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realbee:
@op, I know a couple of guys who can do awesome stuffs with the language already. I can even call you a late comer.

Lol

Is Anybody In Nigeria Actually Learning Swift?, so you think you're the only developer in Nigeria, you probably asked because you've not been exposed...

Kodejuice:
Hey guys,i just built an android app with HTML5/CSS3 using phonegap, it's named "Swift Downloader", An app that lets you download files with ease and speed. Swift Downloader works in a very fascinating way, it uses Javascript ajax to fetch the content of the url given and use Phonegap File Api to save the content with the specified name, with this algorithm i developed , downloading files with this app will be very fast as the javascript ajax technology also is. This app is still in its early stage more feautures are still yet to be implemented, like "pause download, enhanced progress bars, more options" and so on...

This app is not on Google play yet, cause i'm just 15 and don't have $25 for a developer license, my parents won't even listen to me, but i"ve uploaded it sha.

Swift Downloader.apk

<!-- Still looking for free Android App stores-->

Wow really cool, please work on your ui, you can also add the background download plugin so it downloads even when the app is closed, I also developed a plugin that allows you use the default android downloader....you're awesome!!

ivcraig:
I'm tring to sanitize my urls.... To remove those nasty "?id=66" and others. I eventually got it to work, but it doesn't modify the urls automatically.

Try any of these..

# To externally redirect /index.php?id=123 to /index.php/123
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s([^.]+)\.php\?id=([^&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1/%2/%3? [R,L]

# To externally redirect index.php?id=123 to /index.php/123
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\s([^.]+)\.php\?id=([^&\s]+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1/%2? [R,L]

# To internally forward /index.php/12 to /index.php?id=12
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/([^/]+)(/[^/]+)?/?$ $1.php?id=$2 [L,QSA]

I still don't understand you...

ivcraig:
Webcraft, abeg help me out. I'm trying to modify my urls using .htaccess rewrite directive on my local system(running wamp). The prob is that it's not working. All I get is a "500 Internal server error"

What are you trying to achieve

lastchild:
I've met many people to teach me web designing,they are all calling different prices and different tutorial duration,my problem is not the payment but the TIME because I have some other things doing

I know there are a lot of gurus here,please how long did you sacrifice on learning to atleast stand on your own and stop going to tutorial class

Can be learnt in a few months but takes years to master it

4words:
I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Zinofigo for his prompt response to my rescue. He proved in all ways that he is not the typical Nigerian web developer. Even in my many doubts and our misunderstandings, he still came through. So i am using this opportunity to show my gratitude. Obviously he is one of a kind...bad asss developer.
Also to a bad ass App developer Whebcraft, i appreciate you, your friendship and help. He is cooking wonderful Apps that would get many talking. Look out for him and his Apps. I just had the opportunity to test one and wonderful is all i can say. keep it up bro, God bless you more.
To crown it up is Webshopng another bad asss web developer, a good soul. I appreciate you for your help and counsel.
I say THANK YOU to these 3 wonderful beings.
Out of the many crooked web developer out there, there are still a few good ones. believe me i have had my share of bad terrible developers... story for another day.

in 4words, "God bless you guys."

Lol.... Thanks!!!

Dve:
@Webzyweb this is utter nonsense. Is it necessary you do that, why can't you just start your own thread?


Rubbish!

What's your problem

Wow really cool,

Raychux23:
Java Fundamentalist Christianity

PHP Cafeteria Christianity

C++ Islam

C# Mormonism

drone99:
See skills...

Skills ? ? ?

Sanuzi:
An expert in Blog Design,content management systems (CMS) such as
Webpagemaker,Frontpage, wordpress, joomla, drupal,
ecommerce platforms such as opencart, magento, Abante cart,WHMCS, prestashop.
Blogs:Ghost,serendipity,eggblog
Forums:SMF,Vanilla,phpBB,
Polls and Survey Sites:Limesurvey,littlepoll,piwik

Lol, Jack of all trades..

Dmayor7:
You are very foolish my acting like this....sorry to say but you should not have acted this way!

the OP needs help and he asked. You just cunningly put up an advert about yourself. Also you went ahead to give a not so sufficent solution which is as good as nothing.

I wonder why people choose to act this way. Too bad...cos karma is real, even more real in the web world.

hahahahahaha lol.... Guy calm down ..

