Obsolete Web-designs That Developers Must Phase Out
Web developers who have been in this field for more than a decade, like us, would have undertaken several software projects for their clients across platforms. In the course of this period, they might have taken a liking to some design elements and used it extensively in these web development projects. It could have even gone on to become their trademark or touch with every project. However, as with most things in life, design elements can also become obsolete. It is therefore important for developers to remember that they need to constantly reinvent themselves with the passage of time. In this blogpost, we will look at some of the obsolete trends in web design that developers would do well to phase out.
Image Sliders
These were quite popular among many clients hire a programmer to develop their first business websites. Having the ability to convey more visually in a limited screen real estate was considered a big deal back then. However, clients run the danger of suffering from sluggish page load times and bounce rates. Image sliders can be heavy and tend to distract users from browsing the other parts of the site. Moreover, in this era of information clutter, it would augur well for clients to develop a clean website.
Pop-Ups
One of the major irritants of website browsing for users are pop-ups. While pop-ups can be effectively used on a need basis, they can turn out to be disastrous for clients depending on the reason, frequency and time of appearance. We have all come across that website that repeatedly sends pop-ups on every return visit and end up getting frustrated. Better to phase it out than face the destructive ‘wrath’ of users.
Flash Support
While Adobe has already stated that it would stop support for flash, some websites still continue to use it. It has certainly gone out of fashion in 2019, given its many flaws that includes ease of use. It makes little sense to insist on using them because that would leave a big void literally and figuratively.
Scrolling
By scrolling, we really refer to the non-traditional means of scrolling like horizontal scrolling for instance. While many forms of user navigation may have developed, especially in smart handheld devices, it hasn’t really translated the same way on the desktop. While non-traditional scrolling can help in getting attention, it doesn’t make up for ease of use. When it comes to the regular users, ease of use is all that matters, isn’t?
Media Auto-play
We have seen this across many media websites like blogs, news, magazines and forums. For the average user looking to consume meaningful content, nothing frustrates as much as this media suddenly playing out of nowhere automatically. Some even consider it as a violation of consent, dampening their browsing experience.
These are some of the top design trends that developers need to make an effort to phase out. There are more such design elements that are either obsolete or make for an unpleasant browsing experience such as using stock photos that really don’t make an impact, not optimising website for speed and so on.
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Design awesome websites with these CSS libraries
Most of us web developers and programmers would be familiar with CSS frameworks. Many a time, clients with an intent to hire a programmer expect a solid, responsive and accessible website. In an effort to deliver upon such expectations, programmers work round the clock deploying their best methodologies that also includes effectively leveraging the power of CSS. What is the beauty of CSS you ask? Front end web development plays a major role in attracting users to the website and CSS is a significant part of the same. CSS frameworks provide a robust and standardised platform for programmers to address the common and recurring issues of front end web development without having to start from scratch every time while designing applications for clients. After all, time is of the essence for web developers. CSS libraries on the other hand provide greater control to the developer.
There are several CSS libraries available on the internet which forms the basis for this blogpost. In our collective endeavour to better satisfy the clients, our developer team at HireIndianProgrammers came up with a list of cool CSS libraries that will definitely make the client’s website stand out from the competitive crowd.
CSS Wand
True to its name, CSS Wand empowers the developer to customise websites creatively with an easy copy-paste mechanism. The library is a simple CSS tool that allows for deploying cool animation effects on the client’s site. For example, designing buttons with a ripple effect and deliberating on the perfect loading animations.
Atomise
Atomise is a very minimalistic CSS library more suited for those clients that want to keep things simple or make an apparent understatement. As the library proclaims, Atomise is style neutral letting developers to define their own margin and grid classes and breakpoints. Perhaps the main highlight of this tool is its emphasis on human-readable classes.
Spectrum CSS
Coming from the stables of Adobe, this CSS is along the lines of Adobe’s design language. It is a CSS-only library meaning that only simple things like typography, checkboxes and the like are designed. Developers can access the demo from their website, thus giving an idea of different elements.
Woah.css
Having the ability to install either via npm or bower, Woah.css is for those clients that want to exhibit quirkiness in their website. While this may not appeal to serious business entrepreneurs, we are sure that there are some start-up clients with wacky sense of humour and serve their customers in the same manner. The different animation effects available on Woah.css speaks for itself in this regard. There is even an infinite class for repeating animations forever.
Denali
This CSS library is perfect for the serious formal business websites that want to project a highly professional image. Based on its own design language, the denali design language, this CSS is lightweight and flexible. Developers have the ability to design with custom variables there by making it easier for the tool’s components to adapt to any business brand.
relaxCSS
We would recommend this library especially for the beginner developers looking to easily deploy simple CSS animations on their client’s website. There are several components such as backgrounds, buttons, font weight, tables, text containers, margins and more. There is also a dark theme available. Adding these styles is not a difficulty which can be done by a grid layout.
Raisin CSS
This is a utility library that certainly requires some amount of expertise on the part of the developer to indulge with different classes. There are pre-built modules like CSS Grid, breakpoints, overflow and so on which allow for high levels of customisation.
There are many more such CSS libraries such vov.css, animation library etc. Having gone through the list, what do you think would be a great CSS library for your web development assignment. Share us your comments below.
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The Relevance of jQuery Today
Web Developers who have been in the web development space for quite some time would be very much familiar with JavaScript. Experienced programmers might have used some of its libraries in their web development projects. One among them is jQuery. The recent version of jQuery – jQuery 3.4 is now available for web programmers to use. In this backdrop, our developer team at HireIndianProgrammers work using the new version of jQuery and convey their thoughts via this blogpost.
jQuery has been here since 2006 and it is still quite popular among web developers – what with it powering around 73% websites today. Yet, with the advancements in web browsers and the emergence of single-page-application (SPA) frameworks, clients hiring a programmer to develop a website prefer taking the short and supposedly easy way. The relevance of jQuery today is tested. So here are some reasons why clients hiring a developer might want to continue using jQuery after all.
First off, our programmers at HireIndianProgrammers having worked with JavaScript extensively, would like to make the point that anyone working on web development projects should have knowledge of the library.
Serious clients hiring a developer would do well to use the appropriate technology tools for corresponding projects. Our experienced coders in JavaScript find that jQuery can still be used for developing simple and elegant front end experiences involving some animations here and there with limited user interactions. No need for other frameworks whatsoever.
Secondly, jQuery is one of the minimalistic libraries we have used till date and continues to do so. Therefore, web developers working on crucial web development projects can certainly continue to use jQuery without second thoughts.
The next point in support of jQuery is directed towards the uninitiated – that is, newbie programmers. Some small time clients may opt for hiring a coder who is doing freelance. Such clients are most likely owners of small businesses who want to develop a simple website expanding their scope. In such cases, it is better for coders to learn jQuery rather than vanilla JavaScript. Learning jQuery is synonymous to learning a ride a bicycle with the help of extra wheels initially.
Programmers familiar with WordPress or other related CMS can afford to work using jQuery. Clients hiring a programmer to develop websites targeted at even old versions of browsers can also use jQuery. In any case, web developers are so used to jQuery because of its ease of use and simplicity. No harm in continuing coding in it.
We conclude by stating that the latest version of jQuery still stands by the original dictum – write less, do more – and makes it easier to use JavaScript for all clients hiring a dedicated programmer to develop websites.Yet, web developers will have to keep in mind that the jQuery ecosystem is set to decline in the foreseeable future. Therefore, it would augur well for them to learn new languages and keep abreast of the latest trends in the world of web development.
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