Even though HTML5 specs won’t be “ready” until 2022, there had been a lot of resources, tutorials and demos popping up already. There is no better time than now to get digging. Here’s a little list of good reads for starters:
Dive into HTML5 by Mark Pilgrim
I have been a pixel pusher / web worker for some years now, starting only from self-studying, bugging friends who were smarter than me, living off tutorials I Googled and more self-studying and stalking genius web people.
So, I am now called a Front-end Web Developer, an obscure title for people who do tons of HTML and CSS. Some people might think that’s all we know, but the thing is, there’s sooooo much more to it. Working front-end requires one to know a whole list of even more obscure but very important topics to consider in designing, creating and publishing yet another internet entity.
In most companies, front-end web developers are the ones who make sure that data from the back-end gets published online properly with all the intricate designs crafted by the web artists or web designers (or as close as possible to the design). All the information, articles, images, media should be magically laid out in a neat, fast-loading, accessible web page that all major browsers can render - Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9 (and oh, maybe IE6?! le gasp!) – and all users can view and ogle over, in addition to the cool tricks and features of those light boxes for videos or image galleries, fancy clean pop-ups and slide-outs that link all those other pages that everyone should end up loving and get sucked into and go back to over and over because they had the finest experience viewing all the content and creativity.
Oh yeah, easy-peasy, ei? A front-end web developer’s job description is quite skills-based so let’s just list some of the things that one could know and do:
1. Speak HTML. Even more recenly HTML5. HTML is the lingua franca of the internet, so if you want to take a piece of the space, you better learn the language.
2. Love CSS. Style like there’s no tomorrow! This is the key to translating your artist’s designs to code, they’ll love you for it.
3. Learn Javascript and get those slick effects rollin’. Add in a framework like Jquery or MooTools and you’ll see Flash could then be optional.
This question from my awesome client made me smile -
Do you have any experience with the WordPress WMPU or Buddypress?”
*Nod. nod.* A few years back, I was tasked to make the multi-blog site of a PR company for their clients. Their business centered on teaming with very cool sports and outdoors brands which I happen to think is was simply, wel, cool. I like those climbing and camping gears, jackets and sports wear made from special material so designing for them was a blast.
Since their main site was in WordPress, it was great that time that there was a separate multi-blog CMS based on WordPress called WordPressMu. Being a new WordPress fan then, I didn’t hesitate to jump into it for a test drive. It didn’t disappoint despite the extra technical steps for installing.
WordPressMu is not a separate project anymore and is now part of WordPress. With a few simple(r) steps, you’ll have your own network of blogs! I installed this for testing first so it was just localhost. The steps in a nutshell: Install, Allow, Install, Enable!
It’s been days yet I’m still hung up on last week’s epic concert. Incubus was legen… wait for it… dary! I know what you’re thinking, this is gonna be one of those fangirl posts with squealing in between lines, but hey, you know you wanna know about it, so scroll down for more or you’ll miss something!
I practically grew up with the songs from this band – Drive, Stellar, Pardon Me, Dig… (and so did you!) so when Incubus came to town once more, I knew I couldn’t let it pass *again*. The band performed at Araneta Coliseum last July 28, 2011, I got my Lower Box ticket months ago, and I was so pysched with my view, first row in the box, too! My phone cam sucks, sorry, I don’t bring cams to these events. I love to take in every frame as much as I can, feel every moment.
Imagine Brandon Boyd’s glorious frame, illuminated by the lights right on the corner of the stage, facing you… (ok, fangirl moment, don’t mess with me).
I really can’t do what other people do who records everything! So thanks to a colleague for some pics! He’s in another section with some other mates. I was by myself, hellyeah I didn’t care. I was there for the music. \m/
More pics & the setlist…
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