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    Unpopular Opinion: I do not understand why the modern front end world is obsessed with learning a million different frameworks and XYZ. web developers

    March 30, 2018

    Unpopular Opinion: I do not understand why the modern front end world is obsessed with learning a million different frameworks and XYZ. web developers

    Unpopular Opinion: I do not understand why the modern front end world is obsessed with learning a million different frameworks and XYZ.

    Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:02 PM PDT

    I'm not sure if this is an opinion having only ever worked in startups, small teams and being self taught for the past 8 years (I am 27), but I am just at an absolute loss at what the endless jargon and short-lived, lossy libraries and systems and plugins and frameworks are tangibly adding to the act of writing beautiful code in raw HTML, CSS and JS that focuses on just making a great product that is robust responsive wise and fine detailed experience wise.

    I work with my CMS of choice (Drupal) and see the benefit of and use tools such as SASS, jquery, SVG, Canvas, git for versioning and sublime plugins like Emmet, but when I see the back and forth between modem front end people seemingly on the one-up competitive train of "I know tesselatedunicorn.js" I'm just thinking "yes, but, you've made a website that looks and works, from a user's perspective, like any old website and often isn't working correctly or isn't very accurate responsive wise".

    I really do not want to come across as if this is a blanket statement, or even as if I am in the right, it is just truly baffling what 90% of all of these technologies are adding.

    Things like, changing the state of the page based on the URL is an ACTUAL improvement that cannot be achieved with pure JS (as far as I'm aware), learning canvas and three.js for example is actually going to improve the front end output of what I can offer visually to a user. Learning SVG is going to give me a multitude of options for animation and vector based magic.

    What, as honestly and simply as you can put it, will I tangibly gain from learning the other 90 current tech trends of the front end world? "Process control"?

    Thanks in advance to any feedback, I'm 100% willing to be shatteringly proven to be naive about these things, and in fact I want to be shown that there is true value in at least a number of systems in terms creating something beautiful that cannot be done without said tool/s.

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    What is Typescript good for?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 06:09 AM PDT

    Just saw this post about the new TS version, and was wondering what's so special about it. I've read a lot about it but it seems much more verbose and complicated than JS.... Is it preferred over let's say, ES6/7? When should it be used over JS?

    Sorry if it's somewhat an obvious question, but I'd really like to know if it's worth to learn :)

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    Update Drupal ASAP: Over a million sites can be easily hacked by any visitor

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:40 AM PDT

    Amazing job offer, but I'm not allowed to do freelance work. Need advice!

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:05 AM PDT

    Throwaway!

    So I received an awesome job offer, 20k more / year than I'm currently making. Accepted already.

    Problem is, I'm not allowed to do freelance work as they said people in the past have done their freelance work on the job, and people came in exhausted as well.

    It's also a problem because I have four contracts in place already, that I'm in the middle of working on.

    SO..

    Two questions:

    • Realistically, how the hell would they even know if I've been doing side work? I'm not going to be blabbing about it at work.
    • Should I talk to her and explain that I do have current projects on the go, and am NOT taking on anything new, but I do have an obligation to wrap these projects up?
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    Announcing TypeScript 2.8

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 03:23 AM PDT

    Service Workers arrive in iOS 11.3, bringing offline support to PWAs

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 01:14 AM PDT

    Why is SQL so widely used?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:37 AM PDT

    Hello, I'm new to webdevelopment and I'm starting to learn databases. The course I'm doing at the moment is teaching mongoDB. From time to time I go look at job listings and I never see mongoDB there, maybe 1 opening asking for it for each 30 or so. Almost everytime they ask for SQL.

    So I was wondering, why is SQL so much preferred over mongoDB. And what are other databases out there? Thanks in advance.

