https://www.toptal.com/css/why-you-need-a-css-developer
Keeping in line with my front-end blog posts, I wanted to read another blog post on front-end stuff so I decided to pick this blog post from toptal.com on CSS developers. I also decided to choose this blog post because I think CSS is the first programming language I was aware of, I only knew that it was part of web design but I was always confused looking at it’s syntax. In this blog post from Silvestar Bistrović, he runs over what CSS developers do and why we need one.
He introduces the reader with CSS developers and what they are. They’re web professionals whose primary responsibility is to deliver a polished and styled product to the visitor’s browser. Practically every website uses CSS, but CSS is often not considered an “equal” in the modern web development stack. This has led to CSS being taken for granted, sometimes even overlooked. He then goes on to explain why CSS developers are a necessary good and to have a dedicated CSS developer instead of someone who isn’t.
The blog post is sectioned into 3 sections: What Do CSS Developers Do, Why Do You Need a CSS Developer, and Wrapping Up with every section having subsections explaining further on the section. What Do CSS Developers Do covers what they do, CSS tools, techniques, and principles, CSS, the fact Javascript is everywhere, and that writing tidy HTML always matters. Why Do You Need a CSS Developer covers CSS coding standards, CSS design implementation, organizing your CSS code, CSS code in production, and what CSS developers can do for you. Wrapping Up is self explanatory, it’s a conclusion.
As mentioned earlier, CSS was the first programming language I stumbled upon. I stumbled upon it as a kid playing online games and trying to customize my profiles for sites. I didn’t know what it was at the time and just took CSS code from others and used that to format my profile for those online games. It wasn’t until now that I would stumble upon it again in class during In-class activity 15-16 and realize how important it actually is. CSS is one of the forefronts of frontend design and that was something I didn’t know until now because I haven’t dipped my toes in web dev stuff yet. At first I thought front-end web developers were supposed to be jack of all trades for front-end development but after reading this I think having someone who specializes in CSS is essential to your team and as the author says, “do you want to leave your product in the hands of a specialized professional that could polish it to perfection, or would you settle for good enough?”
From the blog CS@Worcester – Brendan Lai by Brendan Lai and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.