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"Social networks are becoming more open, more interconnected, and more distributed. Many of us in the web creation world are embracing and promoting web standards - both client-side and server-side. Microformats, standard APIs, and open-source software are key building blocks of these technologies. This model can be described as having three sides: Information, Identity, and Interaction."

Few days back, the widely used WordPress has hit the web development industry with its much-awaited 3.4 version. The recently arrived WordPress 3.4 version named as "Green" in honor of guitarist Grant Green. The new 3.4 version of WordPress comes with lots of improvements that adding more to the usefulness of the WP. A live theme-customizer, custom backgrounds and headers, better support for internationalization and revamped XML-RPC are some major additions to the new version.

Every web developer should keep useful code snippets in a personal library for future reference. Today, I'm showing you the 10 most useful snippets and functions I have added to my snippet library from the past 3 months.

coffee2code is Scott Reilly, a web application developer.

I have been using SezWho universal profile service on my WordPress blog for a while now and I love the options they provide. Well, as everything else develops - these guys just came out with KILLER enhancements.

by Jeff Minard, Web Developer

Webhooks are a simple paradigm for developing instant notifications and mashups based on simple HTTP requests. With HookPress you can set up webhooks so that a specified URL (a public service or something you set up) is requested when certain WordPress actions occur. Possible uses include generating push notifications or using non-PHP web technology to extend WordPress.

Improve your web typography with: hyphenation, space control, intelligent character replacement, and CSS hooks.

Defensio is an advanced spam, malicious content and profanity filtering web service that learns and adapts.

WordPress has beautifully evolved from a blogging tool into an efficient web development tool. And now, it has evolved as a wonderful app development tool. 

See your web traffic in the WP dashboard.