Weekly News for Designers (N.251)

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

Unyson, a new open-source drag&drop WordPress framework from ThemeFuse.

Shorthand.js, a lightweight framework for prototyping common web interactions.

WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, a foundation that aims to provide a clear and consistent guide for building.

Fibonacci, a handy Flexbox page layout composer.

Focuspoint, a jQuery plugin for 'responsive cropping'.

Standard Markdown, a spec for "standard markdown," with matching C and Javascript implementations.

uilang, a minimal, ui-focused programming language for web designers

Learning Resources & Tutorials

A Beginner’s Guide to Website Speed Optimization by Mark Gavalda and the Kinsta Team.

For the copy and paste programmers by Tom McFarlin.

Git: The safety net for your projects by Tobias Günther.

A guide to creating new projects with Google’s Web Starter Kit.

Centering in CSS: A Complete Guide by Chris Coyier.

Comparing Bootstrap's Grid System vs. Susy by Zell Liew.

How a new HTML element will make the Web faster by Scott Gilbertson.

Free UI Resources

Map Glyphs, the ultimate CSS map font with 301 glyphs.

Freebie: 12 column vector grid for mobile, tablet & desktop (AI & PDF).

Freebie: Mountain Flat UI Kit (PSD).

Plain Pattern, an SVG based seamless pattern maker.

50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014.

Freebie: Hotheme, a powerful hotel WordPress theme.

…and finally…

The Google Web Fonts Typographic Project – Aesops Fables.