What is Digg?101 Comments
- Aidenf77, on 03/10/2008, -1/+77That list looks much like the contents of my bookmarks!
In case anyone's interested, here are some useful tools:
http://www.prototypejs.org/
http://script.aculo.us/
http://www.fckeditor.net/
If you're a Firefox user, check out these awesome Add-ons:
Firebug: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/184 ...
ColorZilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271
MeasureIt: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539
IE Tab: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
As for that last one... as I've always said, build it in Firefox, and put the fires out in IE. IE Tab is a handy tool for quickly switching and checking your work on the fly. I can't wait until the day arrives when IE 6 ceases to be relevant in terms of web development. For anybody who says that day has already arrived... well, you must not have that many clients. - kiiwii, on 03/10/2008, -0/+50Number one should be myspace.
To learn what NOT to do. - Dan11023, on 03/10/2008, -8/+37Dugg for Digg
- Shaman760, on 03/10/2008, -1/+19Not to pick, but howzabout setting the left margin padding to about 20px?
- phatalbert, on 03/10/2008, -0/+15And don't forget the Web Developer Toolbar
- anderzole, on 03/10/2008, -9/+22good list
- creole, on 03/10/2008, -2/+15Mootools but no jQuery?
- brad112, on 03/10/2008, -0/+10Wow. I feel dumb. I have been pasting screen shots into photoshop to get color values all this time, now you tell me there is ColorZilla. Thanks for the tip!
- JonnyCasino, on 03/10/2008, -3/+12I've used 2 of the sites you've listed and since I read your article I've added 4 more on my favorites. great post!
- ticktock4, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Funny, I thought the same thing. And don't design your sites to require a browser than is 1020px wide.
- scrimaxinc, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6ok, this is a statement in question format?
- sfrench, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5If you work in php, and you haven't heard of this... recognize!
http://xdebug.org/ - kcornwell, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7http://www.idiotproofwebsite.com
Brilliant interface, intuitive look and feel, easy to navigate. Definitive example of Web 2.0. - HigherLogic, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4A web developer has to know both frontend and backend, it's not limited to programming and systems. And besides, there's no clear definition it seems. Take me for example. I've been a "developer" for over 10 years. I know LAMP (and JavaScript), but also design (HTML, CSS, graphic and logo design) and have to deal with other areas of web development (marketing, usability, accessibility, SEO). You wouldn't call me a programmer, even though I can do strictly programming. You wouldn't call me a designer, even though I can make a static site with just HTML and CSS. You would call me a web developer though, as I can and do develop entire websites, not just the frontend, and not just the backend.
- lordbuddylove, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Yes, don't develop one of the world's most successful social networking sites (/facepalm). Development extends beyond coding into WHAT you're building. Obviously MySpace is a huge success in that area. Oh yeah, and I hate MySpace.
- dbulli, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5really nice list ... and great to see mootools getting play ... i really love it !
- yasmary, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4my thoughts exactly.
- WhoDoneIt, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5I graduated from College with a Graphic Design diploma in 99 and have been running my own business for the last 8 years. As a creative right brained thinker my most important lesson in ALL of this is to not be afraid to network and hire freelance individuals that can work with you well. I started off wanting to be the all-in-one guy that could program, code, create CMS, Flash etc.. but soon realized that there isn't time nor do I have the skills to do each one of those well, so I stick to what I do best and that is design. I can focus on the latest tricks, trends, ideas in design and let the left brain thinkers of the world handle the programming, custom javascript, flash programming, CMS etc..
While I am good with HTML, CSS and can fudge little scripts here and there, I simply don't have the time anymore or desire to learn it all.
Be apart of a good team and don't pretend you can do it all. There are VERY few individuals out there that can be both as effective in design as they are in programming and coding. It takes a unique skillset to handle both - kcornwell, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3And Ajax enabled!!!1
(counter updates) - Zuggy, on 03/10/2008, -0/+31) there are a few pages that make you a better developer
2) Looking web developer jobs they want both development and design. Not all but quite a few - drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4Ok, I'm an idiot, I realized which one he's talking about after my 2 mins were up. The FF one is great in addition to Firebug, etc.
