#just like. if you want to get into webdev start with javascript if you want to get into gamedev think about what type of game

[heckling-hydrena]

"if you want to learn to code you should start with python" "if you want to learn to code you should start with javascript" WRONG. if you want to learn to code you should start. with flowgorithm

[canmom]

Do you have any reflections on twine games? I feel the best ended up limited to having glorified page turn buttons, but it was such a accessible format!

honestly i could take or leave twine these days.

the best twines were always charity's, and i have a great deal of anger still for what the others in that little 'community' put her through. but her stuff was great less because of the virtue of the format itself, and more because she's a truly incredible writer, who excels in just about whatever medium she chooses :p

the virtue of twine, at least for me, is perhaps that it pushes you towards short, punchy paragraphs with an enforced break between them, which helps create a particular rhythmic cadence without quite becoming poetry. (charity used physical page turns to similar effect in PNE). Twine also does allow you to implement multiple 'routes', much like a visual novel, with the possibilities that allows: a narrative where the different branches reflect on each other and lend to each others' interpretation. (Vesp for example does this very well).

But that's more virtues of hypertext; as for the tool itself, I feel like it had a weird habit of trying to reinvent the wheel and create new scripting languages that compile to javascript. So before long I settled on the theme that just gives you markdown and JS directly, and swapped out the twine editor for Twee2 or TweeGo or something like that.

I haven't really kept up with the modern Twine scene (or its successors as 'accessible web game tool' like Bitsy). my feeling is that as soon as you start trying to do something more complicated than a basic branching narrative with a few user-set variables, the format becomes more of a limitation than an aid. the pre-set styles are useful at least for a jumping off point!

as far as its potential to make game dev more 'accessible', to a new community or w/e, that kind of didn't happen :p a particular scene of mostly (but not all) trans women adopted it for a while, then a few of them used that as a sacrificial springboard to launch banal podcasting careers or whatever; a few people on the fringes carried on using it, but "very online, mostly white trans girls and their friends" have found many other things to fixate on in the years since, and nobody else really picked it up :p

i think like, if someone is drawn to "make games" as a hobby, they typically don't really have hypertext fiction in mind, so it's never going to get a lot of attention on that basis. bitsy gets us a little closer. but the truth is people will teach themselves quite complicated authoring tools, such as Flash, if there is a supportive community to teach them and some striking examples to show what's possible. Flash may be gone, but we're gradually seeing that kind of 'flourishing' again with the explosion of free game engines like Unity and Godot - though there's so much more financial pressure now to sell games than there was in the days of newgrounds.

i also think the 'accessibility' brings with it kind of a limitation: Twine hides all the inner workings so it's kind of a closed off system that's hard to tinker with without rebuilding it from scratch. sure it's very easy to make a branching path story and put it on the web, maybe use some premade widgets like rotating links, but if you want to customise it visually or create game logic, you either learn a one of several very specific scripting languages that are like, not really useful for anything outside of that one twine theme and typically have a lot of restrictions compared to 'real' javascript... or else you basically learn webdev anyway in a difficult, non-self-explanatory way. (like, it's kind of hacky that you have to put CSS in a special story passage). at best it could be an impetus for some people to start learning webdev concepts?

that said, I really do treasure some of the corpus of twines. Charity's obviously, but there was also this very fun tf porn one called 'horse world' which is now only available on archive.org. (not to be confused with 'horse master', which was also pretty great). the best part of the twine scene was the basic idea of writing weird horny experimental scifi about gay trauma or w/e, which has nothing to do with it being interactive fiction or particular authoring tools!

i don't regret using it for my early experiments in web fiction like house and hacker, even though they're not remotely "interactive". if the scene had been less... *waves hands* like that, maybe it could have been more than a passing fad. but that's the way it is, I don't think I'm likely to use it again next time I make something in the interactive fiction - visual novel space. (which might be sooner than you think~)

[sharifs]

14 Tips On Growing And Maintaining Your Twitter Account

Keep It Light

Never take yourself too seriously. Make sure that you can add a touch of humour into your bio, background picture or avatar. This is a great ice breaker for when you connect with new people online.

Be Clear

Make sure that your description is accurate and truly expresses who you are. You’re better off using an actual picture of yourself unless you are purposefully making a fictional or impersonation account.

Be Personal

It is Ok to bend the rules to truly express who you are, whether it be inside jokes or words only you use, make it your own.

Reach Out

If you want people to follow you, and your wanting them to find you through Twitter, the best suggestion I can make is it to reach out and follow as many people as you can. You should probably go for those who you think would relate to start, and connect with their connections as well.

Some people might not follow back, so if your Twitter follow limit reaches, it is probably better to unfollow those who don’t follow you, no matter how famous or how much you think you should get along. This way Twitter will remove your follow limit and allow you to follow more.

Twitter Law

Another tip I can provide is to look up the rules of behaviour from Twitter’s official website. One major point that can be learnt is that if you unfollow too many people that you have just followed within the last 24 hours, your account can be suspended.

Tweet Times

The chance of your tweet being seen isn’t only to do with the presentation, content or number of people in your audience, but the time of the day that you post.

Different people are on at different times for different reasons on different days. Try to change it up and see what content, with what presentation works best at what time.

Stay In Touch

Pay attention to what others are tweeting, and if you like something, retweet it or show your love by favouriting it. It’s by building these relationships and mutual respect that makes social media has value.

When someone @mentions, don’t ignore it, make sure you look at the message and respond accordingly where you can or is appropriate. Don’t be afraid to engage in sensitive issues where you are willing to learn something new while holding to your own core values.

Avoid DMs

Direct Messages or DMs are often automated so many who you follow will automatically send you a message greeting. If your Twitter grows to a large enough magnitude the flooding from these auto messages tend to drown out the ones that were written by hand.

Although I do check the DMs from time to time to see if there is something really personalized for me, or someone I believe I can help, then I might respond but in most cases since it is impractical to keep up, my solution has been to suggest @mentioning me in my bio (vs DMs).

Follow Back

Though a lot of your follows may come from people following you back, you will also at some point get many who come from other places, finding you through the connections you already have or the topics you cover in your feed. That is why, although like DMs, can sometimes be hard to keep on top of, you should try to follow back those people since they did find you and that should be appreciated as well.

@mention Others

Whether it be to poke fun at a famous celebrity or to engage in a discussion with a connection, @mentioning is a powerful function of Twitter which allows the middle man be cut and individuals or parties to directly communicate with each other.

Years ago when I followed some early Youtube stars, DeStorm who I was a fan of was on of the guys I followed on Twitter. After @mentioning several times with positive/neutral comments, he did respond back! I loved the immediacy of this back then and still do today.

#HashtagWorld

Probably the easiest way to attract new followers is to use #s especially those currently trending which Twitter posts on your home page. However this should be taken with a grain of salt, because as easy as it is to gain followers this way, it is also more likely they drop off this way if they lose interest, and most of the other stuff you post has no relation to that topic.

Post Value

One of the most important things in a social media world where so many post so much content so easily is to be choosy about the content based on how much value you think it would provide your audience. You want your audience to be confident in you as a source for a certain level of quality and your own sense of taste wherever you are on the spectrum.

Do Your Own Thing

Though retweeting others, @mentioning users and posting valuable content from the online world are a great way to attract and connect with your audience, you should also post your own words, media and content. Ideally there is some relation between your own content and what you post on others, but it is good to keep an open mind.

Oftentimes we post or recommend what others have done as a way of expressing what we think ourselves but in the end unless we make that on our own, sometimes it will be difficult to truly communicate your own perspective.

Get Specific with Analytics

Twitter has a wonderful feature called analytics where you can look up the stats of any Twitter user including yourself and see what Tweets were the most popular as well as other useful information such as the number of tweets that have been seen, how often you tweet on average and so on.

Another site I suggest is namely Twitaholic. When updated, it lets you know how you rank by followers in your own country as well as offers the entire list of people on Twitter by rank or country for your own enjoyment.

Such statistical data can be both encouraging and informative, letting you track your progress and figure out how to do better, how to connect with more people to potentially improve more lives.

