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Overtime and web developers
I was reading an article from Ben Yoskovitz (Started Standout jobs) about why you should hire workaholics or not and it got me thinking.. Why it is expected that web developers do overtime? Most of the time for free? From a startup perspective, the fact that you will be tackling interesting problems and doing more […]
Cedric Dugas
September 14, 2010
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Microsoft to Double Down on HTML5 With Internet Explorer 9? Really?
I was pretty surprised to read this week an article on Webmonkey that was saying that Microsoft would certainly double down in IE9 on HTML5 and CSS3. I suggest you read it yourself, but basically it was saying that Microsoft would go on the offensive at the upcoming MIX2010 presenting IE9. Silverlight… I do not […]
Cedric Dugas
March 4, 2010
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The mobile webkit fixed position problem
If there is one thing you will be missing while developing your mobile web application for Webkit, it is the CSS fixed position. You cannot effectively fix an element on the iPhone, and mobile device are no powerhouse to emulate it with javascript. The problem is simple, yet there is no perfect solution to it. […]
Cedric Dugas
February 22, 2010
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The next generation of web developers and designers
I recently did a round table with other graduates from my college to first years students in the Multimedia Integration program. It was fascinating to see the actual next generation that would work on the web, and what was their inspiration as new students in a 3 year program were they would learn all about […]
Cedric Dugas
November 9, 2009
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Best front-end workflow within a production team
Optimizing front-end teams’ workflow is hard, there is always something that comes in the way, but it is important to at least try to optimize the front-end work. It could save your team considerable time over a project. Front-enders could work more efficiently together and within the production team. Let’s take a look at front-enders’ […]
Cedric Dugas
September 18, 2009
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5 most important things I learned in 5 years of front-end development
I have been doing websites professionally for roughly 5 years now. I think I learned quite a few important things down the road. This article is more intended for beginners but I would love to hear what others front-enders think. Indent and wrap your CSS Update: Reading the comments, I will not recommend to indent […]
Cedric Dugas
August 17, 2009
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How to: Get CSS3 box-shadow and border-radius accepted as a viable option at your workplace
This is a small pledge for implementing CSS3 on non-critical design elements, I thought it might help other front-end developer to convince their boss, fell free to use it! What you need to understand, from my point of view, is that CSS3 can help save considerable time to your web development team, this article talks […]
Cedric Dugas
July 27, 2009
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Microsoft is on fire this week, a non-biased browsers chart
I would like to start with a quote from Microsoft on web standards browsers comparison: It’s a tie. Internet Explorer 8 passes more of the World Wide Web Consortium’s CSS 2.1 test cases than any other browser Now that’s just a start, Microsoft has put online a nice chart comparison proving that Microsoft has a […]
Cedric Dugas
June 18, 2009
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Does making an IE6 stylesheet makes you lazy?
I always wondered what was more time efficient between using an IE6 stylesheet for every bug I see, or try to track down the problem in my website. Most common bugs can be solved without using css tricks. I can pretty much say that half my ie6 css bugs are in fact small errors in […]
Cedric Dugas
April 28, 2009
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100% CSS compatibility or degrade correctly?
This article was first featured on cssglobe I was talking with a front-end developer friend recently and was arguing that I would try to only use CSS3 rounded corners and shadows in the near future. No more pixel perfect for IE if it degrades correctly. My friend was not far from being outraged, for him, […]
Cedric Dugas
April 6, 2009