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How to Convert Design to Code? (HTML, CSS, React, React Native)

2(-)! — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:01:35 +0000

pxCode is a free Responsive Web Design development tool. By importing Sketch and Figma design files, you can edit with complete control, and obtain various auto-generated code including HTML, CSS, React & React Native for further use.

In Front-end development, works are generally separated into two parts —— Designer & Engineer. In normal cases, designer is responsible for creating the visual part of the design, engineer is the one who makes all the design alive and usable. Both sometimes work individually, and handoff steps are required in between to get the project done.

pxCode, helps to convert your design into Responsive Webpage
But pxCode is here to help Front-end developers deliver faster by automating the grunt work, we build a tool that you can control all in one. No matter if you’re a Designer or Engineer, you can turn a design into code just in the simplest way with pxCode.

How to do? 🤷

In pxCode, we support Sketch & Figma. When your deisgn file is ready, you can import it into pxCode to proceed with editing. pxCode provides revolutionary editing features such as Posize, combining CSS Flexbox with Bootstrap & Media Query, help you to edit your design according to various screen sizes.

Editing 📝

During editing, pxCode instantly generates your design structure into code. You can select [Partial Code] on the top-right bar of right-Inspector, all the code will be shown in the expanded bar. On the selection bar above, you can even choose to preview a particular code between React / React Native / HTML. This instant preview feature helps you to understand the structure while processing the edit, offer a clear vision for your editing.

Export 📲

We know auto-generated code is not a new thing, but there’s something different than before in pxCode, we try to be developer-friendly by making the code in well-structured status. It can be useful for further usage and integration.

When the design file is done to be responsive and ready for export, go over [Code Export] on the top-right menu toolbar. A new tab will be pop-up and you can preview the code of the whole Webpage Design. React, React Native, HTML, SCSS are listed out separately on the toolbar. You can export the code by [Download Assets] under the [Assets] bar for further usage.

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💡 #What’s more on the code? 💡
▶Code quality: The code is developer-friendly and well-structured.
▶Layout: By merging layers, grouping, or ungroup, it resulted in a clean snippet of code.
▶Naming: You can rename the element in [Style] on the right Inspector section.
▶No dependencies: There are no external libraries used.
▶Improving: Developer-friendly code is what pxCode offer to help. Our team is constantly improving the tool to create a better Front-End workflow.

This article is reposted from pxCode's Medium. I've been using pxCode for a while and it really helps to improve my workflow, just feel like sharing it with more Frontend developers out there.

Is it possible to build Responsive Webpage without CODE?

2(-)! — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:48:30 +0000

Back in July 2020, we launched pxCode and the response so far has been amazing. We’ve reached a peak of hundreds of visitors to our official website daily, and the user numbers are still growing. The feedback we’ve received is mostly positive and helpful, which has helped us shape the future of the product and make improvements.

Revolutionary Features

Ever since pxCode released, we always proud to say that we are REVOLUTIONARY. But how? Because we are different than others! Here are some of the features we developed in the past few months:

1.【Clean Code with No-Code Editor】
pxCode is a no-code editor. It doesn’t require coding skills for responsive web editing. But for flexibility, code export is necessary for further modification, API integration, and other processing by engineers.

Export Clean Code is a crucial and important feature and we are working very hard to make the code well-structured. with better syntax. Now we support 3 languages including React, React Native, and HTML/SCSS without any dependencies.

Here's pxCode interface:

2.【Design to Code to achieve Pixel Perfect (WYSIWYG)】
What You See Is What You Get. What you edit is the same as what you get in browsers with Instant Preview.

Pixel Perfect is a controversial topic because, in order to achieve the original visual design, it involves the balance of the efforts and code structures. Sometimes it’s really hard to achieve pixel-perfect by using some layout libraries such as Bootstrap 12 grid concept. Pixel Perfect is achieved naturally by pxCode because of importing the original design files as blueprints for responsive web code. Now Designer and Engineers won’t argue this topic anymore by using pxCode.

