Posts tagged design

So you’re working on a project with another person or group of people for the first time, and you’re unsure of how to stay motivated or stay focused, what on earth do you do? Well there are multiple solutions to said issue, but we’ll be talking about a specific technique called pair programming.

If you don’t have experience with coding, you may be unsure on where to start with your web or mobile app ideas. Below are some tips that can help get you started.

The CSS grid is a two-dimensional layout system that allows us to stack and line up content in columns and rows. One-dimensional Flexbox elements can be used for smaller components in the grid layout. And since it is built into CSS, the native properties allow for better performance.

This post will go through the basics of CSS grid, how to set up a simple grid layout, and how we used it to clean up our own website.

A few days ago, with the help of my TA, Srihari Pratapa, I gave a tutorial on using Figma for UI design to my COMP 523 class.

I recently discovered the UNC Design Lab and thought others should know about it.

I gave a talk last fall titled ‘How to Build Your Killer App’ as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It was an overview of the entire process of building an app, intended for non-technical people who aren’t necessarily interested in learning how to code. I published my notes from the talk, which are a good read to understand the whole process and get pointers to additional resources.

A common scenario professional web developers encounter is getting a graphic design and needing to implement it as a web page in HTML and CSS. I encountered this scenario with the Clem project, and I captured about 2 hours of video capturing my (unrehearsed) attempt to solve it.