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[delimpposts]

🚀 How to grow on Instagram as an UI designer - I’m not an expert on IG but I want to share with you some advice to grow based on my experience. - 1️⃣ Create content every day Sometimes quantity over quality is better when you are starting. I used to post simple concept designs every day that just look good. 2️⃣ Improve your presentation A good design presentation can enhance your work and help you to get noticed by big accounts. I have two great posts to help you with that. 3️⃣ Get featured by big accounts To do this, first of all, tag the right accounts. Don’t tag randomly every design account that exists on Instagram. 4️⃣ Please, don’t spam on other accounts This is the most annoying thing ever. Instead of gaining followers, you are gonna lose them and delay your growth. Really. 5️⃣ Share your knowledge People are hungry to learn new things every day. Share your knowledge that may be valuable for the design community. A few ideas that you can share: 💡 Design tips 🤓 Quick tutorials 🔥 Resources 6️⃣ Your knowledge can also get featured! For me this is the best way to boost your account. Creating valuable content and being re-shared for other big accounts. 7️⃣ Be thankful to everyone I tend to thank everyone who shares my content by replying to them over DM or re-sharing their mentions. This is gonna help you to create and maintain real connections with the people that actually like your work. What is your strategy to grow? Are you applying any of these pieces of advice? omments below👇 Follow ➡ @delimptechnology Follow ➡ @delimptechnology Follow ➡ @delimptechnology . . . . ⁣#coding #webdevelopers #softwaredevelopment #css #javascript #developer #html #jquery #html5 #coder #mysql #website #websitedevelopment #webhosting #websitelaunch #responsivewebsite #webapp #techcrunch #software #css3 #rubyonrails #webdeveloper #codinglife #webdev #codingpics #fullstackdeveloper #codingisfun #codelife #frontenddeveloper #buildtheweb (at Noida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEoSxQHaHy/?igshid=1oivqf71o4dr5

[lampewebdev-blog]

😱💥💥Here is how you learn new things fast and get better fast! I need to learn new things daily! I was so bad at it you can imagine! Really it was bad! Then I learned about learning and making it stick! Usually, if you are bad at planing you are also bad at learning because believe it or not both belong together! You have to plan your learning! Actually, to be productive you have to plan way more but let's stay focused! So here is how I learn the best and I think it works for every type of learner! 1. Grab a piece of paper or your phone or your laptop it really does not matter! I personally use trello. It is a Kanban app! 2. Write down in one sentence or word what you want to learn! Example time! I would write something like: "I want to learn how vuejs works". "I need to understand what graphql is". 3. Write down what topic you can learn right now! With right now I mean the time you have RIGHT NOW to learn! Let's say it is an hour. "I want to understand the basic wording of vuejs". So in trello I would have a board named: "Learn vuejs" and in the "things to do" board, there would be one item named after the thing I can learn right now! 4. Start to learn and try to learn as much as you can in that hour! While learning write or type what was new for you and what you understood. The important thing here is: Write it in your own words! 5. After the hour is over. Read through your notes. See if you understand everything. 6. Before you start your next session. Read through your notes again to refresh your memory and then work on the next learning! Thats it! Just repeate that forever! Comment down below what you think! Tag someone who could need that tip! Day 62 #100daysofcode⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #buildupdevs • • • • #javascript #html #css #php #coding #programming #programmer #developer #webdeveloper #webdevelopment #html5 #coder #computerscience #java #software #webdev #css3 #programmers #python #webdesign #js #styledcomponents (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7jq_giT6E/?igshid=47wvfp1qv0ul

[topicprinter]

Hi all.I have never done anything entrepreneurial in my life but the bug has been strong. Besides freelancing in my teens as a cleaner for auto-body shops I haven't managed any money-making projects on my own besides a regular day job.However, the interest has always been there and I'm finally in a position to start trying some of my ideas out. Most of which aren't original by any means - they're simply things I've seen other people do that I have some interest in.However, given I have a day job, I can only try one at a time. What I would like to do is list my ideas of ventures to explore and perhaps get some feedback on what ones may be of the lowest risk with the potential to drive some side income. (I'm not looking to get rich with these, simply make some side money.)1) Independent Employment Agency - I have worked for a couple of these in the past and it blows my mind how these things work. Person a) applies to a job and gets X$/h. Company pays agency Y$/y. Agency pockets the difference. It's like human dropshipping. I've worked in a wide range of fields within the scope of my career's practice and I'm quite affluent in position requirements and basic interviewing skills. I think it would be a lot of fun to help companies find temp or contract employees to fill roles in industries I have previously worked. (IT, Government, Mining, Oil etc) The appeal to this is I get to dip my toes into marketing, human resources and interviewing / soft skills. Things I don't get to use much right now at work. Downside is it's likely very hard to compete against the corporate companies that do this already (Kelly Services, Adecco, Robert Half etc) but it's an interesting avenue that, at least that I know of, doesn't have much initial cost investment to start. (build a website and market the hell out of my agency)2) Freelance Python Developer - Web Scraping - I have to learn Python next month for work related purposes. Which works out great because I've always wanted to anyway. However if I can find a way to turn programming into a side gig for beer money, I'd love to find it. The best thing I was able to find, that also has a low barrier to entry, is developing scripts and spiders for web scraping. There looks to be a lot of work on all the slave labor freelance sites like Upwork and Fiver for python coders to scrape data for whatever reasons. This would be a good way to create incentive for my learning while also maybe hopefully help me earn enough money to make it interesting.3) Start an e-commerce site and see how shitty Dropshipping really is. (Or isn't.) - I have always been curious about this. I have a neighbor who actually runs an e-commerce site in vitamins and supplements and he makes a killing. And his site isn't even that good. It's a shopify front-end with decent copyrighting. His wife was able to drop to part time and he bought a sports car and paid most of his house off from this stupid thing. I know he's the exception, not the rule so I wouldn't go in expecting to be Gordon Gekko and flipping crazy deals with suppliers every which way. But I've always been interested because I'm technically affluent enough to build a decent looking store-front and I have a knack for writing copy. Issues: It takes some degree of financial investment to start, especially with advertising. The hardest part is getting the 1st purchase from customers. Repeat business and retention I expect isn't as hard as getting them to come and make initial purchase first. The rest follows if the product is as promised and service is good. However part of me can't help but feel a bit sleezy trying to hock cheap Chinese-wares on people with a pretty website and great photography.4) Suck it up and actually learn web development - Again, with programming - I don't have a strong interest naturally in webdev, but I know some people who make more on the weekends supporting Wordpress sites than they do at their day job and it really makes you wonder. I'm not a dumb guy, I can probably learn some php if I needed to but the interest isn't strong. I've thought about just learning as much as I could about wordpress and the like and making a small webdev agency to build small site for small local businesses. I know the learning curve isn't gigantic and the scope is small enough where I can learn it fairly quickly - and that's interesting because truthfully, I don't care to learn the entirety of the MEAN stack, or javascript or any of that nonsense.5) Elbow grease service - what I mean by this is your typical "I'll mow your lawn" "I'll hawl your trash" "I'll do whatever you want for money as long as your pants stay on" type thing. Your typical service oriented side gig. I don't know any trades. My only strong skills are on a computer (and even then I can't program yet and drinking isn't a trade sadly) but my father was very successful with this. He took a small business and turned it into a million dollars, and now he's repeating the process. (except he was a certified mechanic to start so he has a big leg up on me.) I know some of the common options are things like lawns, snow removal, carpet cleaning and such but as hard a worker as I am, I honestly have no idea what I could do in this vein. I need ideas and brainstorming for this one.Anyone have some help, tips, advice, insight about any of this? Or am I just 1 Miller Lite too many in?Thanks!

[berbaquero]

Reeddit, six years old

6 years ago today, I gathered the courage to put Reeddit out there. To share it with other people. It was my first serious attempt at building a complete, frontend-only web-app.

Reeddit is basically an alternative way to browse reddit.com’s content. While I love to read and browse reddit.com, I never really liked their UI- specially on their mobile site, which was really cumbersome and ugly, at least back then.

Also, I wanted to become a proper web frontend developer! I had worked with Java for almost 4 years by then and sure, I had to work with HTML and CSS over the years, but it always felt like I was only scratching the surface, and JavaScript had always completely eluded me.

So this was, in my mind, the perfect way to address those things: I would design and build the reddit UI that I’d love to use, and by doing so, I would learn as much as I could about what frontend development really was, learn the proper foundation— JS included.

In the span of ~5 months, working a couple of hours every week after work and a bit more each weekend, I built a responsive, single-page web-app for just reading reddit. And by doing so, I had learnt so, so much about building things for the browser; how to tame the DOM (thanks to jQuery/Zepto!) and the Cascade, the Box Model, how to use Flexbox (so shiny and new back then!). And I had more or less built the alternative reddit client that I wanted.

But that was supposed to be it! I built it for me. So I could use it myself. I didn't consider publishing it on the web— not initially.

But after showing what I had done so far to a friend from work, he told me "you should put it out there! It's nice!", to which I said that wasn't in my plans because I didn't think it was good enough for people to use it and much less like it. And then he said "if you already find it useful or good for yourself, there will be others who will agree and use it as well".

And that made me realize: if there was a single person who finds Reeddit, uses it, likes it, and continues using it, that'd be a huge satisfaction for me. Enough of a reward.

