This free extension provides support for HTML5 and CSS3 for Dreamweaver CS5.

It also includes updates and WebKit improvements for Design View and Live View rendering.

For a full list of features and to download the extensions check out Adobe's site.

Don't like coding javascript? Use jQuery. Don't like coding jQuery? Use IxEdit.

"IxEdit is a JavaScript-based interaction design tool for the web. With IxEdit, designers can practice DOM-scripting without coding to change, add, move, or transform elements dynamically on your web pages."

Check out their six minute video of it in action here.

Download the IxEdit Public Beta here.

I've been hesitant on start a PHP framework. I'm all for not "re-inventing the wheel" and writing less code to get the job done faster but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I understand PHP syntax enough to not have to look it up in a book or online.

I felt if I went to a framework I would have to learn their rules and their syntax. It would be like learning a new language all over again.

Zend PHP, Cake PHP are a couple of frameworks I've seen tutorials on but never really tried anything with them. I've heard horror stories about getting Cake installed properly and I'm not a fan using the Command Line to get things moving.

A couple of weeks ago I was reading through the usual blog sites that I visit and came across a video tutorial on CodeIgniter. I had 15 minutes to spear so I thought why not.

In the first 5 minutes I was hooked. I paused the video, went to their site and downloaded the framework and began reading the user guide.

All their content is well written and I don't have to be an advanced developer to understand what they are saying.

I plan to use this framework on my next project. Congrats EllisLab you picked up a new follower.

As a website continues to grow the demand for stats becomes greater. A simple solution for this is Google Analytics. It easily pull data and displays it in easy to read charts and graphs.

Setting up Google Analytics takes no time. Just create an account and add the provided code to your website. Sit back and within 24 hours data starts building.

But what about tracking stats in a Flash applications? The answer is gaforflash (Google Analytics for Flash.) It's an ActionScript 3 API for Google Analytics data collection.

Here’s a great tip when creating a CSS style sheet. Comment out your swatch colors. I can’t remember how many times I’ve taken a screen grab and opened up Photoshop and had to use the color picker to find a color. This will save a great deal of time.

/*
swatch colors
==============
0083b4 – blue
797979 – gray
fa9f00 – orange
abda4d – green
*/

Adobe has changed the name of their Flex Builder software to Flash Builder. This makes perfect sense being that Flex is a framework not a tool. When you create a Flex app you’re still building a Flash or AIR application. They will not rename the current product, Flex Builder 3, but the next version will be named Flash Builder 4.