Comments on: Even website owners should care about code

By: bgrggfe

bgrggfe — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:19:00 +0000

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By: vladiim

vladiim — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:03:00 +0000

I think it’s important – the more clients appreciate and understand what you do, the more they value you.

I’ve found they listen and care when you frame the discussion in a way that the client can clearly see the benefits back to them.

If you want to do a large refactoring job discuss the cost implications of technical debt. As you mentioned above, speed is another great argument – both Google and Amazon have some nice studies showing slower sites cost them business, again helping a dev frame the code discussion in the client’s language.

By: Donnie

Donnie — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:22:00 +0000

You are so right. I recently started using my blog and slowly understanding html code. I read somewhere that Google reads the code for SEO purpose and that how they do ranking. so, why not learn more to get more traffic to my website.

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:38:00 +0000

Not sure I agree with your assessment there Andrew. That is a very black and white way of viewing the world.
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By: anaLAB | Diseño web

anaLAB | Diseño web — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:18:00 +0000

I think clients think in terms of “problems to be solved”, but not about HOW they ment to be solved! That’s part of the designer/developer’s work, and should not me negociated with the client.

By: Andrew Champ

Andrew Champ — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:08:00 +0000

I assume @edmerritt isn’t as skilled at CSS & HTML and wraps everything w/ tags, even when not needed. I don’t like seeing that, it’s pointless. If you create lean CSS / HTML you can still grab the elements you need, if you know what you’re doing. I consider CSS to be my specialty and I have no problem focusing on the elements I need even when a client needs changes.

It’s all about skill-set.

Btw, every site should be optimized for performance. Performance should never be sacraficed.

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:07:00 +0000

Yeah that is a fair comment Sven. I probably worded things a little strongly.

By: Sven Luyten

Sven Luyten — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:54:00 +0000

I understand that you need to discuss things like flexibility and speed with your client. But I don’t consider these discussions as ‘code’ discussions. I think a web designer should translate this discussion to code in his own mind. The client isn’t interested in which method of coding is used. He just expects speed when this was discussed with the designer.
This is how I see it, keeping my clients in thought.