How To Create A Porsche 911 With Sketch (Part 2)How To Create A Porsche 911 With Sketch (Part 2) Nikola Lazarević 2020-07-31T10:30:00+00:002020-08-01T01:34:49+00:00Are you ready to push Sketch to its limits once again? As noted in the previous part, this tutorial is geared more towards experienced illustrators, but if you’re new to Sketch then you should […]
READ MOREMaking Memories To Last (August 2020 Wallpapers Edition)Making Memories To Last (August 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2020-07-31T08:00:00+00:002020-08-01T01:34:49+00:00Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens, right? To cater for new and unique artworks on a regular basis, we started our monthly wallpapers challenge more than nine years ago, and from […]
READ MOREThe Renaissance Of No-Code For Web DesignersThe Renaissance Of No-Code For Web Designers Uri Paz 2020-07-30T13:00:00+00:002020-07-30T22:35:31+00:00The word Renaissance — which means “rebirth” in French — was given to a tremendous period of philosophical and artistic achievements that began in the 14th century. During this time, there were a wide range of developments, including: Use of […]
READ MOREUnderstanding Client-Side GraphQl With Apollo-Client In React AppsUnderstanding Client-Side GraphQl With Apollo-Client In React Apps Blessing Krofegha 2020-07-29T10:30:00+00:002020-07-30T01:33:26+00:00According to State of JavaScript 2019, 38.7% of developers would like to use GraphQL, while 50.8% of developers would like to learn GraphQL. Being a query language, GraphQL simplifies the workflow of building a client application. It removes […]
READ MOREInspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social EquityInspired Design Decisions With Emmett McBain: Art Direction As Social Equity Andrew Clarke 2020-07-28T09:30:00+00:002020-07-29T01:35:22+00:00Along with advertising, selling is a skill that people often frown on. It’s true: no one likes someone coercing or misleading them, and nobody enjoys being interrupted. But being sold to well […]
READ MORESmashing Podcast Episode 21 With Chris Ferdinandi: Are Modern Best Practices Bad For The Web?Smashing Podcast Episode 21 With Chris Ferdinandi: Are Modern Best Practices Bad For The Web? Drew McLellan 2020-07-28T05:00:00+00:002020-07-29T01:35:22+00:00Today, we’re asking if modern best practices are bad for the web? Are modern frameworks taking us down the wrong path? I speak to […]
READ MORECreate A Responsive Dashboard With Angular Material And ng2-ChartsCreate A Responsive Dashboard With Angular Material And ng2-Charts Zara Cooper 2020-07-27T10:00:00+00:002020-07-28T01:35:31+00:00Creating a dashboard from scratch is often pretty complicated. You have to create tools to collect data on items of interest. Once collected this data has to be presented in an easy to understand and meaningful […]
READ MOREHow To Create A Porsche 911 With Sketch (Part 1)How To Create A Porsche 911 With Sketch (Part 1) Nikola Lazarević 2020-07-24T09:00:00+00:002020-07-25T01:34:41+00:00If you’re both a petrolhead (a.k.a. a big car enthusiast) with a special place in your heart for the legendary Porsche 911, and also a fan of the powerful Sketch app, then this tutorial […]
READ MOREHow To Use Styled-Components In ReactHow To Use Styled-Components In React Adebiyi Adedotun 2020-07-23T10:30:00+00:002020-07-24T01:35:55+00:00Styled components are a CSS-in-JS tool that bridges the gap between components and styling, offering numerous features to get you up and running in styling components in a functional and reusable way. In this article, you’ll learn the basics of styled components […]
READ MOREModern CSS Techniques To Improve LegibilityModern CSS Techniques To Improve Legibility Edoardo Cavazza 2020-07-22T10:30:00+00:002020-07-23T01:33:45+00:00We can read in many ways, and there are many different types of readers, each with their own needs, skills, language, and, above all, habits. Reading a novel at home is different from reading it on the train, just as reading a […]
