Front End Developer ( who is ..)

Front End Developer ( who is ..)

You have been working with (X)HTML and CSS for anywhere from 1-4 years. You prefer front end development because you're creative and visual and have a good eye for design. You write standards-compliant / semantic (X)HTML and CSS without Googling the syntax or using WYSIWYG editors.

You understand the difference between standards mode and quirks mode. You know what the box model hack is and what versions of IE it works for. You may love Firebug because it saves your life or you are so good you don't need it. You can use Gimp, Fireworks or Photoshop to cut up images and are handy with designing an icon or two in a pinch.

You are not uncomfortable working in the context of a complex Java web application even if you don't understand its intricacies. You won't get scared off by scripting markup like Velocity or JQuery showing up in the code here and there.

You are a self starter who loves working with technology and you stay up late putting the finishing touches on your code. You don't need to be told what to do to see what needs to get done. You are excited about working with a leading open source software company with cutting-edge opportunities at Fortune 500 companies around the world.

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What happens in Quirks Mode?

What happens in Quirks Mode?

Quirks Mode is a mode of operation of web browsers such as Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, and Opera. Basically, Quirks Mode (also called Compatibility Mode) means that a relatively modern browser in ten tio nal ly simulates many bugs in older browsers, especially IE 4 and IE 5.


Quirks Mode is a mode of operation of web browsers such as Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, and Opera. Basically, Quirks Mode (also called Compatibility Mode) means that a relatively modern browser in ten tio nal ly simulates many bugs in older browsers, especially IE 4 and IE 5.

Quirks Mode is triggered by doctype sniffing, also known as doctype switching. This means that the browser inspects the start of an HTML document to see whether it contains a doctype declaration as required by HTML specifications.
The purpose of Quirks Mode is to make old pages to display as their author intended. Old pages may have been written to utilize known features of old browsers or at least to adapt to them. For more information about Quirks Mode in general, consult the QuirksMode.org site.

There is no authoritative specification of what happens in Quirks Mode. After all, the mode is, by essence, an inten tional violation of CSS and HTML specifications. However, since authors may need a description of what may actually happen in Quirks Mode, I have composed this document.

If you have an existing page that seems to work well but lacks a doctype dec la ra tion (required by HTML specifications) at the beginning, you should not simply put such a dec la ra tion there. The reason is that the dec la ra tion makes browsers work in the so-called Standards Mode as opposite to Quirks Mode. This may mean just about anything. I have seen the entire content of a page disappear when you add a doctype dec la ra tion. More often, the layout changes in rather un ex pect ed ways. Well, the ways are not that un ex pect ed if you know what may happen in Quirks Mode. Before adding a doctype dec la­ra tion, you should check both the HTML and CSS code for syntactic correctness by using validators and checkers. This may not be enough, since the page might still have been written relying on things that just “work”—in Quirks Mode. Thus, you should test the page at least on IE 7 and Firefox 2 in Standards Mode, i.e. after adding a doctype dec la ra tion. If the page doesn’t work then, the following list might be useful for spotting the problem.
When creating a a new page, you need not know about Quirks Mode and should usually not think about it. Simply write according to HTML and CSS specifications; this includes using a doctype dec la ra tion that puts modern browsers into Standards Mode. Moreover, put the doctype declaration at the very start, since some browsers go to Quirks Mode, if there is anything (even a comment) before it. (This causes trouble if you are using XHTML, but in most cases, you shouldn’t use XHTML for web pages anyway, for the time being.) But if you decide to use some features that might only work in Quirks Mode, such as a height="100%" attribute for a table element, you should check the list for other possible implications.
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Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques

Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques

Users don’t read, they scan. In fact, after many years, reading online still didn’t manage to assert itself against reading offline. Therefore long articles are usually printed out and read on paper. However, not every page will be printed out correctly by default - sometimes layout doesn’t fit, sometimes font size isn’t chosen properly or leading simply isn’t big enough. It is also important to include some further references to the printed version of the page, so users can get back to you, once they’ve read the printed version of your article.
Good news: web-developers can control the way web-site looks on the paper.To make sure that no data will lost and the legibility of content remains optimal after the printing, you can, of course, use CSS.
There are many options and techniques you can use developing print layouts. Here is a quick overview of some interesting solutions you can use to generate print layouts “on the fly”.
Printing the Web: CSS-Techniques
Five Simple Steps to Typesetting on the web: Printing the webMike Boulton gives an example on how to design a nice print layout, which looks like print layout in traditional magazines.
Footnote Links: Improving Link Display for PrintAaron Gustafson presents a CSS+JavaScript-based method, which replaces all links on a page with corresponding footnotes. Elegant and extremely (!) useful solution.
10 Minutes to Printer-Friendly PagePrint-layouts can be generated with PHP. Marko Dugonjic shows, how.
From Screen to Print: Creating a Print CSS in DreamweaverThis article will examine how our layout displays one set of elements on the screen, yet when printed, prints a different layout using elements that do not display on screen.You’ll learn about media types and how to take advantage of them and using the cascade to create lightweight, compact pages for print. Since Community MX constantly tweaks its site, some things may be slightly different if you read this article a few months from its publishing date.
A Print CSS PrimerA detailted introduction and tutorial by Kenji Ross.
Print DifferentQuite an old article by Eric Mayer, in which he describes different media types you should consider designing print layouts.
ALA’s New Print StylesEric Meyer about A List Apart Print-Layout. The article is a “follow-up” of the article CSS Design: Going to Print, which was published in ALA 2002.”Say no to “printer-friendly” versions and yes to printer-specific style sheets. CSS expert Eric Meyer shows how to conceive and design print style sheets that automatically format web content for off-screen delivery. Includes tips on hiding inappropriate content, styling text for the printer, and displaying the URL of every link on the page.”
CSS Styling for Print and Other MediaIan Lloyd about the media-attribute and development of user-friendly print layouts.”There are many different media types that you can apply to CSS, some of which are more useful than others, and they let you specify the look, feel, or sound of the web page that is linked to the CSS files. In this section, we’ll look at the various media types that are available.”
Complete CSS Guide: PrintingIn CSS2, the page properties are defined by the @page rule, while several new properties help control page breaking. John Allsopp explains in detail, which guidelines you should keep in mind designing print layouts and how you use @page-rules such as page-break-before, Widows, Orphans etc. efficiently.
Printing The WebJames Kalbach describes common mistakes and discusses important aspects of print layouts regarding usability.”Consider how users interact with other formats and media, particularly paper, and address the reality that people print web pages. With a little planning and foresight creating printable pages is relatively easy and extends a positive user experience to paper.”
Dive Into Mark Print-friendly Linksworks just the way Footnote Links work, but also adds the URLs of Links in the brackets after the links.
Print-Friendly CSS and UsabilityRoger Johansson discusses, whether print layouts, which are different from the page structure, are user-friendly. Themaninblue’s post on the same topic.
Print to PreviewPete McVicar’s JavaScript creates a preview page with a warning message users can use to navigate back to the original page.
Printing Web documents and CSSJim Wilkinson explains, what print layouts should have, (e.g. the URL of the original web-page), which elements should be removed (e.g. navigation) and what how you should handle links, footers and headers. Also problems in different browsers are taken into consideration.”This document describes some of the issues concerning the use of CSS to reformat Web documents for printing (using the media type “print”). We also discuss those aspects that CSS is not able to control or even influence. We assume a good knowledge of CSS and concentrate on practical issues, given the current deficiencies in browsers in implementing print-related CSS.”
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Web Design Basics

Web Design Basics

Guide to Web Design / HTML
Web design uses all the same elements as print design. You need to explore the space and layout, handle fonts and colors, and put it all together in a format that puts your message across. These resources will help you learn Web design whether you are already a professional Web developer or just getting started in the Web arena.
Elements of Good Design
Fonts and Typography
How to Use Color
Graphics and Images
Web Layout Basics
Tackling Web Navigation
Accessibility and Usability
Web Design Software
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Process of Web design

Process of Web design

Web design is a process of conceptualization, planning, modeling, and execution of electronic media content delivery via Internet in the form of technologies (such as markup languages) suitable for interpretation and display by a web browser or other web-based graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

The intent of web design is to create a web site (a collection of electronic files residing on one or more web servers) that presents content (including interactive features or interfaces) to the end user in the form of web pages once requested. Such elements as text, forms, and bit-mapped images (GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs) can be placed on the page using HTML, XHTML, or XML tags. Displaying more complex media (vector graphics, animations, videos, sounds) requires plug-ins such as Flash, QuickTime, Java run-time environment, etc. Plug-ins are also embedded into web pages by using HTML or XHTML tags. Read more!

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