Weekly News for Designers № 390

This is our popular weekly design news post where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies from the past week.

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New Resources & Tools

billboard.js – Re-usable easy interface JavaScript chart library, based on D3 v4+.
billboard.js

Now UI Kit – A beautiful, free Bootstrap 4 UI kit.
Now UI Kit

Web Launch Checklist – A simple website launch checklist to keep track of the most important enrichment possibilities.
Web Launch Checklist

bojler – An email boilerplate and a guideline for writing HTML code that will render correctly across each of the most popular email clients.
bojler

The Equilateral Triangle of a Perfect Paragraph – A web typography learning game.
The Equilateral Triangle of a Perfect Paragraph

Spellbook of Modern Web Dev – A big picture, thesaurus, and taxonomy of modern JavaScript web development.
Spellbook of Modern Web Dev

simpl.info – A site that aims to provide the simplest possible examples of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
simpl.info

Learning Guides, Tutorials & Tips

CSS Animations vs Web Animations API By Ollie Williams
CSS Animations vs Web Animations API

A day without Javascript By Charlie (aka sonniesedge)
A day without Javascript

How to Build Web Form Layouts With CSS Grid By Ahmad Shadeed
How to Build Web Form Layouts With CSS Grid

70% Repetition in Style Sheets: Data on How We Fail at CSS Optimization By Jens the Developer
70% Repetition in Style Sheets: Data on How We Fail at CSS Optimization

A Complete Guide To Switching From HTTP To HTTPS By Vladislav Denishev
A Complete Guide To Switching From HTTP To HTTPS

The Ultimate Guide to Progressive Web Applications By Matt Raible
The Ultimate Guide to Progressive Web Applications

10 Basic Principles of Visual Design By José Torre
10 Basic Principles of Visual Design

UX Design

3 UX Rules for Conversational UI Design By Nick Babich
3 UX Rules for Conversational UI Design

Emails as Extensions of Product Interfaces By Leonardo Federico
Emails as Extensions of Product Interfaces

Dropdowns: Design Guidelines By Angie Li
Dropdowns: Design Guidelines

Out of the (Drop)Shadows By Scott Jensen
Out of the (Drop)Shadows

…and finally…

Freebie: Line-Style User Avatar Icon Set (AI, EPS, SVG & PNG) – Fantastic free line-style avatar icons can be used as the default user images or personas of a community-driven service or even utilized in the comment section of your site.
Freebie: Line-Style User Avatar Icon Set (AI, EPS, SVG & PNG)

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