A javascript alert ( ); for a banner? ... Na wa oh! ...Hmmmm i wonder how that would look like, alert (<img src="lol.png" /> ) ;

. .

yusufu16:
Have you ever seen some website popup or opened when you visit some site. especially betting sites and pornographic sites usually popup when you visit some sites. I discovered some ecommerce sites likes jumia, konga, aliexpress, etc also opened up when you visit some sites.

Please How can i make my site to opened whenever someone visit another site. I was told its a javascript that you will setup on website to do that. Is it true? please help.

hello I can help you with the code send me a mail on what exactly you want.

datecheaply:
[size=14pt]Hi,

http://wasiki.com/ This link does not works. I am a web designer. you click this link and review to me.

http://webkuti.in/ISIBwebsitedesign.png

This a website design concept for ISIB India. i hope you will like my design. Click above link.


Feel free to request to see my portfolio. I'd be very happy to answer any questions you have Get in touch to get a no hassle quote.

Please visit at https://www.pinterest.com/webkuti/pins/

Contact
http://www.webkuti.in
Skype: webkuti
Ph: +91 9562025697
Email: webkutiindia@gmail.com[/size]

Your website was built with flash?

ispeaklight:
wasiki.com is a school website focused at delivering quick and valuable information to student.

I need the help of you guys as proffessional frontend designers.... Take a look at it from mobile to pc, review it and drop a feedback.

Thanks
Regards

From my experience it was not built professionally, its not Mobile responsive, user friendly its just another website.

emilykel:
Please can you help me check this code??..
The idea is to change the text on the button when it is clicked...
<input type="button" id="toggle" value="change"/>
$('#toggle').on('click',function(){
var text=$('#toggle').text();
if(text=='change'){
$('#toggle').text('text changed');
}else if(text=='change'){
$('#toggle').text('change');
}
I also tried...
$('#toggle').attr('value');
But it still didn't work
So tell me why its not working
and am running the code on my android phone so could that also be the reason ??

You where using .text() value instead of attribute value that's why it didnt work
Use this to toggle the value of the button every time you click
$('#toggle').click(function() {
if ($(this).attr('value') == "change" ){

$(this).attr('value', 'another change');

}

else {
$(this).attr('value', 'change');
}
});

DharkPoet:
Any seasoned programmer/veteran/noob programmer around Ikeja environs? I'm on a 6 month IT, I would want to use this period to sharpen my skills, got basic knowledge in Python PHP, but I don't mind dabbling into other languages, I really need serious training!! Before I get all rusty biko!!

I stay in Ikeja, what languages are you interested in?

chiemmaxy2:
Well I finished secondary school last year . I fell in love with programming early dis year. Ever since I have learnt html,css and javascript. Guys I just want to ask with this little knowledge how can I make small money and what should be ma next step
. Currently running a diploma in computer science. And I also want to ask guys which programming languages will be good for mobile apps development because dat where I wanna base on. I would be glad to hear help from u guys . Thanks

You can make money with your programming skills by starting small, from people around you, offer them your web dev. services at least you should have created more than 5 sites before moving on to major clients because they always want to see what you've done. For mobile app dev. you can start learning objective c or java, although I use java, c# or swift for developing apps for major platforms but if you think java is hard to learn then you can start with your js,HTML and CSS to develop hybrid apps.

nollyj:
I make more money that I can ever finish month in month out. Check what almost 1 million app downloads can make in a month in Google Play. That is just one source of income. If the op is not talking about himself there is no need to bash others.

I make money everyday from my app. He's not bashing others he's just giving an advice..

PROFLOVY:
Why do you guys derive pleasure in derailing people's thread especially if you also do the same job with the person.
I would be glad to show my portfolio to a potential client and not some bunch of upcoming web designers who think rating people's work is the next thing to do..

Its seems you are not confident... Nobody has time to rate your work's they just want to know why you are offering to do a website for 10k, "upcoming web designers"? Well I'm not a web dev. I'm a solid software developer and I'm proud of it..

Craigston:
I've not gone into JavaScript much but it may be done by toggling the 'type' attribute of the <input> element between 'password' and 'text'.

