How did I do with 2005 web predictions?
Its mid-December, 2005 is pretty much over, so how did I do with my predictions from last January? Well lets take a look…
sIFR
This one is easy. We use it on the home page but I failed to get it included in the CLF template. Why? It is easy but it strays from the ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’ I was going for. It’s not hard to add though, if you are interested all you have to do is let me know.
Essential tools for web development and web management
Think I was beating around the bush on this one. Basically I was pretty against a Content Management System and I still am. What has changed is that CPA has basically created one. More on that in 2006 
As for tools, in 2005 the essential tools:
Applications
- Studio 8 + Contribute Publishing Server
- TextWrangler
- NetNewWire Lite – to keep on top of all that is going on.
…and one that has squeaked in this term:
- Zend Studio for PHP
Languages
- PHP
- Javascript
- XHTML
- XML
- JavaScript
Servers
- LAMP – Linux Apache MySQL
No version control in 2005… lets hope for 2006.
LAMP/Web application development
LAMP has been where all our work is done in 2005. Just a great platform that is primarily responsible for the development of most of the fall 2005 projects. The flexibility is perfect for web development.
Web apps on campus though? Leave that to the users but I think a lot of PHP based applications have appeared. Even Ruby on Rails is making an inroad.
What about 2006?
Just thinking about that now… I will have a post in January for that For now check out these predictions already posted from others:
More will be added as they appear.
