Web Development Tools I can’t do without

Found in Channel : Code Lab, Random Talks, Web Development — Damilare @ 9:46 am 1 Comment »

There are five web development tools I live by everyday and night. They are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, ColorZilla, PHP Designer and Adobe Fireworks. Good news is they are all free except the last two (there are open source alternatives).

Firebug

I’d say firebug is the most exciting of them all, making JavaScript debugging a lot easier. Firebug is a Mozilla Addon that explains the CSS, XHTML and JavaScript components on a web page.

Firebug is developed by Joe Hewitt of facebook. Read more on firebug on getfirebug.com

Web Developer Toolbar

Web Developer toolbar is a useful toolbar developed by Chris Pederick. WDT adds a menu to the firefox browser that gives you access to various tools like page Ruler to measure any dimension on your page, image information, edit any website’s XHTML and preview changes instantly, view style information and edit CSS files, and much more.

See more information on Web Development Toolbar on Chrispederick.com

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Efiko Identity: We are Efikos not geeks nor are we nerds

Found in Channel : Random Talks — Damilare @ 5:22 pm 3 Comments »

(Me, debugging a bug-ridden web application used for Hotel reservation in Hell Fire)

As a new knowledge-oriented renaissance crops up among Nigerian youths, we need to draw a line between who a nerd, a geek and an Efiko is. Nerds are basically people of rare intelligence above average. Geeks on the other hand, are people deeply rooted and a specific field, notably Computer Science. However one thing geeks and nerds have in common is there social reclusiveness, or as perceived by the ‘normal’ people.

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I am disappointed in Peace Hotels (Omole, Lagos)

Found in Channel : Business Talks, Random Talks — Damilare @ 1:32 pm 2 Comments »

I had a one week break from work life last week, so I decided to spend it wisely. Initially I headed for Abeokuta (the Rock City) in Ogun State, Nigeria, so I could enjoy the serene environment.

I hadn’t spend 48 hours in Abeokua when Lanre (Pyranet), a friend from Lagos State University (Festac Campus) gave me a call. I had to go back to Lagos. Our bid have been approved to deploy an e-learning cum library application for the school’s intranet. Money or Fun? I had to choose one.

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The re-birth of my Virtual Corner!

Found in Channel : Random Talks — Damilare @ 6:17 am No Comments »

This is my virtual corner. I am Damilare, my friends call me Dami for short. I am a Web Developer and SEO with an half degree in Philosophy.

The net journey dates back to 2002. I started with Freeservers.com, then I was running one of .xx.com sub domains. Blogging was not as common as it is now, and perhaps the likes of Blogger, Typepad, WordPresss were still the in minds of their creators. What we had was web pages, not personal journals like today’s blogs. We would create about 7 pages, and probably an image gallery..ah yes, plus a guestbook for our visitors.

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