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Drew McLellan
September 27, 2011
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- STRATEGIES FOR - PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT THINK VITAMIN JAVASCRIPT CONFERENCE
- 13 SEPTEMBER 2010 -
DREW MCLELLAN
FRONT END DEVELOPER (SOMETIMES)
JQUERY
GOOD JAVASCRIPT DESIGN STARTS WITHOUT JAVASCRIPT
THE WEB WORKS IN LAYERS
HTML IMPLEMENTATION 1
STYLE WITH CSS 2
ENHANCE WITH JAVASCRIPT 3
CHECK YOU’VE NOT BROKEN ANYTHING 4
PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT !== GRACEFUL DEGRADATION
BE THE BEST DEVELOPER YOU CAN BE
“WE REQUIRE JAVASCRIPT”
DESIGNING A FEATURE TO WORK WITHOUT JAVASCRIPT IS NOT EXTRA
EFFORT
IT’S BASE EFFORT.
ADDING JAVASCRIPT IS THE EXTRA BIT
PRIORITISE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY
HIJACK!
SIMPLE, RIGHT?
A SIDE NOTE ON CSS...
<body> $(‘body’).addClass(‘js’); <body class=“js”> .js #thing
PREVENT CSS FOR HIJACKED ELEMENTS MESSING WITH THE DEFAULT STATE
THUMBNAIL IMAGES
“ADD A FRIEND” LINK
BASIC AJAX FORM
DRAG’N’DROP REORDERING
MODAL DIALOGUES
CAROUSELS
MORE CAROUSELS
REMEMBER:
HTML IMPLEMENTATION 1
STYLE WITH CSS 2
ENHANCE WITH JAVASCRIPT 3
CHECK YOU’VE NOT BROKEN ANYTHING 4