Roundup No. 24

Tools & Resources

XPRS Site Builder
No Coding, Responsive, E-commerce, Free.

React Masonry Component
React Component for using @desandro's Masonry.

Open STF
Control and manage real Android smart phone devices from your browser.

Quantity Queries
A tool to help build Quantity Queries for your projects.

DeployBot
Simple app for deploying code anywhere without complex configs.

Form Buttons.
Forms within buttons, oh my! Contain them or let them auto fill width onClick.

Stretchy
Easy auto sizing for form and Input elements.

PostCss Font Magician
Never write a @font-face rule again. Magically generate them instead.

Ditto
Speed up your workflow by adding the power of variables to Photoshop.

Level Up

Breaking the Ice with Regular Expressions

Build a Real-Time Polymer To-Do App

The Sass Mixins/Placeholders I Can't Live Without for Responsive Web Design

Scroll Drawing

Using Object-Oriented CSS with Sass

CSS Only Dropdowns

Articles

The “Why” of Using Animation in Interaction Design
Interfaces have evolved from their static predecessors as animation and motion have become an integral part in creating a more consistent and fluid experience in almost any UI design. Although this article avoids the technical implementations in favour of explaining...

Is PostCSS a Game Changer?
Short answer – yes. It allows you to write future CSS syntax today. That's about as future proof as it gets. And it doesn't stop there! You can solve real business problems by fine-tuning CSS into exactly what you need and nothing you don't need. As the PostCSS...

Design Machines
Donald trawls Google Fonts for ten minutes. There are a few candidates, but Don’s not so confident in his font evaluation skills. He lands on Open Sans. Good ol’ faithful. He sets the actionable headline text to 48pt using the light weight in white. It’s perfectly centered over...

How to Become a Great Front-End Engineer
I have to admit, I was surprised to even be asked this question since I’ve never really thought of myself as a “great” front-end engineer. In fact, the first few years I worked in this industry, I honestly don’t think I was qualified for any of the jobs I had. I only applied for...

The Battle Royale: Atom vs. Sublime
For most developers, text editors are just as sacred as discussing the proper way to say “gif.” Sublime Text has been the heavy hitter for some time & for good reason. As an avid Sublime user I decided to see where Atom stood since I last looked; the time of early...

Front End Development is Development
There is some sentiment out there that front end development isn't real development. It's a swaggering, trollish sentiment. Still, it's fun to puff our chests back sometimes. Let's try to put a point on why front end development is every bit as difficult and worthy of the title as...

Premium Resources

Creative App Bundle - Includes Macaw!
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Thunder UI Kit

High Performance Responsive Design Across Devices by Tom Baker

Listen to This

The TTL Podcast
hosted by Rebecca Murphey, features conversations with front-end developers at large organizations about how they do their jobs.

Design Showcase

Planets

New From Bose

timbr

YAMA - MySpinUp

Watch This

Peter Gasston dives deep into web components.
20 Minutes

Freebies

Now UI Kit - from InvisionApp
A beautiful cross-platform UI kit. Yours free. Download all 52 templates, 35 custom icons, and 180+ UI elements free for Photoshop and Sketch.

Sedna HTML5 Temlate

My Secret Spot - UI Kit

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RoundUp No. 24