As a web developer / designer using Mac OS X, cross-browser / platform testing is very important. It’s necessary to see how the code you are writing will look in Internet Explorer 6, 7 & 8 for Windows. I’ve found the best way to do this is to use a Virtual Machine installed on Mac OS X.

One of my favorite virtualization technologies is VMware Fusion for Mac OS X, and recently I have been testing the new 3.0 Beta. Fusion can run Windows (in my case I am now using Windows 7 RC) on an Intel Mac and enables me to rapidly switch off between Mac and Windows without ever leaving the Mac development environment.
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by Dan Englander

I was recently asked by a fellow web developer what some of my favorite tools are for creating Flash effects easily without really having to know Flash itself.

I decided to compile a list of tools that I use.  Most are for Windows only and since I am on Mac OS X, I use VMWare Fusion 2.0 with Windows XP Pro to run these apps. They work great and can save a lot of time in the development process.
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With this article, I am introducing something new to my blog that I will be writing about in posts to come, online bug tracking and tips for CMS and blog web applications that I use, primarily for software like Joomla and WordPress. I will report what my errors are and how to fix them.  It is my hope that this will help others searching for a fix as well.  I will also spotlight some of my favorite Joomla and WordPress plugins and components and the best and most efficient ways to implement them.
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