Web Developer Portfolio
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- MrWhite
Anyone have any good links to sites for Front-End Web Developers portfolios? Not web designers, but true front-end web developers. Most sites I see are poorly designed. I am looking for sites that are well designed or laid out to display their work experiences.
Thanks.
- iwlyfel0
What exactly do you consider a front end web developer?
CSS/XHTML, Javascript, both, other ??
- Timson0
does one exist without the other?
how can a webdesigner not being a developer and vice versa. once too often i get designs sent in wich are impossible to execute or doesn't even have any form of information archiutecture applied to it. very frustrating.
- mistermik0
"how can a webdesigner not being a developer"
can't agree with that.
- Stugoo0
i think that to design for web you at least need to know how it works.
I'm pretty much a front end developer, but see myself as a web designer.heres mine :
http://www.stugoo.co.uk/
- Timson0
oik, i maybe phrased it wrong but imo a webdesigner should at least know (alot) about development, information architecture, SEO, ...
otherwise he'd just be a 'designer'.
- MrWhite0
Yes, I consider a front-end web developer to do table-less layouts using css/html, some javascript, basic knowledge of photoshop. But, less designer...someone who takes the PSDs, slices/optimizes and then codes the site, using web standards best practices.
Any other links?
- iwlyfel0
I agree.. It really is frustrating to get brilliant designs that are impossible to semantically code.. The "designer" that works for us hasn't a clue about html/css or web standards as far are code goes.. It kills me sometimes..
- k0na_an0k0
We just hired a web developer and I was thinking about the kind of portfolio I would like to have seen from these types of guys.
What about an image of the .psd they started with from the design team, a screenshot of the code they created (not all of it, but most of it) a brief explanation of any unique code used (any accordions, expanders, etc.) then a screenshot of the final product they created.
A lot of times here for quality control we'll take our original design and lay it over the finished css to make sure everything is pixel perfect. I guess though for developers their site should utilize some pretty nifty css to get the point across that they can code.
- dndrnkrd0
I think of front end development (not to place too much importance on it) as the 'glue' that unites application and design. This would include all of the human interface, be it xhtml/css, javascript, and also a touch of server-side tech. If a developer creates an app (think model and controller) the front-end guy is responsible for the views, ensuring they're intuitive, accessible, and compliant.
They aren't designers, but they like design. They aren't app developers, but they know php, ruby or python well enough to get around. They live and breathe interaction, and know the rules of the presentation platform by heart.
So, a little more involved I think than cutting up templates... here's my front-end site: http://displayawesome.com/
- sherman0
I contract as a css / xhtml guy for various companies. I end up doing js, ajax, CMS, all that shit to bring sites together. Im not a programmer only a person who finds the right solution to make the project work. Its cool and challenging and sometimes makes me crazy.
- akoni0
here's mine, don't know if it will help, I am more of a developer these days even though I grew up in design. I work in Flex, PHP/JSP/CF mostly.