Builder Designs | Intelligent marketing for home builders

Here’s another sign that the times are changing and technology is only getting better, especially when it comes to building a website. Its astonishing to see how far we’ve come just in the last ten years.

The 3 key technologies that exists within a normal website are HTML, CSS and JavaScript. jQuery has been the leader in the JavaScript department and makes it easier and faster to build web pages with Javascript.

For years, Javascript has been used by designers as a way to respond to user interaction and has become the favorite over Flash according to appendTo, LLC, a company dedicated to jQuery and jQuery support. Their research confirms that more and more web developers are using jQuery and Javascript over Flash at a staggering rate. Recent data that they analyzed shows that 48% of the world’s top 17,000 websites are using jQuery, compared to 47% using Flash. This is big news.

The reasons are simple. jQuery is much easier to use, learn and is an open source product. Its compatibility is also a major factor of its popularity. Mostly all web browsers support jQuery, even iPhones and iPads that do not support Flash and probably will not ever.

jQuery is also very light weight, meaning using 1 line of jQuery code to do the same thing as 10 lines of regular Javascript code. It loads extremely fast in comparison with complex Flash files that are larger and take up more space.  jQuery allows developers to have nearly the exact same functionality of Flash when creating animations and computations with much less effort.

This means that tomorrow’s web designers will be embracing the jQuery code and that in turn, web users will be happier with a fast and interactive site websites.

Welcome to the new Builder Designs website and blog. We will still be posting articles about out clients and how their websites have helped them generate business. We will also talk about new projects and our process. Make note of the “From the Design Team” posts in the sidebar. This is where myself and other members of the Builder Designs Creative department will post articles on our design process, css, html, wordpress, jquery and other elements that go into creating an effective website.