6. The Case of the Mistaken Identity

IN THIS CASE, WE’LL ANSWER THE AGE-OLD question “What’s in a name?” and see just how important it is to know exactly who’s who.

The Crime Scene

Zimma Studios, while great at designing websites, does not have the resources to do any major programming. They hire Bob Cobb to do both the front-end and back-end development for their client’s foodie blog and community, EateryJunkie.com. Bob is mainly a back-end developer who specializes in Java and doesn’t really deal with HTML and CSS much anymore unless he has to. Ironically, he is a bit of a know-it-all despite being a little rusty.

During the development process, Bob has run into problems. He swallows his pride and discreetly turns to the CSS Detective for ...

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