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4 Ways To Creatively Use Icons In Your Mobile Apps

by Suzanne Scacca

Icons have long held an important place in the design of mobile apps. But beyond using them to create larger and more attractive touch targets, there are other ways mobile app designers can use these tiny elements to make an app more engaging. This …

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Building React Apps With Storybook

by Abdulazeez Adeshina

In this article, you will learn how to build and test react components in isolation using Storybook. You will also learn how to use the knobs addon to modify data directly from the storybook explorer.

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Demystifying Django’s Magic

by Precious Ndubueze

In this article, we will be taking an in-depth look at what Django brings to the table by understanding what the generated files and folder do, this will give us a better understanding of the Django framework.

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SmashingConf Live! Is A Wrap

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The SmashingConf team had such fun at their first SmashingConf Live! event last week. In this post, editor-in-chief Rachel Andrew shares highlights and feedback from the online conference.

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