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    Advice for image storage

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:20 AM PDT

    I have a main web stack written in node (React - Express - Postgres) which runs on my client's 10Gb-sized VPS. Now, one feature of the website being to share pictures and to keep them in high resolution, it will be quite unfeasible to have them on the actual VPS (upgradeing HDD size is very expensive). Other solutions I've considered so far: -using a SaaS such as cloudinary (seems good to start off, but I'll probably reach the free limit, and then it's very expensive 89usd/mo!) or Kraken (also looks good and more progressive in terms of pricing, but still quite expensive). -using a cheap storage option (I've signed up for AWS S3, but I guess there are others), but setup will not be as straightforward with my back-end, and even worse for my client who wants to have 'easy' access to bulk high-res pictures. -using my client's wordpress-based website hosted on a php platform which has 100Gb storage space (and upgrades are cheap since the space is not dedicated), build a hidden upload.php page to handle uploads directly to the wordpress space, and then store the images by sending them to this page and retreiving them from that space as well. Seems very easy and quite flexible, except for resizing images (which I could either do from the upload.php or the real back-end before sending them?), but maybe it's absolutely a no-go solution for reasons unknown yet?

    I'm open to any other suggestions as well, so any advice welcome!

    Thank you in advance!

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    Drupal patches seven vulnerabilities in content management system platform

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:05 AM PDT

    Two person startup - developer and designer - fair split?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:52 PM PDT

    I am creating an app, attempting the whole indie hacker thing, and thinking about approaching a designer to be my partner.

    My contribution: the idea, all coding (front/back end).

    Their contribution: entire app design, logo, icons, user experience etc.

    I'm thinking 75% / 25% as I believe my work will take longer and it is my idea. Does that sound reasonable?

    Edit: It appears the consensus is that this is not reasonable and I should do 50/50

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    Quick Reminder that Details/Summary is the Easiest Way Ever to Make an Accordion

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 06:11 AM PDT

    Figma announced web API to integrate design prototypes into apps in realime mode

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 09:19 AM PDT

    A handy looking service for people learning front-end, who want some help

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:47 AM PDT

    Introducing TensorFlow.js: Machine Learning in Javascript

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:55 PM PDT

    I'm looking to design a site with interactive features

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:40 AM PDT

    I am in the process of planning a website for my own clothing company, and therefore I am looking to create something unique, but also needs to involve a store. I have taken inspiration from websites such as https://droledemonsieur.com/ which shows off interactive features. For example, where you move the mouse on the homesceen, photographs flicker in what I've noticed is a random alogrithm. Additionally, when you click on a part of the site, "Collections" for example, the background image has a liquified transition which fades out, and then into the desired page. Not only am I looking to create similar features for my own site, but I also need to know exactly where I am in the difficulty of this process. I have no experience with web-design, but vast experience in graphic design. However, I do not have experience in animated design, such as the things I have listed above. My main question is, how do I go about creating a site similar to this? What sort of methods am I looking at researching into? What are the costs going to look like? Are there any domains that have these features at default? Or am I looking to hire/employ someone to create this due to its high difficulty? Thanks r/webdev!

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    I am about to ask a very dodgy question here...

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:47 PM PDT

    So, here it goes.

    Is it wise to lie about certifications and qualifications as a freelance web designer in your early days, and have you done it?

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    First Paid Website Project - Some advice needed

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:19 PM PDT

    Hello fellow redditors I am in need of some advice please. Firstly, I have built a couple very basic sites for people over the years and a couple slightly more advanced ones, but those were for myself so the pressure wasn't near what it is for the project I'm asking advice for. I am confident in my abilities to figure out what they need but at the same time want to get it to the customer in a timely manner and don't want to make it a lot harder on myself when I can learn from people with experience to make it as smoothly as possible. That's where hopefully you all come in.

    Through word of mouth someone has asked me to build a website for their already existing business. Some of the things involved with the site would be:

    -Blogging by about 5 different people that wouldnt have admin type controls over the site just blog post permission and private info calendar access described further on

    -Login by paid members of the site so that involves credit card and paypal along with specific content on the site only accessible by membership, with the members contact info stored as well for the purpose of...

