First Pass at Styling

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It's been my experience that dressing up a web app from day one can only be a good thing. People like looking at nice things - so let's do that now.


We're going to get called into an unscheduled demo - count on it. Make your work shine before it happens! Plus: it drives us to completion!

I did this off camera but I'll walk you through some ideas

  • Find yourself a design app you trust
  • Some helpful resources

Setting colors

Videos are much easier to watch on a dark background as light backgrounds can cause eyestrain over time. Plus, it makes the video pop!

  • Adding gradient coloring to the lesson
  • Calling out the text
  • Adding complementary colors to the nav bits (side, top, and bottom)

The progress bar

We don't have the data for it just yet - but let's plugin a quick progress bar as an accent!