Web Design: Should I unsubscribe you?

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Should I unsubscribe you?

A quick question:

Do you still want to receive this newsletter? I don't want to waste your time - that's kinda the opposite of what I was going for.

It doesn't look like you've opened an email or clicked on a link since the relaunch in December, so I'm sending you this edition as an opportunity for us both to get things straight.

If you don't click on anything here, I'll take that as a sign the newsletter's not for you and take you off the list. Or you can just unsubscribe now by clicking here.

But if you are keen, and I can see that demonstrated, I'll see ya next week!

Anyway, on with today's edition!

Zero to Hero

Front-end Tools

Prettier [prettier] is an opinionated code formatter for JavaScript, CSS and more.

Heroicons UI [steveschoger] are some nice open source icons fit for any app.

A CSS cheat sheet [adam-marsden].

What’s Up, Docs?

Front-end Resources and Tutorials

8 CSS documentation best-practices [webdesign.tutsplus].
Why mutation can be scary, and tips for preventing it happening to your code [alistapart].

Which JavaScript frameworks are fastest? Some numbers [javascriptreport].

6 tiny, but awesome, ES7 and ES8 features [davidwalsh].

This React/Redux tutorial [valentinog] is worth checking out if you’ve been holding off on taking the plunge.

Marble Madness

Fun stuff

A marble run perfectly synchronized to “Waltz of the Flowers” by Tchaikovsky [youtube/doodlechaos]. If you watch this and don’t grin at any time, you’re a robot - watch it again until you do.

Turns out Romania, seen from above via drone, is quite beautiful [vimeo/bogdanteodorescu]. After watching this, I learned Romania has a 75 foot tall sculpture of a face! His name is Decebalus and I love him.

Often even reputable marketplaces like Amazon have fake products sold for cheap. Here’s an entertaining review of a US $20 set of “AirPods” [nymag]. If you want one wireless earbud that vaguely works, this is the deal for you!

Check out the long, lost prototype of SimCity on the NES [arstechnica].

Hey there. I hope you enjoyed this week's edition. I feel like it documented the week in front-end fairly well, and the marbles only sweetened the deal.

How about that fancy logo up-top, huh? Not bad - talk about Prettier.

While we're talking graphics, I thought it would be more than fair to offer a visual representation of my face, which you can see below. Usually appearing in my daily newsletter, Versioning, I thought I'd use it here too so you can put a face to the name.

Back with more links and visual aids next week!