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Javascript Libraries for Designers with Ryan Jeffords and Doug Boude
JavaScript Libraries Like a Swiss-army knife. Allow you to write JavaScript quicker, easier and better. They do not replace JavaScript, they extend it. Extremely light-weight and cross-platform compliant. Most are open source. Help to design an experience. Used to prototype … Continue reading
Object Oriented Programming for Designers with Rob Huddleston
Procedural Programming – JavaScript, PHP, ColdFusion, ActionScipt 1 and 2. Tend to be simpler and require less code than Object-Oriented counterparts, but runs into it’s own challenges. Object-Oriented Programming – C#, Java, ActionScript 3. Individual components allow greater flexibility. In … Continue reading
Turn WordPress into a Professional-Grade Editorial Workflow Publication with Pariah Burke
WordPress is the worlds most popular blogging software. Content Structure Must plan ahead for content structure. Many think WordPress isn’t capable of doing things such as departments, features, columns and sections. WordPress templates let you to filter by category name … Continue reading
Adobe Flash Catalyst and Flex for Designers with Rob Huddleston
Books by Rob Huddleston Adobe Flash Catalyst Catalyst is middleware. Start in Illustrator or Photoshop, then pull in project using Catalyst. Convert to Flex project, then go to Flash. Catalyst does have very basic drawing tools and could be used … Continue reading
Developers are from Mars, Designers are from Venus with Chad Udell
What is the difference between us? Let’s start with some generalizations. Developers are killjoys, squashing creativity to make a deadline or taking the easy way out to implement features within an application. Designers are fun, but reckless, they create great work … Continue reading
The Perfect Prototype with John Farrar
Workflow is all about solving problems. “Nobody knows what they want, until they see it.” jQuery UI Themes recommended. Site Design When you think of any web site, you think of something visual. If you’re going to have a perfect … Continue reading
Prototyping: A Component for Successful Projects with Chris Griffith
Prototyping is incomplete version of software being developed with a subset of features of the end product. Why Prototype? Proof of concept. Will an idea even work? Design validation. Design is organic, so prototyping gives you an idea how something … Continue reading
Explore CSS3 with Dan Cederholm — A Day Apart Seattle 2010
Font stack is a very early example of progressive enhancement. Compare black & white to color TV’s. When color TV’s came out, program directors’ didn’t say we’re going to keep filming in black & white. Providing visual rewards to those … Continue reading
Understand HTML5 with Jeremy Keith – A Day Apart Seattle 2010
History of HTML There never was an HTML 1. The first version was HTML 2 in November 1995. HTML 3.2 in January 1997, HTML 4 in December 1997, HTML 4.2 in December 1999. XHTML 1.0 in January 2000, XHTML 1.1 … Continue reading
How the Web Works – Jeff Veen — An Event Apart Seattle 2010
600 years of typography. In 1993, the web came about and we had very little control of typography. 2008, we have 18 fonts, most still use four or five fonts. @font-face comes about, but still isn’t used. First supported in … Continue reading