Web Dev Acronyms and Quotes

Dennis — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:47:58 +0000

Here are some Acronyms and Quotes that definitely worth reading!

On future of Ajax:: “Ajax is the frames of web 2.0″; How true; Ajax is overused and many times not used correctly.
Jeremy Keith in Hijax presentation:: “Plan for Ajax from the start; Implement Ajax at the end”; Great advice. Go read his book, Bulletproof Ajax.
D.R.Y.: “Don’t Repeat Yourself”; Meaning don’t rewrite and duplicate code. Great idea, especially for larger sites.
i18n: “Internationalization”; Cute, isn’t it? Comes from “i” + 18 letters + “n”.
X.H.R: “xmlHttpRequest”
P.O.S.H.: “Plain Old Semantic HTML”; My favorite!
A quote about friendly web development:: “Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.”; Be responsible with your code.
A quote about using Macs:: “Once you go Mac, you never go back.”; Is that not P.C.? Ha ha.
A.H.A.H.: “Asynchronous HTML and HTTP”; Becoming a much more relevant term; there are other often-used alternatives to the X in Ajax (XML).

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