So for a couple of days I worked on making Reeddit a bit more "presentable", and made sure it worked fine in all the browsers I had installed, which were desktop and mobile Safari, Chrome, Opera, and Firefox.

And finally, on November 20th, 2012, I shared it with the world; first with my Twitter and Facebook network (announcement tweet), and then on reddit itself (thread on r/webdev).

I considered also showing it to Hacker News, but decided not to because I thought it was definitely not HN-worthy and that it would be shat upon if I did share it there. So I didn't. Silly me.

The reception on twitter and reddit was pretty much what I expected and hoped; people gave me good feedback, suggestions, and compliments. It was great. It felt good to share what I had worked on and to see it being well-received. I figured the cycle was complete. That the project was over as it had served its original purpose.

But it was far from over.

Less than 2 months later, during the first week of January 2013, someone :) shared Reeddit on Hacker News, and I only found out about it because after waking up that morning, I saw I was getting a lot notifications from people making tweets about Reeddit! All because of the weird machine that is Hacker News top posts.

So, I learned that there's a bunch of twitter bots that automatically tweet when a HN post receives certain amount of votes; here's reeddit getting 50 votes and here's reeddit getting 100 votes. And I guess people that follows these bots started reacting to those tweets and checking and tweeting about Reeddit. Then HN's post reached the top 2 spot on the frontpage.

And then it quickly reached the top of HackerNews' frontpage. Gulp.

The buzz generated by HN and Twitter was picked up by some big websites:

Designmodo tweeted about Reeddit.

Venture Beat published an article and tweeted about Reeddit.

Mashable published a video article about Reddit — although the actual video doesn't seem to work anymore. Boo.

And best of all, Alexis Ohanian himself tweeted about Reeddit.

It was crazy.

Those were a very awesome couple of days. It made the whole thing so incredibly rewarding. Much more than it already was.

But it was not over.

Even after the online buzz faded out, I learned of another benefit from it; I started getting approached by a few companies that were interested on me joining them as a frontend developer. One of them was a big one, and I couldn't believe it. And even though none of those worked out –as I would have had to move to a city I didn't really want to– the fact there was interest in my profile as frontend developer gave me the confidence to persue that path completely, and apply for Frontend Dev jobs in Amsterdam, which is what I really wanted.

Very fittingly, while using Reeddit myself one day and browsing the Amsterdam subreddit, I stumbled upon a post from someone sharing a job opening in the city, to which I replied with interest. Long (sub)story short, it was the experience and knowledge that I got from building Reeddit, and the confidence that its reception got gave me, what ultimately resulted and me getting a great job and moving to Amsterdam.

Afterwards, I continuously used Reeddit as my code playground, trying new things while fixing its bugs or adding new features, experimenting with new frameworks or libraries, or just applying the new things I'd learned at work. I believe I learned Sass/SCSS by migrating Reeddit's styles to it.

Reeddit has also received some open-source contributions during these years, which has always made so happy, humble, and very thankful, and has inspired me to give back— even though I don't do it as much as I should.

But it's been a while since I've done any work on Reeddit. I still love the product, but I feel like I've moved on from the codebase.

For almost 2 years now, I haven't really improved Reeddit. It got an improvement some weeks ago via a Pull Request on GitHub (yay open source!) but that's been pretty much it since years.

And it's actually a great feeling to see something you haven't had to support for a long time is still working fine. Of course, that's partially also thanks to Reddit itself not breaking its public API and to a very stable GitHub Pages service. But it's ultimately a testament to how wonderful The Web as a platform really is. How things that haven't been touched for years are still perfectly usable and accessible. I love it and don't take it for granted.

And I will try to make sure that my now-6-year-old Reeddit web-app stays usable and accessible in the future; but it's time to officially feature-freeze Reeddit.

It's time to move on.

To Reeddit 2.

--

Footnotes:

The first improvement to Reeddit after releasing it was done just around 30 minutes after sharing it on reddit and getting the suggestion to show previews for image posts, in the comments view.

For some time at the beginning of the published codebase, all the JS code was wrapped in a single jQuery/Zepto $.ready() function.

Firefox had no support for Flexbox back then, so I had to do some sort of browser detection and use Floats instead. Yikes.

Reeddit's UI was inspired by HNMobile, now known as HackerWeb, by @cheeaun. When I used HNMobile for the first time on my iPhone 4S, I remember being blown away by the fact a web-app could look and feel so smooth and native.

Yes, I'm building a new version of Reeddit!

[chrissyrholmes]

The 10 Best Free Support Sites For Web Developers

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Stack Overflow

First on this list is Stack Overflow with very good reason. The site is a treasure trove of coding solutions with Q&As on pretty much everything.

It’s free to sign up and you can ask as many questions as you want. However, I recommend searching the site before asking because it’s likely someone has asked your question before so there may already be an answer to your problem.

Stack covers all languages from frontend to backend and database code. You can find solutions for pretty much everything, so this is my go-to suggestion for learning how to do something or solving a specific bug.

Reddit

Another highly populated site is Reddit which has many smaller communities called subreddits. They all serve different topics from frontend to CSS and each community is populated with experts.

You can ask questions, poll users, or keep up on the latest news in the design/dev industry. I specifically recommend the /r/webdev sub because it’s extra friendly to newbies and it moves fast with dozens of new posts each day.

Plus you can subscribe to multiple places at once to curate all of these subreddits together. Definitely a great site for the tech-oriented crowd with a lot of helpful users.

SitePoint Forums

SitePoint has been online for well over a decade covering every aspect of design, UX, and programming. Their community forums offer a way to connect with skilled devs and share ideas.

The forums offer dozens of categories from marketing to programming and website setup techniques like servers and DNS settings. This is the largest community covering so many tech topics, and it’s a great place to hang around.

As with all popular forums you should try searching before you create a new thread. It’s likely that others have already asked similar questions and many times you can find answers to your questions faster by just searching.

Echo JS

Still in beta but quickly gaining traction is the Echo JS community. This site works a bit like Reddit where you can join for free and vote on new stories.

However it’s a much slimmer version of social voting with fewer features. There’s only a homepage with no archives, and there aren’t as many features for commenting or tracking responses.

But what I like about this site is that it’s niche and focused. The sole purpose is to cover JavaScript news, questions, and resources breaking in the industry. An excellent site for JS lovers, not so useful for anyone else though.

Bytes

Bytes follows the same model as Stack Overflow with question/answer sections covering pretty much every tech & IT topic.

This site is much smaller than Stack so it doesn’t have the same depth or level of user experience.

But it’s one central hub for developers to talk about career paths, server setups, programming, and lifestyle. You can browse categories to see which topics are covered and where you can ask questions. Definitely a small community but worthwhile if you’re willing to give it a shot.

Dzone

A few years back Dzone was solely a social news website. It has since grown into a tech news blog on programming, IT, and web development.

But they still have a big community with a links page and user profiles. This site is packed with pro developers and useful information to help you learn how the industry works. It’s great for CS majors, IT techs, DevOps engineers, or anyone aspiring to break into the industry.

It doesn’t get as much attention as a community anymore, but Dzone is worth browsing every so often for breaking news and IT/coding tips.

Codecademy

Codecademy is perhaps the most popular resource to teach yourself web development. It has a huge userbase and tons of tutorials on all the basics like HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, and some frameworks like WordPress.

They do have a community site where you can discuss ideas and help other developers on their learning path. It’s not the largest community, but it has a strong learning environment for anyone regardless of skill level.

If you’re completely new to coding and have no idea where to start then Codecademy is worth bookmarking.

FreeCodeCamp

The team at FreeCodeCamp built one amazing resource for aspiring developers. It’s a free learning site that bundles lessons with a community of users who help eachother answer questions and solve problems.

They have a designated forum for discussing ideas and asking questions along your journey. This is also a great place to recruit for work and to collaborate with other developers on cool projects.

The site is totally free to join, and you can start learning right away. This along with Codecademy are two amazing resources that I would recommend to any serious developer.

DevShed

I remember finding the Dev Shed forums way back when I first started web development in the mid 2000s. It’s still online today and it offers a fantastic community with sub-forums on pretty much every topic you can think of.

DevShed follows the traditional forum model using vBulletin with threads, bumped responses, and sub-forums to organize everything together. This is very different from modern communities that usually run on proprietary systems.

But even as DevShed pushes 15 years online it’s still one of the best communities for aspiring coders.

Hacker News

The community at Hacker News slants towards startups and tech innovation. It’s a social news voting site developed by the early stage investment company Y Combinator.

It is by far one of the largest tech social news communities around, and it’s extremely popular. This probably isn’t the best place to ask questions or learn to code, but it is great to keep up with the latest advancement in technology.

