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That's clever, I'm gonna have to try that. Thanks!

--Phil

On 11/07/2012 11:49 AM, Daniel Higginbotham wrote:
> I've really enjoyed using Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com/) for this kind of stuff. It lets you use haml, sass, and coffeescript right out of the box.
>
> On Nov 7, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Phil Darnowsky <p...@darnowsky.com> wrote:
>
>> This is not exactly to do with Ruby, but it seems like something you guys might have an opinion on--also, can anyone recommend a good frontend-development list?
>>
>> We're looking at adding a big new feature with a heavily dynamic UI. It seems like a smart idea to get some endusers in front of it even before we start writing the code that'll back it up, to avoid a lot of rework if elements of it prove to be unsuitable.
>>
>> What I'm considering is doing a static mockup in HTML with some simple JS to bind it together--nothing actually gets persisted, but the look and feel should mostly be in place. Does anyone have any practices to recommend or avoid?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil
>>
>> -- 
>>
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