Discovering HTML5 Boilerplate as a Video

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Renoir Boulanger

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Discovering HTML5 Boilerplate as a Video

I was about to start a new project and our client decided to use those cool nifty HTML5 features. What was asked was to be able to see as a special version of the site for the mobile sites for the tablet format. I, personnally been using BlueprintCSS for many projects but I tought I should try a new “boilerplate”.

I really enjoyed Paul Irish’s introduction to his work and it made me realize that we are so many people doing the same job and almost nobody did that withstanding job as much as he did documenting the best practices.

Why is it awesome? Quoting the author:

  • Cross-browser compatible (IE6, yeah we got that.)
  • HTML5 ready. Use the new tags with certainty.
  • Optimal caching and compression rules for grade-A performance
  • Best practice site configuration defaults
  • Mobile browser optimizations
  • Progressive enhancement graceful degradation … yeah yeah we got that
  • IE specific classes for maximum cross-browser control
  • Handy .no-js and .js classes to style based on capability
  • Want to write unit tests but lazy? A full, hooked up test suite is waiting for you.

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devLAB Weekly meetup Hebdomadaire #20

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Renoir Boulanger

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New around the corner, devLAB events will cover regular themes

We thought that it would be interesting to have themes to direct conversations when we are working on our own projects. The presentations will be announced in advance as they were in the past.

Recently

  • Some of us started working on how to structure a monitoring mechanism
  • We introduced this week the concept of having a theme for many sessions. The first theme will be “Monitoring“. The length of the usage of the same topic has not been decided yet.

 

Nouveauté, introduction d’un thème pour les rencontres

Nous avons pensé que ce serait intéressant d’introduire un concept de thématiques pour animer nos conversations lors des rencontres. Dans la situation d’un événement spécial d’une forme “présentation magistrale” sera annoncée d’avance comme dans le passé.

Récemment

  • Quelques-uns des visiteurs ont démontré leur installation de système de surveillance applicative et réseau.
  • La première thématique, le “Monitoring” réseau. Sera couvert durant plusieurs rencontres. Le nombre de rencontres qui utiliseront le même thème n’a pas été décidé encore.

 

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I can’t believe I had to write this again: Why your design is not exactly the same on the web…

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Renoir Boulanger

When you work with a client, we happen, still to explain why sometimes some nitty-gritty details cannot be exactly the same as the designer’s version.

I had to write this in an email to a client and I tought you might enjoy my enumeration of possible difference factors.

I suggest you give me more differenciators for the next time we have to explain how the web works.
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devLAB Weekly meetup Hebdomadaire #16 we has emerged

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Renoir Boulanger

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We has emerged

During last week, we were not there announcing our weekly events for a reason. Core member of devLAB organization had to deliver a project and nobody took the ball to host the events. We had the room, the organizers were just too much in an hectic situation.

You know. One BIG project, few ressources, two monts worth of work. But the deadline we had to meet: 3 weeks (!!). We did it! But that’s not the point of this blog post.

So. Here we go again.

If you want to help out with the organization, mail me

Official event page on Meetup

 

Nous émergeons

Durant les dernières semaines, nous n’annoncions pas les événements hebdomadaires pour une raison bien simple. L’e noyau de l’équipe d’organisation de devLAB était en projet et nous n’avions pas donné a personne le mandat de poursuivre a notre place. L’endroit était ouvert, le papier d’annoncement y était, mais nous n’étions pas disponible.

Vous savez, ce genre de GROS projet, peu de ressources, deux mois de travail a faire. Mais une date de livraison de trois semaines. CHECK (!!) Nous avons réussis. Mais ce n’est pas le but de ce billet.

Alors, où nous en sommes.

Des projets s’en viennent, toujours la même recette: “Ajouter un facteur d’inconnu” et de “pourquoi pas comme ça”! :)

Si vous voulez aider a l’organisation, écrivez-moi.

Annonce officielle de l’événement sur Meetup

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devLAB Weekly meetup / Hebdomadaire #13

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Renoir Boulanger

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Weekly meetup #13

Hi everybody.
Just to tell you all. Tomorrow’s the weekly devLAB. Like we do every week.
You can see recurring details on:
http://devlabmtl.org/category/meetups

NOTE: We do not necessarily advertise every week. But they still happen every wednesday. You are all welcome.
Here is how it works:

  1. You bring your laptop
  2. We all introduce ourselves
  3. You work on whatever you want and get help with the others around

See you tomorrow.
– Renoir

 
Rencontre hebdomadaire #13
Hé salut!
C’est simplement pour vous dire que nos événements hebdomadaires ont toujours lieu.

Nous avons crée une page pour donner les détails de nos événements récurrents:
http://devlabmtl.org/category/meetups

NOTE: Nous ne faisons pas systématiquement les annonces sur Facebook ou sur Meetup mais les événements on lieux de toute façon.

Vous êtes tous bienvenus.

Comment ça fonctionne:

  1. Apporte ton laptop
  2. On s’introduit et on dit sur quoi on désire travailler
  3. On travaille sur le sujet qui nous tente, et on peut obtenir le soutient des autres.

On se voit demain!
– Renoir

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