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Frank West Front end web developer Lover of cats Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Distractions Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development How to be great! Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Introducing Ella Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Where is the website? Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
The basics • Header tags, h1 – h6 • Page titles and meta tags • HTML 5 • Header, footer, article, section, aside • Address • Time Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Adding more • Open graph • Meta tags for social • Microdata (Schema.org) • Supported by Google, Yahoo! and Bing • Define books, movies, people, products, reviews, organisations, events and much more Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Another step • Google Analytics • Events • Videos being played • Ajax events being triggers • Tabs be switched • Filters • Logged in vs Logged out Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Understand it • Sprites • Minified files • Code ordering • Compressed images • Do we need external libraries • Even setting heights and widths on images Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Test it • Google Chrome developer tools • Google page speed • Gtmetrix • YSlow Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
A gentle hand • Understand the design • Talk with the designer • Pay attention to detail • Question inconsistencies • Master typography Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
They’re all dead Dave Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Is it alive • Hover, focus, active states • Links • Buttons • Forms • Table rows • It doesn’t need to be fast Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Where is it? • Icons • Are they obvious? • Search • Where is it? • Terminology • What does that mean? • Errors • The button doesn’t work? Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
Take the challenge • No mouse • Screen readers • Black and white • 200% text Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
We have arrived • Functionality Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013
How to be great! • HTML, CSS, JavaScript • SEO • Performance • Design • Interaction • User experience • Accessibility Front end web development – How to be great! by Frank West, 1 June 2013