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Monday, August 17, 2009

Never Be A Web Guy?

Why I’ll Never Be A ‘Web Guy’
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=767579

All Programming is Web Programming
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001296.html

Security:
Cross-site scripting: malicious link, stealing cookie, etc...
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/tivoli/library/s-csscript/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

Scalability:
E-bay aggressive caching
http://highscalability.com/ebay-history-and-architecture

Concerning javascript: There are a bunch of very good JS libs out there that abstract away the browser differences and let you program javascript in an oo fashion without worrying about the browser.

Career in software is so great because it offers so many options. The more you know, the more you are worth, not just in money terms - and you open additional career options with additional knowledge, understanding and insight.

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