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3 Web Development Tips To Boost Skills

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There might be no substitute to experience and experimentation when it comes to web development. But there are some shortcuts that can be used to gain effectiveness in the work.

  1. Clearing Floating Elements

Floating elements need to be constantly taken out of the way and this is part of the daily grind of most web developers. However, there are some elements that would undeniably escape your loop. For instance, how can floated list elements be cleared with the setting of a height. By adding display: block;overflow: hidden; to any floated list, the height attribute would be automatically calculated and adjusted.

  1. Using Web Inspectors

The use of web inspectors has proven to considerably save time and some thought juice. The opinion of developers diverge in which is the best web inspector. Undeniably though, it was a real struggle before browsers had implemented them. On Chrome and Safari CSS changes can be previewed live with the “Inspect Element” feature. New elements and edits can also be made from the inspection pane. On Safari it is found in Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop.

  1. Single Responsibility Principle

Each object within your code should be able to have only one function. This applies to CSS as well. Putting all styles into a .button class should be avoided. It should instead be split into .button-face and .button-structure for example. The Single Responsibility Principle ensures that if something breaks, you would be able to easily find the problematic object and fix it rather than having to spend time tracing back through your code.

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