Using Plugins vs Custom Code

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Using Plugins vs Custom Code

@jglovier

No soapbox.

So who the heck are you?

Joel Andrew Glovier (JAG). CURE.org web and graphic designer.

Binicia's before and after surgery image (crooked legs before, straight legs after)

Pros / Cons

Custom Code

Custom Code: Pros

Custom Code: Cons

Plugins

Plugins: Pros

Plugins: Cons

In real life

CURE.org

Plugin: Slidedeck

Screenshot of cure.org/help-now

Custom code: CUREkids

Screenshot of cure.org/curekids

So...

What should I use?

It depends.

The project must decide

Thank you

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Notes

This talk was given at Front End Design Conference 2011 on Day 2 as an attendee talk.
If you have questions for me, feel free to ask!

Links

Here are some of the links I referenced in the talk, and in the slide above:

CURE.org is the nonprofit organization I work for full time and referenced in my examples.
You can see Binicia's story here. She is the girl in the second slide above with a before and after photo.
You can learn more about the SlideDeck plugin here.
You can read more about why I chose the SlideDeck plugin and how I created a custom skin for our use at CURE.org on this SlideDeck blog post.
View the CURE.org Help Now SlideDeck (example of a plugin on CURE.org).
View the example of custom code on CURE.org, CUREkids. FTR there is also another instance of the SlideDeck plugin built into CUREkids.