Integrating Design Drafts Into Your Rails App
This one might be a little half-baked, I’d expect the implementation and features to change a bit over time. (Image from ArtCulture)
Nearly every project we work on at Pathfinder involves coordination between the developers and the designers. Over time, we’ve found that the more the design and development work can be integrated, the better everybody’s work is. To that end, we like to have our designers work in CSS and HTML where possible, and to keep their designs in the same Subversion repository as the rest of the code. Being able to run a development environment helps the designers see their changes, and gives both sides immediate feedback on changes.
Here’s a Rails hack that takes this one step further, allowing developers and designers to go back and forth between the current developer version and the design.
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