Difference between revisions of "Zen of Web"
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* The world is your audience | * The world is your audience | ||
* You GET what you need | * You GET what you need | ||
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If it turns into a useful list it could be turned into a collaborative code4lib2011 lightning talk or something. | If it turns into a useful list it could be turned into a collaborative code4lib2011 lightning talk or something. |
Revision as of 16:16, 22 November 2010
This is a collaborative effort to document the subtleties of building applications on the Web. The idea took inspiration from the Zen of Python. Please feel free to edit/add items below:
- Caching is your friend
- A resource can be anything
- Default to open
- Less is more
- Everything is broken
- View the source Luke
- Keep it simple
- Pave the cowpaths
- Small pieces, loosely joined
- No permission needed
- Follow your nose
- Everything is intertwingled
- The world is your audience
- You GET what you need
- Resource-oriented (vs. service-oriented)
If it turns into a useful list it could be turned into a collaborative code4lib2011 lightning talk or something.