When to use what

I thought I would blog this, because as I learn new technologies it is becoming something that I find increasingly frustrating. Everybody has a favourite language, granted. Mine is PHP, closely followed by JavaScript, the jQuery library in particular. I am, of course, better at some languages than others - that's a given for anybody that does anything, you'll always be better at some things than others.

The frustrating thing I find are people who have a favourite language, who have even gone so far as to specialise in that language, but don't understand the limitations of it. Every technology has it's place, a truly good developer knows when to use what technologies and where.

Don't use a server side language if HTML will do, there's no need to write <?php echo "<p>This is my hello world</p>"; ?> when <p>Hello world</p> will do.

That's it for tonight's rant, I'll be back soon with some tutorials I'm thinking.

Yours,
Matt of Nuclear Dove

So you think you can design?

This might sound like a very crass way to begin the Nuclear Dove Blogspot, however it is an important point to raise. Something I have noticed more and more as my experience in the industry has increased is that lots of people believe they are good designers, yet the best designers, in my experiences, tend to be much more modest about their designing abilities.

I do not believe I am an amazing designer, but I know that I have spent time to learn the science behind design, the emotional relationships between design and the user, I've spent time learning Front End Development techniques and learning programming techniques to become a more holistic developer.

This is when I had something of an epiphany; the designers who are quick, get-the-job-done without worrying too much about quality are the ones who tend to get the most client - but not the best clients. If you are a designer reading this I urge you to stick to your guns, good design will prevail, it is better and more profitable for everybody - don't allow yourself to be pulled into business politics, do what is right.

That concludes my first post on this blog, I guess this is me introducing myself to the blogosphere.

Matt