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Front End Center
by Chris Landtiser
Front End Center is a podcast by Chris Landtiser that talks about design, development, and how to keep things simple and effective.
Episodes
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Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance may sometimes seem like an extra drain of time and effort after already putting so much work into your project. It can be the difference between worthwhile results and "just good enough", though.
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Architecture: CSS
There are many right and wrong ways to develop CSS. How do you build a good foundation for your architecture?
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Front End Architecture
Building a database or application without a plan seems crazy. Why is that the standard expectation for so many front end developers today?
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The Price of Free Work
Getting professional recognition can be a difficult and complex task. Does the value of providing free work and resources merit the time it takes out of your day?
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Memorable Work
What makes a product or experience memorable to a user? What impact does front-end design and development have on the success of a project?
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Remote Work
Working remotely can be equal parts blessing and curse. What are some of the best ways to make the most of your time for you and your client?
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Scalable Vector Graphics
What's the difference between a scalable image and a traditional one, and how much trouble are they to use?
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Front End and Virtual Reality
What role does front-end work play in virtual reality, and what do the new rules of three dimensional interfaces look like?
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Personas
Personas can be a powerful corner stone or an Achilles Heel for projects of every kind. Knowing the right way to leverage them makes all the difference.
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User Friendly Browsing
The reign of terror of internet popups is steadily subsiding. But is there a new pretender to the Throne of Annoyance from interstitial ads?
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HTTPS
What value does HTTPS add for you as both a developer and a user of the internet? Is there an easy way to implement it and reap the rewards?
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Flexbox
There’s a lot of different ways to layout a web page front-end. Flexbox is one of the newer tools in the box that makes development easier and way more intuitive!
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Static Site Generators
Static Site Generators can be an incredibly useful and versatile tool, but where are they best suited and where do they struggle?
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Easy to Win, Hard to Lose
Is failure something that should be avoided as a developer? Or is embracing and channeling that failure an innate part of getting ahead and growing your skills?
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Email, Cruel and Unusual?
Designing HTML email is a much more complicated task than you might expect. What makes your inbox so much more complicated than the rest of the internet at large?
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Accessibility
Episode number ten is here! A big milestone, a survey to undertake, and plenty of talk about accessibility in all parts of the web development process.
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Mobile First as a Foundation
What are the benefits of mobile first design, and how does it impact the design and development process? Are the benefits worth the challenges presented to traditional, desktop first ideas?
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The Structural Columns of Front-End
Some elements of design and development universally support every kind of project. What are the important patterns we can learn to improve our own work?
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The User's Goal is Down
When you’re in unfamiliar territory and having to make big technical or design decisions on the fly… just remember: the user’s goal is down!
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Users: Experience and Interface
Users are at the core of design and development projects. If you build it, they will come! What considerations should be taken for users, though, and which users should get the most attention?
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Diverse Development
Front-end development has a lot to learn and do. Is it better to focus on being a jack-of-all-trades? Or should you put all your effort into being the best at one thing?
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JavaScript All the Way Down
JavaScript can turn up in places you’d never expect. Where did it come from, and why does it seem to be able to do a little bit of everything, for better or worse?
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Creative Logic
Mastering CSS is a challenging and very rewarding skill set that straddles creative and logical approaches. Understanding what sort of CSS to write when can make or break a project of any size.
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Bringing Value
Value takes many forms for developers and designers. It can be even more diverse for every sort of client, coworker, and stakeholder we interact with.
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Welcome to Front End Center
This is a project I’ve been meaning to tackle longer than I care to admit. A huge shout out to Paul Jarvis for his recent challenge to start a podcast that gave me (and many other people, I’m sure) the requisite kick in the pants to actually get moving.
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Front End Center is a podcast by Chris Landtiser that talks about design, development, and how to keep things simple and effective.
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