mattbishop How-to, iPhone Development, Web Design & Development 0
In my years of development, when I come to a point where I stop and scratch my head and say, “Hmm, how am I going to do this”, the obvious next step is to look and see if anyone else has already done solved the problem. Chances are they have. All developers know this. The [...]
Chris How-to, Web Design & Development 0
The best thing I came across about CSS in 2011 was Nicole Sullivan’s Webstock presentation, Our Best Practices Are Killing Us. Reading the slides, I had one of those cool experiences characterized by repetitive head nodding and smiling, where you realize that someone is perfectly articulating a thought that’s only half formed in your own [...]
Ethan Agile development, Cucumber, How-to, In the Field, Jasmine, Testing, Web Design & Development 0
In our team’s testing process (and we do have a significant process to make sure that everything gets covered), we’ve noted in the past that we have quite a bit of overlap between what’s covered by our Javascript unit tests (typically with Jasmine) and by our browser-driving acceptance tests (Cucumber and Capybara with Selenium-Webdriver). Because [...]
Colleen Git, How-to, In the Field, Web Design & Development 0
As a designer who uses Git and Terminal on a regular basis, it pains me to talk to other front-end web developers that aren’t even aware such wonderful things exist. I could go into the many ways that Git has helped me become a better coder and designer, not to mention how many times it’s [...]
Ethan Canvas animation, How-to, Web Design & Development 0
What’s the most important thing about your company’s homepage? The gimmick, of course! Ok, maybe that’s not true. Maybe what’s really important is a pleasant design, professional message, and concise and accurate information—but a gimmick doesn’t hurt! We’re almost finished redesigning OUR web presence, and in addition to all those important pieces of a good website, we [...]
Erin Agile development, How-to, User stories, Web Design & Development 2
We held a company retreat in a lodge at Sundance Resort a few weeks ago. We made fantastic pizza and played cutthroat ping pong, but we also spent a great deal of time discussing our process. I’ll post some of the highlights in the next few weeks. We spent a session discussing how we estimate [...]
Ethan Distributed teams, How-to, Pair Programming, Running a business, Web Design & Development 1
Here at 12 Spokes, we’re about as distributed a team as you’re going to find. From Salt Lake City, to Washington DC, to Columbia in Missouri, everyone on the team was recruited for talent, not location. This is awesome because we really can get some great developers on board without uprooting their families and without [...]
Colleen How-to, Web Design & Development 4
So you want to get into web design, HTML and CSS? Maybe you’re a graphic designer, maybe you’re a rocket scientist, or maybe you’re a plumber… whichever way, here are my top 3 guidelines to help you down the road of the webs. #1: Don’t buy books on web design Yeah, that’s right, I’m throwin’ [...]