Untested code and other things causing front end devs headaches
October is a scary month! Not only because you realise that long gone are the days you felt the soothing warmth of the sun, but also because of Halloween!
To celebrate, we decided to shed light on a rather spooky subject: things that haunt front end developers. For all you know they might be causing you nightmares too!
Over the past years, companies have been asking their employees to take on tasks that are adjacent to their skills to eliminate costs and programmers are no exception. Following the same mindset, companies are also hiring young developers with limited or no experience. Plus, projects are now so demanding, that most project managers set tight deadlines and are willing to sacrifice some important steps of the process to meet them.
All the above can result in bugs and fixes that will haunt every responsible developer known to mankind.
3 things that give front-end developers goosebumps
Not testing code
Not testing code is like not testing a piece of content before you publish it online. While it might not seem like a big deal, especially when tasks are accumulating, it is an essential process for developers.
Testing each line of code separately before integration means that multiple bugs and future fixes, that will cause bottlenecks in the process, could be avoided. It might require some additional time to complete the task but it will be worth it in the end.
Development tools
Junior developers often get asked to implement certain tasks and projects using certain tools. As deadlines are always tight this means that there is no extra time to get acquainted with a tool, how it works, what it can do and what it can’t. If you are a developer in the making and want to avoid having to implement a task while learning how the tool works a good idea is to start learning as many things as possible about popular tools. An easy way to stay ahead with what is going on in the dev industry is listening to podcasts!
Responsive layouts
Nowadays the online user uses multiple platforms to access a company’s digital properties. To offer a seamless experience, developers need to implement each design according to the specifications of each device. To do so, they use tools such as the JQuery library and just add in their existing JavaScript to customize the experience. If not done right this process can result in a major nightmare for the developer and a rather unpleasant experience for the customer.
All in all, what to keep in mind is that no matter how challenging a website is if you give skilled developers the desired time and the right management they can easily overcome these trivial obstacles that can haunt them in the workspace. Have you ever thought about Agile?
