Posts Tagged ‘web development’
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16 Feb, 2019
Application Holotypes: A Guide to Architecture Decisions
I love this classification of different kinds of web applications. It takes a more nuanced view of “sites vs apps”. I’d love to see this turned into a full-blown site with additional holotypes (airline, hotel chain, etc).
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01 Nov, 2018
A Frontend Workshop Environment
Where do you build UI code? That sounds like a dumb question, but it’s a deceptively important one. There’s a few ways to do it: UI code is authored within your application environment. If you’re working on a WordPress or Drupal […]
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25 Jan, 2016
Performance Budget Builder
Performance budgets are awesome. So I made a thing to help you make performance budgets. The Performance Budget builder lets you lay out your template types, set a size budget for each template type, then plug in the sizes for each […]
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03 Aug, 2015
If we stand still, we go backwards
Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake) wrote a really fantastic piece about progress and the Web, in response to a post by PPK (@ppk) called Stop moving the Web forward. PPK is concerned about the flood of features for Web developers to wrap […]
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18 Oct, 2014
Prepping the right thing
Emil Björklund wrote a very thoughtful follow-up post to my Primed and Ready to Go post about front-end prep work. Emil clarifies that it’s while it’s important to prepare as much as possible, it’s dangerous to jump in and start […]
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16 Oct, 2014
Primed and Ready to Go
It’s absolutely essential to treat front-end development as part of the design process. However, the (foolish, artificial) line between design and development “phases” gets in the way of true collaboration between disciplines. This often isn’t due to any malicious intent, […]
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03 May, 2010
How to Land Your First Job as a Web Designer/Developer
A few weeks ago I had the great opportunity to travel to my Alma mater to give advice to graduating seniors in the SMAD program. As students are gearing up for graduation and heading out into the workforce, I want […]
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10 Nov, 2009
HTML5 Resources, Examples, and Demos
A helpful list of HTML5 Resources to get started exploring the exciting future of the web and its architecture. Learn about new html5’s new tags and new functionality.
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10 Apr, 2009
The Importance of Temporary Landing Pages
Website builds can be lengthy and involved processes. Designers can easily develop tunnel vision focusing on the final build that they forget about the importance of a strong landing page to keep users happy in the meantime. Gone are the […]
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16 Dec, 2008
Essential Web Development Firefox Extentions
Web development without Firefox plugins is like building a fire with a flint when there’s a perfectly good military-grade flamethrower lying right beside you. These are the little guys that make my job and life that much easier. Web Developer […]