Web Design Weekly — Issue #290

WEB VERSION ISSUE #290 Headlines AMPersand Ethan Marcotte shares his opinions about Google's "Accelerated Mobile Pages" (AMP) project. Good read. (ethanmarcotte.com) The average web page is 3MB. How much should we care? (speedcurve.com) Why the Internet is Going Crazy Over This Mattress The Casper mattress is obsessively engineered and sleeps cool. Plus it ships for FREE, straight to your door. Web Design Weekly readers get $50 off with code: wdweekly. (casper.com) /* Sponsor */ Articles From Modular Scales to Variable Fonts Scott Kellum, developer and designer, talks about using modular scales when setting type and why he is excited about the arrival of variable fonts for the web. (medium.com) A Guide To Virtual Reality For Web Developers In this article, Ada Rose Edwards looks at the state of browsers in VR and the state of VR on the web via the WebVR APIs. (smashingmagazine.com) Yes, That Web Project Should Be a PWA Progressive Web Apps may seem overly technical or beyond the needs of your project, but they're really not. (alistapart.com) Writing Scalable React Apps with the Component Folder Pattern Discover how to organise your React components using the component folder pattern. It will help un-clutter your projects, and focus on writing good code. (medium.com) Decaffeinating a Large CoffeeScript Codebase Over the course of two months, the engineering team at DataFox converted their web application codebase from CoffeeScript to ECMAScript 2015. This post outlines their conversion process and provides some practical tips. (eng.datafox.com) Compression Decompressed If you are keen to nerd out about compression this is for you. (unwttng.com) Introducing visualViewport (developers.google.com) Tools / Resources Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget If you haven't set up a site to be served over HTTPS it can be confusing and sometimes expensive. Thankfully Christopher Schmitt has put together this handy guide to point you in the right direction. (css-tricks.com) Conducting the Technical Interview If you happen to be in the position of interviewing new candidates for an open role and lack experience this article by Brandon Gregory is a great starting point. (alistapart.com) RESTool An open source UI tool for managing RESTful APIs. (medium.com) Key Values A new job site that aims to connect you with teams that share the same values. (keyvalues.io) Enoki An ultralight set of tools for publishing on the open and distributed web. (enoki.site) A CSS in JS playground demoing some common libraries (dschau.github.io) Using Code Snippets in Chrome Developer Tools (alexkras.com) New in Chrome 61 (developers.google.com) Sketch Libraries (sketchapp.com) TypeScript 2.5 (microsoft.com) Inspiration Design Details - Say More Things with Josh Brewer (spec.fm) Atlassian's new identity (atlassian.com) Jobs Senior Product Designer at TripAdvisor We are looking for a talented Senior UX/UI designer to design engaging experiences on TripAdvisor's web and mobile platforms for travelers worldwide. (tripadvisor.com) Product Designer at Atlassian Join our brand new, fast-growing office in Mountain View as a Senior Designer for one of our flagship products, Confluence. (atlassian.com) Need to find passionate developers or designers? Why not advertise in the next newsletter Last but not least… Every Programmer Should Know (github.com) Thanks for supporting! Cheers, @jake_bresnehan Edit your subscription  |  Unsubscribe instantly Forward to a friend Advertise Submit a Link Post a Job in Web Design Weekly