This is just a simple jquery method

Booyakasha:
This arguement has been reigning for long, here's the truth:
www.gdevit.com/forum2_theme_111899730.xhtml?tema=25?Wapka_Vs_PHP?_

OMG.. WTF, LMAO, .......Mhen some people are just dumb

Today's world is heading towards super specialization (for example mobile apps for just about anything). Most designers prefer to focus on their strengths – the creative aspects of the website design. Let the developer figure out how to bring it to life. Or better still, create a live site with modern co-design tools, where there’s no need to call in a developer!

But here’s the thing – as a creative, you want full control over your work. You want to see your work go live. You want to push the boundaries
To truly master your craft, you need to understand the medium. The medium of the web, is code.

For those who aspire to master web design, the question is not really “Does a web designer need to learn how to code?” but it’s more of “How much code does a web designer need to learn?”.

A designer does not need to be an HTML or CSS guru. Or an expert coder. A designer needs to understand just enough about the code that forms the basis of the web – to be able to connect the dots and make sound design decisions.
For someone who’s never done any programming before, it can get a bit overwhelming. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, SQL .. web development actually uses a bunch of different programming languages. If you’re a designer keen to learn how your website design comes to life, here’s what you need to know and where to get started.
Front End vs Back End Web Development

The part of the website that viewers see is called the front end. The back end comprises of all the stored data, images, the server and other components. Web design and development is a bit like building a house – an architect designs the house much like web designer designs the website; the construction crew puts up the brick, mortar, plumbing etc akin to back end development, painters, interior decorator etc handle the visible, finishing touches to the house similar to front end development.

Frontend development is done in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, while back end developers normally use PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, SQL or .Net for programming. Full stack developers who understand and can code the full stack ie both frontend and backend.

A designer does not need to learn all of these programming languages. The goal is not to be a full stack developer, or really any kind of developer (unless you really want to make the transition!). The goal is to understand how a design translates to code. It makes sense for designers to focus on understanding the basics of front end programming since it is the part that creates the layout and the visual elements of the design.
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

Going from the design or mockup to a live website involves many stages of coding, and as you saw above, many languages. The first step in the process is usually to map out the components of the site into HTML elements and write out the basic HTML code. Each component is called an element, and specified using tags. Text, images, animations each become an HTML element. Each element is structured into a hierarchy called the DOM tree, which determines the order in which each element is loaded and displayed. Here’s a simple example of basic HTML.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>A Dummy Heading</h1>
<p>Some text that spans the line.. </p>
</body>
</html>
And this is what it looks like:
https://dab1nmslvvntp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1428374508CodingForDesginers1_PNG__1276%C3%97118_2.png

It’s rather plain ! Other than the basic text we put in, there’s no styling, layout or any other visual elements here. That’s because styling information goes into the CSS. But before we move over to CSS, here’s some great online trainings to help you get familiar with HTML

Introduction to HTML from Learnable
HTML Introduction at W3Schools
Intro to HTML by KhanAcademy

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Most of the styling information is stored separately from the HTML as CSS sheets. Developers prefer to separate the content from the style so that it is easy to change one or the other without messing everything up, or having to redo the entire code. This works really well especially for large websites with multiple pages. Each page no longer requires to have it’s own layout coded or the fonts etc defined. All pages can use a common set of CSS style sheets to leverage a common layout, font set etc.

Or if the client decides they want major changes to the layout at the last minute, you can go and just change the CSS styles without having to edit each page of the site. Usually when developers start coding, it is an iterative process going back and forth between the HTML and CSS before they have the final versions ready.

Lets take the first example ahead and add some styling. The following lines make the heading blue and center it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<style>
h1 {
color: blue;
text-align: center;
}
</style>

<h1>A Dummy Heading</h1>
<p>Some text that spans the line. And goes on. And on. </p>

</body>
</html>
It now looks like this:
https://dab1nmslvvntp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1428371883CodingForDesginers2.png

Again, this is just a very basic example. You can learn some practical CSS from the following online resources:

Practical CSS from Learnable
CSS Introduction by W3Schools
Intro to CSS at KhanAcademy

JavaScript

JavaScript is what lets you have dynamic, interactive elements on your web page. Most contact forms, changing image carousels, auto-suggest / auto-fill fields and the likes are all based on JavaScript. Sure there are other ways to add certain dynamic elements, but JavaScript is by an far the most popular. JavaScript is also used to change the HTML content, or load different content. W3School has some good live examples where you can see how JavaScript changes the content.

