Toolstrap - A CSS framework for Groupon Internal Tools

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TOOLSTRAP A front-end framework for Groupon internal tools

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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

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https://twitter.com/threedaymonk/status/174497507517267968

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What is Toolstrap? http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://foundation.zurb.com/

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https://styleguide.groupondev.com/

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“WTF is up with that font?” - Steven Walker, probably

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Layouts

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Tables

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Forms

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Buttons & Labels

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Navigation & Tabs

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Modules • Modals • Tooltips • Alerts • Accordions

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Who’s using Toolstrap? • Coffee • Perfect Pipeline • Deal Estate • Deal Wizard • AM Workbench • Sales Workbench • Quantum Lead • CS Tools

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Coffee

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Deal Wizard

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Sales Workbench

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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...

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http://smacss.com/

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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!

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http://css-tricks.com/examples/IconFont/

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http://icomoon.io/

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• 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

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Category Icons

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Form Input Icons

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Spinner

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Styles for Popular UI Libraries • jQuery UI • Select2 • ???

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(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

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?uestions? Mike Aparicio maparicio@groupon.com http://idol.pe/toolstrap