More about emails

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Types of Emails

Transactional
Promotional
Informational

How to develop

Modular system of designing is preferred.
Determine common usecases.
Then design individual component as per your needs.
Each component should be self contained.

Tools to use for designing

Ink - Use it for creating responsive emails. Templates are available. http://zurb.com/ink/
SASS - Systamatically Awesome Style Sheet. http://sass-lang.com/
Compass, Scount, Kola - Applications using SASS
YAML - used for data serialisation in emails
Middleman - Is a static website generator using modern techniques like SASS,YAML etc. http://middlemanapp.com/



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