There is an extensive library of JavaScript functions, APIs and plugins readily available for most web tasks.
Meaning, you can easily use these pre-built packages and rarely have to write more than the basic JavaScript code yourself.

Putting It All Together
https://dab1nmslvvntp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1428371284CodingForDesginers4-e1428386162147.png

So I’ve introduced you to the basic languages of frontend web development – the ones that are used to translate your design into a live web page. Like I said earlier, the coding process is often iterative with the developer switching back and forth between these languages, depending on the functionality required. But how does it all come together? The following courses can help you understand how HTML, CSS and JavaScript come together to bring your designs to life:

Build Your First Website with HTML & CSS from Learnable
Intro to HTML and CSS from Udacity
30 Days to Learn HTML & CSS from Tut+
Make a Website with HTML+CSS from CodeAcademy
Introduction to Web development at Udemy

Note that these are just some hand picked introductory courses to get you started. Those interested in diving deeper, or expanding their skills to include front end web development can look up further resources at Learnable, CodeAcademy, Tut+, Udemy or other online portals.
Wrapping it Up

While designers don’t need to know how to code, taking the effort to learn the basics of front end development will definitely help expand their horizons. It brings in

an understanding that helps create new design possibilities
the ability to implement or experiment with your own live sites
the opportunity or perhaps the vocabulary to interact with developers

and most of all, the satisfaction and respect you get from all of the above.

Is it hard? Probably (but the super easy, comprehensive course I’ve listed about should make it a breeze). Is it worth it? Definitely.

If you’ve already walked this path, do share how has it helped you as a designer?.
What were the biggest hurdles you faced?

nollyj:
Why can't you make the money yourself and employ all broke Nairaland developers including me so that we can have better lives and stop bragging?
In dhtml words "Some programmer want to rule the world why others are interested in making sure that they have 3 square meals on their table."
Before you take a jab here, you might as well say what you have done and much you have made. Beside that it means you are part of the problem you are talking about

Wow.. so you are waiting for employment..??, Instead of using the resources you've got, there's no need for him to say what he's done because he didn't create the topic to talk about himself...

jetsetgo:
'Almost' all the IT folk on nairaland come to brag:
1) I know 59 programming languages
2) I have worked for A, B, C, D, X, Y, and Z
3) C++ is king, Java was made in heaven etc
4) I am CCIE, OBICIS, MCSE, AMEBO
5) Who can solve this code?
Mouthware developers... They are broke the world over.

The world is a very big place with even bigger problems.
1) Take one problem and solve it
2) Solve it too well
3) You can use Yoruba programming language or Calabash Networks it doesn't matter
4) Take the solution to people/organizations/stakeholders that live/work/operate in that problem domain
5) Make 1,000,000 presentations/previews
6) Focus on their problem and not how beautiful your calabash or Yoruba is
7) Give them free or on trial if your business model supports it
Give them so much support and assistance they become lazy
9) Your ability to solve problems is proportional to your value.
Money has value so value brings money.
When more and more IT folks start making things, companies will be forced to pay more for the time of an IT aficionado.

.

True talk, " - 'Almost' all the IT folk on nairaland come to brag" that's because they are looking for cheap freelance jobs.
Someone started this topic a few weeks ago "Javascript With NodeJS" and it has been a annoying because all of them have been saying
C++ is king, Java was made in heaven, Nodejs is better than PHP etc..
And none of them has been able to prove it with any of the projects they built with that language that makes it better than others.
na only mouth them get..

kaythinks:
1.) No yearly charges needed.

2.)No hosting fee needed.

3.) No need to buy domain.

4.)It is mobile friendly.

5.)It's way more cheaper than a website.

6.)It's the wise and economical thing to do.

If you need a blog-site for your business,organization e.t.c ,contact me through kaythinks@gmail.com or call 08132780640

1.) No yearly charges needed. - You think maybe because they give you access to use their services for free they don't make money?

3.) No need to buy domain. - Your files are being hosted on a sub-domain

4.) It is mobile friendly. - So a website is not mobile friendly?

Mthcheeeeww...... Pure Nonsense...