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• Obscure Mobile Design Techniques That Boost UX (Smashingmagazine)
  To inspire mobile designers, let’s look at how some clever design solutions tackle mobile navigation, confirmation dialogs, animations, and…
• Growing UX Maturity: Finding A UX Champion And Demonstrating ROI (Part 1) (Smashingmagazine)
  We all benefit when we work to increase the overall UX maturity of our organizations. If we wish to meaningfully improve our UX practice, i…
• How To Protect Your App With A Threat Model Based On JSONDiff (Smashingmagazine)
  If you are a developer who wants to concentrate on delivering a killer application rather than worrying about countless security issues, th…
• Three Insights I Gained While Researching Vue.js Accessibility (Smashingmagazine)
  Web app accessibility appears difficult because it seems that there is little information on the subject available online.
• Learning JavaScript With Imagination (Smashingmagazine)
  This is the story of how one little octopus, explaining one beginner’s concept, carried such weight and power for Kylo that it drove his wo…
• The Growing Need For Effective Password Management — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  Highlighting the advantages of self-hosted solutions over cloud-based alternatives and exploring collaborative password management and more…
• Uniting Web And Native Apps With 4 Unknown JavaScript APIs (Smashingmagazine)
  What about the Device Orientation API, Vibration API, or the Contact Picker API? Juan Diego Rodriguez is interested in these under-the-rada…
• UX Checklists For Interface Designers (Smashingmagazine)
  UX checklists with best design practices, accessibility guidelines, design system checklist, tables UX checklist, UX research methods, form…
• Making Sense Of WAI-ARIA: A Comprehensive Guide — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  14 min read Accessibility, Coding, Java Script Share on Twitter, Linked In About The Author Kate Kalcevich has over 20 years of experience…
• How To Make A Strong Case For Accessibility (Smashingmagazine)
  Gaining buy-in for accessibility can be challenging due to common myths and misunderstandings.
• ISR vs DPR: Big Words, Quick Explanation — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  There are two strategies for incrementally building websites that are growing in popularity: Incremental Static Regeneration and Distribute…
• Accessible Target Sizes Cheatsheet (Smashingmagazine)
  Practical guidelines to prevent rage taps and rage clicks with accessible tap targets for icons, links and buttons — on desktop and on mobi…
• Smashing Newsletter: Issue #290 (Smashingmagazine)
  This newsletter issue was sent out to 180,817 subscribers on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
• It’s A (Front-End Testing) Trap! Six Common Testing Pitfalls And How To Solve Them (Smashingmagazine)
  When writing front-end tests, you’ll find a lot of pitfalls along the way. In sum, they can lead to lousy maintainability, slow execution t…
• Write Better CSS By Borrowing Ideas From JavaScript Functions (Smashingmagazine)
  Many problems with website layouts happen when we don’t write CSS with the same care we’d use when writing a JavaScript function.
• Things To Expect From A Smashing Workshop: Form Design Masterclass (Smashingmagazine)
  A couple of weeks ago, we organized a [Form Design Masterclass](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/adam-silver), an online…
• What’s New In Gatsby 2022? (Smashingmagazine)
  Gatsby has evolved quite dramatically in the last two years.
• React Children And Iteration Methods — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  In particular, we will deep dive into one of the utility methods, `React.Children.toArray`, that React gives us, which helps to iterate ove…
• Gatsby Headaches: Working With Media (Part 2) (Smashingmagazine)
  In the final part of this two-part series on solving headaches when working with media files in Gatsby projects, Juan Rodriguez demonstrate…
• How To Animate Along A Path In CSS (Smashingmagazine)
  CSS loaders and progress indicators are some of the most widely used examples in tutorials and documentation.
• How To Develop Your Business’ Technology Roadmap (Smashingmagazine)
  Software development without a roadmap is akin to driving off a cliff — an undertaking that seriously jeopardizes your product’s life.
• Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study) — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  Implementing a performance culture at Wix can enable you to apply performance enhancements to almost every part of your technological stack…
• State Of GDPR In 2021: Cookie Consent For Designers And Developers — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  As digital practitioners, GDPR has impacted every facet of our professional and personal lives.
• Cookieless Alternative To Embed HTML, CSS And JS Code Snippets (Smashingmagazine)
  Embedding code examples with third-party scripts often leads to tracking or cookies. We always wanted to have a simple website with a good…
• HTTP/3 From A To Z: Core Concepts (Smashingmagazine)
  After almost five years in development, the new HTTP/3 protocol is nearing its final form.
