It takes great coding skills and deep UX expertise to build a successful product. So why give non-specialists a task done by specialists? Let’s discover what UX people really do (no, not drawings) and how their work can push forward all the … Read more
Frontend Developer
The front-end developer takes care of making a website functional and usable for the user. In other words, s/he completes the work of the back-end developer, who instead builds and manages all that concerns the server aspect of the site. The front-end developer is much more than a web designer because s/he deals with the visual and graphic aspect and also makes it possible for the visitor to surf for the website's business purposes.
Considering the nature of the primary task of the front-end developer, it is clear that s/he must necessarily have a good knowledge of the fundamentals of UX (User Experience). It should be clarified that, due to the heterogeneity of Internet users, quality such as creativity, versatility and problem-solving are absolutely necessary for a skilled front-end developer.
The role of the front-end developer can be both as a freelance and employee, and we must also bear in mind that it goes nicely with the concept of smart working, because we are talking about a job that does not necessarily require a fixed physical location to be carried out.
Your Node.js API in a Serverless world
Hello Matteo, some time ago at one of the RomeJS meetups you talked about Serverless. Can you tell us more about it? In the talk, we aimed at bring an application, mainly JavaScript, onto the Serverless appearance. Serverless is an infrastructure … Read more
Which research techniques and UX designs are most suitable for startups
Hello Giuseppe, first of all… tell us something about yourself! Hi, I'm Giuseppe Sorrentino, at the moment I work as Scram Master at others.com in the Rome office, that means that I deal with the Agile process management of two development teams. … Read more
Tweet My Wedding Dress
This is the story of a unique wedding dress and her creator Jo Franchetti, Tech Engagement Manager at Trainline. Jo’s got 6 years experience as a front end developer and has worked in various parts of the tech industry from startups, agencies, … Read more
Building mobile applications in JavaScript with React Native
React Native is a JavaScript framework that allows us to build mobile applications. It is based on React, Facebook’s JavaScript library for building web user interfaces, but instead of targeting browsers, it generates fully-native mobile … Read more
Concerning Modules – how the lost wisdom of the ‘70s helps us today
Douglas Crockford describes himself as the Godfather of JavaScript. When I saw he was giving the main keynote at Codemotion Amsterdam, I knew we were in for an interesting talk, and I wasn’t disappointed. Rather than talk about JavaScript, Douglas … Read more
Inclusive Design: design for one, design for all
Stefano Del Furia is Director of Digital Innovation at Campus DaVinci. During Codemotion Rome 2019 he shared a different view on design, disability and, most importantly, inclusivity. He started right away with an example that many of us can … Read more
Kotlin loves React
In the beginning were the webmasters, who knew about PHP and JavaScript. Then front-end and back-end tribes, and each followed their own path, differentiating and specialising. Finally, new programming languages and frameworks arrived, with the … Read more
Making of Sandox, the Cryengine Game Editor
If you are a game developer, you are probably aware that there are many game engines out there. However, only a few of them made the history of game development. Among them, there are software like Unreal Engine, Unity or Source Engine that have been … Read more
Evolving Unity: the Data-Oriented Tech Stack
When we look at Unity, it is clear how far it has come in 15 years. From humble beginnings, to a powerhouse that can run and render incredible games, short movies, and other experiences. However, as the scope and size of the projects people create … Read more
How to Build a Console Emulator
Here's your quick guide to building your own console emulator! In the last decade, we have witnessed an increasing interest towards retrograming. We have of course great modern games nowadays, and impressive quality of graphics and AI behind them. … Read more
Interview with Pieter Omvlee
What happens when your product, which started out as an idea to help you complete a task, gains huge momentum and its success surpasses all your expectations? Not too troubling, one might think. But scaling up to meet fast-growing demand has been a … Read more
From 0 to Kubernetes using .NET Core, Angular e Jenkins
During the Codemotion Rome 2019, the Facebook Developer Circle joined the tech conference to present a live coding meetup. The meetup was an opportunity to see a live coding experiment where three different speakers were involved. The speakers, … Read more
RxJS and Angular Reactive Forms
Angular provides two different approaches to handle forms: template-driven forms, very simple to use and powerful, and Reactive Forms, based on Observable, much more flexible, scalable and robust. In this article we will learn more about this by … Read more
Interview with game developer Jay Tholen
Game developer and musician Jay Tholen is best known for his adventure game, Dropsy. The protagonist is a colourful, bumbling ex-clown. Quite a world away from his creator, who impressed the audience at Codemotion Berlin with his talk, Toy to … Read more
The interdisciplinary field of computer games according to Steven Goodwin
Developers constantly have to deal with a choice: should I specialise in a technique / technology, or should I be a generalist? It’s well-known among practitioners that specialisation brings in money more easily. But having a high level overview is … Read more
Time for Design Ops: Ground it, baby!
Google invented a new professional, the User Experience Engineer, only a few years ago. This two-sided master helps the product delivery the same way devops helped the software delivery. The UXE professional has been introduced in Sketchin since … Read more
Interview with Raffaella Isidori
As founder and creative director of the creative lab thesign.it, Raffaella Isidori builds brands and manages communication for businesses around the world. She is quick to point out that she does not run an agency. Indeed thesign.it it's “a … Read more
Interview with Johanna Janiszewski at Codemotion Berlin 2018
You need an inventive mind to make geometry fun for children. And game designer Johanna Janiszewski has proved a little imagination and playfulness goes a long way, especially in education. As the CEO and founder of Berlin-based game company … Read more
Facebook Hermes becomes open source
The State of Mobile Development In our previous article, we discussed the state of mobile development. JetBrains survey proved the growth of React-Native and Kotlin against its competitors. We learned that most of the mobile developers prefer to use … Read more