READ MOREBuilding Desktop Apps With Electron And VueBuilding Desktop Apps With Electron And Vue Timi Omoyeni 2020-07-21T15:30:00+00:002020-07-22T01:34:06+00:00JavaScript used to be known as the language for building websites and web applications especially with some of its frameworks such as React, Vue, and Angular but over time (as early as 2009), it became possible for JavaScript to run […]
READ MORETranslating Design Wireframes Into Accessible HTML/CSSTranslating Design Wireframes Into Accessible HTML/CSS Harris Schneiderman 2020-07-21T09:00:00+00:002020-07-22T01:34:06+00:00All too often, accessibility doesn’t cross a designer’s mind when creating user interfaces. Overlooking accessibility considerations in the design phase can trickle down through to your website or application and have a large impact on your users. Whether it is usability testing, […]
READ MOREHow To Build An Accessible Front-End Application With Chakra UI And Nuxt.jsHow To Build An Accessible Front-End Application With Chakra UI And Nuxt.js Kelvin Omereshone 2020-07-20T10:00:00+00:002020-07-21T01:37:42+00:00For many people, the web is an essential part of their daily lives. They use it at work, home, and even on the road. Web accessibility means people with disabilities […]
READ MOREBringing You The Best Of SmashingBringing You The Best Of Smashing Iris Lješnjanin 2020-07-17T11:00:00+00:002020-07-18T01:35:22+00:00Well, I guess we can all agree that this year has been quite something. We’ve all been challenged in one way or the other, and the new normal is not quite the old normal. Still, the overriding emphasis remains on safety and […]
READ MOREIt’s Good To Talk: Thoughts And Feelings On Creative WellnessIt’s Good To Talk: Thoughts And Feelings On Creative Wellness Jhey Tompkins 2020-07-17T09:30:00+00:002020-07-18T01:35:22+00:00In fields as fast-paced and technical as web design and development, it’s easy to lose sight of our own wellbeing. For many, there’s a constant sense of trying to keep up or ahead. We […]
READ MOREMethods Of Improving And Optimizing Performance In React AppsMethods Of Improving And Optimizing Performance In React Apps Shedrack Akintayo 2020-07-16T11:00:00+00:002020-07-17T01:35:36+00:00React enables web applications to update their user interfaces (UIs) quickly, but that does not mean your medium or large React application will perform efficiently. Its performance will depend on how you use React when building […]
READ MOREAn Introduction To Stimulus.jsAn Introduction To Stimulus.js Mike Rogers 2020-07-15T10:30:00+00:002020-07-16T01:34:04+00:00The web moves pretty fast and picking an approach for your frontend that will feel sensible in a year’s time is tricky. My biggest fear as a developer is picking up a project that hasn’t been touched for a while, and finding the documentation for whatever […]
READ MORESmashingConf Fully Online For 2020SmashingConf Fully Online For 2020 Rachel Andrew 2020-07-14T14:30:00+00:002020-07-15T01:34:28+00:002020 has been quite the year, and it’s only July. None of us can be certain what the rest of the year looks like, in particular for travel and events where lots of folks gather together. Given the uncertainty and the success of our […]
READ MOREIs Redesigning Your Mobile App A Bad Idea?Is Redesigning Your Mobile App A Bad Idea? Suzanne Scacca 2020-07-14T11:00:00+00:002020-07-15T01:34:28+00:00I’m all for updating and upgrading mobile apps. I think if you’re not constantly looking at ways to improve the user experience, it’s just too easy to fall behind. That said, a redesign should be done for the […]
READ MORESmashing Podcast Episode 20 With Marcy Sutton: What Is Gatsby?Smashing Podcast Episode 20 With Marcy Sutton: What Is Gatsby? Drew McLellan 2020-07-14T05:00:00+00:002020-07-15T01:34:28+00:00Today, we’re talking about Gatsby. What is it and how does it fit into your web development stack? Drew McLellan talks to expert Marcy Sutton to find out. Show Notes Gatsby Marcy on Twitter […]
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