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Maxim Zhukov
Creative Developer Freelance Joined about 8 years ago
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- Site Design: Maks (maks.fr)
- If programming languages were weapons (bjorn.tipling.com)
- Yosemite OS - Launchpad animation for new app (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)
- Code is killing my creativity
Posted to Site Design: Maks, in reply to Bob C , Mar 16, 2015 Posted to If programming languages were weapons, in reply to Catalin Cimpanu , Sep 03, 2014 Same for me ! And the javascript is fun also !
Posted to Yosemite OS - Launchpad animation for new app, in reply to Ray Yip , Sep 03, 2014 Never seen it in Mavericks, sorry !
Posted to What's the best way to be a PRO with Twitter Bootstrap 3???, in reply to Dave C , Aug 30, 2014 Hum Sorry, I don't know, I always read things on the desktop screen.
Posted to What's the best way to be a PRO with Twitter Bootstrap 3???, Aug 28, 2014 - Read the doc
- Check this http://expo.getbootstrap.com/
- Built something great
Posted to Anybody want Mailbox desktop betacoins?, Aug 20, 2014 maxim @ focos.co Thanks !
Posted to Site Design: Ma Maison Verte, Aug 18, 2014 Thank you Kevin for sharing, but the thing is not yet finished and it's in French
Posted to Site Design: Ma Maison Verte, in reply to Julian Lengfelder , Aug 18, 2014 it's more like a game for kids at school, not a website :)
Posted to Code is killing my creativity, in reply to Nemanja Nenadic , Aug 17, 2014 Ok I see, thank you ! excuse me for the incomprehension :)
Posted to Code is killing my creativity, in reply to Geoff Kimball , Aug 16, 2014 You're saying the same thing that Drew Wilson in his book Execute: that it's more important to execute that using the new fancy tools.
What’s Under the Hood
Speaking of keeping it simple and re-using code, he did the same for the back-end. He personally likes to build a fully custom backend for each app that he makes, because he’s not a fan of MVC or using JSON templater libraries.
He has a code-base that he’s been refining and re-using for a few different apps. It’s extraordinarily light-weight, uses JSON API by default, and is full of abstractions to make re-using it super easy. It’s built-in PHP, since that is what Drew is best at. His favorite language is Javascript by far, so he also really likes using Node.js. Space Box has a RESTful JSON API built-in PHP and stores the information in a MYSQL database, and uses AES encryption for any sensitive data. Space Box never stores or processes credit card information, another good reason to build on Stripe.
All the JavaScript is custom, other than using jQuery. Writing custom JS is always best since you have full control over everything and you can always make things run faster when you don’t have additional overhead. A lot of people say to use frameworks or templaters, but Drew usually just tells them to get better at JavaScript.
The service is hosted on MediaTemple. He setup a custom box and installed GIT, and uses GitHub for deploying code.
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The purpose was just to get a portfolio online, at least something that I can show too clients with some explanations :) When I will have time, I will add details about every projects. Most of them I did 100 % myself (design + code)