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> "If you're a front-end developer, at some point you were probably given an awesome-looking PDF, then expected to make a website/app that is a 1:1 representati
by pwhython 13y ago
> "If you're a front-end developer, at some point you were probably given an awesome-looking PDF, then expected to make a website/app that is a 1:1 representation of it. Of course, that never ends up happening and you have explain why it could never be a reality."
I'm going off topic, but as a designer and a front-end developer, I get frustrated when the developed product isn't a 1:1 representation (when sending out the work to get coded). The end result should be a pixel perfect match of the artwork. Nothing is impossible translating an image to a website/app.
- robwgibbons 13y agoYou've obviously never hit one of the many edge-cases in front-end development that are simply not possible (without an incredible amount of hacking effort). Multi-line vertical text-centering is a great example (try v-centering a paragraph of variable/unknown height). Or the way text wraps around an image differently at varying widths ("can we make it not break like that? I don't like how it flows at X width"). Or dynamically truncating a block of text and adding an ellipsis automatically, at any given size, in a responsive design. There are a LOT of examples of "blue sky" design that simply cannot be translated easily, if at all, into HTML/CSS. This is why it's so important that designers have fundamental understanding of the technologies they're working with.
- lewispollard 13y ago> a designer and a front-end developer Could that be because you subconsciously make your designs using knowledge of the technical limitations of the web?