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🪐 Build a Solar System in CSS (Plus, Font Size Tips & UX Design Gems!)

September 4, 2024

Hey 👋

Last Friday's Designer + Dev Mixer hosted by Sprintfolio was brilliant. It was great to meet so many talented designers. I appreciate everyone who connected with me.

I had the pleasure of giving a short talk about the silos in which designers and developers often find themselves. I hope everyone found it informative and took away some useful knowledge.

I would love to host a similar event with Unicorn Club. There are so many talented individuals in this community, and it would be great to get together virtually. Could you spare a few seconds to fill out this survey about the best time for you to attend a Unicorn Club event? Here's the link: Unicorn Club Event Survey.

Enjoy 🤗 - Adam at Unicorn Club.

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💻 CSS + JS

The Solar System in CSS

The Solar System has been done in CSS a lot of times — just search Codepen! So why do it again? Because things get better and simpler — and we can now do a responsive solar system with just a few lines of CSS.

font-size Limbo

Let's face reality: browsers' default 16px font size is small. Although that may be a personal opinion based on me getting old 😅

Comprehensive Guide to CSS Pseudo-Classes and Their Usage

Whether you’re new to CSS or have years of experience, you’ve likely encountered pseudo-classes.

Generating Unique Random Numbers In JavaScript Using Sets

Want to create more randomized effects in your JavaScript code? The Math.random() method alone, with its limitations, won’t cut it for generating unique random numbers.

💭 Fun Fact

JS was called Mocha - Before it was known as JavaScript, the language went by the names Mocha and LiveScript. The name change to JavaScript was partly a marketing strategy to capitalise on the popularity of Java at the time.

🧠 UX

10 Must-Read UX Design Books

Ex-Head of Design curates a list of the top 10 must-read UX design books.

Slack Hides Complexity to Create Effortless Onboarding

The techniques that Slack have used to create an effortless onboarding flow, and why you might not want to copy them.

🗓️ Upcoming Events + Exclusive Deal

Check out these events. We've partnered with React Advanced to get you 10% off hybrid tickets!

🧑‍💻 React Advanced London Conference

October 25 & 28 - Remote • London

Focused on Advanced React topics from React core team, framework authors and case studies from top engineers.

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💻 Intersection

Turin, Italy

Where Design meets Development. This year, we’re reimagining the way professionals engage with technology, under the theme “Revolutionizing User Interfaces: The Dawn of Intuitive Digital Worlds“. 3-4 October

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🧠 UX Y'all Conference

North Carolina

Our local conference encourages our community to share their knowledge and experience. Lightning talks, keynote talks, local speakers and workshops. September 19-20

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