You can learn so much just by browsing the front page of Hacker News. It’s a great site for any tech enthusiast, and it’s one of the more intelligent startup communities on the web.

Every site in this post offers something unique from Q&A programming help to web dev news and career advice. This list is massive but far from complete since new sites launch every year and communities can build fast.

If you know any similar dev community sites feel free to share in the comments and let us know your thoughts.

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Web Design Weekly #317

Headlines

The Hidden Trap in Design Systems

Brian McKenna shares some thoughts around the negative aspects of design systems. I can’t say I 100% agree with him, but it does raise some concerns that are worth thinking about. (uxplanet.org)

Save valuable time with on-demand bug reproduction.

​FullStory captures every customer session on your site and replays it like a DVR, complete with the JavaScript console log and all underlying code. FullStory makes it easier than ever to diagnose problems without time-consuming repros or email exchanges. Get started with a free trial today. (fullstory.com)

Articles

Replace Animated GIFs with Video

In this article, Jeremy Wagner explains how the GIF hosting sites keep their bandwidth bills from going through the roof, and convert those giant GIFs into lean and fast video files. You’ll then learn how to properly embed these videos in web pages so they behave just like GIFs. Performance for the win. (developers.google.com)

Scrolling Interactions & Techniques

Jose Virgil Almeda tested some scrolling interactions in three different designs and found some do’s and don’ts, pros and cons, and a few rules about how to incorporate scrolling into your work correctly. (uxdesign.cc)

Making high quality video efficient

An in-depth look into how the YouTube player works and what the team do behind the scenes to make things as smooth as possible. (youtube-eng.googleblog.com)

Webdev on Windows with WSL and VS Code (daverupert.com)

Tools / Resources

CSS Blocks

A component-oriented CSS authoring system that compiles to high-performance stylesheets. By combining an opinionated authoring system, build-time analysis and rewriting of templates, CSS Blocks breathes new power and ease of use into the technologies and best practices that stylesheet developers already know and love. (github.com)

Grid to Flex

If you need to support users of IE11 and below, or Edge 15 and below, grid won’t really work as you expect. This site is a solution for you so you can start to progressively enhance without fear. (gridtoflex.com)

Eqio – a simple, tiny alternative to element/container queries

Eqio allows you to attain the holy grail of responsive web development/design systems: components that can adapt their styling based on their width, not the browser‘s. It uses IntersectionObservers under-the-hood to apply appropriately named classes to the component when necessary. (github.com)

VuePress

Minimalistic Vue-powered static site generator (vuejs.org)

Using PhantomJS with PHP to screenshot webpages (themaninblue.com)

BuzzFeed’s design interview process open sourced (github.com)

Podcasts for Web Designers and Developers (smashingmagazine.com)

Node 10 released (nodejs.org)

Inspiration

Making Unsplash for the Mobile (medium.com)

CSS Houdini Experiments (css-houdini.rocks)

Jobs

Product Engineer at Zapier

We’re looking for a Product Engineer to join the engineering team at Zapier. Want to help engineer a simple product that allows anyone to do complex, incredible things with the world’s APIs? (zapier.com)

Front-end Engineer at Help Scout

We’re looking for someone who’s really smart, and humble, and thorough, and meticulous, and self-motivated, and kind, and a little funny, and tenacious, and did I say self-motivated? Well, that’s because we’re a remote company. (helpscout.com)

Need to find passionate developers or designers? Why not advertise in the next newsletter

Last but not least…

What five words best describe programming? (twitter.com)

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How to set up an iPad for web development

A few months ago, I detailed my process for setting up a Pixelbook to code on. It wasn’t easy or simple or straightforward, but it worked in the end: I had all the power and flexibility of Linux, access to my favorite code editor (VS Code), and, of course, the slick web browsing experience that Chromebooks are known for.

Around that same time, I attempted to set up an iPad for coding. I failed miserably. I love using the iPad for writing and other creative work. It’s super portable, has great battery life, an excellent screen, and the limited multitasking keeps me focused. Unfortunately, it’s very bad for complex tasks and intentionally crippled for software development.

But I’m older and wiser now, and after an entire Saturday spent bashing my head against a wall, I’m happy to report that I can use a $799 tablet computer to write software. Will I ever actually use it for this purpose? Maybe! But we’ll get to that.

Feel free to follow in my footsteps if you, too, wish to code on the iPad. I can’t promise you it’s a worthwhile destination, but I learned a lot on my way there.

Chapter 1: The journey begins by lowering my expectations

As everyone knows, Apple is scared to death that anyone might ever run arbitrary code on one of its pristine iOS devices. It makes a little bit of sense: the strictures of iOS and the App Store are why a years-old iPad is vastly more responsive and cruft-free than a similarly aged MacBook Pro.

But it makes developing software nearly impossible. It’s ironic because the iPad is excellent for creators in so many ways like drawing, design, and music. Under the hood is the same Unix kernel that makes macOS excellent for programmers.

Anyway, you know all this.

Unlike on the Pixelbook, where I wanted a full-on Rust development environment basically comparable to my Mac setup, I decided to just do some JavaScript-based web development on my iPad.

I knew just the place to go: CodeSandbox. It’s a website, and everything runs in the browser. Therefore, the iPad won’t be able to stop me from my dreams of creating my “Calculator 2: The Sequel to Calculators” web app in JavaScript.

CodeSandbox allows you to use arbitrary NPM packages, and it has a code editor based on VS Code’s own editor. So as long as you stick to the world of JavaScript, it’s almost as powerful as a traditional desktop-based web development setup. CodeSandbox also sands off some of the rough edges of configuration files and has a lot of premade projects built with various technologies (React, Vue, Redux, and even exotic frameworks like Hyperapp), which makes it easy to get started with the uber-complicated build chain that modern web development seems to require.

And I was extra excited to see that CodeSandbox has a Vim mode. Vim keybindings are my preferred way to navigate around text, and it’s especially important on the iPad where you don’t have a mouse for assistance. Moving the cursor, highlighting text, deleting words or lines, moving lines, and jumping large distances in a file all require just a couple keystrokes in Vim. Contrast that to the iPad alternative: seconds spent poking at the screen with your clumsy finger, hoping iOS will discern your intent.

Basically, everything was going great. CodeSandbox was all I needed, and my iPad was suddenly an ultra useful webdev box — at least for building the sort of small experiments I gravitate toward.

Except there was one problem: the iPad doesn’t have an Escape key.

Chapter 2: What despair feels like

See, in Vim, there are different “modes.” There’s the default mode where you use the keyboard to navigate around your document. There’s the selection mode, where you use those same navigations keys to select text. And, importantly, there’s an insert mode, where you use your keyboard to type. Since you need to get out of insert mode to move your cursor again, you need some sort of command to exit insert mode. By default, that command is wired to the Escape key.

Many Vim users (like myself, for instance) map a fancy key combo like “jj” to make exiting insert mode easier, but CodeSandbox isn’t actually Vim. It just emulates some of Vim’s default keybindings. So I need an Escape key. And the iPad doesn’t even know what that means.

I’m serious! At first, I thought this was just a problem with Apple’s own Smart Keyboard Cover, which has no function row and no Escape key. So I pulled out a regular Bluetooth keyboard and hooked it up to the iPad. I jammed on the Escape key and... nothing. In the world of iOS, there is no escape.

I browsed around StackExchange and various GitHub issues in a state of despair. Yes, there are ways to emulate an Escape keypress with “Ctrl + [,” but that gets me nothing in this case. I’m stuck in insert mode for the rest of my life.

CodeSandbox, you brought me so close!

In fact, based on CodeSandbox’s rapid iteration, I wouldn’t be surprised if they solved this issue in the near future.

But in the meantime: what’s a boy to do?

Chapter 3: Okay, let’s try the cloud again

The first time I tried to set up an iPad for coding, I naturally went straight to the cloud. But the cloud isn’t a magical place where all your dreams come true. Setting up a devbox on Digital Ocean or Google Cloud requires some knowledge of Linux and SSH, and there’s no GUI Linux interface to fall back on when your command line skills fail you.

Why was this so hard before?

Weirdly, the debris of scattered knowledge from my last attempt at a cloud devbox setup was all I needed to quickly get everything working. I paid for the basic $5 box on Digital Ocean, put a clean install of Ubuntu on it, and provided it an SSH key I generated in Panic’s Prompt app, an SSH terminal emulator for iOS. Why was this so hard before?

