10 skills developers will need in the next five years

If you’re a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. Justin James lists the skills you’ll want to work on now to maximize your future job prospects.

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The Eight Levels of Programmers

Have you ever gotten that classic job interview question, "where do you see yourself in five years?" When asked, I'm always mentally transported back to a certain Twisted Sister video from 1984.

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Not PSD's biggest fan

Google code search uncovers a secret screed against Adobe's apparently arcane file format.

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Using XAMPP for Local WordPress Theme Development

In this article you'll learn how to install and configure XAMPP for the desktop. Once that's out of the way, you will install WordPress so that you can have your very own lightweight PHP and WordPress development environment just like the pros.

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The Mystery Of CSS Sprites: Techniques, Tools And Tutorials

CSS Sprites are not new. In fact, they are a rather well-established technique and have managed to become common practice in Web development. Of course, CSS sprites are not always necessary, but in some situation they can bring significant advantages and improvements -- particularly if you want to reduce your server load. And if you haven't heard

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Finding Conservatives on Digg

It seems it’s no surprise that the overwhelming number of Digg users are of a liberal bent. So I suggest that we all get together and Digg this post while also shouting out to everyone we know to create a list of conservative/republican Digg users.

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YOU DECIDE: Can McCain Close the Gap?

Of course he can.... and he said he will get a surge of votes...and its showing....GO MCCAIN!

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