Posts in ‘Development’

Formula for Styling Web Forms

04/29/2010

Web forms are ubiquitous, and in my line of work I find myself building plenty of them, each time from scratch. That’s why I’ve recently put together a little style sheet to serve as a starting point for styling my HTML forms that includes the selectors and styles I find myself using most often. Take [...]

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Software for Web Development

04/05/2010

For the most part, I design and develop on Mac OS X and Unix. I thought I might give out a few tips on building your own arsenal of Mac software for Web development.
Apache HTTP Server 2
As noted in a previous post, I use Apache, which comes bundled with Mac OS X, to develop [...]

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Virtual Hosts in Apache

09/16/2009

I usually find it convenient to develop my websites and Web applications locally before pushing them to the production server. Mac OS X conveniently comes with the Apache Web server pre-installed. In fact, all you really need to do to start using it is to check the “Web Sharing” checkbox in System Preferences… > Sharing. [...]

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