{"id":28220,"date":"2016-11-28T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/ala-insisting-core-development-principles\/"},"modified":"2016-11-27T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T01:30:00","slug":"ala-insisting-core-development-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/ala-insisting-core-development-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"[ALA] Insisting on Core Development Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <i>A List Apart: The Full Feed<\/i> &#8211;<a title=\"Insisting on Core Development Principles\" href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/article\/insisting-on-core-development-principles\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"offsite\"><strong>Insisting on Core Development Principles<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left;\"><p><em style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;\"><span style=\"font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;\">&#0147;<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Insisting on Core Development Principles\" href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/article\/insisting-on-core-development-principles\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"offsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/alalogo-1.png\" alt=\"Insisting on Core Development Principles\" width=\"156\" height=\"252\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The web community talks a lot about best practices in design and development: methodologies that are key to reaching and retaining users, considerate design habits, and areas that we as a community should focus on. 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