February 2013 (#237)
This month our panel of leading designers and developers identify the most pressing problems in their fields and supply practical solutions for stamping them out
We've got HTML5 advice from Christian Heilmann, JavaScript wisdom from Addy Osmani, UX design problem-solving from Andy Budd and guidance on CSS, mobile, RWD and more from seven other top experts. There's an interview with Simon Collison and Louisa Heinrich tells of the new UX challenges brought about by living services. Plus:
- Create data visualisations with D3
- Manage multi-server sites via the cloud with Chef
- Customise interactive tables created with WebGrid
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50 web design problems solved for 2013
Our experts cure your HTML5, CSS, responsive, mobile, JavaScript, performance, UX, typography, visual design and business headaches. -
Interview: Simon Collison
Ever-restless designer, author and thinker Simon Collison tells Martin Cooper about his decision to leave client work, his current work with 'product shop' Fictive Kin, and the importance of continuing to question established practice -
Bringing your content to life
In the last of a four-part series of articles, Sandi Wassmer finds that interdisciplinary collaboration makes the most of your content -
Go real time with Backbone.js
In the first of a two-part series, Henrik Joreteg explains how to build a team dashboard app that updates in real time using Node.js and Backbone.js -
Create flexible grids using Sass
Steve Hickey explains how to design your own flexible grid system using CSS and Sass - and ditch presentational markup for good -
Build a custom video player
Browsers' built-in media players vary in design. Ian Devlin explains how to use HTML's media API to build a custom player with a UI that stays consistent no matter what browser you use
