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Weekly recap #37
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
The W3C Design System is live - This design system documents the styles, components and templates available to use on your website. -
Design system: LEGO Kits syndrome - Balancing consistency and contribution should be the primary concern of design systems. -
Product design ↘
Typography for data - Text makes up a large majority of the content in internal, operational products. -
Enterprise UX: essential resources to design complex data tables - A list of resources and blog posts that will help you design complex tables with a lot of data and interactions. -
7 overused logo letterforms to let go of - Get familiar with the most overused custom letterform designs in wordmarks. -
The best UX research methods in a pinch - Over the years, I’ve assembled a list of UX research methods with a high return on investment. -
Design engineering ↘
Building a split-button component - A foundational overview of how to build an accessible split-button component. -
Best practices for building accessible mobile apps - Mindset, strategies, and tools. -
Practical uses of CSS math functions: calc, clamp, min, max - We'll learn the syntax for each, view basic demos of their functionality, and explore practical use cases. -
Using the platform - Working on a codebase with no dependencies has been a way of rediscovering exactly what I get for… -
Tools and resources ↘
Doppler: Type scale generator - With Doppler you generate a type scale with a dynamic line height. -
Interactive learning tools for front-end developers - We learn better by playing games. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
Being tool-agnostic - The best tool is the one whichever works best for you and your context. -
Last but not least ↘
Designing a product like an Eskimo builds an igloo - Ignore the fads and don’t design out of ego. -
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