What you see is what you get:

3.【10 times faster (heading to 20x timers) with Visual Programming】
The reason we think pxCode is revolutionary is that we introduce a brand-new coding way — Visual Programming, which also the reason why we can achieve 10–20x productivity in terms of hand-coding.
Traditionally it involves a lot of measurement, asset management, cross-browser and devices testing, and hand typing for writing responsive code. pxCode use visual programming way with design blueprints to achieve:

• no more measurements and asset management because of the leverage of the design blueprint.
• no more cross-browser testing because pxCode layout code is already well tested across modern browsers including Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, and major mobile browsers.
• reduce the huge effort for device testing across resolutions because you can preview and edit in real-time only with the editor.

Comparison with other competitors:

Try out pxCode:
https://www.pxcode.io

The Fastest Way to build a Webpage [pxCode 2021]

2(-)! — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 03:01:08 +0000

Launching pxCode

Back in July, we launched pxCode and the response so far has been amazing. We’ve reached a peak of hundreds of visitors to our official website daily, and the user numbers are still growing. The positive feedback we’ve received from you has helped us shape the future of the product and make improvements.

As 2020 came to a close, we thought it was about time to reflect on the year, and while reflecting, we conclude the previous experience and give you a sneak preview of what pxCode have in store for 2021. (Something you won't be expected)

Before we show you a few sneak previews, though, we thought we’d share on 2020’s highlights.

Revolutionary Features

Ever since pxCode released, we always proud to say that we are REVOLUTIONARY.Here are some of the features we developed in the past few months:

【Clean Code with No-Code Editor】
pxCode is a no-code editor. It doesn’t require coding skills for responsive web editing.
Export Clean Code is a crucial and important feature and we are working very hard to make the code well-structured. with better syntax. Now we support 3 languages including React, React Native, and HTML/SCSS without any dependencies.

【Design to Code to achieve Pixel Perfect (WYSIWYG)】
What You See Is What You Get. What you edit is the same as what you get in browsers with Instant Preview.
Pixel Perfect is a controversial topic because, in order to achieve the original visual design, it involves the balance of the efforts and code structures. Sometimes it’s really hard to achieve pixel-perfect by using some layout libraries such as Bootstrap 12 grid concept. Pixel Perfect is achieved naturally by pxCode because of importing the original design files as blueprints for responsive web code. Now Designer and Engineers won’t argue this topic anymore by using pxCode.

【10 times faster (heading to 20x timers) with Visual Programming】
The reason we think pxCode is revolutionary is that we introduce a brand-new coding way — Visual Programming, which also the reason why we can achieve 10–20x productivity in terms of hand-coding.

Traditionally it involves a lot of measurement, asset management, cross-browser and devices testing, and hand typing for writing responsive code. pxCode use visual programming way with design blueprints to achieve:

• No more measurements and asset management because of the leverage of the design blueprint
• No more cross-browser testing because pxCode layout code is already well tested across modern browsers including Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, and major mobile browsers
• Reduce the huge effort for device testing across resolutions because you can preview and edit in real-time only with the editor

Major Features Support in 2020

• Export code for React.js and HTML/CSS/SCSS
• Reusable Component Support
• Android and iOS App (Native) Support with React Native
• Bootstrap support for Responsive 12 Grid System
• Responsive support by Media Query and breakpoints
• Version Control for Editing and Share
• Share and Instant Preview

What’s our plan for 2021?

2020 has been an incredible year for us, but with 2021 now hitting the calendar, it’s time to look ahead to what’s the possibilities next. Over the past year, we worked in a small team, but as the community grows, we will be expanding our team and improve our tool to a stronger level, with more revolutionary updates ahead.
With so many exciting plans for 2020, we decided to take just a handful of the things we’re most looking forward to and share them with you:

【Figma Support】
It has been the biggest request from our users in 2020, and it’s been on our list ever since we create pxCode. So in 2021, we’ll be starting to support Figma asides from Sketch.

