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Free: German HTML5 Cheat Sheet (via Google Translate)

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/02/01

While speaking at the German BASTA 2011 Fall conference, I noticed a German HTML 5 Cheat Sheet.

I recently found out that a PDF and XPS of that sheet is available.

Here is the English translation of the German download page (I did some editing on the Google Translate result):

Free: HTML5 Cheat Sheet

Know-how | 06/27/2011

MSDN Germany has put on line a cheat sheet with the most important new HTML5 tags and attributes. The handy two-page information informs web developers about how to use the audio, video and canvas element through JavaScript, what CSS3, and geolocation can provide you with and how websites with “Pinned Sites” can become even more useful. Simply download the free PDF (2.17 MB) or XPS file (601 KB), print it, and place it next to your keyboard!

Note that the PDF and XPS are German, but very handy even though your German is not perfect.

–jeroen

via: Google Translate.

Posted in Development, HTML, HTML5, Software Development, Web Development | Leave a Comment »

Stack Overflow ebooks

Posted by jpluimers on 2011/02/10

Greg Hewgill published a bunch Stack Overflow ebooks and StackExchange stats.
His readme explains a bit more on the books.
The blog he maintains makes up for some nice reading too.
Be sure to read the blog entry on the ebooks.

–jeroen

via Stack Overflow ebooks.

Posted in *nix, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, Database Development, Delphi, Delphi for PHP, Development, HTML, HTML5, Java, Pingback, Power User, RegEx, Scripting, SocialMedia, Software Development, SQL, SQL Server, Stackoverflow, XML/XSD | Leave a Comment »

Formatted sourcecode in WordPress: uses SyntaxHighlighter 3.0; complete list of supported languages

Posted by jpluimers on 2011/01/18

In the past I wrote a few blog posts on posting sourcecode in WordPress.

Nick Hodges‘ last Flotsam and Jetsam blog post pointed me to the SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript that is used by WordPress and many other engines/sites.

Their site contains an even more elaborate list of supported languages.

I had the basic list right in my last post, but was missing all the aliases (which often are easier than the longer proper names).

This is the new table adapted from their list: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in .NET, Batch-Files, C#, CSS, Database Development, Delphi, Delphi for PHP, Development, HTML, HTML5, Java, PowerShell, RegEx, Scripting, SQL, VBS, Web Development, WordPress, XML, XML/XSD, XSD | 5 Comments »

Microsoft: IE9 also favours HTML5 over Flash (IEBlog : HTML5 Video)

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/04

Last week, I blogged that we should move away from Flash to HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, commenting on Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash post announcing support for HTML5 including video playback of H.264 encoded video.

In the mean time, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team announced that in IE9 they are going to support HTML5 and that H.264 will be the only supported video encoding standard.

There is a truckload of hardware that supports H.264 decoding acceleration.

So  the movement is from a plethora of video encoding standards into one broadly accepted H.264 standard.
When you look at the combination of support in HTML5/H.264 for all the major browsers, only FireFox has not announced support. This is probably because H.264 is not a free (as in beer) standard: commercial use requires payment. But  – if I read the H.264 article right – content that is free for end users requires no royalties to be paid.

This combined hardware and software support means that there is a pretty strong backing for H.264!

–jeroen

Reference: IEBlog : HTML5 Video.

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Thoughts on Flash – we should use HTML5, CSS and JavaScript in stead

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/30

Steve Jobs just posted his Thoughts on Flash.

Let me add another thought: I hate flash apps.

Flash should go, and we all should go for HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.

The primary reason I dislike Flash is similar to this quote from Steve Jobs’ post: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in CSS, Development, HTML, HTML5, Software Development, Web Development | 2 Comments »

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