Web Development is Moving On!

Web Development is an industry that never get’s boring, there is always a new technology or technique emerging that we are being drawn to in order to stay relevant and on top of our game.  My partners and I share new things with each other several times a day, that’s what keeps us on top of our game.  Interaction we have with other developers from other firms also comes in handy as well in staying on top of what other firms are doing.  Fortunately, most web developers are eager and willing to share their experiences with their peers within the community.

Christian Heilman, from ThinkVitamin, posted a great article titled, “Web Development is Moving On – Are You?” this week and it got me to thinking about how much our industry has evolved since I first started building websites about 9 or 10 years ago.  Back in the day web developers, or most of the ones that I knew were using tools like Frontpage Express and Coffee Cup to build small websites that had little or no functionality at all.

I can remember registering my first domain name for my computer business with Network Solutions, something I would not do today if you were pointing a gun to my head, but back in the day they were the only show in town for registering domains.  Today there are a lot of alternatives out there, just like there are programming languages and development platforms.  partners and I sat around our board table a few days ago and looked at several of our clients analytics reports and discussed the whole IE6 thing for almost an hour, I guess that classifies us as “tinkerers” too…

Web Development is Moving On – Are you? | Think Vitamin