【Vue Support】
Besides Figma, the support of Vue is also frequently asked. And Vue support is also in our milestones. In the future, we will keep supporting more popular javascript frameworks.

【More Media Query Support】
For responsive behaviors, we already support bootstrap and partial media query for most used values such as margin, font sizes. We will support more complete properties for CSS media query.

【Smart AI Wizard for easier editing】
It’s still required some effort to edit the design blueprints into responsive code. We have introduced many useful suggestions to help users to boost their editing productivity, and it works pretty well from users’ feedback. We want to step a big leap forward to make smart algorithms and AI wizards to help our users with much easier editing.

We are very excited by the initial result of internal builds which make the editing much easier, fun, and efficient.

【More tutorial videos】
We will be continuing to release tutorials and showcase videos on our YouTube channel.

We’re very excited about our plans for the new year, and we can’t wait to share more with you. In the meantime, from all of us at pxCode, we hope you have a happy and peaceful year ahead.

pxCode: https://www.pxcode.io/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pxCode
YouTube Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NJnon0ROgyX2xdO9y-QA

[Turn your Design to Code] Revolutionary Visual Programming tool in 2021

2(-)! — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:54:49 +0000

As 2020 came to a close, I thought it was about time to reflect on an unexpected year for everyone in the world, and while reflecting, we should look forward to the possibilities well. So here we are, concluding the previous experience and give you a sneak preview of what pxCode, the Free UI Visual Programming Tool have in store for 2021.

There's no doubt that 2020 has been the biggest year in pxCode's history because this is the year pxCode was born, from completed the first version, to launching public beta it's been an exciting journey. But there are even more exciting news for bigger years ahead.

Ever since pxCode released, they always proud to say that they are REVOLUTIONARY. But how? Because the tool works different than others! Providing a smoother workflow than other Responsive Webpage Development tool. Here are some of the features they developed in the past few months:

【No Code】
Code exported is well-structured under your editing. Exports are pure HTML / JS / SCSS, with no dependencies.

【Design to Code (WYSIWYG)】
What You See Is What You Get. What you edit is the same as what you get in browsers with Instant Preview.

【Different Support】
• React Native & React JS
Support React JS, React-Native (JSX/CSS in JS), the most popular FrontEnd Framework in 2020.
• Bootstrap
Support Bootstrap, React-Bootstrap for Responsive Web Design.

What's pxCode plan for 2021?

2020 has been an incredible year for pxCode, but with 2021 hitting the calendar, it's time to look forward. Over the past year, they worked in a small team, but as the community grows, they will be expanding the team and improve the tool to a stronger level, with more revolutionary updates ahead.

With so many exciting plans for 2020, I decided to take just a handful of the things we're most looking forward to and share them with you:

【Support Figma】
It has been the biggest request from our users in 2020, and it's been on our list ever since we create pxCode. So in 2021, we'll be starting to support Figma asides from Sketch.

【Support Media Query】
We have been supporting React Native & React JS, recently we also added Bootstrap to our service, and at the start of 2021, we have good news for you, pxCode now supports Media Query and Breakpoint, to build a pure CSS Responsive Web Design.

【Easier control & workflow】
The intention of pxCode is to alleviate the pain of designer's workflow, we'll keep creating and maintaining a comfortable workspace for you.

【More tutorial videos】
We will be continuing to release tutorials and show case videos on our YouTube channel.

I'm very excited about the plans of pxCode for the new year, and can't wait to share more with you. Hope you can join the journey with me by trying out pxCode, a free UI Visual Programming tool, that doesn't required Hand-Coding & Handoff, because those things waste your time, and pxCode is here to help.

pxCode: https://www.pxcode.io/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pxCode
YouTube Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NJnon0ROgyX2xdO9y-QA

Repost from pxCode's original article.

How can you gain traffic in Dev.to?