• Build Design Systems With Penpot Components — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  In today’s turbulent landscape of design, Penpot stands out with its commitment to open-source, free unlimited access, and its unique, robu…
• The Potentially Dangerous Non-Accessibility Of Cookie Notices (Smashingmagazine)
  In this piece, a Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) auditor shares some cookie banner error patterns that can massively hurt a pag…
• Building User Trust In UX Design (Smashingmagazine)
  Trust is at the heart of a long-term strategy of any product. There are many ways to earn it, and even more ways to lose it.
• JavaScript APIs You Don’t Know About (Smashingmagazine)
  Together we will see what they are, where we should use them, and how to use them.
• Useful Customer Journey Maps (+ Figma & Miro Templates) (Smashingmagazine)
  Visualize the user experience with user journey maps. Here are some helpful templates, real-world applications, and insights on the importa…
• The Scent Of UX: The Unrealized Potential Of Olfactory Design (Smashingmagazine)
  Kristian Mikhel covers various practical applications of scents in product experience, from immersive entertainment to healing spaces and m…
• The Fight For The Main Thread (Smashingmagazine)
  Having access to a free reporting tool like Lighthouse in DevTools is a great start for diagnosing performance issues by identifying bottle…
• How To Hack Your Google Lighthouse Scores In 2024 (Smashingmagazine)
  Do perfect Lighthouse scores mean the performance of your website is perfect? As it turns out, Lighthouse is influenced by a number of thin…
• Gatsby Headaches: Working With Media (Part 1) (Smashingmagazine)
  Discover how to incorporate a variety of media formats, such as images, videos, GIFs, SVGs, and so on, in a Gatsby website.
• Adding Time To Your Schedule As A Professional (Smashingmagazine)
  Are you running a business and have too many things going on at once? Meetings, bugs, customer feedback, new clients in addition to your al…
• Everything I Know About UX Research I First Learned From Lt. Columbo — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  Working in the area of UX sometimes feels like a crime drama. Then look at these fun parallels between modern UX practices and a classical…
• Four Useful VSCode Extensions For Web Developers — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  VS Code can be supercharged wuth hundreds of [VS Code extensions](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/05/useful-vs-code-extensions-web-de…
• A Guide To Attracting Clients To Your Agency (Smashingmagazine)
  Word-of-mouth recommendation is an incredibly desirable way to win work. It requires zero marketing efforts and typically converts at a hig…
• Fresh Inspiration For March And A Smashing Winner (2021 Wallpapers Edition) (Smashingmagazine)
  Our wallpapers post this month is a special one: There’s not only a new collection of wallpapers created by creative folks from across the…
• WaterBear: Building A Free Platform For Impactful Documentaries (Part 2) (Smashingmagazine)
  In this second article of a two-part series, Adrian shares insights about building WaterBear — his first project as a lead developer — disc…
• HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2) (Smashingmagazine)
  After almost five years in development, the new HTTP/3 protocol is nearing its final form.
• UI Design Testing Tools I Use All The Time (Smashingmagazine)
  With so many great tools available, there really shouldn’t be any excuse for not testing with users these days.
• Using HSL Colors In CSS — Smashing Magazine (Smashingmagazine)
  HSL colors are very powerful when we use them the right way. They can save us time and effort and even help us to explore options for how t…
• Creating A Public/Private Multi-Monorepo For PHP Projects (Smashingmagazine)
  There is no “best” solution, only solutions that might work better depending on the context.
• How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Multimedia Writing (Smashingmagazine)
  Balancing the age-old simplicity of words on paper with the myriad creative possibilities of the web is a tension as old as the web itself.
• Beyond Algorithms: Skills Of Designers That AI Can’t Replicate (Smashingmagazine)
  This article highlights non-technical skills like curiosity, observation, empathy, advocacy, visual communication, and collaboration that d…
• Exploring The Potential Of Web Workers For Multithreading On The Web (Smashingmagazine)
  17 min read Performance, Java Script, Tools, Apps Share on Twitter, Linked In About The Author Sahra is a full-stack web developer and tech…
• Smashing Newsletter: Issue #466 (Smashingmagazine)
  This newsletter issue was sent out to 198,708 subscribers on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
• DevTools Debugging Tips And Shortcuts (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) (Smashingmagazine)
  DevTools is very advanced and helpful, but can also be very intimidating and overwhelming.
• Building Your Own Personal Learning Curriculum (Smashingmagazine)
  As developers, we’re constantly learning new languages and frameworks. But how can you structure this learning to ensure maximum benefit wh…