What are you working on? v7

[KmartSqrl]

More efficient and more reliable. It's hugely beneficial to be able to release whenever you need to and to be confident that the release will run smoothly (having good automated tests contributes to that confidence a lot as well)

Making the release cycle shorter also has the benefit of letting you iterate a lot faster which is, in my opinion, really key to creating something great.

[smlance]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/rT1C2.png[/img]

Completely new to web design and development. I want to create a cozy minimalistic style. How can I make the design better?

From what I've seen on the web, a lot of good, simple designs seem to use shades of black, white, and some other color.

[KmartSqrl]

If you're going for minimalism you need to pay very close attention to spacing and alignment. Ditch the borders on the bar that reads "welcome", give it more vertical padding, and give everything in that white box more padding as well (pull everything away from the sides by another 20px or so and pull the logo down that much too) Ditch the bars between the nav items or make them a lot lighter, and space the nav items out more.

[hentie]

that beige is pretty cozy

[Mr Kirill]

My site has been up for a couple of weeks now but I haven't posted it here, so here goes:

[url]http://kircode.com/[/url]

[Darkwater]

snip i had no idae

[KmartSqrl]

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;36812340]After I've made a change to my code, I instantly test it. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.[/QUOTE]

Test driven development does not just mean that you make sure what you are developing works by actually testing it. TDD is the process of writing automated unit/integration tests for your code before you write the code itself, and then writing only enough code to get your tests to pass. If you do it right you make sure that your automated tests cover all of your code and that they cover it correctly.

[smlance]

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;36811835]If you're going for minimalism you need to pay very close attention to spacing and alignment. Ditch the borders on the bar that reads "welcome", give it more vertical padding, and give everything in that white box more padding as well (pull everything away from the sides by another 20px or so and pull the logo down that much too) Ditch the bars between the nav items or make them a lot lighter, and space the nav items out more.[/QUOTE]

Thanks; I'll try this out later. I also plan to mess around with the colors and font.

[QUOTE=Hentie;36812202]that beige is pretty cozy[/QUOTE]

Thanks! I like earth colors.

[frankpetrov]

quite slowly working on a web game run by javascript.
I have quite a ways to go for the homepage.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sW1tW.png[/IMG]

[rookwood101]

[QUOTE=Mr Kirill;36812212]My site has been up for a couple of weeks now but I haven't posted it here, so here goes:

[url]http://kircode.com/[/url][/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://kircode.com/assets/tphoto_1.jpg[/IMG]

cool.

[TerabyteS_]

-picsnip-

Feedback?

[swift and shift]

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;36810971]And integration tests with Cucumber[/QUOTE]

When I write tests
Given that I am a programmer
And everyone reading these tests is a programmer
And even if a 'business person' wants to make changes they'll still manage to fuck up this faux-english bullshit syntax
Why should I have to write shit like this

[commander204]

[QUOTE=TerabyteS_;36821129][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2951174/27_b.png[/img]

Feedback?[/QUOTE]

( Looks like one of those lolblogs. But classy. )

Only thing I find out of place is "The Feed" which kind of sounds like a b - movie. Why not just call it "Feed"?

[TerabyteS_]

[QUOTE=commander204;36822243]Looks like one of those lolblogs. But classy.[/QUOTE] Thanks, it pretty much is one.

[Siemz]

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89740783/html_1.png[/img]

Learned HTML + CSS Yesterday, hope it's clean enough, making a very basic layout.

[commander204]

Are those rounded corners images?

border-radius should work fine in a simple case like yours.

[Siemz]

[QUOTE=commander204;36824232]Are those rounded corners images?

border-radius should work fine in a simple case like yours.[/QUOTE]

Rounded, yes.

And okay :), ill try to use that instead.

[smlance]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/EuKdP.png[/img]

How's that compare to my previous one? I decided not to mess around with the colors just yet. I just removed the border around the "Welcome" bar and space everything out a bit more. I still think it can be improved a lot -- something(s) about it just doesn't feel right. Maybe it's too bare? I haven't done web/graphics design in so long...

[TerabyteS_]

[QUOTE=smlance;36824355][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/EuKdP.png[/IMG]

How's that compare to my previous one? I decided not to mess around with the colors just yet. I just removed the border around the "Welcome" bar and space everything out a bit more. I still think it can be improved a lot -- something(s) about it just doesn't feel right. Maybe it's too bare? I haven't done web/graphics design in so long...[/QUOTE]

Try to avoid using heavy borders and contrast between backgrounds or even containers altogether if you're striving for minimalism.