After SSHing into my Digital Ocean box, I started adding the tools I need. I installed Neovim (a modern Vim alternative) and found someone’s .config file for Neovim on GitHub and copied it. Then I installed nodejs, yarn, npm, parcel, rust, gcc... all the good stuff I crave. Because the “language server” aspect of VS Code is open source, I can get many of the hints and errors I rely on so heavily when coding into Neovim, even though it lacks all the GUI bells and whistles of VS Code.

It’s hard for me to describe how I did all these things, other than a liberal application of sudo apt-get install, copying and pasting shell scripts, and careful reading of error messages. Mostly, it’s just years of trial and error in the command line. I guess DM me if you get stuck on something, and I’ll do my best to help. Have you tried modifying your $PATH?

So, anyway, now I can write a web app in JavaScript, serve it from my Digital Ocean box, and preview my work in Safari (with live reload, thanks to some magic performed by Parcel). I can even split-screen the terminal and Safari and reallyget to work.

But soon, I got frustrated: a very small fraction of my work “coding” is actually typing code. I spend most of my time reading documentation and other people’s code to try and figure out how the hell anything ever works. After a couple of minutes browsing StackOverflow, I get a notification from Prompt, warning me that my SSH session is about to disconnect because of inactivity.

The whole reason iOS is so nice and responsive is because it has almost zero multitasking unless you’re working with multiple audio apps at once. Prompt does its best to stay alive, but iOS always kills it in the end.

Chapter 4: UDP saves the day

So, I Googled for a solution and discovered Mosh. Basically, Mosh is a UDP protocol for using a terminal from an intermittent connection. You connect over SSH like usual, but then that connection is handed off to Mosh to keep it “alive” during downtime. Prompt doesn’t support Mosh, so I paid another $20 for another terminal emulator app, called Blink, and set up Mosh. It took some trial and error to get the Mosh server running on my Ubuntu box and correctly enter my login details into Blink, but once I got it working, it works great.

I can leave the terminal for days, and as soon as I open Blink I have all the sessions open from the last time. For command line warriors, this is no huge feat. They know all about “reattaching” to sessions or whatever they do. But for me, it’s a huge achievement.

In fact, in some ways, I prefer my iPad / Blink / Digital Ocean setup to coding on my Mac. I can’t do everything my Mac does — anything involving windowing or graphics, for instance, outside of a web browser, isn’t really possible — but I have the joy of knowing I’m not mucking up my Mac with all the various weird command line software I install from the internet. If my setup ever breaks beyond repair, it’s just a couple clicks to wipe my Ubuntu box and start fresh.

Also, while my Digital Ocean box is a lot slower than my MacBook Pro, it has a blazing-fast internet connection. Anything I want to git clone or npm install feels way snappier on this cloud box, thanks to its minimal latency and huge internet pipe.

Only one problem: I’m terrible at JavaScript

Oh, and in case you were wondering: Blink supports the “Ctrl + [“ command to emulate escape. You can also map your Caps Lock key to escape if you want to be really crazy (I traditionally map Caps Lock to Ctrl, which is also supported by Blink). But, thankfully, my Neovim config maps “jj” to escape when in insert mode, so I’m golden on that front.

There’s really only one problem with my current setup: I’m terrible at JavaScript, and therefore nothing I write works the first time, and I can’t see any console error messages in Mobile Safari because it’s a crippled browser for babies.

CodeSandbox.io includes its own console interface.

I guess my first job on this new coding setup will be to write a pull request for CodeSandbox to support the “jj” escape method.

If only I was better at JavaScript!

It’s a real pickle I’ve found myself in.

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Did My 4 Media & Technology Predictions From 2010 Come True?

Back in 2010, upon brainstorming where I thought media and technology was going to go, I had some predictions. Looking back I can now point out examples of where my predictions have come true, even if more simply and not exactly how I expected. Some of these ideas are only partway to becoming a thing, so it’s interesting how it’s possible for us to connect the dots based on the past in order to see the future.

The following is those predictions in bold with my current comments in italics, comparing current technology developments against my predictions from 2010:

Media Consolidation & Advanced Streaming Meta Data

Combination of the internet, TV and Tivo into one package. It would have the live broadcasting and large quantity and variety of channels like North American TV but, it would have the power of searchability of metadata, the convenient accessibility of the internet without compromise in quality while at the same time giving the user the control of Tivo being able to pause, rewind etc…

This way one has the excitement of TV, the convenience of the internet and the control of Tivo all in one lean package.

The above was when Tivo was becoming all the rage and I was foreseeing some kind of amalgamation of media. This of course has happened in different regards with Tivo-like features now standard in most TV provider’s modern set top boxes. Also now there is also the use of meta data to search for content either on demand, currently playing or scheduled for later. Thus most has come true as a standard, besides perhaps my imagined precision in finding videos playing currently based on meta data, where it could be down to the dialogue of the people talking, but that should probably come soon; and with Youtube’s current feature set with a growth in streaming content, along with the meta data Youtube’s automatically generated captions can provide, we are about to get at the level I imagined in my prediction within the next few years.

Truly Live Film, Merging Theatre, The Movies & Consolidated Media

Basically an entire film would be completely rehearsed from beginning to end, not only the acting but also the camera movements the effects used live as they do in live television and the choreography. It would be like a stage play where everything would be performed live and then it could be broadcast live in a theatre, the internet and TV each with of course their own level of quality. It would have the aspect of live theatre that a stage play has except it would make use of things unique to film such as cinematography special effects, real locations and elaborate sets.

The live film, merging live TV excitement with feature film impact.

This technically already existed in a sense with pay-per-view events such as wrestling or sports being broadcast live in movie theatres while people could watch with a purchase from home simultaneously; but going as far as doing a film completely live from start to finish, because it would require a mass amount of resources, has not really been done yet. However with the increase in live content from Youtube being streamed and the development of experience from the countless independent media producers online today, production costs could eventually get reasonable enough for the possibility of a movie that streams live online, actually being performed live as it’s streaming (mistakes and all) while being broadcast to movie theatres and TVs at the same time. This hasn’t been done yet, at least not commonly, but I’m pretty sure this will be tried within the next decade or two.

Realtime Music Mixing Technology Openly Available for Fans of the artist/Group

Any song produced in a studio is professionally mixed and mastered, but what if the listener could have a hand in the process after it was already completed. One could listen to the song as the studio intended, but if one chooses one could put the volume down on one instrument for a part of the song, put the volume up on another part apply EQ to only the vocals or bring in other parts earlier than what the engineers intended all while keeping that studio mastered sound and quality. Therefore the same song can be remixed by the listener endless times in real time and the new tracks can be saved out to be listened to again and again. Thus one song becomes an infinite number of mixes in pristine quality.

“Don’t just listen, play.”

This I have not seen happen yet, though the quality and cost of resources for music producers has only gotten better and better. I see the above idea as something between music based games like Rock Band and the actual work of an audio engineer. The advantage against being an audio angineer is it would be made fun and easy to play with, for entertainment rather than serious engineering work, while at the same time being able to immediately mess around with the mix of a famous artist, rather than having to rely on your own or royalty free content. I think this would be an excellent way to sell music, adding software features like that, making the music editable without being an expert while still getting to play out fandom for your favourite artists.

MMORPG Where Graphics Evolve With Game Progress (Extreme Version)

A game like a MMPORPG where one picks a character type for example, is put into a world with a story and as he gains experience points, through defeating enemies and overcoming obstacles involved in the world and its story while interacting with other players online, there is one twist to the already tried and true formula. As one levels up and his character gets better, so do the graphics, so do the gameplay so does the world around him to a certain radius (perhaps expanding as he gets better as well), if other players online want to enter the expanse created by a higher level player, they need to reach that level too in order to qualify, if one’s own level gets extremely high, since the graphics get too good and the gameplay too sophisticated and the character’s expanse too large, the player at home’s computer may no longer handle it, so one needs to stop playing the game, go out in the real world, do some work, earn the money for a better computer in order to be able to attain higher levels in the game rather than stay at the same place in level.

“Now the MMPORPG fantasy everyone has enjoyed has merged with reality, your life won’t depend on the game anymore, the game will depend on your life!”

This one surprisingly did happen, if only to a degree. A game came out a few years later in 2013 called Evoland which basically has the same concept with a few differences and limitations. First of all Evoland is a traditional console style RPG, rather than an MMORPG, however theoretically Evoland could be used as an engine for one. Next was the graphical extremes I imagined in my idea. I had imagined the game would start 8-bit and eventually evolve into AAA level current graphics that push system hardware, all the way until the game could no longer run (extreme, I know) with the player needing to upgrade his physical hardware to keep upgrading in the game. That was actually the goal of MY idea, not only creating a new and exciting experience based on tried and true concepts combined together, but also giving incentive for players to do more than just play the game, but have a business or work life that is able to afford continuing to play the game, also pushing the hardware industry to innovate further as well.

