Hendra Kurniawan wrote:do you spend more time in front end coding compared to back end coding? we're talking basic web page form design for business application,
How do you code the page? normal html, css and javascript I assume?
I haven't been able to find IDE to help writing javascript, you know, the one with autocomplete and indenting
And then there's the problem of placing the UI components, the textboxes, labels, grids (oh my god, this is the messiest).
Datagrid is not available in native html.
I find the javascript code for a single webpage to edit/input order with only 12 fields and a datagrid with 10 columns is longer than the entire java code for order and item class along with their DML code put together.
Hendra Kurniawan wrote:yes, never realized about paragraphing before, sorry.
I also use jQuery. Pure javascript is just too much.
do you happen to know any link or books that's useful especially for people already accustomed to java style coding who want to write efficient javascript code (using jQuery)?
as for datagrids, what's your choice? or do you create your own datagrid?
William P O'Sullivan wrote:When it came to the front-end because we are a public site, cross-browser compatibility always caused problems.
What may look great on Firefox windows could (and did) totally suck on Safari Mac (9% of our visitors).
Since every potential sale was treated like gold, we had to spend inane amounts of time making sure every pixel aligned correctly.
Give me the back-end anytime (no pun intended) as there are great tools and frameworks available and I know exactly what's in use.
When it comes to the front-end (I don't mind a bit of that either), we have no control over the client to a certain degree.