As a web developer or web designer, you have to mindful of who your audience is when you are putting up a new web site or web application.

Back in the 1990’s when I started, you had to consider which web browser but you were pretty safe to assume that people would be visiting your website on a desktop computer and 95% of the time, it was Windows.

… Things have changed and will continue to change.

Check out what a well known hedge fund analyst is saying – Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners told CNBC:

The explosion of mobile platforms, particularly iOS and Android, means that Windows will account for less than 50% of all Internet-connected devices in 2011.

Now that doesn’t mean 50% of the people visiting your site will be using iOS or Android … at least not yet. But it does speak of a powerful trend that will not stop. That trend is toward smartphones, tablets and the death of the desktop. Since Windows on the smartphone and tablet is a non-starter, I think as a web application developers, we have to see Android and iOS as being the future.

What does that mean for PHP developers?

I think PHP programmers are going to have understand the new front end … the mobile device. As such, PHP’rs are really going to have to get into the client-side technologies because they have an impact how we write PHP code. I’m thinking:

- HTML 5
- CSS 3
- Javascript
- JSON
- Jquery

… You better understand how these technologies work with PHP if you want a job (or contracts) as a PHP programmer.

Stefan Mischook
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Hey Nerds!

This just out: Android Market Share Doubles, iOS Drops In Q3

Android’s share of the worldwide smartphone market was 52.3% for Q3, double what it was a year ago, according to fresh data from Gartner. Apple’s iOS dropped on a year over year basis to 15% market share for Q3.

The culprit for Apple’s drop? The iPhone 4, of course. People were waiting for the iPhone 5, or as it turned out, the iPhone 4S.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/android-market-share-2011-11#ixzz1dmzpfS6Y

I’m no Android fan-boy and I happen to like Apple products a lot – I think the the Mac Air is the greatest computer ever made. But as a practical web designer and web programmer, you have to be mindful of what’s going on in the real world. It is clear that Android is and will be the dominate player.

So web designers and developers (programmers) have to learn HTML 5 and CSS 3 since they both run fine on Android and iOS.

Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com

Stefan Mischook
www.killerphp.com

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

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One of the mistakes web developers make is to spend too much time perfecting the code base in a project. This waste too much time and ignores one very important fact: you need to get the software into the users hands as quickly as possible, so they can give you feedback.

… Most end users/clients have very little idea what they really want before they actually use the software. Once they do get their hands on it, they will be able to give you much more accurate feedback in terms of what the software should do ultimately.

In the following vblog I address this issue, framing it in the ‘good enough’ principle of application development:

Stefan Mischook.
www.killerphp.com