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    /r/webdev hit 800k subscribers yesterday web developers

    /r/webdev hit 800k subscribers yesterday

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:40 AM PDT

    Need to fire a client that just doesn't get the meaning of requirements.

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:22 AM PDT

    I am a freelance web developer and have this client that is making me crazy.

    They will request a change and I document the requirements very specifically. I will say you are asking for A,B, and C before development and they agree.

    Then I make the change and send them to staging to view and all of a sudden I start getting emails like "What happened to XYZ" or "We don't need B".

    It's not a one-off thing. I think they just agree to whatever I say in the requirements outline and don't even read it. Then they start complaining because their request is going to take longer to build.

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    Assisting my grandmother's aging mind with a remotely controlled slideshow

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 05:05 AM PDT

    My problem: My grandmother's memory is quickly deteriorating. I will spare you the details, but what she needs in her life is a way to get a quick overview of what's going on in her life, like today's date, upcoming appointments, names and pictures of her grandchildren, and more.

    My idea: To install a screen in her kitchen with a constantly looping slideshow with important info. This is easy enough to set up with a basic Powerpoint or similar, but my wish is for all relatives to be able to contribute. That is, to have a shared folder of images which are added to the slideshow, or similar.

    My background: I've worked a bit with Python, Java and C# and I have programmed basic TCP applications for academic purposes. I have however never worked with microcomputers, which I feel could be appropriate here.

    Now, I'm not asking for anyone to produce a fully working solution, but I would appreciate some advice on what should be my first step?

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    Building a real-time chat app. What is the best async backend framework in April 2021?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 12:59 PM PDT

    I want to build a web app with real-time chat rooms. Think Twitch.tv's chat rooms, with a constant stream of new messages.

    My understanding is that WebSockets is the technology to use to build this.

    I've been doing web dev for several years, but the whole time I have exclusively used Django and I have no experience with WebSockets.

    Django has served me well as for web apps which did not require async functionalities. Django does have a standalone add-on called Channels, which is basically a WebSockets API that allows for async features. However, I understand Django wasn't built from the ground up for async and may not be the best choice.

    What do you think are the best backend web frameworks for developing an real-time web app today? For those of you with experience using Django Channels, do you recommend it, or would you recommend an alternative framework?

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    Lit - New Web Component Framework from Google

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:58 AM PDT

    What are your favorite UI design and creation tools?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:25 AM PDT

    I'd like to get a fresh perspective on what your favorite UI tools are. I think this will be helpful for noobs and experienced devs.

    List anything you find helpful. For example: design apps like Adobe XD, Figma, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Affinity, Photopea, stock photo services, books, online tutorials, IDEs, IDE plugins, wire-framing packages, story-boarding apps or techniques, JS libraries, frameworks, and anything else that helps you be more productive and effective.

    And don't feel you have to limit your contribution to digital tools. If you have an 'analog' process (I have a 6'x8' whiteboard on my wall that use for brainstorming and quick diagrams) please share those, as well.

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    Animate extruded text with CSS

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:21 AM PDT

    Is Go a good language for general web app development?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 07:46 AM PDT

    I'm a web app developer, but all of my experience is with R's Shiny framework, and aside from being a niche framework, it doesn't scale well in the cloud and I find myself limited by the R language at times.

    There's no plans to move away from Shiny at my 9 to 5 job, so I'm hoping to pick up experience in a new language in my free time for small side projects and to hopefully use to get new roles in the future! Originally Go looked promising as it was newer, backed by Google, and promised to scale infinitely in the cloud, but since starting to learn the language I've read mixed reviews on it's actual utility to build apps. Is Go a good language for general web app development? I know there's no gold-standard for languages, but are there any other languages I should look into?

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    How feasible would it be to set up a virtual machine to be accessed through a browser?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:58 PM PDT

    Hey guys! I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes.

    I work as a Community Manager for a translation company that has an online translation platform. Right now, after a file is translated and proofread, we CMs download and inspect it for formatting problems ourselves. This is not ideal on any level because, first of all, this shouldn't be our job and, secondly, we are far less equipped to spot other errors than the proofreaders themselves.

    So, to solve this problem, I want to suggest setting up a virtual machine with Microsoft Office installed that the proofreaders could be given access to after they finish proofreading the file in our editor. My question is, how technically feasible would setting this up be and having our proofreaders access this virtual machine through their bowser after file finalization? We have a four person IT department and I wanted to know if this is a feasible suggestion before giving it to them. On a scale of 1 to 5, how easy would it be for a competent IT department to do this?

    Thanks a lot!

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    Is there a full tutorial of JWT and React on frontend?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:52 PM PDT

    I'm trying to learn JWT and I want to see a demo of how frontend and backend work with jsonwebtoken. All I see are videos teaching jwt and testing it with postman but I am looking for full tuts with frontend.

