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New Resources & Tools

Top 50 CSS Libraries, Frameworks and Tools from 2016 – We have collected 50 of our favorite CSS libraries, frameworks, and tools that been released this past year, 2016.

PulltoRefresh.js – A small, but powerful Javascript library crafted to power your webapp’s pull to refresh feature.

User Flows – A plugin for generating flow diagrams from Artboards in Sketch.

myScale – A quick SVG icon resizer.

Premonish – A library for predicting what element a user will interact with next.

Year in Review

The 2016 Annual Email Marketing Report By Campaign Monitor

The State of Front-End Tooling 2016 – Results By Ashley Nolan

The State of UX in 2017 By uxdesign.cc

State of Startups 2016 By First Round

Learning Guides, Tutorials & Tips

What’s New in HTML 5.1 By Pavels Jelisejevs

Remove Unnecessary CSS With PurifyCSS and Grunt By Adi Purdila

Multi-line Padded Text with the CSS box-decoration-break Property By Nick Salloum

Interactive Musical Instruments By Mary Lou

Limitations of HTML Email Design – Email Width and Size By Roland Pokornyik

JavaScript Promises for Dummies By Jecelyn Yeen

UX Design

Best Practices For Animated Progress Indicators By Nick Babich

Should Web Designers Be Using Data? By John Varvill

Capture User Actions with FullStory By Eric Karkovack

A Primer on the Essential Elements of Successful UX By Stephen Moyers

Making an Enterprise UX Friendly: A Quick Guide By Justinmind