new favorite quote
04-Dec-07
“REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer, which is basically meaningless.” (Agile Development on Rails, p175)
I went to the Boston Ruby Users Group last Tuesday, and had a good time of it. Andy Singleton discussed his experiences with trying to create cutting-edge enterprise level software with Rails.
In particular, he mentioned his need for a new kind of “designer”. As the discussion progressed, we seemed to suggested wanting someone who could:
- put out sharp image comps of the design
- put together modern CSS/HTML
- understand enough of the programming language to be comfortable with it’s use in the template
- implement AJAXish interfaces
- strong aesthetic sense
- superior understanding of user interface design
This is a rather herculean task, at least to fit into a single person. Andy suggested that there were “no more than 30” such persons in the world at large. But I certainly think that we’ll see more individuals and teams possessing this vital toolkit. Personally, I’m even considering making my next profession be as one of these mythic “web superdesigners”. I’m sure the demand is there, and can only be rising.