what designers should know about coding
Figma’s Dev Mode is no longer free — but I still think it’s worth it.
Here’s some good resources for the five bits mentioned:
What is the CSS Box Model https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...
Breakpoints in responsive design https://www.nngroup.com/articles/brea...
Git fundamentals (just read the beginning) https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/lea...
Inspect element / title-leverage-the-power-of-chromes-inspec...
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Making bread
00:59 The challenge of taking design into code
01:37 Dev handover
03:14 Should designers code?
03:33 Five things to know about code
03:38 Box model
04:00 Inspect element
04:45 Code base structure
05:18 Git outta here
05:37 Media queries
06:12 In conclusion