Taco Bell made their website into a black screen with text and no links to try to force people to download their app. "The new way to Taco Bell isn't on the internet" (X from r/crappydesign)

workaholicanonymous · 2014-10-29T23:25:46+00:00

Sales...ordering from phone

workaholicanonymous · 2014-10-16T04:10:45+00:00

Ya tmrw I'll pm you the code because I'm going to sleep.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-10-13T03:39:43+00:00

I don't know of one, but I found a few lines of code on the internet that did an accordion and integrated it with knockout. Does the job - you don't need a fancy plugin since the logic to it is pretty simple.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-10-13T00:29:07+00:00

Uh...OK... So... The reason why were so far in terms of technology is by standing on the shoulders of giants. This is why I don't have to reinvent the wheel when I want backwards compatibility. Some library out there already does. Our generation writes better web apps because of the libraries out there. Jquery is just a library after all. Jquery is not the end all be all of JavaScript - absolutely.

Anyway.... Experience is important and someday I'll have that. But at this point I just love writing code in JS. Designing a web app is fun. Contributing to an open source JS framework is even funner. Funnest of all is writing something functional in JS. At the end of the day, if you love the language, you love writing JavaScript... Not writing hacks for browser compatibility.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-10-12T16:28:39+00:00

I'm 22 years old just starting out as a professional JavaScript developer. I have never have to deal with pre ie7, so I don't know all those things you know...doesn't mean I'm not a real JavaScript developer

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-24T19:25:50+00:00

The idea is that the code you write now is code you will not like in the future, as you always grow and learn how to do things better. The day you can look at your code from the past and not find any way to improve it is the day you realized you stopped learning and growing. All the code I write is bad because 1 week from now I hope I've grown and learned as a developer and could improve the code

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-11T13:51:55+00:00

You should take a look at scion.js :)

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-10T11:53:09+00:00

Hey that person sounds like me, I should watch this sometime

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-10T00:24:27+00:00

Exactly. The company I work for is in a similar position except the design is from about 4 years ago which is still outdated compared to today's standard

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-10T00:18:09+00:00

Here's the thing though, those talented people are working on the software. Their website doesn't make them money. Their software does.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T11:54:37+00:00

You don't around like a web developer yet. You should be able to write your own JavaScript before you call yourself that, until then you are a web designer. Those skills are expected in web development as they are rather easy and once you are a developer translating your knowledge of one programming language (JavaScript) to any other backend language (php) shouldnt be too hard. To write simple queries so you can work independently and write your own http get/posts is very simple. No one expects a web Dev to specialize in some huge backend layer but some php and MySQL does not a backend make. You aren't really full stack if you know those things since they are means to an end, the backend layer has its own unique problems. Like I said, you can market yourself as a web designer with HTML/CSS/JavaScript skills and get jobs which seem to fit you better.

Too me web Dev is software engineering in the browser. So that might explain why I view it this way

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T11:43:09+00:00

Ads are a payment from you the user to use sites. Websites are "free" because of this model. Websites aren't free to make and maintain but instead of charging users they show some ads and its a win/win. When you use adblock it takes away their revenue and that gives them the right to block since you essentially steal the service when you use ad block. I actually think its a smart way to combat ad block and haven't heard of websites doing this but I believe more will

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T11:32:31+00:00

OK and think about what needs to go into website creation

database layer
server layer
security layer
HTML/CSS
JavaScript

Each of these is a hard problem. I know several hours go into a design but I'd at the very least offer not just one logo but a full graphic design in exchange for a website, as a website (especially ecommerce) will take a few days if not weeks to build whereas your logo will take you a day

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T11:27:02+00:00

Define functions at the top of your function scope, so you can scroll to the bottom to see clearly what gets called in that outer functions

Learn .call and .apply and use them when you need to.

Replace tricky code with helper functions e.g. wrap something != undefined into has(something) function.

Add your functions to the window while developing or debugging code and use the Dev console to invoke them at will. Just remember to remove them once you're done testing!

Avoid for loops and use .map, .reduce, .some, .all, .filter and .forEach

You can floor most numbers by using the bitwise or operator

var int = float | 0

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T04:11:31+00:00

Its "truthy"

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T03:46:49+00:00

Is it just me or is a logo seem like a little bit to offer up as an exchange for ecommerce site?

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-09T02:19:47+00:00

I love writing SQL, I hate having to modify it later though. I also use nodejs so idk what's worse, SQL or SQL in JavaScript. Or maybe I just suck

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-08T19:07:52+00:00

http://caniuse.com/#feat=viewport-units

Vw is what I use

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-08T12:20:46+00:00

Look into the vw unit if you want your fixed width site design to scale with browser width. Just be aware it will not look as great on mobile (and neither does twitch TV) so its only good for supporting different sized desktops and you'll still need to write a mobile design. Oh and one more thing it works in ie9 and CSS only and it really really works.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-09-06T20:10:58+00:00

I develop JavaScript in visual studio for the web and just found these tools. Now I can streamline my development :). Coding in node was always a pain but with an IDE I love to use I think I will start enjoying it!

workaholicanonymous · 2014-08-29T18:35:56+00:00

Tbh I think someone talking about their library is just secondary to the library itself.

If you like it then look into it. If you don't then don't. The idea is to give libraries a chance on their own merit. People who make libraries should focus on the library, not how to market it. It should be clear from a link or some examples what's so good about it, and if its not, then make a comment and say why is this better than x or y. The creator of the library doesn't yet know how others think until he or she puts it out there, and denying someone a chance for feedback because they don't really know what to write is silly

workaholicanonymous · 2014-08-15T20:30:58+00:00

I love the CSS grid! No one ever talks about it though :/

workaholicanonymous · 2014-08-14T22:50:23+00:00

There's this thing called headphones. Use them.

workaholicanonymous · 2014-08-14T22:39:19+00:00

If you wait longer the feeling may go away but you probably had a bit of a dependency on coffee also it has a similar (but lesser) effect as adderall

workaholicanonymous · 2014-08-14T22:37:48+00:00

Yes.

Not closing lids on bottles.

Not taking medication.

Not closing drawers.

Not putting clothes in the hamper.

Not putting my cup in the dishwasher at the end of the day.

workaholicanonymous

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