    TIA

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    Single RTMP Ingestion Endpoint - How?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:52 PM PDT

    We run a small streaming business and one of our platform's biggest weaknesses is that we still have to setup unique custom RTMP ingest URLs for each client. The gold plated solution is obviously a single ingest URL, like Youtube uses, but I have searched high and low and just cannot seem to find any explanation of how it's done.

    I'm guessing that there's some networking and DNS magic (Anycast?) involved, but there must also be some load-balancing done somewhere and if there is, how on earth do they scale load-balancers to handle the scale of multiple incoming streams? Is load-balancing load-balancers a thing??

    I apologise if this is the wrong subreddit; if there's a more appropriate one, please let me know - I have also posted this question in /r/networking, but I'm not sure if this is a networking challenge or a software one, or some combination of both.

    Thanks!

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    What are some good resources for a beginner to put together a YouTube Chrome extension?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:50 PM PDT

    Guys how would you write the code for providing an option to hide/show/sort YouTube comments based on parameters like length of comment, word count, character count, number of likes, number of replies?

    I'm new to Chrome dev (and web dev tbh), and just learned basic stuff, like how you can write code to run for just certain websites, and how content scripts work. I've also been reading about the concepts of copy and paste programming, code bases, snippets, boilerplate, and wondering how quickly I could put together a Chrome extension that does this for me?

    I mostly intend to just use it for myself to look for comments with parameters like a high character count, which might be a sign that there is a deep intellectual discussion going on. I just get tired of seeing those short, quippy comments like "I guess you could say (insert stupid pun)". Especially when I'm trying to seriously learn things.

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    The worst part of onboarding is???

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:16 PM PDT

    In my opinion it's setting up your dev environment. I've just started a new job and despite my team trying their best to help me we still haven't gotten my dev environment to work correctly and I'm kind of getting worried now.

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    Where do I start with Backend dev?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:10 PM PDT

    I'm coming from Python, ML/DS side. I haveve done limited dev work. I can work with HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and JS ro some extent. I know MySQL (and some PostGres).

    I want to start with backend dev. From where do I start? What are some good resources? Do I directly jump to node?

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    What do you ask your client when they just want a blogging site/ brochure type of website?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 12:07 PM PDT

    So some of my clients ask what do I need for starting their bogging website or Brochure type of website. And they generally don't have any idea of what kind of website they want Like color scheme/layouts/ logos /basic content for about page and introductions.

    Here is a list of things that I generally ask them.

    If they like any site they see and want some layout or styles from that?

    • A logo
    • if they don't have a logo then I ask what kind of logos they like.
    • Any color scheme they like.
    • Content for About us page
    • Any forms they want for communication.

    So Am I doing anything wrong? What kind of question web devs generally ask their clients?

    Is it possible to rephrase these questions in a better way?

    ​

    Thanks

    WPT

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    The Vueact syndrome and how to deal with it

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 03:20 AM PDT

    Should I charge for writing client proposals? Tired of wasting hours doing so and deals don't go through.

    Posted: 20 Apr 2021 10:14 PM PDT

    I do web design, SEO and digital marketing on the side for context.

    Wife and I were talking tonight. She ranks on the first page of Google (thanks to me!) for our city + wedding flowers, for her side business. The amount of inquiries she gets from Google is ridiculous - multiple a day.

    I also rank for multiple local keywords on the first page of Google and Google maps.. Yet, I only get maybe 1-2 inquiries a month. And of those leads, I..

    • Have a call and flesh things out
    • Spend time creating a proposal
    • Another call to pitch
    • On the call most times they say they wanna talk it or think it over
    • I've tried for a close on the phone, no Bueno. Except for one time.
    • After a week goes by, follow up. Sometimes get the deal, most times not.

    I spend three to four hours every time I do this. That adds up very quickly over many prospects.

    My question is.. Is there a better way to do this? Should I charge for proposals? Or should I not do proposals and just send an email with an estimate invoice like a contractor does?

    My work is good, current and last clients can attest. I'm not new to web dev, SEO, etc.

    I totally understand there's a cost to doing business.. But when I virtually never close, and I'm spending hours on hours wasting my time for nothing.. I just want to say fuck it, what am I doing.

    Any advice would be so appreciated.

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    If I'm applying for junior developer positions, am I expected to be BETTER than the average younger candidate just because I'm older?

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 01:07 AM PDT

    I see this not being simply talked about from a few people, but also in a "matter-of-fact" self-evident way.

    Their reasoning is "if you're not better than the younger candidates then why would someone ever want to hire you?". I'm 40. I'm trying to break into the web developer industry and I've been learning frontend for the last year (since I got laid off from my job because they shut down due to coronavirus).

