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The Bodgenator is a script I wrote for Adobe Illustrator that exports a rough HTML layout from layers, to act as a foundation for a rapid prototype. It doesn't
by misterblix 12y ago
The Bodgenator is a script I wrote for Adobe Illustrator that exports a rough HTML layout from layers, to act as a foundation for a rapid prototype.
It doesn't try to export production-ready CSS - it's just PNGs and absolute positioning, which allows for designs to be easily updated, and for the emphasis to be on interactions and animations in jQuery, not on styling (which is already covered by static designs).
I wrote this for myself (as an interface designer), on the basis that I was keen to use my preferred tools – Illustrator, and raw HTML/CSS/JS – to prototype in the leanest way possible. I don't like wasting time rebuilding a layout from scratch in code, just to try out a simple animation. And I don't want to invest time in a tool like Quartz Composer or Axure, that has its own 'world' that locks you in.
Hope you'll find it useful, and please share around if you do.