The battle between designers and developer is an age old one. As the stereo types go developers often see designers as big kids with a box of crayons and too much 'creative thought time', and designer see developers as boffins trying to solve a problem that never existed.
However no matter how much we wrestle its hard to ignore that what happens in the front-end is just as important as what happens in the back-end when developing a website or application.
With a number of different framework options out there you don't need to be a design genius to get something that looks good (and works) in place quickly. Whether you're developing for a client or developing for yourself, its good to have a solid foundation of front-end markup in place whether it comes down to the design or not.
…and if you do need something a bit more pleasing on the eye then it doesn't need to be about drop shadows, gradients and rounded corners. More often than not a simple, well planed layout does the job.
This talk will aim to give you an overview of resources out in the wild that you can start using straight away:
- Grid Systems & Layouts; quickly creating both fixed and fluid layouts.
- Forms & Buttons; creating usable forms for applications.
- Typography & Font-Face; there's more to life than Arial.
- Responsive; frame works for creating responsive layouts for different devices.
- HTML & CSS Markup; simplest way to keep your front-end clean.
- Templates & Template Systems; the best resources for when you need a more complex design, you really don't need a designer.
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