September 26, 2019
Welcome to Dev Awesome, the newsletter for awesome developers. This week we have another dose of interesting articles, tools and inspiration to supercharge your afternoon. Enjoy!
Horrible Web Interfaces and How to Build Them
Fun talk that goes over a number of absurd user interfaces, designed to make you as annoyed as humanly possible.
youtube.com
Why Progressive Web Apps Are The Future of Mobile Web
An amazing study on PWAs, showcased in one of the most beautiful articles we've ever seen.
ymedialabs.com
Bootstrap Studio 4.5.4 is here!
The latest release of Bootstrap Studio brings custom font support, device presets, better export, cleanup of unused images and more. Charts can also now be modified with JavaScript.
bootstrapstudio.io
Machine Learning For Front-End Developers With Tensorflow.js
Thanks fo Tensorflow you can take you first steps in ML right in the browser - JS and HTML is all you need to get started.
www.smashingmagazine.com
Laravel 6 From Scratch
The folks at laracasts have created an hour-long free course that will get you up to speed with the new LTS version of Laravel.
laracasts.com
Cutestrap Two - A modern CSS Framework
Great UI framework with lovely design, lots of customization options and an easy-to-use API. The docs are also top-notch.
cutestrap.com
Jimp - Native image processing library for Node
The library is built entirely with JavaScript and has zero dependencies, so it should work inside any Node terminal.
github.com/oliver-moran/jimp
Headroom - Hide your header until you need it.
Lightweight, no-dependencies JS widget that shows and hides the page's navbar based on the current scroll position.
wicky.nillia.ms
GoPablo - Static site generator with a modern development workflow
This Node based framework includes an integrated web server, CSS preprocessors, auto-reload on code changes, and full ES6 compatibility.
gopablo.co
Bitmelo - Online game editor for making retro 2D pixel art games.
The editor makes it super fun to write code, design the art, add sound effects, and then simply export your game as HTML.
bitmelo.com
How to Build a Color Customizer App for a 3D Model
This absolutely amazing tutorial by Codrops shows you how to create a 3D model app using Blender, Three.js, and more.
tympanus.net
100,000 Faces Generated by AI
Giant collection of AI generated photos of people who don't actually exist - perfect for mockups and demo projects.
generated.photos
Where to put buttons on forms
Wonderfully written and illustrated guide on how to improve all the buttons in your designs..
adamsilver.io
Doka - Free Online Image Editor
Great little photo editing app right in the browser. You can quickly crop, rotate, resize, add filters and more.
doka.photo
Tiler - Create images made up of other smaller images
This fun tool generates mosaic images made up of tiny tiles. The tiles can be all kinds of shapes and sizes, creating beautiful results.
github.com/nuno-faria/tiler