DesignCourse

Gary Simon offers a comprehensive 6-hour UI/UX crash course that includes videos from his 29-day UI/UX series. This course is practical, featuring challenges like building a navigation bar and a hero section. He emphasizes important UI/UX principles such as visual hierarchy, contrast, alignment, and white space. Simon highlights using tools like Figma, Penpot, and Protopie for design and prototyping, and stresses the importance of foundational design skills over relying on any single piece of software.

Interactive UI/UX Crash Course

Product Hunt

Avatars - A Figma Plugin offers a list of free and fun avatars for use in various projects. Available in Developer Tools, GitHub, and Graphic Design categories, it had its first launch on July 4th, 2024.

Avatars - A Figma Plugin - A list of free and fun avatars for your projects

The Dev Craft

Figma appears to be moving towards being a low-code front-end development tool with features such as variables, auto-layout, and dev mode. However, at this year's Config conference, they focused on AI capabilities instead of coding options. The post questions whether this was influenced by the current AI trend and what obstacles Figma needs to overcome to become a full-fledged low-code front-end tool.

When will Figma be a front-end dev tool?

Delve into Figma, a collaborative interface design tool, and learn about UI/UX design, prototyping, and design collaboration. Explore Figma features, design systems, and plugin development. Whether you're a UI/UX designer, product manager, or design enthusiast,  streamline your design workflow with Figma.

Best of Figma — July 2024