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We are delighted to announce that every Friday, our Premium Content author is Tom Dell’Aringa, starting Friday 16th May 2003.
Tom is our JavaScript guru; he told us “I’m writing for both DW/UD users and users in general who are *somewhat familiar* with JavaScript (in that they use those apps to create them but not write them from scratch), who may have tried their hand at one or two scripts.
I want to teach you how to correctly use JavaScript by giving them the basics of scripting first, then covering some simple, commonly used scripting next. Then I will move on with topics like always making sure that the code is efficient and that the user experience is good.
I strongly feel that if you are going to be a developer on the front end, and get through an job interview convincingly, you need to know JavaScript and know it well”.
Each article costs just $1.99 to download – making it the cheapest way to learn these vital skills for Dreamweaver professional.
Tom got his start in web development in the winter of 1995 when his boss threw an HTML book in his direction stating "we should learn about this world wide web thing." Since then he has worked at dot.com era start-ups with no real business model, web integrator Scient and lately as a freelance and contracting developer. Experienced in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS as well as server-side scripting languages, he has worked on everything from simple brochure sites to enterprise level portals.
It was during one of these large projects that he finally got fed up with the "IE only" mentality of coding. Additionally, even large corporations seemed unaware of the benefits of separating style from content and still produced bloated, non-standard code. In response to this, and a corresponding discussion on Evolt's thelist (http://evolt.org) ,he founded MACCAWS (http://www.MACCAWS.org) in late 2002. MACCAWS is a group of developers seeking to help other developers make the commercial case for using web standards to their clients and bosses. This means showing them that beyond the programming and practical benefits, there is also a financial benefit as well.
Lately part of his role on teams involves explaining to developers what LABEL tags are, that they shouldn't build layouts with tables nested ten levels deep, showing them alternatives to using 127 spacer gifs per page, proving the benefits of a global stylesheet and defining DOCTYPEs and how to use them.
He realized the dot.com era was over when his paychecks started bouncing right after the big welcome party he had been flown to in San Francisco. He currently resides in the Midwest with his wife and two children. He plays guitar and even recorded a demo CD with his band(http://www.garageband.com/artist/thestand). Constantly scouring Ebay and garage sales for Charlie Brown and Snoopy paperbacks, he is finding it very hard to find the Peanuts Parade versions...anyone..?
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If you rearrange the letters of “Tom Dell’Aringa”, you get “All-time dragon”, which he assures us is nothing at all like his real personality …
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