Jeff Merlet

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Must read and apply: "TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors"

Nothing really new here, but still a good reminder for architects and development teams. And nice to see this being pushed to CS curriculums.

Via http://www.sans.org/top25errors/#s4

Tagged Developer Development Programming Security Software Tutorial architecture

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Liked "22 Extremely Well Written Icon Design Tutorials | Web Design Ledger"

In this post there are 22 well written tutorials that will teach you techniques for designing your own icons using various tools such as Illustrator and Photoshop.

via webdesignledger.com

Tagged Design Graphic Icon Resources Technique Tutorial Web Design

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Liked this simple but complete tutorial on making a Twitter-like service using a key-value DB

This is a good tutorial for people just learning on how to use a key-value store instead of a usual relational database. And this tutorial is great as demonstrating a fully working Web 2.0 service, including security. It is based on the new key-value store http://code.google.com/p/redis/ a non-volatile memcached-like store written in ANSI-C for Posix systems.

Tagged Database Development Distributed Key-Value Key-Value Store Persistence Programming Store Tutorial Twitter

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Useful for the non web design savvy out there: "Web Design Industry Jargon: Glossary and Resources"

There are specialized terms referring to all sorts of aspects of web design. For someone just getting started in web design, or someone looking to have a site designed, all the technical jargon can be overwhelming. Especially the acronyms.

via smashingmagazine.com

Tagged Beginner Glossary Graphic Guide Tutorial Web Web Design