My company is looking for a front-end developer. (front-end engineers welcome) Actual HTML/CSS/JS, potentially some framework use, or CMS work (PHP/WordPress, Liquid/Shopify).
Office in Cincinnati, OH, or fully remote (US preferred for timezone overlap), junior-ish level.
You'd be working with me! I have fun statuses on Slack every day.
#HTML: I still remember <dl> as “definition list” but it’s now called “description list”.
Similar redefinitions (in these cases, to make the elements more semantic):
– <hr> (horizontal rule) is now “thematic break” (tHematic bReak?).
– <i> (italics) is now “idiomatic text”
– <b> (bold) is now “bring attention to”
The way to get better at #HTML & #CSS isn't to build complex web applications with frontend frameworks. The way to get better at HTML & CSS is to write content with HTML & CSS.
Build a blog.
Build a landing page.
Build a report.
Build a portfolio.
Build lists.
Most web applications are simply content + forms in a fancy UI trench coat. 😅 They just tend to be far more "componetized" — making it much harder to grok the underlying semantics at first.
Based on my experiences in various frontend codebases that were written without a frontend expert on the team (including my own old projects 💩), I compiled a list of 9 most common signs of frontend code quality issues that affect users https://angelika.me/2024/04/13/9-signs-your-frontend-code-has-quality-issues/
https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/C4zGhshpn9t:
“as everyone is trying out fediverse, today is a good reminder that threads support rel=me link verification -- another open web standard we adopted last year. this is useful right now because you can't see fediverse replies to your posts on threads yet. so if you use a mastodon alt account to reply to your threads posts, setting this up proves you are the owner of the mastodon and threads account. see post below on how to set this up: https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/Cvu7-42PVpC:
“to set your own up:
add your mastodon profile to your threads link in bio.
add your threads profile to your mastodon profile
save your profile and it should show as verified now”
”
#Fediverse Hive Mind: anybody have a recipe how to mark up #html pages so that when they are shared in #mastodon, they show up nicely in people's feeds with pictures and title etc?
"Are #HTML, #CSS, and a touch of #JavaScript enough to build your website or web application? If so, then stick with those. What I am afraid of is adding complexity for complexity’s sake and inadvertently raising the barrier to entry for those coming into web development."
I'm gonna be that guy and point out that when people say "the Fediverse" what they probably more specifically mean is "what's implemented by Mastodon, a social network built on top of ActivityPub" and that for certain conversations, this matters.