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Tiny Little Pieces
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Lucas Cherkewski
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What’s this modular design thing?
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A tale of two methodologies
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Imagine you’re ridiculously wealthy
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You want a castle
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You want a castle many castles
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You hire a castle architect
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“Design in one”
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“Design as components”
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The end of Photoshop?
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A component profile
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A component is…
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A component is… Independent
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A component is… Flexible
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A component is… Reusable
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A component is… Reproducible
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A component is… Independent, flexible, reusable, and reproducible
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A component is… HTML and CSS (and maybe JS and PHP)
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A collection of components
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Pattern libraries
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Bootstrap
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–Dave Rupert “Tiny Bootstraps, for every client.”
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Code for America
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U.S. Web Design Standards
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Dan Eden’s Personal Site
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Modular design is a different way of thinking
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Why should I care?
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Modular design makes life better
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Happier designers
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Less duplication
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More time to research
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More time to test
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Happier developers
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Clear tasks
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Visual components map to modular code
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Less maintenance
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Happier clients
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Reduced budgets, or ones better spent
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Speedier future design
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Succession plans
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Happier designers, developers, and clients
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How can I design modularly?
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You probably already do
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WordPress encourages modular design
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Widgets
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get_footer() get_template_part() comments_template()
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Content management
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Okay, but what about pattern libraries?
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Independent or integrated
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Start small
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Pattern library as a guide
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You’ve got this
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Break down your designs; design tiny little pieces
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TWITTER HANDLE/ QUESTIONS
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TWITTER HANDLE/ QUESTIONS Thanks!
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TWITTER HANDLE/ QUESTIONS @lchski lucascherkewski.com