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Material Design And The Return Of Rules To Interface Design
A practical look at Material Design in 2014 and why a structured design language was interesting beyond the visual style itself.
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Bootstrap 3.2 And The Front-End Framework Becoming Part Of Normal Project Work
A practical look at Bootstrap 3.2, reusable front-end patterns and why frameworks became useful only when they were treated as a starting point rather than the finished design.
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Bootstrap 3 And The Shift To Mobile-First Front-End Design
A practical 2013 look at Bootstrap 3, mobile-first layout and the need to use front-end frameworks without letting them make every website look the same.
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React And The Strange Idea Of Thinking In Components
A 2013 view of React, JSX and the move towards building interfaces as small pieces of behaviour rather than separating markup and interaction too strictly.
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WordPress 3.5 And The Moment Media Management Started To Feel Serious
A 2012 article about WordPress 3.5, the new media workflow and why admin experience matters when clients manage their own websites every day.
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jQuery 1.8 And The Need To Treat JavaScript With More Care
A 2012 article about jQuery’s continued usefulness, the release of jQuery 1.8 and the need to structure front-end behaviour more carefully as websites became more interactive.
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Designing For Retina Displays Without Making Websites Heavy
A practical article about high-density screens in 2012, sharper assets and the new performance decisions designers and developers had to make.
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Bootstrap 2 And The Start Of Reusable Responsive Interfaces
A practical look at why Bootstrap 2 felt important in 2012, not just because it shipped components, but because it made repeated front-end decisions easier to manage.
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Ajax Interfaces And The Need For Better State Management
A practical article about how Ajax interfaces created better experiences, but also forced developers to think more carefully about state, history and recovery.
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WordPress 3.3 And The Start Of A More Responsive Admin
An article about WordPress 3.3 and why a more responsive admin experience mattered as content management moved across more devices.