Is there an existing framework that satisfies the needs of your projects with minor modifications, or have you developed your own along the way? What do you recommend for someone trying to make that decision with these priorities: CSS reset Attention to typography; baseline grid Semantic classes Accessibility Lots of "Helper" classes: ...
I'm working with a third-party search api, and am rather enjoying keeping pretty much the entire application on the browser side. The xml is digested entirely with javascript, and I'm rendering complex result objects dynamically, using a javascript templating engine. There are few page reloads happening, and lots of fancy javascript goin...
I don't have much experience with the sprite approach to images (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites). Anyone care to share some pros/cons of sprites vs. old-school slices? ...
Where can I get the JavaFx Authoring tool? ...
Okay so I split my access database, and now I have a backend: If I started a brand new table, a brand new query, and a brand form for a different purpose within the db_be.mdb would it appear in the connect "front end" db as I saved it in the backend, or do I have to import it up? If I do have to import the above, the how do I make th...
When working on the front-end of a .NET application what are the basic prerequisites? What do I need to know in order to survive, assuming I already have knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript plus a general awareness of the MVC pattern and how it works. Is there anything else? ...
I just got a job offer to be a FE Developer, but I've never heard of that term before. Strong HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, XSL skills required. I consider myself proficient in all of those fields except for XSL and I've never heard of that term before. Can anyone enlighten me? ...
There are many more technologies and tools available to build the front end for an application. Which is the best technology/tool/platform available using which I can build a better GUI, by which I'll be able to build a nice looking as well as an efficient GUI? Definition of "better" includes factors such as efficiency,user friendlines...
I am a programmer doing web development for over two years now. Even though I’ve been doing front end engineering for the past two years I don’t think I have done it the right way For instance: I still do layout with tables and not with just CSS. I haven’t still found out a way to correctly present data aligned and tabular. I don’t k...
As I'm starting to do some front end engineering at work, I would like to properly quantify the speedup achieved. I would like to be able to use an average value of, say, 50 page load times measured by YSlow or Google Page Speed. Obviously, I don't want to hit reload 50 times and write down the value. Is there a FF plugin for that or...
Hello! Is it possible to change the website language in my frontend typo templates? I want to have a list or a dropdown of all website languages i have created in my typo backend. On click, I want to show my page in the chosen language. plz help me! ...
The Performance Golden Rule from Yahoo's performance best practices is: 80-90% of the end-user response time is spent downloading all the components in the page: images, stylesheets, scripts, Flash, etc. This means that when I'm developing on my local webserver it's hard to get an accurate idea of what the end user will exper...
I am working on a database project that requires me to code in C++. I have the framework for the relational database built using Microsoft Access. Since I would like a GUI for the user, I am trying to use Visual C++ 2008 to build it. I have tried to build a solution as a win32 console app, MFC app, and CLR app, each halting me with thei...
Hi, I'm trying to develop a little base CMS with CodeIgniter for my own use on projects but got stuck on this. Also, I'm very new to CI, but got some years with ZF and OOP PHP. First of all let me show you my file structure: index.php (frontend bootstrap) backend.php (backend bootstrap) .htaccess system ( CI core ) application backe...
Hi, I'm making a timeline with relatively small bars representing events over time. Right now they are roughly 8px by 200px (the length is variable, but all are 8px high). Is there a standard reference for what size is standard or minimum for what types of interaction? For example I just want a mouse-over on these bars to highlight th...
hi. im a backend programmer who wants to have a window that appears in front of the current window when clicking "register". so that you dont have to redirect to another page. i think u guys know what i mean. how do i do that? is it with jquery or javascript? is ajax involved? and what is that kind of popup box called? ...
Relevant background- I'm a noob working my brains out for over a year into trying to make a database in MS SQL Server 2008 Express with the end idea for the front end being Access. After tons of reading and slaving over my schemas and three major revisions I'm finally ready to connect it to Access and I'm just striking out all around. T...
im a pure backend programmer and i find it so difficult to position divs and add css styles. what are your advices to make this as simple as possible for me? use dreamweaver? what can it help me with exactly. i have no idea how to add style to my prototype or handling positionings of divs and elements. some guides? tools? softwares? o...
From this tweet: http://twitter.com/azaaza/status/6508524118 I reach a website which is made completely in Flash http://bit.ly/7VdNlY ( at least the front end ) It looks fantastic and it could have been written with HTML + Ajax, but I guess ( because I don't know much flash my self ) they site owners felt more comfortable with Fla...
I am a Web developer and in my projects I have noticed that my weakest point is not being good at the front-end design. Relying on other designers can be annoying if they are not able to produce as quickly as I want. My perspective on HTML/CSS is that it is basically a big hack that amazingly works. There are too many CSS and browser ...