Weekly News for Designers (N.336)

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New Resources & Tools

CSS Purge – Saving the web 1kb at a time.
Family.scss – A set of Sass mixins that will help you manage the style of :nth-child elements.

Flex Layout Attribute (FLA) – A CSS Flexbox layout helper.

Bootstrap Hover Image Gallery – Image hover effects that work with or without Bootstrap.

Starability – Accessible rating forms with innovative animations on top.

Placeholder.Pics – The lightest way to include placeholder images in your designs.

Bideo.js – Easy fullscreen HTML5 background video for the Web.

glyphdiff – A simple tool for comparing the differences of two fonts.

LightGallery – A modern, electron and nodejs based image viewer for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Theme in Progress – WordPress Themes for All Needs.

Learning Resources, Tutorials & Tips

A Look At The Modern WordPress Server Stack By Carl Alexander.

Free eBook: UX Design in Action By UXPin.

Contributing to Open Source Software with Git By Noman Ur Rehman.

Isometric and 3D Grids By Codrops.

Why it's Time to Bring Some Creativity Back to Web Design By Beatriz Helena Ramos.

Everyone Told Me to Learn to Code, so I Did By By Patrick Stafford.

Sass Mixins to Simplify CSS By Nate Graves.

Free UI Resources

Freebie: Open Source iOS and Android Controls.

Freebie: The Web and Mobile Wireframing & Layout Kit.

Freebie: Instagram UI Kit.

…and finally…The 100 Best Free Fonts for Designers.

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