Respecting Users’ Motion Preferences
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Respecting Users’ Motion Preferences — Smashing Magazine
The `prefers-reduced-motion` media query has excellent support in all modern browsers going back a couple of years. In this article, Michelle Barker explains why there’s no reason not to use it today to make your sites more accessible.
How To Build A Real-Time Multi-User Game From Scratch
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How To Build A Real-Time Multi-User Game From Scratch — Smashing Magazine
It’s impressive how quickly a real-time multi-user application can be built with Colyseus — once you figure out how to properly describe the schema. This article highlights the process, technical decisions and lessons learned behind building the real-time…
An Introduction To Quasar Framework: Building Cross-Platform Applications
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An Introduction To Quasar Framework: Building Cross-Platform Applications — Smashing Magazine
Quasar is an open-source Vue.js-based cross-platform framework that allows you, as a developer, to easily build apps for both desktop and mobile using technologies such as Cordova and Electron and writing your code once. The app we’ll build will store and…
A Deep Dive Into `object-fit` And `background-size` In CSS
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A Deep Dive Into object-fit And background-size In CSS — Smashing Magazine
If we use a width and height that isn’t proportional to the image’s aspect ratio, the image might either be compressed or stretched. That isn’t good, and it can be solved either with object-fit for an img element or by using background-size. In this article…
Optimizing Next.js Applications With Nx
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Optimizing Next.js Applications With Nx — Smashing Magazine
Nx is a build framework that facilitates optimization, efficient scaling of applications, and other features such as shared libraries and components. In this article, we will be looking at how we can effectively scale Next.js applications by using Nx.
Eye-Tracking In Mobile UX Research
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Eye-Tracking In Mobile UX Research — Smashing Magazine
Thanks to technology, eye-tracking has become more accessible to UX research as it allows researchers to get insights about users ’visual attention. This article explores the latest trends in the eye-tracking market and how the methodology can be included…
How To Build An Amazon Product Scraper With Node.js
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How To Build An Amazon Product Scraper With Node.js — Smashing Magazine
The wealth of data that Amazon holds can make a huge difference when you’re designing a product or hunting for a bargain. But, how can a developer get that data? Simple, by using a web scraper. Why would someone want to scrape Amazon pages? You’re about to…
50 Resources And Tools To Turbocharge Your Copywriting Skills
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50 Resources And Tools To Turbocharge Your Copywriting Skills — Smashing Magazine
Stop wasting time and effort writing copy that falls flat. Raise your copywriting game and boost your powers of persuasion with these rich and informative online resources.
A Splash Of Color For Misty Days (November 2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition)
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A Splash Of Color For Misty Days (November 2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
November is just around the corner, and with it, a new collection of desktop wallpapers to celebrate the beginning of the month. Designed by creatives from all across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar. Let’s make November colorful!
Creating A Magento PWA: Customizing Themes vs. Coding From Scratch
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Creating A Magento PWA: Customizing Themes vs. Coding From Scratch — Smashing Magazine
This article sheds the spotlight on Magento PWAs and explains why business owners are getting them (often instead of native applications). Alex Husar introduces ways of how progressive web applications can be developed on Magento, as well as go over the major…
A Deep Dive Into Serverless UI With TypeScript
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A Deep Dive Into Serverless UI With TypeScript — Smashing Magazine
Serverless UI is simply a free, open-source command-line utility for quickly building and deploying serverless applications on the AWS platform. In this article, we will learn and cover everything needed on using Serverless UI to deploy our projects or serverless…
GraphQL On The Front-End (React And Apollo)
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GraphQL On The Front-End (React And Apollo) — Smashing Magazine
Within the last decade, technologies like GraphQL have changed how we build web apps and how they communicate with each other. GraphQL provides certain benefits over REST APIs — let’s find out what they are.
Smashing Podcast Episode 43 With Matthew Phillips: What Is Astro?
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Smashing Podcast Episode 43 With Matthew Phillips: What Is Astro? — Smashing Magazine
In this episode, we’re talking about Astro. Will this modern static site builder launch you into the stratosphere? Drew McLellan talks to developer Matthew Phillips to find out.
The Value Of Concept Testing As Part Of Product Design
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The Value Of Concept Testing As Part Of Product Design — Smashing Magazine
Concept testing ideas before moving into a detailed design is good UX practice. In this article, Victor Yocco presents details on how and when to engage in concept testing, as well as case studies providing details on the insights gained in two very different…
Meet Hydrogen: A React Framework For Dynamic, Contextual And Personalized E-Commerce
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Meet Hydrogen: A React Framework For Dynamic, Contextual And Personalized E-Commerce — Smashing Magazine
A great commerce experience is not a Lighthouse score or a set of Core Web Vitals figures (although both are important inputs), but it’s also a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering a great customer experience, dynamic storefront…
Automatically Transforming And Optimizing Images And Videos On Your WordPress Website
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Automatically Transforming And Optimizing Images And Videos On Your WordPress Website — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Leonardo Losoviz explains how Cloudinary’s integration can be used with WordPress to produce and deliver optimal digital experiences.
From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz
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From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz — Smashing Magazine
Dribbbleshots just might be the hotbed of questionable dashboards. Striking visuals, little context, and no research: all recipes for mediocrity. Mediocrity won’t do. We’ll pursue greatness. And in that pursuit, we’ll cover research, decluttering, and data…
Useful React Hooks That You Can Use In Your Projects
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Useful React Hooks That You Can Use In Your Projects — Smashing Magazine
React class-based components are messy, confusing, hard for humans and machines. But before React 16.8, class-based components were mandatory for any projects that require states, life-cycle methods, and many other important functionalities. All these changed…
Powerful Terminal And Command-Line (CLI) Tools For Modern Web Development
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Powerful Terminal And Command-Line (CLI) Tools For Modern Web Development — Smashing Magazine
What’s your favorite command-line tool? In this post, Louis Lazaris shares a collection of relevant command-line apps and utilities that he has personally come across in the past few years. If there’s a useful one that hasn’t been mentioned and one you use…