Im Lazy and You Should Be Too

Matt Felten | @mattfeltenUI Design | Front-end Development

I'M LAZY AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO

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100% OF PEOPLE WISH THEY HAD MORE TIMEI ASKED 12 PEOPLE AND THEY ALL SAID YES

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THESE ARE SOME THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES I’VE BEEN USING RECENTLY TO SAVE TIME

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USERSUSERS COME TO A WEBSITE TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES

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MOBILERESPONSIVE DESIGN IS THE WAY FORWARD

MOBILE USAGE IS SKYROCKETING

28% of Internet usage comes from a mobile phone

Global mobile data traffic grew 70 percent in 2012

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THE MOST SCIENTIFIC MOBILE USAGE CHART EVER

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MOBILEUSE MEDIA QUERIES TO TARGET DEVICE WIDTHS

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { /* CSS */}

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DEDICATED MOBILE SITESPROS AND CONS

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THREE MAIN DESIGN GOALSTHAT BENEFIT USERS

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DESIGN FOR EXPECTATIONS

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DESIGN FOR FUNNELS

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DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE

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FRONT-ENDHOW CAN I DO MY JOB HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER

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NO PSDMOVE FROM WIREFRAMES STRAIGHT TO PROTOTYPES

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C S S P R E P R O C E S S I N GLESS VS SASS

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L E S S S A S SNODE.JS RUBY

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SYNTAX

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V A R I A B L E S N E S T I N GLESS

@pink: #f938ab;

body { color: @pink;}

SASS

$pink: #f938ab;

body { color: @pink;}

a { span { color: #111; }

&:hover { color: #111; }}

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@mixin transition($string) { -webkit-transition: $string; -moz-transition: $string; -o-transition: $string; transition: $string;}

div { @import transition(* .2s linear);}

.transition($string) { -webkit-transition: $string; -moz-transition: $string; -o-transition: $string; transition: $string;}

div { .transition(* .2s linear);}

M I X I N SLESS SASS

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U I F R A M E W O R K STwitter Bootstrap

ZURB Foundation

Blueprint

Compass

Skeleton

Preboot

Roll your own

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I C O N F O N T SBECAUSE IMAGE SPRITES ARE MISERABLE

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F O N T C U S T O Mhttp://fontcustom.com

$ fontcustom compile

Matt Felten | @mattfeltenUI Design | Front-end Development

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