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From student to web professional
Hints, tips & cheat codes
Zaharenia Atzitzikaki •
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From student to web professional
Hints, tips & cheat codes
Zaharenia Atzitzikaki •
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Hi.
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I’m Zaharenia.
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I’m a designer.
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I’m a designer.
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I’m a designer.
Now Lead Designer at Workable
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I’m a designer.
Previously freelancing, agency work
Now Lead Designer at Workable
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class00
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Two parts
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Two parts
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Two parts
Part 1: Let’s talk
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Two parts
Part 1: Let’s talk
Part 2: Technical
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From Uni to real life
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What CSD taught me
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WHAT CSD TAUGHT ME
How to learn stuff
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WHAT CSD TAUGHT ME
How to work with others
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WHAT CSD TAUGHT ME
How to embrace design
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STOP! HAMMER TIME.
Designer? Why?!
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What CSD didn’t teach me
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WHAT CSD DIDN’T TEACH ME
How to be professional
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WHAT CSD DIDN’T TEACH ME
How to work efficiently
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WHAT CSD DIDN’T TEACH ME
How to market my skills
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Where are the jobs?
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WE’RE LUCKY
Demand >>>>> Supply
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“ If you work on the Web and you
complain about the financial
crisis, you do something wrong. „
Thanos Papavasileiou • UpNorth Conference
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FIVE YEARS AGO
Limited options
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Corporate or freelance
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Few startups
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Limited funding options
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TODAY
Options galore
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Think global
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Freelance.
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Freelance.
Work in a start-up.
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Freelance.
Work in a start-up.
Sell digital goods.
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Working in a startup
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Start-ups !=
old-school corporate
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Flexibility
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Satisfaction
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Minimum Viable Product
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Start small
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MVP does not imply
bad design
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Kirill Shikhanov
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Rapid iterations
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Ship first, worry later
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Done is better than perfect
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Teamwork is everything
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Word of advice
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Don’t stop learning
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Develop your social skills
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Allie Brosh
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Networking
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Learn & help others learn
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Level up your CSS
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Preprocessors
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Prepro… what?
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Sass
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Sass
LESS
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Sass
LESS
Stylus
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Sass
LESS
Stylus
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WHY SASS?
Variables
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// A nightmare to maintain
a { color: #fc3; }
p { color: #fc3; }
nav { background-color: #fc3; }
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// Variables are cool!
$brand-color: #fc3;
a { color: $brand-color; }
p { color: $brand-color; }
nav { background-color: $brand-color; }
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WHY SASS?
Nesting
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Sasquatch Records
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header[role="banner"] {
margin: 20px 0 30px 0;
#logo {
float: left;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
img {
display: block;
opacity: .95;
}
}
}
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WHY SASS?
@mixin - @extend
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// Lots of repetitive styles
p {
margin-bottom: 20px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
footer {
margin-bottom: 20px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
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// Abstract them in a mixin!
@mixin default-type {
margin-bottom: 20px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
p { @include default-type; }
footer { @include default-type; }
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.alert {
padding: 15px;
font-size: 1.2em;
text-align: center;
background: $color-accent;
}
.important {
font-size: 4em;
}
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// Combine styles without code bloat
.alert-positive {
@extend .alert;
@extend .important;
background: #9c3;
}
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.alert, alert-positive {
padding: 15px;
font-size: 1.2em;
text-align: center;
background: #ea4c89;
}
.important, .alert-positive {
font-size: 4em;
}
.alert-positive {
background: #9c3;
}
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WHY SASS?
Partials
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_header.scss
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_body.scss
_header.scss
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_body.scss
_header.scss
_footer.scss
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_body.scss
_header.scss
_footer.scss
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_body.scss
_header.scss
style.scss
_footer.scss
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_body.scss
_header.scss
style.scss
_footer.scss
style.css
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// Import shared styles
@import 'shared/alerts';
@import 'shared/avatars';
@import 'shared/loaders';
// Import base styles
@import 'backend/base/grid';
@import 'backend/base/icons';
@import 'backend/base/typography';
@import 'backend/base/forms';
// Import modules
@import 'backend/modules/billing';
@import 'backend/modules/filters';
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Modularize
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CSS sucks at scaling
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Design systems, not pages
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HOW?
Create modules by
observing patterns
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HOW?
Create layouts for
different sections
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Everything is a module
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@Stubbornella 14 minutes ago
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.media, .bd { overflow:hidden; }
.media .img { float:left; margin-right: 10px; }
.media .img img { display:block; }
.media .imgExt { float:right; margin-left: 10px; }
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Modules should do one
thing and one thing only
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Combine modules
for fun and profit
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Modules should be
oblivious of their context
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WHAT’S THE BENEFIT?
Complexity is limited
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WHAT’S THE BENEFIT?
Code is predictable
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Rules of the game
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RULE #1
You need version control
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RULE #2
Obey rule #1
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RULE #3
Your text editor is
your friend
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RULE #4
You + MVC + OO = LFE
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RULE #5
It’s never too early to
worry about performance
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RULE #6
Automate boring work
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Thanks! You rock.
Zaharenia Atzitzikaki •