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Build a site like Groupon

Website development refers to the processes and activities in connection to the development of web sites. In layman term, it simply means the building of websites through written content and setup. It can vary from that of the static single page text websites to the most creative and complex applications like online games or social network services.

Website development is not a simple process. It is highly complex and equally challenging endeavor. It can also be into different areas: client side coding, server side coding, combination, and those that utilize database technology. Client side coding denotes to one area of website development wherein the programs are executed by the client or the user's web browser. Examples are AJAX, Javascript, among others. The server side coding, on the other hand, any request of the user is fulfilled through a script that is directly on the web server. Basically, client side coding is on layout and design, while server side coding is on back end systems.

There are certain tools that can be used by the website development team. Some of these tools include: Photoshop 5.5 which enables for flawless editing of pictures, the Dreamweaver, 1st page 2000 which is a free HTML editor that comprises of JavaScript and Perl Scripts, Adobe Golvie which is a professional editor for Macs, Media Cleaner that accepts formats and works in all platforms. Other tools are the RealSystem G2 Beta Server which is great in streaming media, the Shoutcast server that broadcast streaming MP3s from the server to Winamp users around the globe. The Flash 4 which provides for tools in flash making. The Livestage which makes the most of Quicktime format. Analog logfile analyzer which is used by 25% of the populace in analyzing their logfiles. The Canoma that which enable to effortless 3D graphic. Some other website development tools include the Illustrator, Image Oprimizer, Topstyle, Actinic Catalog, WebSpeed Optimizer and Drumbeat 2500.

Great news too to all website development teams, most of the identified tools feature trial uses and some even all-time free utilization. Compared to the past years, there is a massive increase in development tools and platforms that can be accessed online for free. This costless opportunity contributed the increasing number of people worldwide setting up there new Web sites daily. Add that to the significant rise of user-friendly website development software particularly WebDev, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression that enable people to set up websites in a matter of minutes then you have a website development phenomenon that is taking the world by storm. It isn't surprising then that it is among the fast-growing industry around the world, and this is amidst the US fiscal crisis.

11 years ago I purchased a book about basic HTML development. A purchase that would end up defining my entire professional career. I bought it because I wanted to create a web page for a school project. This was in the days of Geo city sites and it looked absolutely horrible.

Still, when I finally finished it with the aid of my trusty HTML book I was prouder than I thought possible.

If you're having fun doing this chances are that web development is something you would love to do. Especially if you think it's fun messing with code until early in the morning! Experimenting is truly the key element in web development. Especially when you're first getting started it's very much about trial and error.

In order for an e-commerce website to become successful, they have to be able to attract visitors. Once they have people coming to their site they have to be able to convert them into sales. This is a lot more difficult than people think and is almost never accomplished using a basic template and a domain name. It requires a combination of creative design, web development and online marketing to make an e-commerce website successful.

The Importance of Website Designing

A template is something that someone else has written. The user of the template has no control over the code that creates the website. There could be all sorts of things that are not needed or are not helpful in the coding. The template may not help with SEO techniques and that means that people will not be able to find it when they use the search engines.

A good website designer will create a custom website that is made for the business that is being offered. It will be able to help brand a website and it can help create a corporate identity that is needed for long term success. The web designer is capable of creating site that is visually appealing and functional. It will be a site that is safe and secure and that is easy to navigate.

The website should always be evaluated to see what is working and what is not. The possibility for the need of a website remodel or a branding revamping should be planned for. The marketing plan for the website should be considered for what is working and what is not. If some of the SEO tools are not having the right impact they can be adjusted. All of this is involved in the development of the website.

It is possible to have some success using a template for a generic e-commerce website. There are plenty of people that can claim they have done just this. There are more people that can talk about the success they have had using a custom website design paying attention to the idea of website development.

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business's site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization and other aspects. The importance of website development services include:

· Publicizing the business

Today, businesses cannot grow their market share without having a properly designed website. Bigger businesses often have their own web design teams to cater for the internet marketing requirements while smaller businesses rely on external sources. For smaller businesses, professional graphic designers or webmasters handle the work. The work is often outsourced on a contractual basis. As you do your shopping, you will discover many developers who have for many years of experience now engaged in web application development, website development and software development. Many of these companies are reputed as reliable service providers who play an important role in generating perfect websites that publicize the business.

· Beat the competition

To become competitive in the current business environment, the business needs to have in place a well-designed website. Some business owners often give the excuse that their organization uses "word-of-mouth" for advertising and hence they do not need a website. However, one of the ways of reinforcing clients' personal recommendations is through website development.

When you make the decision to have a website, you need to determine the cost for developing it. The cost should fall within your budget. If you choose to design your site in-house, it can be time-consuming and if you choose to hire the services of a professional developer, you may need to pay a little more.

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Build a site like Groupon

Website development refers to the processes and activities in connection to the development of web sites. In layman term, it simply means the building of websites through written content and setup. It can vary from that of the static single page text websites to the most creative and complex applications like online games or social network services.

Website development is not a simple process. It is highly complex and equally challenging endeavor. It can also be into different areas: client side coding, server side coding, combination, and those that utilize database technology. Client side coding denotes to one area of website development wherein the programs are executed by the client or the user's web browser. Examples are AJAX, Javascript, among others. The server side coding, on the other hand, any request of the user is fulfilled through a script that is directly on the web server. Basically, client side coding is on layout and design, while server side coding is on back end systems.

There are certain tools that can be used by the website development team. Some of these tools include: Photoshop 5.5 which enables for flawless editing of pictures, the Dreamweaver, 1st page 2000 which is a free HTML editor that comprises of JavaScript and Perl Scripts, Adobe Golvie which is a professional editor for Macs, Media Cleaner that accepts formats and works in all platforms. Other tools are the RealSystem G2 Beta Server which is great in streaming media, the Shoutcast server that broadcast streaming MP3s from the server to Winamp users around the globe. The Flash 4 which provides for tools in flash making. The Livestage which makes the most of Quicktime format. Analog logfile analyzer which is used by 25% of the populace in analyzing their logfiles. The Canoma that which enable to effortless 3D graphic. Some other website development tools include the Illustrator, Image Oprimizer, Topstyle, Actinic Catalog, WebSpeed Optimizer and Drumbeat 2500.

Great news too to all website development teams, most of the identified tools feature trial uses and some even all-time free utilization. Compared to the past years, there is a massive increase in development tools and platforms that can be accessed online for free. This costless opportunity contributed the increasing number of people worldwide setting up there new Web sites daily. Add that to the significant rise of user-friendly website development software particularly WebDev, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression that enable people to set up websites in a matter of minutes then you have a website development phenomenon that is taking the world by storm. It isn't surprising then that it is among the fast-growing industry around the world, and this is amidst the US fiscal crisis.

11 years ago I purchased a book about basic HTML development. A purchase that would end up defining my entire professional career. I bought it because I wanted to create a web page for a school project. This was in the days of Geo city sites and it looked absolutely horrible.

Still, when I finally finished it with the aid of my trusty HTML book I was prouder than I thought possible.

If you're having fun doing this chances are that web development is something you would love to do. Especially if you think it's fun messing with code until early in the morning! Experimenting is truly the key element in web development. Especially when you're first getting started it's very much about trial and error.

In order for an e-commerce website to become successful, they have to be able to attract visitors. Once they have people coming to their site they have to be able to convert them into sales. This is a lot more difficult than people think and is almost never accomplished using a basic template and a domain name. It requires a combination of creative design, web development and online marketing to make an e-commerce website successful.

The Importance of Website Designing

A template is something that someone else has written. The user of the template has no control over the code that creates the website. There could be all sorts of things that are not needed or are not helpful in the coding. The template may not help with SEO techniques and that means that people will not be able to find it when they use the search engines.

A good website designer will create a custom website that is made for the business that is being offered. It will be able to help brand a website and it can help create a corporate identity that is needed for long term success. The web designer is capable of creating site that is visually appealing and functional. It will be a site that is safe and secure and that is easy to navigate.

The website should always be evaluated to see what is working and what is not. The possibility for the need of a website remodel or a branding revamping should be planned for. The marketing plan for the website should be considered for what is working and what is not. If some of the SEO tools are not having the right impact they can be adjusted. All of this is involved in the development of the website.

It is possible to have some success using a template for a generic e-commerce website. There are plenty of people that can claim they have done just this. There are more people that can talk about the success they have had using a custom website design paying attention to the idea of website development.

