<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Jon Raasch&#039;s Blog &#187; web standards</title>
	<atom:link href="http://jonraasch.com/blog/tag/web-standards/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog</link>
	<description>Web development and design blog from Portland based developer Jon Raasch</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:35:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator>
	<atom:link rel="next" href="http://jonraasch.com/blog/tag/web-standards/feed?page=2" />

		<item>
		<title>Appending Style Nodes with Javascript</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/javascript-style-node</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/javascript-style-node#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[front-end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[append]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-browser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on-the-fly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unobtrusive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jonraasch.com/blog/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://jonraasch.com/blog/javascript-style-node" title="Appending Style Nodes with Javascript"><div class="rightImg"><img src="http://jonraasch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/style-node.jpg" width="300" height="155" alt="Appending Style Nodes with Javascript" /></div></a>In Javascript it often makes sense to attach a stylesheet rather than style a bunch of individual attributes. Appending a stylesheet to the DOM has a number of advantages: Stylesheets can be easier to work with than Javascript&#8212;it&#8217;s just more natural to use CSS syntax for styling. It&#8217;s nice to avoid the cross-browser headaches associated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jonraasch.com/blog/javascript-style-node/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>10 Things Every Good Web Developer Should Know (A Checklist)</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/10-things-every-web-developer-should-know-2</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/10-things-every-web-developer-should-know-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back-end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-browser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debugging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front-end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[version control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jonraasch.com/blog/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My favorite thing about web development is the wide variety of skills it uses.  Being a good developer means staying on your toes and always learning, because there are so many important skills and these are constantly changing.

Here's a checklist of 10 skills that are some of the most important for good web developers to have.  These focus a bit on front-end skills, but they apply to all developers:

<span class="more-link"><a href="http://jonraasch.com/blog/10-things-every-web-developer-should-know-2#more-299" title="Continue reading this post" rel="nofollow">(more&#8230;)</a></span>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jonraasch.com/blog/10-things-every-web-developer-should-know-2/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why WYSIWYGs Suck</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/why-wysiwygs-suck</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/why-wysiwygs-suck#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WYSIWYG]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jonraasch.com/blog/why-wysiwygs-suck</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year, and what better way to start off than with a lengthy rant. Strap yourself in. People often ask me why I am so concerned with writing standards compliant HTML, and they have good points, mainly that it takes longer to develop something that is compliant, and the only people who really [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jonraasch.com/blog/why-wysiwygs-suck/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Valid XHTML Transitional</title>
		<link>http://jonraasch.com/blog/valid-xhtml-transitional</link>
		<comments>http://jonraasch.com/blog/valid-xhtml-transitional#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Raasch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[webdev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XHTML]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jonraasch.com/blog/valid-xhtml-transitional</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I switched jonraasch.com, yogaenergyheal.com and artbyanes.com over to XHTML transitional. Validation wasn&#8217;t too hard: since I naturally code pretty well with proper nesting and lowercase tags, and I use mainly floated divs and CSS, I only had to close a few image tags and entities. XHTML makes the code tighter than HTML does, and clean [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jonraasch.com/blog/valid-xhtml-transitional/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
