Unemployed Developer

To start off my first blog posting, I will keep it simple with a tutorial on rounded corners via CSS. A Google search brings up multiple ways of doing rounded corners, with images, javascript, css, HTML tables and more. For the sake of simplicity and adapting to the new CSS3 syntax we will look at how to do this with the new option for borders: border-radius.

CSS3 is currently in development, and we can keep an eye on the progress here: CSS3 progress report. Mozila/Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari 3 have adopted the border-radius function. An interesting note is that in mobile browsers there is support for border-radius in the iPhone and any other devices that run the Webkit engine. Where does that leave Internet Explorer? Interestingly enough, Internet Explorer 8 is compliant with the CSS2.1 specification and supports some features of CSS3. However border-radius is not one of them. Are we out of luck for IE, keep reading and you will find out.
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I’d like to welcome any new and returning visitors to “Unemployed Developer“. The idea for this blog came about when taking part in many interviews with prospective employers. As an unemployed developer looking for work, I often found myself struggling with questions. For example,  I received questions about a topic that I could make work or I knew the basics, but could not describe in a cohesive manner that showed the interviewer that, yes I do have knowledge about said subject. I also I felt that, while I did not have projects to show an interviewer knowledge of some topics, I certainly could blog about some topics and gain first hand knowledge, thus making a much more hire able developer.
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