    And now people seem to claim that I have to outskill younger junior candidates for junior openings just because I'm 40? What kind of logic is that? Is this real? How's this not ageist?

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    Trying to create continuous scrolling ticker: How do I set the height of the images within??

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 02:36 PM PDT

    Here's the ticker I'm replicating for my project.

    I'm using .png "trust seals" and I'm having trouble getting the trust seals to display full size. They get smaller and smaller when I try to increase ".ticker__item { margin-right: __px;}" When I try to add a height property it essentially increases the height of the div but not of the images themselves. I've also tried setting the height in the HTML portion which doesn't work. Any ideas? Here's the CSS:

    body {

    overflow: hidden;

    }

    .ticker {

    display: flex;

    }

    .ticker__list {

    display: flex;

    margin-top: 20px;

    animation: ticker 15s infinite linear;

    }

    .ticker:hover .ticker__list {

    animation-play-state: paused;

    }

    .ticker__item {

    margin-right: 20px;

    }

    u/-moz-keyframes ticker {

    100% {

    transform: translateX(-100%);

    }

    }

    u/-webkit-keyframes ticker {

    100% {

    transform: translateX(-100%);

    }

    }

    u/-o-keyframes ticker {

    100% {

    transform: translateX(-100%);

    }

    }

    u/keyframes ticker {

    100% {

    transform: translateX(-100%);

    }

    }

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    annoying html button refresh problem

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:48 AM PDT

    Hello everyone!

    I am building a small local website for a diy smart home and I am using python to send mqtt commands to the devices over WiFi. The python script is called by a separate php script and the php script is called by buttons that are generated from a database. The php script takes 2 inputs, one is called topic and the other one message. Everything works fine, except that every time i click a button, the page refreshes, which is very annoying because i have to scroll down to the device again.

    I searched online several times for a few hours and found answers like changing the button from <input type="button"> to <button type="button"> which helped most people but not me. Other answers recommended to use <form onSubmit="return false"> but that does not work either.

    The php file that gets called by the button returns false, but it does not help either.

    I suspect it my be caused by the onClick function of the button, but href does not solve it.

    Here is the code that seems relevant for my question:

    //php code to fetch mySql data and a for loop for each device in the table.. <div class="content_box"> <div class="title"> Device: <?=$deviceName?></div> <div class="button_box"> <button type="button" class="theme dh_button" onClick="parent.location='/scripts/execPy.php' topic= <?=$topic?> & massage=on'"> ON </> <button type="button" class="theme dh_button" onClick="parent.location='/scripts/execPy.php' topic= <?=$topic?> & massage=off'"> OFF </> </div> </div> //php end loop

    here is the php script that calls the python script:

    <?php $topic = $_GET['topic']; $message = $_GET['message']; exec(sudo python /var/www/html/mqtt-send.py ' . $topic . $message); header('Location: ../index.php'); return false; ?>

    As I said, everything works as planned, but i cant get the buttons to NOT refresh the page..

    Every comment is appreciated, so thanks for taking time to read!

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    Which framework would you recommend for a newbie dev

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 02:26 PM PDT

    I'm a UX/UI designer by profession that wants to get more into the development side of things, in particular with a javascript framework.

    Through the pandemic I've been working on my own on the development side and discovered I enjoy it as much as designing, but can't seem to get the exposure I need - case of I need experience to get experience - but really want to explore it further.

    Instead of waiting for an opportunity to do so, I want to start making react/nextjs/Vue..etc apps on my own to diversify my skillset and try becoming a more marketable interface designer cause the job market hasn't been good since the pandemic, to build stuff cause i really enjoy creating solutions and also cause i personally grasp coding better when it's something practical I get to make and push out there.

    So far I only use html, css, php, vanilla javascript (sometimes I use jQuery though, outdated ik) and nodejs (to setup gulp tasks and build tailwindcss). Which framework would you recommend that's marketable and/or has a decent future career wise that I could try and learn?

    submitted by /u/Superbaite
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    Quick Tip: Style Pseudo-Elements With Javascript Using Custom Properties

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 05:22 AM PDT

    CSS animation help.

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 02:06 PM PDT

    I am trying to get a rating component that looks like this, but animates in from the left to mimic it sort fo filling up. so all boxes start empty and then the red fill slides from the left to fill them up.

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/434487697646551040/834418814854496256/unknown.png

    they are meaant to be same height and width and border radius etc just a bad drawing.

    Ideally I would fill up the background of the container rather than each individual one with a delay.

    submitted by /u/Mik3rophone
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    Simple Custom Map on Website

    Posted: 21 Apr 2021 06:32 AM PDT

    Hello,

    we have a detailed illustrated map of our facility/campus. We would like to put that on our website. Preferably in the style of how people are used to use maps on the web. Is there any way to achieve this without havin to use google maps api?

    Tyvm!

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