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Using Material Design? Keep the Design & Dev Teams Communicating

Prefab design systems like Material Design have hidden costs, which often surface as communication issues. Here are four approaches to help your team align.

UX/Design Practices

Smoothing the Design Handoff with a Component Library

A well planned component library can go a long way in improving the handoff of designs from software designers to developers.

UX/Design Tools

A Designer’s Guide to Scraping Data from HTML Pages with Artoo

Artoo is a neat little web scraper that will let you target data on a webpage and return only the data your interested in.

UX & Design

What You Can Learn by Studying Design Maturity Models

Integrating design into your organization successfully can have tangible benefits company-wide— from customer satisfaction to annual revenue.

UX/Design Tools

Intro to Lean UX Canvas – Defining a Software Solution

We found the Lean UX Canvas great for the discovery phase of the project. It can also be a living document that tracks the project as it grows into a fully-baked concept.

UX/Design Tools

Mail Merge for Documents using Google Sheets, Docs, & Scripts

Manually modifying numerous documents can be very tedious. But Google Suite can create a set of custom files, like a "mail merge" for documents.

Web Apps

Getting Started with Chart.js – The Easy, Beautiful Way to Chart

The Chart.js JavaScript chart library is an approachable tool that creates beautiful charts with little effort. This example will get you up and running with a simple line chart.

Platforms & Languages

Unlocking the Power of the Query in Google Sheets

An introduction to using Google Sheets' Query function, which lets you view and manipulate a set of data.

UX/Design Tools

A Simple Way To Quickly Animate SVGs with Vivus.js

Vivus is a great tool that can quickly combine illustrations and animation. It will take your SVG and animate in the strokes as if someone were drawing it.

UX/Design Tools

Pivotal + Invision – Our Two-Tool Solution for Managing Design & Software Implementation

Thinking of Pivotal Tracker as the main backlog and Invision as the supporting visual design backlog has brought structure and transparency to the process.

Web Apps

Four Hurdles when Prototyping with Material-UI for React

Material-UI got us working quickly and helped us to deliver a powerful yet simple user experience, but there were a few items that were a little sticky.

Project & Team Management

Identifying Design & Development Implementation Potholes

For successful design and development interactions, it's important to pay attention to three distinct touchpoints during software implementation.

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