2(-)! — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:08:05 +0000

OK to be clear, I'm still a newbie on this platform. But the first post I posted on Dev.to last week gained 2,000+ views, and more than 70 reactions in total. It was a very big surprise to me which the numbers are so much higher than I expected. Here's the post last week:https://dev.to/imunprecedented/best-of-2021-an-ui-visual-programming-tool-you-should-look-forward-to-enj

I was very intrigued by these numbers, and have been trying to understand the actions behind the posts, I guess the good content affect the most, obviously, the title itself also plays a very important role. As from the previous post of mine, I used [Best of 2021] in the topic, that's what I guess it attracts such major traffic to me.

Since I'm planning to share more knowledge and informative contents in the future, I'd like to know if there is any tips from you guys, that can boost the views and traffic to a post? Thanks in advance! ;)

I guess I'm not the only one who are in need with the answer of this question, so I hope this post can be a preference for those who need it.

And from the previous post, I shared about the tool that I developed with my team, it's a tool that helps building a Responsive Webpage 10x Faster, feel free to check that out if you're interested in Front End Development!

Go check out pxCode by the link below
Website: https://www.pxcode.io/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pxCode
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NJnon0ROgyX2xdO9y-QA]

[Best of 2021]: An UI Visual Programming Tool you should look forward to

2(-)! — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:24:52 +0000

Ever wonder how can you skip those frustrating & time-consuming hand-coding processes, switching your tabs back and forth just to check if the Web Page looks OK? We understand your feeling, we been through it, but from now on, these problems finally have a solution. Because we created the revolutionary tool — pxCode, the best UI Visual Programming Tool in 2021.

pxCode, a Responsive Webpage Development Tool that doesn’t require hand-coding, you can just import a Sketch design file, and do all the detail adjustments in a single tab, you don’t have to shift your tabs back & forth, which saves you plenty of time!

And by ‘save you PLENTY of time’, we mean it, almost 10x faster than the old traditional way. But how do we achieve it?

For the past few months, our team has been dedicating all our heart, just to come out with a new way that can help all the Front End Designers to save their precious work time. Fortunately, we did it!

We developed some new features that could not be found in other tools, and that’s what makes the Web building process in pxCode faster than others. We will dive deeper into it later on, here’s a TUTORIAL(https://youtu.be/VCSpGUnoMW0) showing you how a Developer uses pxCode to achieve a 10 mins Responsive Webpage.

You must have questions, how the Fxxx can one build a Responsive Webpage without knowing any coding knowledge? But the truth is, you really don't need to do any hand-coding if you’re using pxCode!

We developed our own algorithm, so whenever you make any changes on your design file, pxCode instantly helps to generate the matching code, and we promise it is well-structured so that you can keep it for further purposes.

But why do we do this? Isn’t that we can learn more if we hand-coding by our own? Yes, we agree. But it just consumes too much time, now with pxCode, becoming productive is way more important as a Developer.

The best thing is that we don’t only generate one kind of code, from HTML, CSS, React, React-Native… and now we even support CSS Flex and Bootstrap, basically you can found anything you needed. And guess what, we are on our way to develop more features, let’s join us to witness the changes in the future!

And that is why we have [ Elegant, 10x Faster, Clean Code ] as our slogan.

[Elegant], because we can build a Responsive Webpage from our Design File without any time pressure, and we can make it [10x Faster] than other Handoff Tools. And don’t have to worry about the code structure, because in pxCode, we generate it automatically for you in well-structured, which also represent [Clean Code]

The sky’s the limit, and that’s what the blue color in pxCode’s logo represent. pxCode breaks the limitation! It unlocked the limitation of Designers’ creativity, you can now have the complete control of our Design, doing whatever you like on it, and at the same time we help you to manage all the time-wasting and frustrating part!

As Stevie Wonder once sang:「Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing? Cause I’ll be standing on the side, When you check it out」You don’t have to worry, because pxCode is always on the side. ;)

Go check out pxCode by the link below
Website: https://www.pxcode.io/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pxCode
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NJnon0ROgyX2xdO9y-QA]

Oh, you’re still here! Thanks for staying with us through this tough 2020, we look forward to continuing our relationship in the upcoming 2021. Here’s some memes that you might want to laugh at: