A new Dart Editor build is available

A new Dart Editor build is available at www.dartlang.org/editor.

Start Here!TM Learn HTML5

Ready to learn HTML5 programming? Start Here!

Learn the fundamentals of programming with HTML5—and begin building your first standards-based web pages from the ground up. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning HTML5

Create a web site using HTML5 tags in a simple text editor

Use semantic tags to make your pages easier to layout and find

Draw in HTML5 using the canvas element

Embed audio and video in your web pages

Get HTML5 to work in older browsers

Develop your future skills in web design

Google Code-in 2012 start

Google Code-in 2012 Details
a short video describing the Google Code-in 2012 global contest designed to introduce 13-17 year old pre-university students to the world of open source development.

Understanding the concept and use of design patterns in software development

Design patterns are a cornerstone of modern software development. Using them can improve the maintainability of your Java applications and help you accomplish other tasks more effectively. it's the Part 1 of Jeff Friesen's three-part introduction to design patterns takes a wide-angle view, from the GoF patterns to design patterns used in interaction design, team organization, and more.

Part 1 introduces the concept and use of design patterns, offers some design pattern history and trivia, and ends with a listing of software design patterns by classification. Included with this article is a complete index of design pattern tutorials on JavaWorld.

- Design patterns, the big picture, Part 1: Design pattern history and classification

New 300x600 ad unit of Adsense

300x600 is one of the fastest growing sizes by impressions and is indicative of a trend where publishers are offering more visually impactful ad sizes that are preferred by brand advertisers, and it's one of the top requests from Google Adsense publishers.

Google Adsense announced that the popular 300x600 unit will soon be available in AdSense account.

Source: Inside Adsense Blog - Larger, brand-friendly ad sizes available in AdSense: 300x600

GIMP Tutorial - how to put images inside text

Free ebook: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

To help celebrate //build/, Kraig Brockschmidt is delighted to announce the completion of Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript! from Microsoft Press for FREE.

The ebook in PDF format can be downloaded here: http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?Linkid=270056 (17.9 MB)

(Note: EPUB and MOBI formats will be provided in the near future.)

The ebook’s companion content is here: http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?Linkid=270057 (60.0 MB)

Source: Microsoft Press blog