[kragmars102]

wrong thread. /snip.

[smlance]

[QUOTE=TerabyteS_;36824525]Try to avoid using heavy borders and contrast between backgrounds or even containers altogether if you're striving for minimalism.[/QUOTE]

I don't really understand what you mean -- your wording is slightly ambiguous. Could you please elaborate or give an example?

[Crhem van der B]

So yeah, I'm going to work for one of the most successful web-dev companies in Lithuania from the 7th of August :D Can't wait to start working there, I really liked the atmosphere and the people there seem very nice.

Also, another company called me today (I've sent them my CV), but obviously I already got a better offer.

[Siemz]

[QUOTE=Crhem van der B;36824853]So yeah, I'm going to work for one of the most successful web-dev companies in Lithuania from the 7th of August :D Can't wait to start working there, I really liked the atmosphere and the people there seem very nice.

Also, another company called me today (I've sent them my CV), but obviously I already got a better offer.[/QUOTE]
Congratulations

Anyways, what is the smartest way to get the box under neath the other, on the right side.. ?

#box_top {
 width: 263px;
 height: 55px;
 border: 1px solid #00;
 padding-left: 55px;
 padding-top: 13px;
 color: white;
 background:url(img/box2.png);
 margin-left: 350px;
 }
 
#box_mid {
  width: 293px;
  border: 1px solid #00;
  padding-left: 25px;
  background:url(img/box1.png);
  color: white;
  margin-left: 350px;
  } 
 
 #box_down {
 width: 318px;
 height: 13px;
 border: 1px solid #00;
 background:url(img/box3.png);
 margin-left: 350px;
 }

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89740783/ss.png[/img]

[KmartSqrl]

[QUOTE=swift and shift;36821942]When I write tests
Given that I am a programmer
And everyone reading these tests is a programmer
And even if a 'business person' wants to make changes they'll still manage to fuck up this faux-english bullshit syntax
Why should I have to write shit like this[/QUOTE]

I thought it was weird when I first used it but I played around with it a little more and ended up liking it. I've always figured that it's to make the tests easier to read by 'business people', not to write. If you're running CI and business people are able to check build status they'll be able to tell what is going on a lot more easily this way.

I like it, but I do write integration tests with RSpec sometimes too.

[Darkwater]

[QUOTE=Siemz;36824953]Congratulations

Anyways, what is the smartest way to get the box under neath the other, on the right side.. ?
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89740783/ss.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Put both boxes in their own <div>s and set display: inline-block on the divs. Also, use classes for rules that (can) apply to more elements, IDs for single elements.

[Siemz]

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;36825433]Put both boxes in their own <div>s and set display: inline-block on the divs. Also, use classes for rules that (can) apply to more elements, IDs for single elements.[/QUOTE]

Okay, thanks!

[KmartSqrl]

I'm working on hating Magento more. Working on a product display page. If I upload an image for the product in the admin panel it shows up fine in the admin panel. If I try to call it on the front-end it doesn't. BUT WAIT! If I request the small image or thumbnail on the front-end and then resize it to the size I want it works.. What the fuck?

[fritzel]

validation, client and server side
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975566/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7597975566_10a2e075f1_o.png[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975146/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7597975146_434cb69c44_o.png[/img][/url]

[Miljaker]

[QUOTE=fritzel;36825796]validation, client and server side
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975566/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7597975566_10a2e075f1_o.png[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975146/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7597975146_434cb69c44_o.png[/img][/url][/QUOTE]

I suggest keeping the text inside the fields black.

[TerabyteS_]

[QUOTE=fritzel;36825796]validation, client and server side
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975566/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7597975566_10a2e075f1_o.png[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/psygeist/7597975146/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7597975146_434cb69c44_o.png[/img][/url][/QUOTE]

dat corners

[editline]18th July 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=smlance;36824611]I don't really understand what you mean -- your wording is slightly ambiguous. Could you please elaborate or give an example?[/QUOTE]

I meant that I think you should reduce the border shadow, reduce the difference between the page's background and the container's and possibly even let go of the container all together (setting it to have no background)