{"id":27406,"date":"2017-03-10T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T08:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27406"},"modified":"2017-03-10T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T08:22:50","slug":"my-lightbulb-moment-with-modular-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/10\/my-lightbulb-moment-with-modular-design\/","title":{"rendered":"My lightbulb moment with modular design"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/10\/my-lightbulb-moment-with-modular-design\/grid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?fit=1000%2C625&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,625\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"grid\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?fit=660%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid-500x313.png?resize=500%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?resize=500%2C313&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/grid.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@cameronlock\">Cameron Lock<\/a>, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yammer.com\/\">Yammer<\/a> fame, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/we-are-yammer\/my-lightbulb-moment-with-modular-design-8c256f036f90#.dd9yo4l96\">describes<\/a> the complexities involved that led her and the team to a simpler, more modular approach to the mobile application design. \u00a0The most important bit after grouping everything into modules, practically, I think, is this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We stopped defining margins between modules. Instead, all the spacing in the app would come from padding within the modules\u200a\u2014\u200aspecifically, top padding. Bottom padding would have worked, too; just not both. The key is to choose one of the two and stick with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Cameron Lock, of Yammer fame, describes the complexities involved that led her and the team to a simpler, more modular approach to the mobile application design. \u00a0The most important bit after grouping everything into modules, practically, I think, is this: We stopped defining margins between modules. 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