Mr Branding: Web Design Weekly #325

Monday, July 2, 2018

Web Design Weekly #325

Headlines

Balancing Time

If you have a hard time balancing work, life and free time then hearing about how Sarah Drasner sets up her workflow might help you reconsider your own. (css-tricks.com)

The Cost of JavaScript (youtube.com)

Bug tracking so simple, it’s like sticky notes on a website.

BugHerd keeps your team on the same page. No more vague client emails attempting to describe what the issue is. Feedback is pinned to the HTML element, like a sticky-note, enabling you to access it directly from the webpage at any time. If you build websites, BugHerd is for you. Free trial today. (bugherd.com)

Articles

Reflections on building an MVP design system in 3 months

Taryn Tuesday shares an insight into the process for getting started, the tools they used to create and implement the system, and also how they document, maintain, and share the system with the team. (uxdesign.cc)

An adventure in sparse arrays

Remy Sharp dives into the swiss cheese wonder of sparse arrays. As always, entertaining and educational words by Remy. (remysharp.com)

A minimal guide to ECMAScript Decorators

A short introduction to the “decorators” proposal in JavaScript with basic examples and a little bit about ECMAScript. (itnext.io)

I discovered a browser bug

Jake Archibald shares a recent experience about finding a huge browser bug a few months ago. (jakearchibald.com)

Centering: The Newest Coolest Way vs. The Oldest Coolest Way (css-tricks.com)

Tools / Resources

Golden Rules of Typography on the Web

This slide deck by Richard Rutter explains a set of guidelines that combine implementation details with typographic theory and set you on the road to designing beautiful and effective responsive typography. (noti.st)