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Stijn Janssen
August 30, 2012
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Transcript
FRONT-END STYLE GUIDES
STIJN JANSSEN
Front-end developer @ Inventis
Front-end developer @ Inventis
Front-end developer @ Inventis
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A good developer should be lazy (and dumb). http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2005-08-24-n14.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/08/how-to-be-lazy-dumb-and-successful.html
http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Be_Stupid_and_Lazy
DRY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/klmircea/3210506796/
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LISTS • Tutorials • Code snippets • Best practices •
Tips from experts • Browserbugs
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FRONT-END STYLE GUIDE
FRONT-END STYLE GUIDE
A GUIDE • Contains useful information • Recurring tasks •
Manual, encyclopedia, price guide, ...
FRONT-END STYLE GUIDE
To provide uniformity in style and formatting of a document
website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_guide
A STYLE GUIDE • Defines how a guide should look
• Takes decisions for you • ISO, branding, ...
FRONT-END STYLE GUIDE
Developer A Developer B Project X Project Y
Developer A Developer B Project X Project Y
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A FRONT-END STYLE GUIDE aims to improve team collaboration
THE BENEFITS • Sharing knowledge • Ideal starting point for
new co-workers • Great reference for interns
THE TEAM VERSION
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DECISIONS • Folder structure, naming conventions, ... • Spaces or
tabs? • LESS or SASS • BEM, SMACSS or OOCSS? • Should we pass JSLint? • H5BP or Bootstrap?
http://na.isobar.com/standards/
THE PROJECT VERSION
DESIGN • Fonts • Colors • Headings (h1-6) • Content
(p, ol, ul, ...) • Buttons • Form elements
http://www.pukkelpop.be/nl/styleguide/subpage
DECISIONS • Which font should we use for headings? •
Vertical rhythm of 6px • Images must have 12px margin around text • Should we use formal or informal language in content?
http://www.starbucks.com/static/reference/styleguide/
MORE BENEFITS • Happy designers (consistency) • Easy to optimize
elements • Perfect starting point for a redesign on bigger projects • Testable!
TIPS & RESOURCES
TIPS • Don’t reinvent the wheel (link to existing resources)
• Start early in the project • Everybody should be involved (client, desinger, ...) • Extend, never replace • Think abstract
RESOURCES • http://pea.rs/ • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/building-twitter-bootstrap/ • http://smacss.com/book/ • http://24ways.org/2011/front-end-style-guides •
https://gimmebar.com/loves/maban/collection/front-end- styleguides
EXAMPLES • Technisch • Isobar (http://na.isobar.com/standards/) • Grafisch • Ubuntu
(http://design.ubuntu.com/web) • BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/gel) • Tekstueel • Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style)
THANKS!
QUESTIONS?
STIJN JANSSEN • @stijnj •
[email protected]