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Front-end track of Yandex Conference 2014
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Front-end track of Yandex Conference 2014

DISCLAIMER:
The whole content comes "as is".
All commentaries refer to author's impression.

the official site and front-end track schedule

Needless to say, this year was different for Yandex and all attendees. The chosen format of conference is controversial, I've met different POVs on this term. So, basically, talks were 15 minutes length tops, not to mention they contained some axioms, assumptions, facts and numbers, pictures and (almost) no code at all.
What's made me smile - this year previously exaggerated value of BEM came to the desired level, letting other stuff out of it's shadow

web standards worth paying attention right now

future of JS frameworks

  • pay attention to Hoodie, Meteor, React and some other frameworks, as they involve powerful features, such as module system, smart data binding (you only use needed data without requests), and the cutting-edge isomorphic behavior (working with client and server equally).

boilerplates, scaffolding and CSS frameworks

noted couple of interesting approaches to the subject:

  • getskeleton.com - boilerplate for responsive, mobile-friendly development
  • semantic-ui.com - well it's yet another boilerplate, evolving idea of using one language for sharing UI and this nicely corresponds with my CSSG project.
  • goratchet - mobile all-in-one boilerplate
  • once again - AppGyver - framework for developing mobile apps with HTML5

CSS pre/post- processors

  • reWork - Plugin framework for CSS preprocessing in Node.js
  • PostCSS - framework for CSS postprocessors, to modify CSS with JavaScript with full source map support
  • CSSWring - Minify CSS file with Source Maps (PostCSS-based)

well, yet it does a great job, postprocessors still don't do the developers' job of organizing code, so don't count :)

visual CSS editing

  • CSSdeck - sandbox
  • CSS brackets - design in the browser
  • Emmet livestyle - still beta, but promising - plugin for live bi-directional (editor↔browser) CSS editing of new generation

all you need to be in front-Trend - conferences and more

some fun and inspiration

BEM methodology tools

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