August 2014
Intermediate
32m
English
video
Wild World Web: Web Development in a World of Ever-Changing Browsers, Platforms & Compatibilities
by Rob Larsen
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
How can front-end web developers make the transition out of developing with known goals and tools into the new world of development in the midst of uncertainty?Approaching the web today requires that the web developer let go of hard and fast rules, and begins to design for uncertainty.Embracing uncertainty as a core tenet of web development and scrapping the rules we've relied on in the past few years is the best bet for creating future proof web solutions. By combining web standards, progressive enhancement, an iterative approach to design and development and a desire to question the status quo; web development teams can create sites and applications that should perform well in a wide range of present and future devices. By focusing on optimal solutions with intelligent fallbacks and forgoing the desire for absolute solutions, design and development can work together to create a web that is fast, widely available and reliable.
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