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Smashing Magazine

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

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Xdebug Since it debuted in 2002, Xdebug has become one of the most trusted PHP tools. Additionally, DebugBar can monitor network traffic, inspect CSS elements and evaluate your JavaScript code. Selenium Selenium is a lightweight, open source testing framework that lets anyone create custom UI tests in any language.

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The shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs was supposed to give rise to networks of independent knowledge workers collaborating to achieve business outcomes. Microcomputers improved the efficiency of data collection and made it easy to consolidate operational data. In 2002, the 2 year paid 3.5% What happened?