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Programmer wanting to go more into front-end and UI development [closed]
I've just come out of an interview that I believe didn't go as well as what I expected it to. And I find myself now somewhat confused as to where I want to go with my career. Besides feeling quite ...
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Is the term 'Front-End' synonymous with 'Client-Side'? If so, is this always the case?
As a relatively new (self-taught) web developer, I've heard the terms front-end, client-side, back-end, and server-side quite often. To me, front-end and back-end were always synonymous with ...
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What makes for a good workflow for a front-end development team? [closed]
We are building a complicated web application's front-end. I want to know what makes for a good workflow for my team.
Generally I know the basic workflow, but I want to know in details how we should ...
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Would a programming certificate teach me anything? [closed]
I'm 16-years old, and due to being placed in accelerated programs during my whole academic career, I just finished high school over the holiday season. For the past year or so I've been teaching ...
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What reasons are there to reduce the max-age of a logo to just 8 days?
Most websites set max-age=31536000 (1 year) on the Cache-control headers of static assets such as logo images. Examples:
YouTube
Yahoo
Twitter
BBC
But there is a notable exception: Google's logo ...
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Where to draw the line between front end and back end [closed]
I was recently contracted to develop a smarty theme for an automated SOHO phone answering service. The team who had built the backend wouldn't allow me access to any of the back end nor tell me ...
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Changing frontend cache
Our architecture consists of a front-end cache that most read only users obtain their data from directly. The front-end cache sits in front of a farm of webservers that serve pages written in PHP. We ...
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Backbone/JQuery, ExtJs 4… is there something else worth looking?
Im currently evaluating a front-end architecture for a big app that will be developed by a team of about 6 developers + 1 web designer so that said, having a robust SVN friendly architecture is a ...
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How to develop front end (UI) for my Django website
I am learning Django and new to web development. Please excuse me if you find this question too dumb.
So, I am creating a Facebook application using Django which I would like to host in Google App ...
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How to improve designer and developer work flow?
I work in a small startup with two front end developers and one designer. Currently the process starts with the designer sending a png file with the whole page design and assets if needed. My task as ...
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What is the “architecture” that provides functionality to application-level URI interfaces, like chrome:// and Firefox's about:config, etc?
According to Wikipedia,
about is an internal URI scheme (also known as a "URL scheme" or, erroneously, "protocol") in various web browsers to display certain built-in functions. It is not an ...
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Defining classes in JavaScript that exist in your back-end
Doesn't it seem relatively duplicative to define your Models in your backend code AND on your front end for a rich internet application?
I'm porting a GUI application I had written to have a web ...
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Changing from Frontend Development to .Net
On of my colleagues is going to change jobs from full time frontend developer(jquery, css,html) to 50% frontend 50% .Net (MVC 3 with razor)
What are good techniques to get him up to speed asap. I ...
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Is using Javascript/JQuery for layout and style bad practice?
Many, but not all, HTML layout problems can be solved with CSS alone.
For those that can't, JQuery (on document load) has become very popular.*
As a result of its ease, many developers are quick to ...
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How Do I interview Front-End Web Developers?
For the first time I'm in the position where I'm helping interview potential front-end developers. The other interviewer is more business & PM-focused, although he is a former developer. I probe ...
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Raw JavaScript or jQuery? Where to start from? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How necessary is it to learn JavaScript before jQuery?
I've been working as a back-end web developer for the last 2 years but since the beginning of this year, i'm ...
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Front-End Java Web App Framework [closed]
I have not done web development in Java for the past three years and now I need to use one for a project I am working on. I am thinking of using Seam, Flex + BlazeDS, Struts2 or Spring MVC. The most ...
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Custom vs. browser-native scrollbars
Including customizable, JavaScript-based scrollbars (and scrolling functionality in general, i.e. bind the control to the mouse scroll wheel) in your webapp can be a great temptation.
However all ...
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Do backend developers care what their code looks like in the frontend?
As a backend and a frontend developer I see the process from start to finish, first by creating the logic, displaying the correct data on a web page and then using frontend skills to make this look ...
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All around design book for a developer (Javascript dev)
I have begun doing a lot of javascript development recently, mostly front-end but also using node.js. As I am currently in the transition from large company to startup, they expect me as a front end ...
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best front-end designing approach
What are the best or most common designing approaches to build salable, efficient and maintainable web front-end including javascript (AJAX, event handling), CSS and HTML.
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I need to know ...
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Bottom-up or top-down approach?
Not sure if the title really fits with the question, but figured it was the closest to give an overview of my question..
I'm working on a web application that (fairly heavily) employs the use of ...
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JavaScript Architecture, Tools, Compatibility and Pitfalls
I am thinking through how I will use JavaScript for a project which is just in its beginning of coding. I am not an expert in JavaScript, but I recognize it as a very important part of the site so I ...
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Should every front-end developer understand the basic aspects of design?
I'd say that we're developing software in a world where the front-end of an application is probably the most important. The increasing ability for a user to access and interact with software almost ...
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Front end first or Back end first. Of the two which is a Good system design pratice?
I have a client right now requiring me to develop a school enrollment system. Now this is the first time im having this kind of challenge. Most of the past software that i created are not that ...
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Which Java web framework do you recommend for intranet webapp (not content website)? [closed]
I'm about to start development of small purpose build intranet web application for small software vendor. It will be administration console of the server managing licenses for off-the-shelf software ...
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Front End Application Development [closed]
I want to start a side project at the company i work for. Right now we are a 100% web based company. I have an idea for a fun project that would install an application on your computer. Anyways, i am ...
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how do you use templates as a front-end to Windows controls [closed]
Someone mentioned this is better than deriving from classes to subclass controls. How is this possible?
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What web browser do you use for front-end development? [closed]
For those of you who do front-end development, what browser do you tend to use? I mean, of course you have to eventually do some work in whatever browsers you intend to support, but what do you ...
