The free alternative to CodeKit – PREPROS compiles sass, compass and haml
No more command line non-sense with Prepros! YAY! One thing i love about Prepros is how easy it is: just add a project, specify where your sass, js and html files are and you are good to go, Prepros...
View ArticleManaging images based on device pixel density
I finally got to test the behavior of regular images on some retina displays today and see first hand how web images react on high pixel density displays (such as retina displays). I prepared an...
View ArticleProgrammare fa schifo
Nota: Questa è la traduzione italiana dell’articolo “Programming Sucks” di Peter Welsh. Ho letto per la prima volta questo articolo qualche mese fa, e mi ha talmente divertito e fatto sentire meno...
View ArticleGrunt Boilerplate for Front End Developers and Webdesigners
This is a grunt boilerplate I developed and assembled for my needs. I’ve been looking around for something like this but couldn’t find it, that’s why I decided to share my achievement on my blog. If...
View ArticleSass Maps: a simple use case
I just recently discovered and used Sass Maps, which are basically arrays of values which can be intelligently used to write less code in particular situations. This is just one use case that was...
View ArticleResponsive Heights
Responsive webdesign is very much centered on how to manage the widths of our elements, but what about the heights? Heights are usually tied to the lenght of the content, and are rarely a problem to...
View ArticleA small collection of useful sass mixins
Everytime I create a new project, I always begin with some kind of starter-kit that includes the basics every project should have. I’m talking about an html5 index file for example, a folder structure...
View ArticleJekyll and Grunt Boilerplate
Jekyll is great, and it gets even better with Grunt automating repetitive tasks. I’m assuming you already know what Jekyll and Grunt are. I’ve covered Grunt in a previous blog post so you may want to...
View ArticleAutomate critical above the fold css authoring and embedding
We all know the best way to serve our website to our audience is to serve it fast, as fast as humanly possible. A couple of key factors for speed are how you serve css and javascript in your page. One...
View ArticleLessons learned from my first “stupid” open source side-project
It has been a while since I wanted to create an open source project, something just for fun and not necessarily useful. The idea for www.drunkuserexperience.com came after reading about this guy...
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