Common Mistakes Front-End Developers Make When Coding
I’m by no means perfect when it comes to web development, however I always strive to improve my code with each new site I make. I’ve noticed a lot of common mistakes made by both beginning and advanced developers (including myself). While some of these mistakes may seem trivial, they go a long way to...
Read more…The Difference Between $150 and $700
I’ve always been curious as to how much money those cheap PSD to XHTML companies make. It seems impossible that they make a ton of money by only charging $150 per site, plus I’ve noticed that they always take out big ads on large blog sites that charge over $600 a month per ad. This...
Read more…What’s The Point Of Being An Internet Bully?
I remember the day clearly – I was in middle school gym class and the “popular girls” decided they were tired of playing touch football and wanted to sit out on the field. Now it was a hot day, so I decided to sit out as well. Turns out, only they could sit down and...
Read more…Should You Document Your HTML?
Anyone who knows anything about my development style knows I’m a huge stickler for clean, semantic code. It kills me when a client asks me to edit an existing site that’s filled with improper tabs, run-on coding, extra blank lines and divs name “div45673435534″. I’ve been so proud of the development community lately, because I’ve...
Read more…Do You Have To Go To College To Be A Designer or Developer?
Talking about college yesterday, preparing for my little sister to go to college and listening to a question on FreelanceSwitch got me thinking: does one have to go to college or extended learning to become a successful designer or developer? Personally I can argue on both sides. On one side, I learned an invaluable amount...
Read more…Design Isn’t Visual
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among average designers that keeps them just that – average. The trend has been to focus design time on everything visual, to make the website as pretty, cool or as visually appealing as possible. While it’s certainly important for a website to be visually appealing, real design isn’t really visual...
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