The Fancy Web #43

This is a biweekly digest on worth reading articles related to anything to do with web technologies.

[Web Design] A Brief Look at Screen Resolutions

http://designfestival.com/a-brief-look-at-screen-resolutions/

[Web Development] When to base64 encode images (and when not to)

http://davidbcalhoun.com/2011/when-to-base64-encode-images-and-when-not-to

[Web Development] Testing on mobile devices without the hardware

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201108/testing_on_mobile_devices_without_the_hardware/

[Software Development] Writing Maintainable Code

http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/writing-maintainable-code/

[Software Development] There is no need to provide an custom error message when using Code Contracts 

http://devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker/archive/2011/09/08/there-is-no-need-to-provide-an-custom-error-message-when-using-code-contracts.aspx