Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror

Comment Front-end developer (Score 1) 586

A lot of you are completely missing the value of someone who is an expert with HTML and CSS.

I call these people "Front-end developers" and their skill set can range from from HTML and CSS, to Javascript expertise and the ability to integrate their work into the system themselves. Cross browser compatibility and clean, extensible, maintainable work is an extremely valuable skill set.

And a skillset that many regular 'ole web developers just don't have. My previous company had no clue of the value of a good front-end developer and just figured they could do it all themselves. They then had, literally, 50% of their bug database filled with front-end related issues. Just because you can write awesome algorithms, and a content management system from scratch doesn't mean you can also "do" HTML, CSS and Javascript.

For my current project, I am specifically looking for a front-end developer. We have plenty of people to code, and a good design. But if I have to spend anymore time fixing IE bugs and trying to make the "perfect" WYSIWYG editor I'm going to start pulling my hair out. The front-end developer I am looking for would not be treated any differently from the rest of my team. They are a developer who focuses on front-end issues.

A front-end developer is not a designer. A "Web designer" is a designer who specializes in web as a medium. Some designers are capable enough to produce very good HTML, CSS and Javascript... most, however, should try to not leave their primary skillset because they suck balls as developers. Quite frankly, the personality type that would make one a good designer simultaneously makes them really shitty developers.

Comment Create many other sites or profiles that are you (Score 1) 564

A similar thing happened to me, but where someone with my name from my home town was in a newspaper article talking about how she did drugs, had children, and was trying to find her way in this world.

Flood the market by telling everyone and anyone who you are. Create a website with your name as the domain name, and talk about yourself or interests. If you're a developer, make it a developer blog talking about the things you've contributed and discovered. Ensure the sites you develop have good SEO, like by putting your name in the title, and an h1 tag at the top of the HTML document with your name in it.

If you have multiple varied interests, create a website of your work for each one and link to each other. Join other sites and create profiles using your real name, and interlink each other.

Eventually you'll end up showing Google that your name means you, and not that other guy.

Comment Re:No proof yet... (Score 4, Interesting) 1056

The theory I have had is that autism is a genetic trait. I see it woefully common that people with severe problems are children of one or both parents who had only marginal problems.

I think the rise in autism, then, is 1) increased social acceptance of differences, 2) changes in "mating patterns", 3) the ease of finding like-minded individuals.

Comment Drupal? (Score 1) 348

I'm honestly shocked that his list for web CMS options leaves out Drupal in favour of Alfresco and OpenCMS. Especially when he mentions that OpenCMS merely has promise to be great. Well, Drupal is already great.

Drupal has been making such great waves, that I haven't had to advertise my Drupal services for the last two and a half years. Potential clients just come directly to me specifically requesting Drupal.

Comment Re:Let's cut the conspiracy theory (Score 2, Informative) 1589

As a web developer, the open source CMS I use *is* my livelihood. I contribute a small amount, and everyone else contributes a small amount. We're all helping each other make the web a better place.

Perhaps it is analogous to unions - we all pitch in a little more so we can take advantage of working as a team.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Indian-American Mathematician wins Abel

The prestigious Abel Prize has been awarded to Professor S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Prof. Varadhan receives the prize "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation". Varadhan's theory of large deviations provides a unified method to deal with complex stochastic systems, in fields as diverse as quantum field theory, sta

Feed Aggressive Treatment For Whiplash Does Not Promote Faster Recovery (sciencedaily.com)

Whiplash, the most common traffic injury, leads to neck pain, headache and other symptoms, resulting in a significant burden of disability and health care utilization. Although there are few effective treatments for whiplash, a growing body of evidence suggests that the type and intensity of treatment received shortly after the injury have a long-lasting influence on the prognosis.

Feed Criminals Hijack Large Web Hosting Firm (schneier.com)

Nasty attack. IPOWER declined a phone interview for this story. But the company acknowledged in an e-mail that "over the past three months our servers were targeted. We take this situation very seriously and a diligent cleanup effort has been...

Feed Your space, MySpace, everybody's space (theregister.com)

A closer look at the privacy issue

It has recently been reported that Attorneys Generals from about a dozen US States, including Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania have demanded that News Corporation's social networking site MySpace voluntarily deliver a list of all sex offenders who have registered for or used the MySpace social networking service.


Slashdot Top Deals

Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.

Working...