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Create an iPhone Alert Message

By Ecommerce Developer (Jonah Werre) on Friday, October 22, 2010

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If you own any of the Apple mobile devices, you've likely come across an alert asking you to join a network or telling you that you can't do something for some reason or another.

In this short tutorial, we'll explore the alert view for the iPhone, so that you can develop your own alerts with UIAlertView.

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iPhone Memory Management

By Ecommerce Developer (Jonah Werre) on Friday, August 27, 2010

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iPhone application development can be very different from creating applications that will run on servers with lots of storage.

iPhone 4, as an example, packs a whopping 512MB of total memory, which is great for a smart phone. But earlier models included just 128MB and, as a best practice, your iPhone application should not use more than 46MB.

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Ten Wireframing Tools for The Ecommerce Web Developer

By Ecommerce Developer (Armando Roggio) on Friday, July 30, 2010

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Wireframing is an essential part of project planning that acts as an important guide throughout the entire web development process.

Unfortunately, creating wireframes, which are mock-ups of the specific content that each page template or application state should include, can be cumbersome, especially for web developers who are more comfortable with code than with graphics.

To help spe

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Magento Releases Enterprise Edition Update, Includes PCI Compliant Bridge

By Ecommerce Developer (Armando Roggio) on Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Magento Inc. announced the release of an updated Enterprise Edition that offers new features, full-page caching enhancements, and a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant payment bridge.

The new Enterprise Edition 1.9 is a boon for web developers working with the solution on at least two fronts.

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Firefox 4 Beta Extends HTML5 to Support WebM Video Codec

By Ecommerce Developer (Armando Roggio) on Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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The Mozilla Foundation has released a new beta version of its popular Firefox web browser and is asking the development community to review the software and provide feedback.

The Firefox 4 beta includes improved support for HTML5, including extending HTML5 video support to the burgeoning WebM standard.

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Apple Releases Improved Safari Browser

By Ecommerce Developer (Armando Roggio) on Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Apple released a new, much improved version of its Safari browser that competes better against Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome and integrates more HTML5 features.

Although capturing actual browser-use statistics is an extremely challenging task, most data places Apple's Safari fourth or fifth in the ranks of popular browsers behind Firefox, Chrome, and the corporate favorite, Microsoft's Int

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