Web · 2018-07-05

Front end development takes on a different meaning

Creating a Website or for that matter any other Web product from scratch can be quite a bit of a hassle. Different professionals have to be involved from the design aspect all the way to publishing. As if that’s not enough it can also prove to be quite a costly affair. But it doesn’t have to be all that difficult. There are various tools one can employ to make the process easier & more fulfilling.

Animaapp is one such toolkit comprising various plugins that one can use on the ‘Sketch’ platform to help with building a Website. For those uninitiated, Sketch is a vector graphics editor for macOS computers.

The 1st tool is the Timeline plugin. This works both with designers as well as developers. It allows designers to create from start to finish on Sketch. They can create various animations as well as animated interactions by creating ‘states’ to which they later add elements by ‘dragging & dropping’. Developers can also outline how the transitions from state to state are going to happen.

It is also possible to include elements in other components. This way they can be displayed through interaction with a Site visitor. Once a designer is done with his/her part of the job they can export their work in various code formats. This should make it easier for the developer to take the reins.

After a developer has the design components, he can then go about with creating the Website to fit around them.

Animaapp also features an auto-layout plugin. Using this plugin one can design a responsive screen for each type of device. They can also check out previews of how their Website is going to look on various devices once it’s launched. Auto-layout works hand in hand with Launchpad which is another plugin by Animaapp.

Launchpad allows for Website publishing from the Sketch platform with no coding required. The platform supports all types of custom domains from different providers. They also set up SSL certificates making sure that once a person launches their Website with Launchpad it remains secure. The platform claims that Launchpad is optimized to allow Web pages to load quickly & seamlessly. The result is improved SEO & customer experiences.

The guys at Animaapp have stated that eventually, their algorithms will compose beautiful code for a client’s preferred platform, whether it’s Bootstrap for Web, native Swift for iOS, or any other framework/platform. “You will design, and bots will write the code.”

Anima has about 6 subscription packages, including a free one.

 

 

– This is a startup profile based on publicly available material & not a review –  

 

 

 

Image Credit: Animaapp

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