Collective #290
Inspirational Website of the Week: Anagram.paris
An interesting dragging effect and a great design. Our pick this week.
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Design Patterns for Humans
A guide to design patterns that explains everything in a simple way.
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Moving to HTTPS Guide
A community site to help site owners migrate to HTTPS with a simple tested process for different platforms.
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On Design Tools and Processes
A fantastic article on the limitations of current static design tools and the need for a major shift in the design process.
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Deep dive CSS: font metrics, line-height and vertical-align
An interesting article on the characteristics of font metrics and what it means for aligning text vertically. By Vincent De Oliveira.
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Speed up Service Worker with Navigation Preloads
Jake Archibald explains how to use the new experimental feature, navigation preload, to speed up service workers.
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DIY Web Animations: Promises + rAF + Transitions
Learn how to re-create web animations using Promises, rAF and CSS Transitions.
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Operating System: From 0 to 1
Learn the core concepts on how to write an OS from scratch. By Do Huang Tu.
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The Anatomy of a Button in Sketch
Alberto Orsini dissects the button in Sketch and shows how to design the element in a flexible way.
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Free Font: Befindisa Script
A lovely hand-written font with elegant sharp lines designed by Mercurial Roxxane.
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Great Alternatives to Hamburger Menus
What can you use instead of the default mobile navigation pattern? Find out in this great round up by Levi Kovacs.
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Free Eco Font (AI)
Pavel Storchilov shares his leafy green alphabet vectors perfect for eco designs and logos.
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ES6 Features
An overview of new ES6 features with evaluable code blocks. The GitHub repo can be found here.
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How to Build Animated Microinteractions in React
Learn how to build some animated microinteractions with the React framework. By Christian Sepulveda.
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A Better Way to Make Buttons in Sketch
Jon Moore shows how to efficiently design button elements in Sketch.
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Free Business Icon Set (AI SVG EPS)
40 free vector icons with a business theme by Diego Naive.
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Writing JavaScript with Accessibility in Mind
Some advice on how to improve the accessibility of your JavaScript components. By Manuel Matuzovic.
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Exclusive Icon Set: Elements From Space To Earth
A set of 30 free icons that celebrate mankind’s urge to explore. Designed by Vexels.
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What is Atomic Design?
An article that shows how to use Atomic Design to build interface systems. By Christopher Nguyen.
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Confetti Jam!
Celebrate and spew some confetti in this fun demo by Eli Fitch.
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