Meet “Click!”: Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks Meet “Click!”: Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks Vitaly Friedman 2020-05-12T11:00:00+00:00 2020-05-13T07:22:55+00:00 The web has become a noisy place with millions of companies trying to get users’ attention. No wonder many of them apply increasingly desperate techniques to encourage users to act on their websites. We’ve seen an explosion Read more about Meet “Click!”: Encourage Clicks Without Shady Tricks[…]

Setting TypeScript For Modern React Projects Using Webpack And Babel Setting TypeScript For Modern React Projects Using Webpack And Babel Blessing Krofegha 2020-05-11T10:30:00+00:00 2020-05-12T07:07:44+00:00 In this era of software development, JavaScript can be used to develop almost any type of app. However, the fact that JavaScript is dynamically typed could be a concern for most Read more about Setting TypeScript For Modern React Projects Using Webpack And Babel[…]

How To Build A Vue Survey App Using Firebase Authentication And Database How To Build A Vue Survey App Using Firebase Authentication And Database David Atanda 2020-05-08T11:00:00+00:00 2020-05-09T06:37:22+00:00 In this tutorial, you’ll be building a Survey App, where we’ll learn to validate our users form data, implement Authentication in Vue, and be able to receive Read more about How To Build A Vue Survey App Using Firebase Authentication And Database[…]

Reducing Design Risk Reducing Design Risk Eric Olive 2020-05-07T10:30:00+00:00 2020-05-08T06:07:59+00:00 Lean, agile, do more with less. Again, and again, design culture urges us to move quickly and trim research and design operations to the point where design becomes a mere thread in the larger corporate spool. Author and designer Nikki Anderson explains the consequences of Read more about Reducing Design Risk[…]

A Complete Guide To Mechanical Keyboards A Complete Guide To Mechanical Keyboards Ben Frain 2020-05-06T10:30:00+00:00 2020-05-07T06:08:51+00:00 About six years ago, a colleague I’ll call Tom, because that’s his name, forwarded me a link to the ‘WASD CODE’; a keyboard focused on the needs of programmers, designed with the help of Stack Overflow’s Jeff Atwood. I Read more about A Complete Guide To Mechanical Keyboards[…]

Meet SmashingConf Live: Our New Interactive Online Conference Meet SmashingConf Live: Our New Interactive Online Conference Vitaly Friedman 2020-05-05T12:50:00+00:00 2020-05-06T05:36:44+00:00 In these strange times when everything is connected, it’s too easy to feel lonely and detached. Yes, everybody is just one message away, but there is always something in the way — deadlines to meet, Read more about Meet SmashingConf Live: Our New Interactive Online Conference[…]

Smashing Podcast Episode 15 With Phil Smith: How Can I Build An App In 10 Days? Smashing Podcast Episode 15 With Phil Smith: How Can I Build An App In 10 Days? Drew McLellan 2020-05-05T05:00:00+00:00 2020-05-05T05:36:46+00:00 In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about building apps on a tight timeline. How can you Read more about Smashing Podcast Episode 15 With Phil Smith: How Can I Build An App In 10 Days?[…]

Readability Algorithms Should Be Tools, Not Targets Readability Algorithms Should Be Tools, Not Targets Frederick O’Brien 2020-05-01T11:30:00+00:00 2020-05-02T04:35:12+00:00 The web is awash with words. They’re everywhere. On websites, in emails, advertisements, tweets, pop-ups, you name it. More people are publishing more copy than at any point in history. That means a lot of information, and Read more about Readability Algorithms Should Be Tools, Not Targets[…]

Join Our New Online Workshops On CSS, Accessibility, Performance, And UX Join Our New Online Workshops On CSS, Accessibility, Performance, And UX Rachel Andrew 2020-04-30T12:00:00+00:00 2020-05-01T04:35:50+00:00 It has been a month since we launched our first online workshop and, to be honest, we really didn’t know whether people would enjoy them — or if we Read more about Join Our New Online Workshops On CSS, Accessibility, Performance, And UX[…]

How To Succeed In Wireframe Design How To Succeed In Wireframe Design Anton Suprunenko 2020-04-29T12:30:00+00:00 2020-04-30T04:07:28+00:00 For the most part, we tend to underestimate things that are familiar to us. It is also very likely that we will underestimate those things that though new, seem very simple to process. And that is correct to some Read more about How To Succeed In Wireframe Design[…]