    -A seperate calendar for each of the 5 people mentioned where members can schedule appts with that person

    -Basic things like video/pics, Home, About page etc

    So my question to you all is some of this is a lot more involved than Ive ever dealt with, with those 5 users having special access and regular members not being able to see everything they can, and then the regular members having access to things that the public doesnt, what is the best host/platform that you think is most viable for these needs? I have dealt mostly with Wordpress in the past but I dont want to lead them down the wrong road or start myself down it if there's something a lot better for this. Also, they are asking for an estimate for services and want to be very fair about it, but I have no idea what ballpark to be in because I haven't yet learned what's all involved with it yet, and since the estimate's upfront I dont want to majorly short myself or charge too much. Ofc I won't charge for the time it takes to learn the things I don't know yet just what I spend building the site. Any advice would be very appreciated this offer comes at a hard time where I could really use the extra money. Thanks for taking the time didn't mean to make it a book!

    -Matt

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    What sites and methods do you use to find networking events?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 03:24 PM PDT

    Meetup.com is barely giving me results. People claim that Miami has plenty of tech networking events, but apparently these companies aren't using meetup.

    submitted by /u/MatCreatesStuff
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    Having trouble getting Wordpress and Discourse to coexist on a Digital Ocean droplet with serverpilot

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:20 AM PDT

    I'm trying to setup a droplet on DO and end up with a wordpress at mydomain.com, and my discourse at forum.mydomain.com.

    I am using serverpilot, I first installed discourse and set it up to run at forum.mydomain.com, then I configured the wordpress app via serverpilot one-click install and pointed it to mydomain.com.

    However, discourse exists at both forum.mydomain.com AND mydomain.com. Serverpilot tells me that wordpress is ready to configure, but it is inaccessible via domain/IP.

    How can I make sure discourse remains ONLY on forum.mydomain.com, while wordpress is relegated to mydomain.com?

    submitted by /u/theRZA001
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    onClick event not triggering function

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:51 PM PDT

    To start, here's the entire code, pastebin.

    So here's what's happening, lines 71 to 81, each one of those calls the same function, team(this.id), function not triggering.

    Lines 135 to 145, once again they all call the same function, team2(this.id), function not triggering.

    Line 193, calling function ratings(), once again, not triggering.

    What could be wrong here?

    Also, javascript path is correct.

    This was working before and it just stopped out of nowhere...

    EDIT: Fixed... Don't ask me how all I did was restart visual studio code...

    submitted by /u/Neuroloq1kk
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    Can't share Facebook page post to event as page?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:34 PM PDT

    I know you used to be able to do it, and this help page proves it: https://facebook.com/business/help/community/question/?id=1006704836037726

    But the option to switch "posting as" doesn't exist anymore?

    Can anyone send some light? Thanks in advance!

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    Having trouble understanding http vs. https. What is going on when you enter in the browser and visit, "somewebsite.com" versus if you visit "https://somewebsite.com"?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:31 PM PDT

    I recently made a new website. When I first set up the hosting and domain, the host offered a free SSL cert, which I installed right at the beginning.

    Now my website is up and published.

    When I enter "https://somewebsite.com" in the broswer, it navigates to my website and shows the green lock icon indicating that the SSL is installed and active.

    But when I enter "somewebsite.com" in the browser, it navigates to my website, but the security icon is grey and indicates no SSL is there.

    What is the difference?

    Why am I able to go the the unsecured one at all?

    How do I prevent any users being able to go to the unsecured one?

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/csrabbit
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    Software development No experience

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:07 PM PDT

    Hi, I am really interested in getting in software development but more particularly Web development. I have Math and English equivalency and have done HTML and CSS courses on Codecademy. I want to know if it's possible for me to get in to the industry and if there is anything I can do to help get in. I have no work experience but I'm really interested. I am 19 and from England.

    Any advise will be much appreciated thank you!

    submitted by /u/krillex121
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    Benefits of static site generators?

    Posted: 30 Mar 2018 01:26 PM PDT

    I've seen most people recommend a static site generator like jekyll when creating a landing page or a simple static page with a home,about,contact page. However I still don't see how these can help me or benefit me in any way. Why not just create a one or more html pages a css and a js file and call it a day? How can this benefit me in creating landing pages? TLDR: I'm too stupid to understand basic sh*t.

    submitted by /u/storyofedd
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