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Mike Aparicio
October 24, 2012
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Toolstrap - A CSS framework for Groupon Internal Tools
An overview of Groupon's CSS framework for internal tools.
Mike Aparicio
October 24, 2012
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Transcript
TOOLSTRAP A front-end framework for Groupon internal tools
99 Problems • Developers spending time on CSS, not features
• Designers spending time on CSS, not problem-solving • Inconsistency with brand, designs, etc. within apps • Inconsistency between apps • Developers blocked by lack of design/CSS
https://twitter.com/threedaymonk/status/174497507517267968
What is Toolstrap? http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://foundation.zurb.com/
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https://styleguide.groupondev.com/
“WTF is up with that font?” - Steven Walker, probably
Layouts
Tables
Forms
Buttons & Labels
Navigation & Tabs
Modules • Modals • Tooltips • Alerts • Accordions
Who’s using Toolstrap? • Coffee • Perfect Pipeline • Deal
Estate • Deal Wizard • AM Workbench • Sales Workbench • Quantum Lead • CS Tools
Coffee
Deal Wizard
Sales Workbench
Mo’ Toolstrap, Mo’ Problems • Dependencies - Rails, JUI, SASS,
Compass • Versioning - constantly in flux • Specificity - app-specific styles not abstracted out • Images - backgrounds, logos, icons • JavaScript - limited
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Compiled CSS/JS Only Toolstrap Toolstrap 2 YO DAWG, I HERD
YOU LIKE FOLDERS...
http://smacss.com/
SMACCS - Categorizing CSS • Base - normalize.css; styling elements
• Layout - grid, layouts • Module - reusable, modular design elements • State - active/inactive, hidden/visible; JS • Theme - added layer of design; multiple themes
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Groupon Icon Font!
http://css-tricks.com/examples/IconFont/
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http://icomoon.io/
• Groupon.eot (14k) Internet Explorer • Groupon.svg (74k) Webkit, Opera
• Groupon.ttf (14k) Firefox 3.5, Webkit • Groupon.woff (26k) Firefox 3.6+ • style.css (5k) • lte-ie7.js (4k) 98 Icons
Category Icons
Form Input Icons
Spinner
Styles for Popular UI Libraries • jQuery UI • Select2
• ???
(but CSS ain’t one) https://github.groupondev.com/internal-tools-bootstrap/toolstrap https://github.groupondev.com/maparicio/toolstrap2 https://github.groupondev.com/maparicio/Groupon-Icon-Font
?uestions? Mike Aparicio
[email protected]
http://idol.pe/toolstrap