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I started my career in front-end world with similar ideas, and copied couple of websites (mostly markup and css). So, while I can agree that it is a good thing

I started my career in front-end world with similar ideas, and copied couple of websites (mostly markup and css). So, while I can agree that it is a good thing to put into your portfolio in the beginning, when you are closer to some middle level, I can't really recommend it. What does it show, when you just have copied websites in your portfolio? And what is the problem to _almost_ copy (e.g. create a twitter clone, but allow to use only images, or some other limitation)? So I believe that one should be inspired by existing solutions, but don't copy it blindly. Don't know nice colour scheme? Just go to bootstrap and copy their colours; or simply get it from a website, which design you like.

maroonblazer 9y ago
Unless I missed it, nowhere in the article does the author suggest including these kinds of projects in your portfolio. As Clark Terry said about the road to jazz improv: "Imitate, assimilate and innovate."
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- wlj 9y ago
  In the Smashing Magazine article the author links to, Erik Kennedy actually recommends against including in your portfolio [0] [0] https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/02/improving-ui-design-skills-copywork/#can-i-put-it-in-my-portfolio https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/02/improving-ui-design...
bobbyadamson 9y ago
The goal is not to copy something and pass it off as your own work. It's an exercise to learn how to think in this technology in a way that's not just another todo app or whatever. You use what you learn to actually build something that can go in your portfolio.
dceddia 9y ago
Yeah, to be clear, I'm not suggesting that anyone copy other apps and pass them off as their own, or even include them in their portfolio. This isn't copywork in the sense of "I don't know how to design so I'll copy Twitter's design"... it's more like, "I don't know what kind of apps to build to get better, so I'll copy an existing one for practice."

maroonblazer 9y ago

Unless I missed it, nowhere in the article does the author suggest including these kinds of projects in your portfolio. As Clark Terry said about the road to jazz improv: "Imitate, assimilate and innovate."

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wlj 9y ago
In the Smashing Magazine article the author links to, Erik Kennedy actually recommends against including in your portfolio [0] [0] https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/02/improving-ui-design-skills-copywork/#can-i-put-it-in-my-portfolio https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/02/improving-ui-design...

bobbyadamson 9y ago

The goal is not to copy something and pass it off as your own work. It's an exercise to learn how to think in this technology in a way that's not just another todo app or whatever. You use what you learn to actually build something that can go in your portfolio.

dceddia 9y ago

Yeah, to be clear, I'm not suggesting that anyone copy other apps and pass them off as their own, or even include them in their portfolio. This isn't copywork in the sense of "I don't know how to design so I'll copy Twitter's design"... it's more like, "I don't know what kind of apps to build to get better, so I'll copy an existing one for practice."