This site is in pre-alpha, please bear with us. Thank you.
technews.am is a new community for breaking news across the technology sector. We are still in Alpha, so please bear with us.

JavaScript MVC

A List Apart  Aug 18 09

As JavaScript takes center stage in our web applications, we need to produce ever more modular code. MVC (Model-View-Controller) may hold the key. MVC is a design pattern that breaks an application into three parts: the data (Model), the presentation of that data to the user (View), and the actions taken on any user interaction (Controller). Discover how MVC can make the JavaScript that powers your web applications more reusable and easier to maintain. Full story...

More stories from a list apart »

The Problem with Passwords

A List Apart  11 hours ago

Abandoning password masking as Jakob Nielsen suggests could present serious problems, including undermining a user’s trust by failing to meet a basic expectation.

Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part II

A List Apart  Jan 26 10

In Part II, dig deeper into the technology behind using SVG for your site design. Explore how to incorporate SVG in a cross-browser friendly manner, including using SVGWeb to ensure that the SVG shows in Internet Explorer.

Using SVG For Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part I

A List Apart  Jan 26 10

Many of us think of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an also-ran: fine for charts and tables, but not much else.

The Survey, 2009

A List Apart  Dec 15 09

For the third year in a row, good citizens of the web, we ask that you take a few minutes to tell us about your professional skills, educational background, career prospects, job benefits, and more.

Letting Go of John Hancock

A List Apart  Dec 08 09

Because clients expect everything to be faster, better, and simpler, web professionals must take an instant, foolproof, paperless, modern approach to how clients approve proposals and sign contracts.

The Content Strategist as Digital Curator

A List Apart  Dec 08 09

As the digital landscape becomes increasingly complex, and as businesses become ever more comfortable using the web to bring their product and audience closer, the techniques and principles of museum curatorship can inform how we create online experiences—particularly when we approach content.

Real Web Type in Real Web Context

A List Apart  Nov 17 09

Web fonts are here. Now that browsers support real fonts in web pages and we can license complete typefaces for such use, it's time to think pragmatically about how to use real fonts in our web projects.

On Web Typography

A List Apart  Nov 17 09

Until now, chances are that if we dropped text onto a web page in a system font at a reasonable size, it was legible.

Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients

A List Apart  Nov 03 09

It's hard for clients to understand the true value of user experience research. As much as you'd like to tell your clients to go read The Elements of User Experience and call you back when they’re done, that won’t cut it in a professional services environment.

You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners

A List Apart  Nov 03 09

"Content-rich" is not enough. Most websites are not learner-friendly. As an industry, we haven’t done our best to make our content-rich websites suitable for learning and exploration.



Most read today »

Most read this week »

What's New on TechNews.AM