The state of the Art in Australian web development
A detailed article about "Current practices in Web Development in Major Australian Sites - a survey." ...
"How are major companies and government departments in Australia developing their sites today? Are they adhering to best practices in development and accessibility? This presentation looks at major Australian sites, to determine whether they are using best practices, and where they are falling down. We'll see what patterns emerge, where things are going well, or otherwise. And we'll conclude with some recommendations based on this cold hard evidence.
Methodology - My aim with this survey was first to develop an objective, if a little unsophisticated, measure of a site's adherence to current best practices in web development and accessibility. This could then be used to gauge sites against one another, and over time.
Now, if you are going to investigate best practices, of course we'll first need to define what these are. The main areas which standards based developers are concerned with, and which perhaps differentiates the standards based approach to development from more "traditional" approaches are
1. Validity of XHTML
2. Use of and validity of CSS
3. Use of semantic, structural HTML, and separation of content structure from presentation
4. Accessibility" continued ... (Via westciv / John Allsopp)
"How are major companies and government departments in Australia developing their sites today? Are they adhering to best practices in development and accessibility? This presentation looks at major Australian sites, to determine whether they are using best practices, and where they are falling down. We'll see what patterns emerge, where things are going well, or otherwise. And we'll conclude with some recommendations based on this cold hard evidence.
Methodology - My aim with this survey was first to develop an objective, if a little unsophisticated, measure of a site's adherence to current best practices in web development and accessibility. This could then be used to gauge sites against one another, and over time.
Now, if you are going to investigate best practices, of course we'll first need to define what these are. The main areas which standards based developers are concerned with, and which perhaps differentiates the standards based approach to development from more "traditional" approaches are
1. Validity of XHTML
2. Use of and validity of CSS
3. Use of semantic, structural HTML, and separation of content structure from presentation
4. Accessibility" continued ... (Via westciv / John Allsopp)
State of Austrailian Websites.
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