net - UK (2020-04)

Welcome

EDITOR’S NOTE

FEATURED AUTHORS

WELCOME

Over the last 26 issues, steering net has

brought me a huge amount of pride and joy.

We’ve explored a wide range of topics, including AI,

CSS grid, JS frameworks, three.js, UI, UX and so

much more. However, all good things must come to

an end and this will be my last issue as net’s e d itor.

But there’s plenty of good news: for the gadget

inclined among you, I’ll be taking the helm as editor

of T3, so I hope we see each other there! And I’ll be

leaving all of you in the most capable hands: Steve

Jenkins, editor of net’s erstwhile sister title Web

Designer, will be taking up the reins and bringing

his 20 years of web design expertise to future issues.

And we’ve pulled out all the stops to celebrate

this changing of the guard. First of all, we’ve invited

web design superstar Jeremy Keith to write our

cover feature, which examines the building blocks

of websites and how to utilise them to construct

powerful but efficient sites. We’ve also brought you

our tips on boosting your PageSpeed Insights rank

with the help of Google’s own Addy Osmani.

Thanks for all your support over the last two years

and keep on creating great sites!

Josh Russell, Editor

@JoshLRussell

JEREMY

KEITH

Keith is one of the founders of the
splendid design agency Clearleft and
the author of various books. On page
60, he shows you how HTML, CSS
and JS fit together and how to use
the best tool for the task at hand.
w: adactio.com

ADDY

OSMANI

Osmani is an engineering manager

working on Google Chrome; he leads

teams working on tools to measure

site performance. Who better to run

you through boosting your PageSpeed

Insights score on page 68?

w: https://addyosmani.com

ROB

SANDBACH

Sandbach is managing director of

Indiespring, a digital agency based in

Manchester. On page 20, he outlines

how the UK should leverage both its

soft and hard skills to remain

competitive overseas.

w: https://indiespring.com

MARK

SHUFFLEBOTTOM

Shufflebottom is a professor of

interaction design at Sheridan

College. He shows off his pedagogical

skills on page 82, where he teaches

you how to whip up a 3D map for a

contact page.

w: webspaceinvader.com