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The WordPress developer

If you read these lines, it's because you have a little idea of ​​what WordPress is ... Otherwise, WordPress is a CMS, it allows you to easily manage a website via an intuitive administration interface. It is thus easy to create pages, sections, modify or add text, photos and any type of media. WordPress has become in a short time one of the most popular website administration platforms on the web. It is estimated that 25% of websites using WordPress is 75 million websites. This tool is recognized for its simplicity of use for the administrator of the site but also for its simplicity of development for the web developer. It combines, in a way, the best of both worlds. I invite you to consult  the 10 strengths of WordPress  to get an idea for yourself of the legitimacy of this tool.   What is a WordPress developer ? The WordPress developer is able to perform several missions essential to the success of a web project. Create or customize a theme ...

8 rules to organize your CSS code

Writing CSS code is not as easy as it seems.  Without some writing rules, we can quickly find ourselves with a code that is difficult to read and difficult to debug.  Here is a  non-exhaustive list of best practices and rules  that will help you create and maintain a clear and extensible CSS style sheet. 1 - Segment CSS into multiple files It is best to separate its CSS code into several files each corresponding to a module, a view or a page of your application.  It's up to you to choose how to cut your style sheet.  Cutting into files makes it easier to navigate when expanding, modifying or creating new declarations. For example, for WordPress,  it may be wise to split your code by content template. page.css single.css header.css footer.css archive.css template-custompage.css The advantage of cutting CSS into multiple files and multiply especially if you use a preprocessor CSS (  Sass  or  Less  ). 2 - Est...

The front-end designer and the front-end developer

A few years ago, I wrote an article about web integrator. The denomination that was in 2013, the formula dedicated to designate the person in charge of creating models, integrate the images, the texts, the videos and to make sure of the good behavior of the site on a computer, tablet, and mobile (the web responsive). Then the tasks evolving according to the new tendencies and good practices, the trade was gradually redirected towards a denomination in the air of the time: developer front-end. Server-side Javascript (Node.js) and Javascript frameworks like Angularjs, Vuejs, React have become a permanent fixture in the web developer's ecosystem. These front-end technologies are essential for creating complex and interactive interfaces, by manipulating the HTML pages formerly static. So we can make beautiful interactive dashboards that update in real-time, no need to reload the page. With these new possibilities, the front-end developer has to adapt. He becomes both web inte...

Trend with digital agencies: more strategy than developing web services

From full service to specialization In 2014, two out of three digital agencies called themselves 'full service'.  The 2015 study shows that this is declining;  more agencies see themselves as a specialist (41% compared to 26% last year).  Digital agencies indicate that the main reason is that they must specialize in order to be able to achieve the required quality in the various disciplines. Trends in outsourcing and growth barriers The 2014 study already revealed that recruiting qualified personnel is the biggest obstacle to growth.  This year even more digital agencies indicate this as the main obstacle to growth.  The second obstacle for digital agencies is being able to manage growth. No less than 20% of the digital agencies surveyed (N = 116) indicate that web development will no longer be done in-house in 2015.  It is striking that, for example, design/creation is done more by the digital agencies themselves than the actual development of we...