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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:31:01 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tales of a Coder: What are the Essential PHP/Javascript/Web Development Feeds?]]></title>
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On the "Tales of a Coder" blog today there's a new post trying to gather some of the more popular web resources for PHP, Javascript and general web development and <a href="http://codertales.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/what-are-the-essential-php-javascript-web-development-feeds/">provide a set of links</a> to make them easier to get to.
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<blockquote>
What feeds do the super star PHP/ JavaScript web developers subscribe to?  What are the essential PHP/ JavaScript/ Web Development feeds? I have shared my fledgling list below.  Many of these feeds were recommended by my friends at <a href="http://www.phpwomen.org/">PHPWomen</a>, others I somehow stumbled across myself and some I picked up from articles tweeted with the #linktuesday hashtag, which are <a href="http://linktuesday.com/">aggregated here</a>. 
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So far, the links include <a href="http://www.phparch.com/feed/">php|architect</a>, <a href="http://www.planet-php.org/rss/">Planet-PHP.net</a>, the <a href="http://feeds.yuiblog.com/YahooUserInterfaceBlog">YUI blog</a>, <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/mattgemmell/rss2">Matt Gemmell's blog</a> and <a href="http://www.goer.org/Feeds/journal.atom">Evan Goer's blog</a>. If you have others to share, be sure to <a href="http://codertales.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/what-are-the-essential-php-javascript-web-development-feeds/#comments">leave them in the comments</a>!
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:07:53 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reddit.com: In Web Development is it better to be a Expert or All-arounder?]]></title>
      <guid>http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/16941</guid>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>
In <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/kx3lz/in_web_development_is_it_better_to_be_a_expert_or/">this new post</a> to reddit.com the question is posed, "is it better to be an expert or all-arounder in web development?"
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Is it better to be an Expert in a framework like Zend (a certified Zend Developer) or know a little bit about everything. [...] In sum, it's just taking too much time for me to master Drupal, Magento, and other popular CMS/Frameworks. So I'm wondering if I should just specialize is one framework/CMS.
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Most of the comments follow along the same idea - it's good to be an "all-arounder" and know several different technologies, but it's also good to be an expert (or as close as you can) in one or more technologies. As one comment puts it:
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In my experience, it's best to have a specialty, but not have a too narrow focus. There's a lot going into a web site - programming, design, usability, marketing, economy, etc. Understanding a number of those fields makes it easier to work with other people.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:32:16 -0500</pubDate>
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