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My name is Rob Cherny and I'm a professional Web Developer with 13 years of experience creating Web sites and Web-based applications. This site is where I write about my work, and random other things...

Web Development

CMS Application Development with Web Standards

Brief discussion related to an article I published at NavigationArts, called CMS Application Development with Web Standards.

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Nov 20, 10:32 AM in Web Development (filed under CMSContent-Management, Web-Standards)

Presentation: Adapting to Web Standards in the Enterprise

If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area on May 22nd, I’m giving a talk at the NavigationArts, LLC, offices on Web Standards. The title is “Adapting to Web Standards in the Enterprise”, loosely taken from the book that I helped write called Adapting to Web Standards.

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May 12, 10:24 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, NavigationArts)

Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites

Hey, so I helped write a book. About Web Standards, CSS, and Ajax, and a few other things. I think it’s pretty cool. And it’s out now.

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Dec 31, 01:51 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, Reviews)

W3C HTML Working Group Updates and Questionnaire

Will there be a new Doctype Switch for Web authors to Opt-In to an even more standards compatible browser rendering mode? What’s going on with the HTML Working Group and are they adopting the WHAT Working Groups work to date? (*updated*)

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May 10, 11:32 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, Elsewhere)

Article: Business Case For Web Standards-based Development

I wrote an article published over at NavigationArts on the business reasons behind adopting Web standards-based development techniques. Not ground breaking stuff by any means, but it considers software and the business drivers. Check it out.

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Mar 29, 10:41 PM in Web Development (filed under NavigationArts, Web-Standards)

An Event Apart Boston 2007 Recap

My quick recap of the Boston 2007 An Event Apart. Speaker highlights and overall impressions are there. Oh, wait, all the speakers were highlights …

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Mar 29, 10:16 PM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, Reviews)

Ian Hickson on XHTML5, and Links to Google Authoring Stats

Notes on an Ian Hickson interview and interesting stats pulled on Web pages’ construction by a Google study. Read all about it!

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Mar 2, 11:26 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards)

Super Busy, but Going to An Event Apart Boston 2007

Real busy so content may be weak over the next few weeks. Also, going to An Event Apart. Read all about it.

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Feb 21, 02:15 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards)

WHATWG New Help Mailing List

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Feb 4, 03:01 PM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, XHTML)

(X)HTML 5 and the WHATWG Against XHTML Served as HTML

A discussion on the new specs being created by the WHATWG on (X)HTML 5 and the fact that they will no longer allow XHTML served as text/html. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it's not. (Now with comments from Ian Hickson to clear some things up.)

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Jan 25, 11:49 AM in Web Development (filed under Web-Standards, XHTML)