Here is a nice presentation form NetTuts as they try to build a iPhone App, of a service called Appcelerator which allows developers to build native desktop and mobile (iPhone in my case) apps using the web technologies that we already know, like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, Ruby and PHP! This is a alternative to Abobe AIR but it’s also supports mobile platforms. I recommend this platform for anyone who doesn’t have Objective-C experience.

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Cameron Moll introduced “The Highly Extensible CSS Interface”, a four-part series of how-to’s and savvy conversation. The phrase “highly extensible” is in reference to designing and coding interfaces that are flexible enough to adapt in ways the designer or developer may not foresee when handing off coded templates, while still retaining the overall aesthetic integrity of the layout.

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Zend Framework is an open-source PHP framework with a flexible, use-at-will architecture that lets you easily build modern web applications and web services. Zend Framework (or ZF) is often referred to as a “component library” because it has many components that can be used more or less independently to help build your web application. However, Zend Framework also provides a core MVC implementation that you may use to provide basic “best practices” structure to your web applications.

This QuickStart will guide you through the implementation of a simple blog application with a common page layout to demonstrate some of the advanced features of Zend Framework along with the Zend_Controller, Zend_View, Zend_Layout, Zend_Form, and Zend_Db components.

In my opinion I think that ZF it’s good, it has a lot of advanced features but I’m still a CakePHP fan, for its simplicity and rapid development.

Open the ZF Quickstart 1.5

The WebWallDesigners write a really useful summary of jQuery essentials. In case you don’t know about jQuery, it is a “write less, do more” Javascript library. It has many Ajax and Javascript features that allow you to enhance user experience and semantic coding.

You can check also my Flickr menu, that is build also on jQuery.

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I have start my menu from “Flickr like horizontal menu” and I improved it because it has a bug in the css. You can’t add more menu items on a line.This horizontal menu that I want to show is used also by many well know websites as Facebook, LinkedIn and Flickr.

I made a very nice, simple and useful menu, developed with jQuery. If we can use js framewords why not, jQuery it’s very easy to use for traversing the DOM. The menu can be very easy implement with Prototype, MooTools or basic javascript functions.

I’m open for comments and suggestion so please add your comment.

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Update – 22.11.2008 – If you want to use the menu with MooTools there is … MooFlickrMenu … enjoy it!