Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More RSS is a classic technology that fetches content from websites and feeds it to anyone who subscribes to it with a URL. It’s based on XML, and we can use it to consume the feeds in our own apps. Karin Hendrikse […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More You can’t overstate the importance of accessible website design. By the same token, bottom-up philosophies are crucial in modern site-building. A detail-oriented approach makes it easier to serve a more diverse audience along several fronts. Making the most of this opportunity […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Go behind the scenes with Björn Ottosson, the Swedish engineer who created Oklab color space, and discover how he developed a simple yet effective model with good hue uniformity while also handling lightness and saturation well — and is “okay” to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Could there be a better way to celebrate the beginning of a new month than with a collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to sweeten up your October. Enjoy! The leaves are shining in the most beautiful colors […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More One of the main laws that applies to almost everything in our lives, including building digital products, is Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Our goal is to prevent things from going wrong and, if they do, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In this age of endless newfangled organizational tools, the spreadsheet holds firm. Frederick O’Brien explains how, from engineering to design, they can still provide a rock-solid foundation for your work. Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I place myself firmly in the category of being an introvert when it comes to my role as a UX researcher. I love the process of planning and executing research. I have never felt a need to be the loudest or […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Even though I am the kind of front-end engineer who manually cleans up SVG files when they are a mess, I never expected to become one of those people. You know, those crazy people that draw with code. But here we […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by SVGator SVGator has gone through a series of updates since our last article, which was published in 2021, when it was already considered to be the most advanced web-based tool for vector animation. The first […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Luzmo In this article, I’ll introduce you to Luzmo Flex, a new feature from the Luzmo team who have been working hard making developer tooling to flatten the on-ramp for analytics reporting and data visualization. […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Consider the early days of the internet, when websites like NBC News and Amazon cluttered their pages with flashing banners and labyrinthine menus. In the early 2000s, Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think arrived like a lighthouse in a storm, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Google Analytics is great, but not everyone in your organization will be granted access. In many places I’ve worked, it was on a kind of “need to know” basis. In this article, I’m gonna flip that on its head and show […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I was recently asked by a student to help with a seemingly simple problem. She’d been working on a website for a coffee shop that sports a sticky header, and she wanted the hero section right underneath that header to span […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In the early days of the web, I remember how annoying it was when print designers would claim they could design websites, too. They assumed that just because they could design for one medium, they could design for the other. That […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Lush green slowly turning into yellows and reds in the Northern hemisphere; nature reawakening in the Southern part of the world: September is a time of change. A chance to leave old habits behind and embrace the beginning of something new. […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In Part 1 of this brief two-part series, we developed an application that turns images into audio descriptions using vision-language and text-to-speech models. We combined an image-to-text that analyses and understands images, generating description, with a text-to-speech model to create an […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Want to create more randomized effects in your JavaScript code? TheMath.random()method alone, with its limitations, won’t cut it for generating unique random numbers. Amejimaobari Ollornwi explains how to generate a series of unique random numbers using theSetobject, how to use these […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Finding the right typeface for a logo is a challenge and can be a very time-consuming process that requires both creativity and a practical approach. Levi Honing provides the essential background and tools to enhance your typography journey and apply this […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Although JavaScript regexes used to be underpowered compared to other modern flavors, numerous improvements in recent years mean that’s no longer true. Steven Levithan evaluates the history and present state of regular expressions in JavaScript with tips to make your regexes […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Discover effective pricing strategies for digital projects. Learn how to balance fixed pricing, time and materials, and value-based approaches while managing client expectations and scope creep. Pricing projects can be one of the most challenging aspects of running a digital agency […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Ever felt pressure to speed up your design process? Here’s how to address unrealistic expectations and foster a shared understanding with stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned on the path to a successful delivery. Part of Smart Interface Design Patterns by yours […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. In Part 2, Andrii speaks about how you can […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More For teams working remotely across the globe or together in an office, as well as for any group of collaborating users, a scheduler can be a valuable tool indeed. In this post, you’ll find some of the best commercial web scheduler […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Have you ever wondered what happened after CSS3? It’s common knowledge that we never saw CSS4 come after it, yet we have a plethora of new features that have no similar way of defining when they were introduced. The W3C CSS-Next […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. Learn why mastering design tools is crucial, how to […]