Tools of the Trade:
I develop with PHP, the building block of the web! PHP has been around for a longtime and is strong, just like a house a website needs to be built on a solid foundation.
I develop with PHP, the building block of the web! PHP has been around for a longtime and is strong, just like a house a website needs to be built on a solid foundation.
Designing is only a small part of a greater process. I spend ninety percent of my time researching, analyzing and profiling before I ever put my graphic pen to the tablet. Developing personas and creating market analysis is where I spend most of my time designing websites. I like to design for the user, the one who will be interacting with the website.
I write semantic HTML markup that is standards compliant. I ask myself should that be a header tag, is it that important? These questions matter, writing semantic markup is not only a best practice it can also improve search engine ranking and help to insure that your website will still work in ten years.
Staying up to date with all the new technologies is a fulltime job in itself. Many new buzzwords are flying around Node, CSS3, and HTML5. While I keep a close watch and stay current with these technologies, I tend to stray away from using them in production. These tools haven’t been around for that long and I like to let the bugs work themselves out before I put them to use. I am really excited for what is to come of the Web design and development industry in the near future. When I’m not working, I spend all my time learning and staying current with these new technologies. When I feel the time is right I will start filling up my toolbox with these amazing new tools.