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Interview Questions for Front End Developers and Web Designers

These are the Interview Questions for Front End Developers and Web Designers that I usually ask while interviewing any individual. These interview questions are for Front End Developers and Web Designers who are on beginner to mid-level experience. I will be updating these questions by the time. Answers to these questions are easily available over the internet. If you find still find any difficulty in understanding any questions or not able find any answer don’t hesitate to ask in comments section below or through contact form on my blog  contact page . If you have less 1 years of experience you should be able to answer 40% to 50% questions. If you have one to three years of experience you should be able to answer 80%-90% questions. If you have 3+ years of experience you should be able to answer all questions. HTML / HTML5 What is Doctype & why its important? What are meta tags? What does meta viewport tag do? Difference between div and span? What is html5? Name a few new

Common Mistakes in Logo Design

Start designing without any creative brief The briefing exists to help designers know what they need to design, and how they need to design it. However, it also has a key role in defining the designer-client relationship. Without it, designers would be overwhelmed by the amount of design freedom, and clients would not know what to expect from the project, or how far can they go in making requests to the designer. Here’s were I get serious about briefings, and I genuinely mean it. Working without a briefing on client work is a recipe for disaster. If you want to design high quality logos and compete on a professional level, you must have a briefing for each project. Designing for yourself Design can easily become a highly personal and passionate experience, so knowing for whom a logo is being created can be a hard lesson to learn, and that’s not a challenge just for designers, more often than not, clients are also guilty of analyzing a design based on their personal tastes rat

9 basic principles of responsive web design

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Responsive web design is a great solution to our multi-screen problem, but getting into it from the print perspective is difficult. No fixed page size, no millimetres or inches, no physical constraints to fight against. Designing in pixels for Desktop and Mobile only is also the past, as more and more gadgets can open up a website. Therefore, let's clarify some basic principles of responsive web design here to embrace the fluid web, instead of fighting it. To keep it simple we'll focus on layouts (yes, responsive goes way deeper than that and if you want to learn more this is a good start ). Responsive vs Adaptive web design It might seem the same but it isn't. Both approaches complement each other, so there is no right or wrong way to do it. Let the content decide. The flow As screen sizes become smaller, content starts to take up more vertical space and anything below will be pushed down, it's called the flow. That might be tric

Open source HTML5 & Flash video player Video.JS

Use Video.js --------- In the <head>: <link href="http://vjs.zencdn.net/4.10/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/4.10/video.js"></script> In the <body>: <video id="MY_VIDEO_1" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls preload="auto" width="640" height="264" poster="MY_VIDEO_POSTER.jpg" data-setup="{}"> <source src="MY_VIDEO.mp4" type='video/mp4'> <source src="MY_VIDEO.webm" type='video/webm'> <p class="vjs-no-js">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank">supports HTML5 video</a></p> </video>

Basic Rules of Logo Design

Do you realize just how important your company logo is? It appears on everything from your letterhead to your website, reaching customers, marketing , prospects, suppliers and the press. In other words, your logo reaches everyone who has any contact with you and is the first impression someone will have of your company. Because of its potential impact, your logo must offer a favorable impression of your business. Present yourself clearly and dynamically, and you'll look like a pro, even if your office is in your home's basement. Easier said than done, you say? Maybe. Luckily, there are time-tested guidelines you can follow in your quest for a great logo. Whether you hire an agency or decide to create it yourself, commit these rules to memory--or at least bookmark this web page: 1. Your logo should reflect your company in a unique and honest way. Sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised how many business owners want something "just like" a compe

Logo Design Pro Tips and Rules

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Everything you need to know to craft great logos, from inspiration to execution. Logo design is all around us. To the general public, logos serve as an instant reminder of a company or a product; to the client they’re the point of recognition on which their branding hangs; and to us designers they represent the challenge of incorporating our clients' ideologies into one single graphic. No wonder, then, that logo design features so prominently in our lives. In an age where everyone must have a website to support their product, service or the company behind it, the demand for a top-class logo has never been higher. More examples of logo design are out there than ever before, and with that comes the challenge of being different. How do you create something original that stands out in a sea of identities? And how do we create something quickly while retaining quality? In this article, we'll first look at the basic principles of creating a logo desi

Are Leaders Born or Made? A True Story

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Which came first the chicken or the egg? To be or not to be?  Nature  versus Nurture? Can we finally put this age old argument to rest and come to a conclusion. Leadership: “Exercising of influence over others on behalf of the leader's purposes, aims or goals. “ Leaders are born not made: Great Man theory and Trait theories believe that  people inherit certain qualities and traits  that make them better suited to leadership. To suggest that leaders do not enter the world with extraordinary endowment is to imply that people enter the world with equal abilities, with equal talents.” (Thomas Carlyle 1840) There are certain inborn characteristics that predispose people to be and become leaders. There is a significant difference between  “learning a skill” and mastering one , in the same way that others are born with amazing musical gifts or athletic talents. They will excel naturally in these areas but others would be like a fish out of water and may struggle to