4 items tagged “webdevelopers”
2013
My contract with web developer says a) she will create a unique description for each page, AND b) that she is not responsible for writing or inputting any content. Now she wants me to compose the page descriptions, citing (b). What do you think? Edit...
You should write the copy. Copy is important—you don’t want it to be written by someone who believes it isn’t even their responsibility, and will hence probably do a poor job of it.
[... 93 words]Are there any sites/services that you can subscribe to where you can watch a developer code “Live”?
The Ludum Dare game development contest sometimes has contestants that livestream—Notch (the creator of Minecraft) has done so in the past.
[... 47 words]Is there an alternative to media queries for responsive design?
Yes: use percentage measurements for your layout components. That way you can build a website that works on a much larger range of screen sizes. You can combine this approach with media queries—for example, you could specify that your site has a 25% wide navigation menu and a 75% wide content area on devices that are wider than 400px, but any smaller than that and it collapses to a single column layout with the menu hidden and accessible only through a menu bar icon.
[... 102 words]2012
How does a front end developer avoid getting blamed?
It is your fault. Part of being a good front-end engineer is knowing the ways in which a page might break and working with your team to mitigate them.
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