December 1st – 24th has become an especially rewarding time for web developer geeks.

I believe “24 Ways” was the first, starting up in 2005, but several more have popped up in other areas such as PHP, HTML5, and performance. Check in on each of the links below, once a day til the end of the advent season for useful web related tips, tutorials, and inspirations!

http://24ways.org/ — The original, and covers a wide range of web related topics – 6 years running!

http://html5advent.com/ – new this year, a visual treat with links to some fun HTML5 examples

http://phpadvent.org/ – PHP, a server side language

http://calendar.perfplanet.com/2010/ – web technology performance tips

If you know of any that I haven’t listed, please leave a comment.

Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

One of the best presents a web developer can receive thru-out the year has arrived in December each of the last four years. 

If you have been a web developer during that span, you most likely are already aware, but just in case, I will share with you:

2008 24 Ways

Each year, a new web themed tip is posted each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, in a fun holiday themed format. These tips are individual gems, all coming from internet industry super-stars and difference makers.

So do yourself a favor this holiday season and grab your laptop, another glass of eggnog, and head over to 24 Ways and bask in the generously shared ideas and knowledge.

Happy Holidays to All from AmpedWebStandards.com!

Web developers need to have a tons of languages and syntaxes in their short term memories – HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Microformats, Regular Expressions – its a lot to know and remember.

When I studied for big exams in college, my favorite technique was to create an all encompassing one-page sheet with everything I needed to know for that exam. The act of creating that page was the process of reviewing for the exam, and then I had something to refer to right up until exam time, aid in the memorization.

As web developers trying to keep up with all of the technologies in our toolbox – we need all the help when can get. Dave Child has put together a thorough and impressive set of “cheat sheets” that I highly recommend.

Head on over to Dave’s site addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets to download the ones you need. Print and pin them up next to your monitor for the next time you can’t remember the syntax for the various box model attributes in CSS. If you find them useful, don’t forget to get Dave something from his Amazon wish list as a way to say thanks.