I stand by my earlier statement though, IE's Toolbar (whatever it's called) is absolute *****, on top of having a fee involved. - rowjimmy, on 03/10/2008, -2/+4from the article, "Drupal restored my faith in open-source applications."
WTF? has this guy never looked at any actual open source project (like say anything on CPAN or a good majority of gnu/linux applications?) other than some web-app jackassery that wasn't really a project but was simply GPL'd because the creator used a bunch of GPL stuff in it? The coding-standards and level of professionality in the vast majority of open source projects i've tweaked, hacked, or worked on is miles above the proprietary apps i've worked on - musters, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2you mean "designers" not "developers" (unless of course you are "developing" in ASP.NET)
- HigherLogic, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Interesting, never heard of that. I've been quite fond of CodeIgniters profiler though, you familiar with it?
- HigherLogic, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Drupal is the only thing I didn't expect to see on that list, there are many other choices out there, and Drupal isn't one of them.
- DieselDaddy, on 03/10/2008, -2/+4I would add http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ as well. Excellent design mag that has a developer slant. Very useful posts on Ajax/CSS and tons of site designs to get you inspired.
- ducs, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2fee?
- mikehill33, on 03/10/2008, -4/+6Excellent article. Links to all sites, no blog spam.
10/10 - Matt2k, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2I've seen some pretty good open source coding. To be fair, I haven't seen much proprietary coding good or bad.
I've also seen a lot of complete filth put out as web scripting. - nrgamble, on 03/10/2008, -2/+4I really agree with Digg being on the list.
It has shown me with the best way to make my joint Pro Obama/Anonymous website is to develop it on my Mac, whose OS I just upgraded from Ubuntu to Leopard, and have it only render properly in Firefox. - billydisaster, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2Well conversely just because you can code asp doesn't mean you can code CSS. It's still development, just front-end development rather than back-end development. And frankly I'd thank you for throwing my resume in the bin if I was ever misguided enough to apply for a job at your office.
Why do some people get all superior just cos they know a bit of code? No need to come across as an arse. - jordanleegauci, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2The best teacher is digg. It's Algorithm is awesome
- vibrokatana, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Also take a look at adobe's spry. It is a bit simpler in that it only takes in certain datasets but it can cut hours of work for certain types of applications (ie rendering data as a table w/ sort or filtering). For the most part you don't even need to know javascript so web designers can use it freely without needing programming experience.
- Atomic1fire, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2digglite.com
- theaceoffire, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Although Digg is a wonderful resource for gaining knowledge, it should not be considered an example of fine web developing.
It is one of the most JavaScript heavy web pages that I am addicted to, and freezes the browser in Linux. - mcprogrammer, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Another great extension that every web developer needs is Firebug. You can get it at http://www.getfirebug.com/ or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/184 ...
- JohnILM, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2I was always partial to htmlgoodies.com .... got me through my first few contracts.
- guillebravo6, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3Great list iggube! I browsed through all those site and they have some great designs. I'm looking forward to your future Digg Posts.
- serif69, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3Use of Flash automatically makes you a worse web developer.
- MrFisty, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I bet the creators of MySpace are kicking themselves for coming up with that one.
- darkane, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1If you need to reference any of those sites, you're not a web developer. You're a 'website hobbyist'.
- drakenlot, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1No, use of excessive Flash makes you a bad designer, moderation with Flash is key.
- dannydowney, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2Excellent article with great feedback, there's some very good resources in this thread thanks everyone :)
- sfrench, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Pretty slick if your using CI, for sure. I hadn't looked at CI in a while, and it looks like they are making a lot of headway with it.
- callmeed, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1I wouldn't consider mootools and Drupal "websites" per say ... dugg nonetheless
- esoterick, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Good ol' Webmonkey
- aaroncampbell, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1It works fine in Opera for me, and on their site they claim Opera is supported.
- TenebrousX, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1The only problem with fckeditor is that it doesn't work in Opera. I prefer to use TinyMCE, a great LGPL-licensed WYSIWYG
- Smegzor, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Only two things freeze my firefox on ubuntu reading Digg; loading a LOT of comments, and a bug in some flash player used by firefox. Neither problem happens all the time. Comments display eventually and its my fault for wanting ALL comments displayed, and the flash tool can be terminated.
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