Web Design: High Times

Monday, September 11, 2017

High Times

Front-end

First up, an intro to React for the Angular devs out there [sitepoint].

An intro to higher-order components, a React design pattern [sitepoint].

Speaking of which, react-offline-hoc [github/linkiwi] is a higher-order component that’ll enhance your existing components, indicating whether the app is online or offline.

And a complete guide to styling in React [sitepoint].

How to use SVGs in React [robinwieruch].

subfont [npmjs] is a command line tool that’ll speed up page load by analyzing your page, determining the optimal web font subsets, and injecting them into the page.

How to debug JavaScript with Chrome DevTools [codeburst].

Rythm.js [github/okazari] is a JavaScript library that’ll make your page dance.

Hot Take(offs)

Back-end/programming

An example of functional programming in three languages - Perl, PHP and JavaScript [vanwilson]. Thanks to Van Jesse Wilson for sending that through via the website Twitter.com.

Takeoff [medium/@tanepiper] is a rapid development environment designed for hackathons.

Python’s grown really fast [stackoverflow].

Open Neural Network Exchange [github/onnx] is a joint venture between Facebook and Microsoft, aimed at making deep learning models more easily transferrable between frameworks. More on this in the official announcement [research.fb].

Marble Madness

Design/UX/product

Enpose [enpose] is a tool that’ll take a URL from you, and give you a screenshot in return.

When it comes to design inspiration, don’t copy your competitors or others in your industry - look elsewhere [m.signalvnoise].

How to use words in your design process [medium/@bizsanford].

Trendwatch: multicolor marble designs [medium/envato].

How to handle whitespace [medium.springboard].

In Stride

News/business

AI can determine - with shocking accuracy - the sexuality of anyone purely from photos of their face [theguardian]. Staggering.

Some reasons why the Equifax breach is maybe the worst leak of personal info in history [arstechnica].

What went on behind-the-scenes as Juicero went from a prized startup to a shambolic fire sale [bloomberg].

News that Russian troll farms bought Facebook ads last year underscores why it’s so hard to trust the company [money.cnn].

Amazon wants you (if you’re a US state or local government) to pick where its new campus - complete with 50,000 jobs - should go [geekwire].

Stride [stride] is a work chat app (OK, a Slack competitor) from Atlassian. Unclear whether this is the new Hipchat but it is quite nice-looking.

Here Comes the Sun

Everything else

Every digital media agency’s About Us page [mcsweeneys].

The Uncomfortable [theuncomfortable] is a collection of deliberately inconvenient objects. Is it weird that I kinda want most of these?

What would happen if we brought a small piece of the sun to Earth [youtube].

There is Versioning for Monday - I'll have some more for you tomorrow! Until then, I'll be thought leading, media plumbing and influence designing. The usual stuff! See you in your inbox again post-haste!