technical issues with XHTML / HTML 3

[090485]

Hi All,

First of all i just want to say thank to everyone who can help me and probably other as well with this thread.

I have searched the web and i cant come across to any site wher it explains some techincal issues with XHTML or HTML, I mean what kind of techincal issues could arise in XHTML or HTML. I'm trying to prepare for an interview and they are gonna ask me various technical questions. Would any programmer or a Techincal user or anyone, might have an idea of a techincal issues, please write them in this thread and help me out........

I hope to hear from you guys......

Many Thanx

 

[Stretchwickster]

I'm not sure whether I've ever come across one site that explains all that you need to know about the web.

However, some good topics to research are:
- progressive enhancement
- graceful degradation
- accessibility
- unobtrusive javascript

Here are some places to visit first:
- Pragmatic progressive enhancement slideshow
- Pragmatic progressive enhancement - why you should bother with it
- Graceful Degradation & Progressive Enhancement
- Progressive Enhancement: Paving the Way for Future Web Design
- Progressive enhancement (Wikipedia)
- Dive Into Accessibility
- The Seven Rules of Unobtrusive Javascript
- Unobtrusive Javascript
- The Behaviour Layer

- Sitepoint (good general web resource)
- Webmonkey (good general web resource)

Clive

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[j4606]

Thanks Farmcow!

 

[Foamcow]

Really, I don't think you are ready for a front end developer role.

Whilst reading up on the subject will only do good I think you really need experience. You can learn every CSS selector, Javascript function there is but without a real grasp of the role of each in the web model you'll come unstuck.

It's not something you can learn in a short space of time. Certainly not to the standard where you can take a job as a front end developer.

Here are some sites that while being broader than just 'front end' should start you off.

I would urge you to follow links from these sites to others.

http://www.thinkvitamin.com

http://www.simplebits.com

http://www.alistapart.com

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[Foamcow]

Some books...

Designing with Web Standards
Web Standards Solutions
Bullet Proof Web Design
DOM Scripting

Check out any Eric Meyer books too

Also look at things relating to AJAX and perhaps some stuff about Javascript Frameworks since they are in vogue at the moment. I'd personally recommend jQuery and Prototype/Scriptaculous.

Stretchwickster provided a good list. Particularly get to grips with the concept of Progressive Enhancement.

The advice given

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[090485]

nice one guys.........i appreciate the advice

 

[090485]

Foamcow - would you know a website that might teach me how to go on about accessibility, i mean how to actually build the accessible links like in most websites the user might press the CTR + # to open the desired page, i have read the w3c accessibility but they are quides, i guess i need it in more depth..........

Thanks, anything would be good.

 

[traingamer]

You don't have access to Google or any sort of web search?

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[Foamcow]

I'll answer once I've updated my alogrithm.

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[Vragabond]

As far as getting actual experience from working on a project... why not start? Your costs are only your time and your idea for a project. You can start building a website tomorrow (either locally on the computer, on your local [free] server, or on one of the multitude of free servers around). Read up on the stuff, follow some tutorials then dive into the "real world" by heading your own project. When you actually build a website you will see how these things work and why.

To start learning, I would suggest tutorials on

http://htmldog.com/

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[Stretchwickster]

...would you know a website that might teach me how to go on about accessibility, i mean how to actually build the accessible links like in most websites the user might press the CTR + # to open the desired page...

Didn't you notice my Dive Into Accessibility link in my previous post? (The links I supplied weren't just the top 10 of Google search results!). In that link is a section on defining keyboard shortcuts for accessibility:

http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_15_defining_keyboard_shortcuts.html

Clive

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

How can I put this nicely without being unintentionally offensive?

I think that time for pussy-footing around has come to an end...

090485, What research have [!]you[/!] done to try and find these things out?

You obviously have internet access, so why don't you look around, use search engines, etc?

You're asking everyone here for help with contrived interview situations, and seem to want to become a knowledgeable web developer just by getting a few questions answered.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's not how it works.

You need to help yourself, and that means some hard graft and learning. We've all done it, so why try and short-cut the process?

You won't get very far as a web developer if you are unwilling to look things up for yourself. So far, I've seen little evidence that you've done that.

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