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Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsWhat do you struggle with?
I am probably getting annoying with these questions please tell me if I am and I will stop,
Anyway I want todo something during the summer and I thought to put my skills to the test I could create a framework (opensource ofcourse) but I do not know what people would want.
So I thought to ask people what they struggle with or made easier in HTML and CSS and I will make a framework to simplfy that.
Please let me know what you struggle with or what could be made easier. Thanks
4 Answers
Ryan Carson
23,287 PointsAwesome - thanks for being proactive!
Max Hallinan
7,614 PointsThe W3C Groups are open forums where current web-related issues are discussed, old specifications are debated, and new specifications are developed. Because conversation is often centered on current problems without established solutions, these groups are a good resource for open source project ideas.
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsThanks I will check that out.
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsSo I was thinking and I thought of something. It is about buttons. Let me explain.
So when im coding I hate to code the buttons not because they are hard to code but because they takes time to code buttons. So I thought why not create a CSS frame work where all they have to do is tell it what colour button, size and what style. For example:
<div class="btn medium green flat">Button</div>
So they would come up with a green button which is flat around the same size of the reply button (I mean height the width depends on how much text there is). You can add rounded if you want your buttons rounded up. But ofcourse I am going to make the names different so then it doesnt get in the way of bootstrap and other framework.
This framework will be totally free and open source as I am only going to start the framework with 2 styles as otherwise it will take a while but because it is open source on gitup I will let others add in other styles to the framework.
Let me know what you think.
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsI just posted the beta of the framework on github. Check it out:
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsBrad L'estrange
2,085 PointsThanks do you anything which can be made easier in HTML and CSS?
Ryan Carson
23,287 PointsRyan Carson
23,287 PointsNot personally, but I bet another Treehouse Student will :)
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsBrad L'estrange
2,085 PointsOk I will wait to see if others have any.
Matthew Ong
6,041 PointsMatthew Ong
6,041 PointsWow thats cool, Ryan Carson responded to you!
The biggest problem I have (sorry not really html or css) is prototyping a nice design. I usually have to resort to pen and paper when outlining sites because I haven't found a good tool to do so. I imagine this would be very complex to make though...
Brad L'estrange
2,085 PointsBrad L'estrange
2,085 PointsI could make a little online wireframing website. But prototyping or I call it wireframing is good I do it before I design a site or a logo I like to do it pen and paper then I go into photoshop. You could use photoshop or on a mac sketch. But I can make on of those tools but it would just take time grabbing all the elements.