Author: Damon Cook

Evolution of CSS: Class Naming Methodologies

This is Part II of a series called “Evolution of CSS”. Evolution of CSS: Becoming a CSS Composer Evolution of CSS: Class Naming Methodologies Evolution of CSS: Overview of Tachyons Perhaps you’ve heard this one before? There are only two hard things in...

Evolution of CSS: Becoming a CSS Composer

I have been coding CSS almost daily for over 10 years. I don’t say that to try and establish supremacy, but merely to give some context to the subsequent observations. There are quite a few days I still feel more like a...

Animations for the Web

There is no shortage of animations on the webernetz™ these days, and libraries to support them. Some web animations are good, and some gratuitous. Recently, I was fortunate to work on a few projects that required animations; therefore, I got a refresher...

Introducing the wd_s Pattern Library!

We recently discussed the differences between a Style Guide and Pattern Library, and the opportunity for leveraging both inside of a WordPress theme. Today, I’m excited to introduce you to wd_s Pattern Library 1.0 ? Here is a list of features (which...

What is the Difference Between a Style Guide and Pattern Library?

In the past few years, the topic of Style Guides and Pattern Libraries has become widespread…but what is the difference? First, a little more context: Recently, the Front-end Developer team at WebDevStudios set out to create a user interface (UI) pattern inventory....

Music to Code

One of the best aspects of my job is the problem solving. Sometimes it is just a matter of “How do I get that hero banner to overlap the hero text?” while accounting for all the browsers and screen sizes. Other times,...

Project Scaffolding with wd_s

Part II of III in the wd_s Series: Part I: History of wd_s Part II: Project Scaffolding with wd_s Part III: The Future of wd_s A new project comes in: scoped, and all. Client provides Photoshop comps, sweet! Who is going to...

Helpful Packages for Atom Editor

It has been a few months since I’ve transitioned from using Panic’s Coda 2 to using Github’s Atom editor as my main application for working with code. I tried switching to Sublime Text a few times, and never successfully gave it a...

White Space and the Fallacy of ‘Above the Fold’

The amount of information available on our screens is overwhelming. I say “screens” because we interact with so many throughout the day: smartphones, laptops, desktops, watches, televisions. Even my dentist’s office has a screen in each room that usually plays a screensaver, but is...