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The Breakpoint
New YouTube Show from Addy Osmani and Paul Irish. First episode is about front end dev tools.

Front End Frameworks

Foundation
A great front end responsive framework. Now with templates.
http://foundation.zurb.com/templates.php

Kube Framework
A nice minimal CSS framework.
http://kubeframework.com

Aug 1

Web Optimization Tools

Yahoo! Yslow - http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Google PageSpeed - https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Pingdom Tools - http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

JSPerf - http://jsperf.com

Dromaeo - http://dromaeo.com

Aug 1

Front End Developer Interview Questions

Nice knowledge check created by some leading Front End devs.

https://github.com/darcyclarke/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions/blob/master/README.md

Visual Idiot

Funny.

http://visualidiot.com

Things To Know About Sublime Text 2

If you aren’t using it already, check out the Sublime Text 2 shortcuts and you may want to.

http://blog.alainmeier.com/post/27255145114/some-things-beginners-might-not-know-about-sublime-text

Tutorial: Deploy Your First Node.js and Socket.io App To Heroku

http://robdodson.me/blog/2012/06/04/deploying-your-first-node-dot-js-and-socket-dot-io-app-to-heroku/

Validator.nu Living Validator

Living HTML validator with filters.

http://validator.keegan.st/

Useful Tools, Scripts, and Resources for Front-End Developers

http://www.noupe.com/design/useful-tools-scripts-resources-front-end-developers.html

Preparing Yourself for Modern JavaScript Development

http://www.codethinked.com/preparing-yourself-for-modern-javascript-development

Jul 5

Techweek Chicago

My recaps for all 5 days of the Chicago Techweek and Expo event.
http://johnpolacek.com/2012/06/23/techweek-day-1/
http://johnpolacek.com/2012/06/23/techweek-day-2/
http://johnpolacek.com/2012/06/25/techweek-day-3/
http://johnpolacek.com/2012/06/26/techweek-day-4/
http://johnpolacek.com/2012/06/26/techweek-day-5/ 

All the main stage talks:
http://www.livestream.com/techweek/folder

My favorite was ‘Designing Interactions and Experiences’ from George Aye:
http://www.livestream.com/techweek/video?clipId=pla_4c7a39f3-3945-4859-a31a-7bb02fba746d

Jul 4

Best of Google I/O Developer Stuff

The Web Can Do That? - Eric Bidelman, Senior Dev at Google
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_ek1wSe66o

Better Web Development Through Tooling – Paul Irish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk-tFn2Ix6g

Jul 3

Single Page Apps in Depth

Free ebook.

http://singlepageappbook.com

Jul 3

Build a Website with Twitter Bootstrap and SASS

2-part tutorial for learning SASS/Compass and Twitter Bootstrap.

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/css/build-website-using-twitter-bootstrap-sass-1/

Ratchet: WebSockets Library for PHP

http://socketo.me/