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business's site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization and other aspects. The importance of website development services include:

· Publicizing the business

Today, businesses cannot grow their market share without having a properly designed website. Bigger businesses often have their own web design teams to cater for the internet marketing requirements while smaller businesses rely on external sources. For smaller businesses, professional graphic designers or webmasters handle the work. The work is often outsourced on a contractual basis. As you do your shopping, you will discover many developers who have for many years of experience now engaged in web application development, website development and software development. Many of these companies are reputed as reliable service providers who play an important role in generating perfect websites that publicize the business.

· Beat the competition

To become competitive in the current business environment, the business needs to have in place a well-designed website. Some business owners often give the excuse that their organization uses "word-of-mouth" for advertising and hence they do not need a website. However, one of the ways of reinforcing clients' personal recommendations is through website development.

When you make the decision to have a website, you need to determine the cost for developing it. The cost should fall within your budget. If you choose to design your site in-house, it can be time-consuming and if you choose to hire the services of a professional developer, you may need to pay a little more.

Troika Tech Best - eCommerce Website Designing & Development Company in Andheri Bandra

102, Sagar Shopping Centre, Dawood Baug, Opposite PK Jewellers,, J.P. Road, Andheri (West) Station, Mumbai, Near Metro Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400058  

  Troika Tech Services - Website Designers in Mumbai

107, Kothari Milestone, Near Railway Station, Malad, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064  

  Troika Tech - Website Designers & Developers Company in Sakinaka Marol and Andheri East

4, Summit Business Park, Kurla Rd, Mota Nagar, Shivaji Colony, Mota Nagar, Andheri, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099  

[puneshirditaxi-blog]

Build a site like Groupon

Website development refers to the processes and activities in connection to the development of web sites. In layman term, it simply means the building of websites through written content and setup. It can vary from that of the static single page text websites to the most creative and complex applications like online games or social network services.

Website development is not a simple process. It is highly complex and equally challenging endeavor. It can also be into different areas: client side coding, server side coding, combination, and those that utilize database technology. Client side coding denotes to one area of website development wherein the programs are executed by the client or the user's web browser. Examples are AJAX, Javascript, among others. The server side coding, on the other hand, any request of the user is fulfilled through a script that is directly on the web server. Basically, client side coding is on layout and design, while server side coding is on back end systems.

There are certain tools that can be used by the website development team. Some of these tools include: Photoshop 5.5 which enables for flawless editing of pictures, the Dreamweaver, 1st page 2000 which is a free HTML editor that comprises of JavaScript and Perl Scripts, Adobe Golvie which is a professional editor for Macs, Media Cleaner that accepts formats and works in all platforms. Other tools are the RealSystem G2 Beta Server which is great in streaming media, the Shoutcast server that broadcast streaming MP3s from the server to Winamp users around the globe. The Flash 4 which provides for tools in flash making. The Livestage which makes the most of Quicktime format. Analog logfile analyzer which is used by 25% of the populace in analyzing their logfiles. The Canoma that which enable to effortless 3D graphic. Some other website development tools include the Illustrator, Image Oprimizer, Topstyle, Actinic Catalog, WebSpeed Optimizer and Drumbeat 2500.

Great news too to all website development teams, most of the identified tools feature trial uses and some even all-time free utilization. Compared to the past years, there is a massive increase in development tools and platforms that can be accessed online for free. This costless opportunity contributed the increasing number of people worldwide setting up there new Web sites daily. Add that to the significant rise of user-friendly website development software particularly WebDev, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression that enable people to set up websites in a matter of minutes then you have a website development phenomenon that is taking the world by storm. It isn't surprising then that it is among the fast-growing industry around the world, and this is amidst the US fiscal crisis.

11 years ago I purchased a book about basic HTML development. A purchase that would end up defining my entire professional career. I bought it because I wanted to create a web page for a school project. This was in the days of Geo city sites and it looked absolutely horrible.

Still, when I finally finished it with the aid of my trusty HTML book I was prouder than I thought possible.

If you're having fun doing this chances are that web development is something you would love to do. Especially if you think it's fun messing with code until early in the morning! Experimenting is truly the key element in web development. Especially when you're first getting started it's very much about trial and error.

In order for an e-commerce website to become successful, they have to be able to attract visitors. Once they have people coming to their site they have to be able to convert them into sales. This is a lot more difficult than people think and is almost never accomplished using a basic template and a domain name. It requires a combination of creative design, web development and online marketing to make an e-commerce website successful.

The Importance of Website Designing

A template is something that someone else has written. The user of the template has no control over the code that creates the website. There could be all sorts of things that are not needed or are not helpful in the coding. The template may not help with SEO techniques and that means that people will not be able to find it when they use the search engines.

A good website designer will create a custom website that is made for the business that is being offered. It will be able to help brand a website and it can help create a corporate identity that is needed for long term success. The web designer is capable of creating site that is visually appealing and functional. It will be a site that is safe and secure and that is easy to navigate.

The website should always be evaluated to see what is working and what is not. The possibility for the need of a website remodel or a branding revamping should be planned for. The marketing plan for the website should be considered for what is working and what is not. If some of the SEO tools are not having the right impact they can be adjusted. All of this is involved in the development of the website.

It is possible to have some success using a template for a generic e-commerce website. There are plenty of people that can claim they have done just this. There are more people that can talk about the success they have had using a custom website design paying attention to the idea of website development.

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business's site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization and other aspects. The importance of website development services include:

· Publicizing the business

Today, businesses cannot grow their market share without having a properly designed website. Bigger businesses often have their own web design teams to cater for the internet marketing requirements while smaller businesses rely on external sources. For smaller businesses, professional graphic designers or webmasters handle the work. The work is often outsourced on a contractual basis. As you do your shopping, you will discover many developers who have for many years of experience now engaged in web application development, website development and software development. Many of these companies are reputed as reliable service providers who play an important role in generating perfect websites that publicize the business.

· Beat the competition

To become competitive in the current business environment, the business needs to have in place a well-designed website. Some business owners often give the excuse that their organization uses "word-of-mouth" for advertising and hence they do not need a website. However, one of the ways of reinforcing clients' personal recommendations is through website development.

When you make the decision to have a website, you need to determine the cost for developing it. The cost should fall within your budget. If you choose to design your site in-house, it can be time-consuming and if you choose to hire the services of a professional developer, you may need to pay a little more.

Troika Tech Best - eCommerce Website Designing & Development Company in Andheri Bandra

102, Sagar Shopping Centre, Dawood Baug, Opposite PK Jewellers,, J.P. Road, Andheri (West) Station, Mumbai, Near Metro Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400058  

  Troika Tech Services - Website Designers in Mumbai

107, Kothari Milestone, Near Railway Station, Malad, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064  

  Troika Tech - Website Designers & Developers Company in Sakinaka Marol and Andheri East

4, Summit Business Park, Kurla Rd, Mota Nagar, Shivaji Colony, Mota Nagar, Andheri, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099  

[packersandmoversinsurat-blog]

Build a site like Groupon

Website development refers to the processes and activities in connection to the development of web sites. In layman term, it simply means the building of websites through written content and setup. It can vary from that of the static single page text websites to the most creative and complex applications like online games or social network services.

Website development is not a simple process. It is highly complex and equally challenging endeavor. It can also be into different areas: client side coding, server side coding, combination, and those that utilize database technology. Client side coding denotes to one area of website development wherein the programs are executed by the client or the user's web browser. Examples are AJAX, Javascript, among others. The server side coding, on the other hand, any request of the user is fulfilled through a script that is directly on the web server. Basically, client side coding is on layout and design, while server side coding is on back end systems.

There are certain tools that can be used by the website development team. Some of these tools include: Photoshop 5.5 which enables for flawless editing of pictures, the Dreamweaver, 1st page 2000 which is a free HTML editor that comprises of JavaScript and Perl Scripts, Adobe Golvie which is a professional editor for Macs, Media Cleaner that accepts formats and works in all platforms. Other tools are the RealSystem G2 Beta Server which is great in streaming media, the Shoutcast server that broadcast streaming MP3s from the server to Winamp users around the globe. The Flash 4 which provides for tools in flash making. The Livestage which makes the most of Quicktime format. Analog logfile analyzer which is used by 25% of the populace in analyzing their logfiles. The Canoma that which enable to effortless 3D graphic. Some other website development tools include the Illustrator, Image Oprimizer, Topstyle, Actinic Catalog, WebSpeed Optimizer and Drumbeat 2500.

Great news too to all website development teams, most of the identified tools feature trial uses and some even all-time free utilization. Compared to the past years, there is a massive increase in development tools and platforms that can be accessed online for free. This costless opportunity contributed the increasing number of people worldwide setting up there new Web sites daily. Add that to the significant rise of user-friendly website development software particularly WebDev, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression that enable people to set up websites in a matter of minutes then you have a website development phenomenon that is taking the world by storm. It isn't surprising then that it is among the fast-growing industry around the world, and this is amidst the US fiscal crisis.

