President Obama’s website was recently updated, and it has design / development communities geeking out. Among the site’s highlights:

• Modernizr — a Javascript library that allows for browser-specific feature detection
• HTML5BoilerPlate — a framework for building cutting-edge, future-proof sites
• Responsive design — content dynamically resized based on screen size
• Rolling deployments — updates to the site pushed several times per day
• Mobile-first — designed for mobile browsers first, then the desktop

I love this quote from the behind the scenes post:

First and foremost, it’s a tool.

The site is beautiful without sacrificing utility. Also check out Designing Obama if the branding of the Obama campaign got you drooling in 2008.