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Julie Ann Horvath
October 06, 2012
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JS.CONF.EU 2012 - Because F$%k Photoshop
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October 06, 2012
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Transcript
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I’M JULIE. I DESIGN & BUILD STUFF AT GITHUB
I’M NRRRDCORE. MOST PLACES ON THE INTERNET
THE TALK* BECAUSE FUCK PHOTOSHOP
I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THE INTERNET TOTALLY AGREES
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(CREDIBLE SOURCES)
THE PROCESS* BECAUSE FUCK PHOTOSHOP
MY PROCESS* HAPPENS IN THE BROWSER
“A WEBSITE’S DESIGN SHOULD START WHERE IT’S GOING TO LIVE”
MEAGAN FISHER
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THINGS N’ STUFF
CSS3 IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
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INCONSISTENCY DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A REAL WORD
INCONSISTENCY GOING FROM COMPS TO THE BROWSER
DON’T PANIC. DO THE WORK NOW INSTEAD OF LATER
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SASS/SCSS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND
SASS/SCSS WORK FUCKING FASTER
border-top-color: lighten($gray, 10%);
border-bottom-color: darken($gray, 10%);
SASS/SCSS HANDLES ERRORS LIKE A CHAMP
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FEWER SURPRISES OH SHIT THIS LOOKS AWFUL
CROSS-BROWSER ZEN DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME
DEBUG CSS NEEDS MORE WEB INSPECTOR
DEBUG JS NEEDS MORE CONSOLE
WHY JS? THE INTERACTION LAYER
DIE, PHOTOSHOP, DIE. SOFTWARE CRASHES SUCK
PROBLEM? YES, PROBLEM
COMMAND + R DOESN’T AFFECT YOUR CODE
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VERSION CONTROL IS AN AWESOME DESIGN TOOL
VERSION CONTROL HELPS YOU MANAGE ASSETS
VERSION CONTROL ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK CHANGES
IMAGE DIFFING IS AN AWESOME DESIGN TOOL
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DESIGNERS ASK YOUR DEVS FOR COMMIT ACCESS
DEVELOPERS GIVE YOUR DESIGNERS COMMIT ACCESS
BUILD MORE TRUST GIVE YOUR DESIGNERS COMMIT ACCESS
TEACH YOUR DESIGNERS THEY MIGHT BREAK SOME THINGS
TRUST YOUR DESIGNERS THEY MIGHT NOT
BUT BUT BUT COMMAND LINE TOOLS ARE HARD
BUT BUT BUT GIT IS SO CONFUSING
WE CAN HELP GITHUB FOR MAC & WINDOWS
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PROTOTYPING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL
PROTOTYPING IS EASY WHEN YOU WRITE CODE
GISTS A LIGHT-WEIGHT PROTOTYPING TOOL
ABUSING GISTS USING THE HELL OUT OF THEM
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CSS IS REUSABLE DON’T WRITE THE SAME CODE TWICE
CSS IS REUSABLE UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE IT BETTER
IF IT’S NOT REUSABLE SET IT ALL ON FIRE AND
START OVER
PATTERN LIBRARIES ARE TOTALLY A THING
PATTERN LIBRARIES ARE REALLY FUCKING AWESOME
PATTERN LIBRARIES LETS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
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PATTERN LIBRARIES OPEN SOURCE ALL THE THINGS
THE FUTURE* BECAUSE FUCK PHOTOSHOP
THE FUTURE* HOPEFULLY A MUCH BETTER ONE
THE FUTURE* HOPEFULLY A MUCH BETTER ONE
STATUS QUO PIXEL-PERFECT PHOTOSHOP COMPS
RESPONSIBILITY PIXEL-PERFECT PHOTOSHOP COMPS
END PRODUCT PICTURE OF A WEBSITE
YOU ARE ALL AWESOME. JSCONFEU
RESOURCES * github.com/styleguide * 24 ways: Do Your Mockup in
Markup * css3exp.com/moon * sass-lang.com * gist.github.com * dribbble.com/nrrrdcore/buckets * pea.rs