11 years ago I purchased a book about basic HTML development. A purchase that would end up defining my entire professional career. I bought it because I wanted to create a web page for a school project. This was in the days of Geo city sites and it looked absolutely horrible.

Still, when I finally finished it with the aid of my trusty HTML book I was prouder than I thought possible.

If you're having fun doing this chances are that web development is something you would love to do. Especially if you think it's fun messing with code until early in the morning! Experimenting is truly the key element in web development. Especially when you're first getting started it's very much about trial and error.

In order for an e-commerce website to become successful, they have to be able to attract visitors. Once they have people coming to their site they have to be able to convert them into sales. This is a lot more difficult than people think and is almost never accomplished using a basic template and a domain name. It requires a combination of creative design, web development and online marketing to make an e-commerce website successful.

The Importance of Website Designing

A template is something that someone else has written. The user of the template has no control over the code that creates the website. There could be all sorts of things that are not needed or are not helpful in the coding. The template may not help with SEO techniques and that means that people will not be able to find it when they use the search engines.

A good website designer will create a custom website that is made for the business that is being offered. It will be able to help brand a website and it can help create a corporate identity that is needed for long term success. The web designer is capable of creating site that is visually appealing and functional. It will be a site that is safe and secure and that is easy to navigate.

The website should always be evaluated to see what is working and what is not. The possibility for the need of a website remodel or a branding revamping should be planned for. The marketing plan for the website should be considered for what is working and what is not. If some of the SEO tools are not having the right impact they can be adjusted. All of this is involved in the development of the website.

It is possible to have some success using a template for a generic e-commerce website. There are plenty of people that can claim they have done just this. There are more people that can talk about the success they have had using a custom website design paying attention to the idea of website development.

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business's site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization and other aspects. The importance of website development services include:

· Publicizing the business

Today, businesses cannot grow their market share without having a properly designed website. Bigger businesses often have their own web design teams to cater for the internet marketing requirements while smaller businesses rely on external sources. For smaller businesses, professional graphic designers or webmasters handle the work. The work is often outsourced on a contractual basis. As you do your shopping, you will discover many developers who have for many years of experience now engaged in web application development, website development and software development. Many of these companies are reputed as reliable service providers who play an important role in generating perfect websites that publicize the business.

· Beat the competition

To become competitive in the current business environment, the business needs to have in place a well-designed website. Some business owners often give the excuse that their organization uses "word-of-mouth" for advertising and hence they do not need a website. However, one of the ways of reinforcing clients' personal recommendations is through website development.

When you make the decision to have a website, you need to determine the cost for developing it. The cost should fall within your budget. If you choose to design your site in-house, it can be time-consuming and if you choose to hire the services of a professional developer, you may need to pay a little more.

Troika Tech Best - eCommerce Website Designing & Development Company in Andheri Bandra

102, Sagar Shopping Centre, Dawood Baug, Opposite PK Jewellers,, J.P. Road, Andheri (West) Station, Mumbai, Near Metro Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400058  

  Troika Tech Services - Website Designers in Mumbai

107, Kothari Milestone, Near Railway Station, Malad, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064  

  Troika Tech - Website Designers & Developers Company in Sakinaka Marol and Andheri East

4, Summit Business Park, Kurla Rd, Mota Nagar, Shivaji Colony, Mota Nagar, Andheri, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099  

[packersandmoversinakola-blog]

Build a site like Groupon

Website development refers to the processes and activities in connection to the development of web sites. In layman term, it simply means the building of websites through written content and setup. It can vary from that of the static single page text websites to the most creative and complex applications like online games or social network services.

Website development is not a simple process. It is highly complex and equally challenging endeavor. It can also be into different areas: client side coding, server side coding, combination, and those that utilize database technology. Client side coding denotes to one area of website development wherein the programs are executed by the client or the user's web browser. Examples are AJAX, Javascript, among others. The server side coding, on the other hand, any request of the user is fulfilled through a script that is directly on the web server. Basically, client side coding is on layout and design, while server side coding is on back end systems.

There are certain tools that can be used by the website development team. Some of these tools include: Photoshop 5.5 which enables for flawless editing of pictures, the Dreamweaver, 1st page 2000 which is a free HTML editor that comprises of JavaScript and Perl Scripts, Adobe Golvie which is a professional editor for Macs, Media Cleaner that accepts formats and works in all platforms. Other tools are the RealSystem G2 Beta Server which is great in streaming media, the Shoutcast server that broadcast streaming MP3s from the server to Winamp users around the globe. The Flash 4 which provides for tools in flash making. The Livestage which makes the most of Quicktime format. Analog logfile analyzer which is used by 25% of the populace in analyzing their logfiles. The Canoma that which enable to effortless 3D graphic. Some other website development tools include the Illustrator, Image Oprimizer, Topstyle, Actinic Catalog, WebSpeed Optimizer and Drumbeat 2500.

Great news too to all website development teams, most of the identified tools feature trial uses and some even all-time free utilization. Compared to the past years, there is a massive increase in development tools and platforms that can be accessed online for free. This costless opportunity contributed the increasing number of people worldwide setting up there new Web sites daily. Add that to the significant rise of user-friendly website development software particularly WebDev, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression that enable people to set up websites in a matter of minutes then you have a website development phenomenon that is taking the world by storm. It isn't surprising then that it is among the fast-growing industry around the world, and this is amidst the US fiscal crisis.

11 years ago I purchased a book about basic HTML development. A purchase that would end up defining my entire professional career. I bought it because I wanted to create a web page for a school project. This was in the days of Geo city sites and it looked absolutely horrible.

Still, when I finally finished it with the aid of my trusty HTML book I was prouder than I thought possible.

If you're having fun doing this chances are that web development is something you would love to do. Especially if you think it's fun messing with code until early in the morning! Experimenting is truly the key element in web development. Especially when you're first getting started it's very much about trial and error.

In order for an e-commerce website to become successful, they have to be able to attract visitors. Once they have people coming to their site they have to be able to convert them into sales. This is a lot more difficult than people think and is almost never accomplished using a basic template and a domain name. It requires a combination of creative design, web development and online marketing to make an e-commerce website successful.

The Importance of Website Designing

A template is something that someone else has written. The user of the template has no control over the code that creates the website. There could be all sorts of things that are not needed or are not helpful in the coding. The template may not help with SEO techniques and that means that people will not be able to find it when they use the search engines.

A good website designer will create a custom website that is made for the business that is being offered. It will be able to help brand a website and it can help create a corporate identity that is needed for long term success. The web designer is capable of creating site that is visually appealing and functional. It will be a site that is safe and secure and that is easy to navigate.

The website should always be evaluated to see what is working and what is not. The possibility for the need of a website remodel or a branding revamping should be planned for. The marketing plan for the website should be considered for what is working and what is not. If some of the SEO tools are not having the right impact they can be adjusted. All of this is involved in the development of the website.

It is possible to have some success using a template for a generic e-commerce website. There are plenty of people that can claim they have done just this. There are more people that can talk about the success they have had using a custom website design paying attention to the idea of website development.

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business's site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization and other aspects. The importance of website development services include:

· Publicizing the business

Today, businesses cannot grow their market share without having a properly designed website. Bigger businesses often have their own web design teams to cater for the internet marketing requirements while smaller businesses rely on external sources. For smaller businesses, professional graphic designers or webmasters handle the work. The work is often outsourced on a contractual basis. As you do your shopping, you will discover many developers who have for many years of experience now engaged in web application development, website development and software development. Many of these companies are reputed as reliable service providers who play an important role in generating perfect websites that publicize the business.

· Beat the competition

To become competitive in the current business environment, the business needs to have in place a well-designed website. Some business owners often give the excuse that their organization uses "word-of-mouth" for advertising and hence they do not need a website. However, one of the ways of reinforcing clients' personal recommendations is through website development.

When you make the decision to have a website, you need to determine the cost for developing it. The cost should fall within your budget. If you choose to design your site in-house, it can be time-consuming and if you choose to hire the services of a professional developer, you may need to pay a little more.

Troika Tech Best - eCommerce Website Designing & Development Company in Andheri Bandra

102, Sagar Shopping Centre, Dawood Baug, Opposite PK Jewellers,, J.P. Road, Andheri (West) Station, Mumbai, Near Metro Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400058  

  Troika Tech Services - Website Designers in Mumbai

107, Kothari Milestone, Near Railway Station, Malad, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400064  

  Troika Tech - Website Designers & Developers Company in Sakinaka Marol and Andheri East

4, Summit Business Park, Kurla Rd, Mota Nagar, Shivaji Colony, Mota Nagar, Andheri, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099