging consoles, syntax validators, cookie manipulators, accessibility tools, manuals, and measurement tools. Add to that extensions that can rewrite the pages and stylesheets you’re using and suddenly Firefox becomes by far the most developer-friendly of all the browsers available.

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Last month I attended my first web conference, Refresh06 in sunny Orlando Florida.  It was the first of its kind for the area and organized by the Refresh Cities community.  The three day conference had some big names in the web design community such as Andy Budd, Cameron Moll, Jeremy Keith and more.

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Microsoft will be releasing Expression Studio, a set of web-design and graphics software that will try to compete with tools from Adobe. These products are Graphic Designer Expression Design, Interactive Designer Expression Blend, Expression Web and Expression Media

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There are a lot of ways to learn a computer topic --- buy a book(s), attend a user group or workshop, do online research or bug a friend to teach you. But for the past couple years a new way has emerged as an easy and inexpensive alternative; online learning --- training videos or online classes.

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Published by a UK magazine giving you ideas of what to look out for in 2006.

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The concept of Web 2.0 was first started by Tim O'Reilly, which has many definitions, but basically means the evolution of web thinking through buisness and technical development. This new 'generation' of web thinking has spurred new interest in web conferences, here's a brief rundown of past and upcoming ones:

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As we start this workshop, I have mentioned that you can use any text or web editor to create your JavaScript code. So if you already have Adobe Dreamweaver or another similar type tool, go ahead and keep using it. If you do not and you are cheap (like me) then you probably want something that is free.

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