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Fast Design Decision-Making for the Everyday De...
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Julie Ann Horvath
December 01, 2012
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Fast Design Decision-Making for the Everyday Developer
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December 01, 2012
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Transcript
SUPER FAST DESIGN DECISION-MAKING
@ @ NRRRDCORE
I’M A DESIGNER BUT IT’S A LITTLE COMPLICATED
I BUILD THINGS A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED, RIGHT?
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& EARLY & OFTEN FRESH SHIPPING DAILY.
NOT THIS KIND, THOUGH.
A WEBSITE’S DESIGN SHOULD START WHERE IT’S GOING TO LIVE.
LESS ABOUT ME AND MORE ABOUT FAST DESIGN...
MORE ABOUT YOU AND DEVELOPER FRIENDLY DESIGN TOOLS...
PARTS FOR A FASTER DESIGN PROCESS. 3 3
3 3 STEPS BUILD, DEPLOY, & ITERATE.
START SIMPLE TO FIND THE RIGHT DIRECTION...
START SIMPLE TO FIND ANY DIRECTION, REALLY...
START ON PAPER I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING, PAPER...
DON’T FEAR THE BLANK CANVAS
A FOUNDATION YOU DON’T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
THE BASICS WHAT’S IN A CSS “FRAMEWORK”?
THE ANSWER PROBABLY A LOT OF STUFF YOU DON’T NEED
PICK AND CHOOSE THE PARTS THAT’LL BE USEFUL...
PICK AND CHOOSE THE PARTS THAT ADDRESS AN ACTUAL NEED.
BE CHOOSEY OR, USE THE FRAMEWORK AS A FOUNDATION
EVENTUALLY YOU’LL WANT TO RIP OUT WHAT YOU’RE NOT USING.
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GRIDS CAN BE REALLY USELESS
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GRIDS BUT THEY CAN HELP YOU FORMAT CONTENT.
960.GS THE ORIGINAL GANGSTER
960.GS THE ORIGINAL BOOKMARKLET
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FRESH POTS SOME GRIDS COME BAKED INTO FRAMEWORKS.
BOOTSTRAP SKELETON FOUNDATION & &
THEY’RE FLEXY THEIR GRIDS ARE FLUID, FOR ALL OF YOUR
MOBILE THINGS.
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MEDIA QUERIES ARE REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. @ @
CONDITIONAL CSS BASED ON THE WIDTH OF THE DEVICE.
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... PATTERN LIBRARIES CONSTANTLY IMPROVE THE WAY YOU WRITE MARKUP
...
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VISUAL PATTERNS DRIBBBLE BUCKETS CAN HELP...
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DRIBBBLE.COM/NRRRDCORE/BUCKETS
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CSS3EXP.COM/MOON
ICON FONTS SAVED MY LIFE * *
span.mega-icon.mega-icon-blacktocat
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SASS/SCSS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
THE COMMUNITY IS OPINIONATED, THE COMPUTER DOESN’T CARE.
border-top-color: lighten($gray, 10%);
border-bottom-color: darken($gray, 10%);
SASS/SCSS HANDLES ERRORS LIKE A CHAMP.
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WORK WITHIN CONSTRAINTS WHEN YOU’RE DESIGNING, BUILDING... * *
STYLEGUIDES AREN’T JUST FOR COLOR PALETTES
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KSS
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WARPSPIRE.COM/KSS/STYLEGUIDES
PROTOTYPING IS EASY WHEN YOU WRITE CODE.
GISTS A LIGHT-WEIGHT PROTOTYPING TOOL.
STAY LIMBER YOU CAN DO MORE WITH GISTS THAN YOU’D
EXPECT.
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PULL REQUESTS ARE AN AWESOME DESIGN TOOL.
JULIEANNHORVATH.COM/RESOURCES
THANK YOU WARM GUN ’12 & 500 STARTUPS