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A roundup of Advent Calendar sites of interest to web designers and developers. From accessibility to UX, coding challenges to Perl, there really is something for everyone this December.
December is here, so why not spread some holiday love across your devices — we’ve got some truly eye-catching wallpapers to sweeten the last days of the year.
Throughout this tutorial, Ahmed Bouchefra introduces Angular Router and how you can use it to create client-side apps and Single Page Apps with routing and navigation.
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Explore features → Already have an account? Sign in!In this article, we’ll look at the pain points of users who are browsing old non-PWA websites and the promise of PWAs to make the web great. You’ll learn most of the important technologies that make for cool PWAs, like service workers, web push …
Overusing inline CSS or JS code, as opposed to serving code through static resources, can harm the site’s performance. In this article, we will learn how to load dynamic code through static files instead, avoiding the drawbacks of too much inline …
Better estimates and pricing, applying psychology to UX, design workflow, refactoring, moving to a static site setup, CSS Grid techniques, performance and deployment patterns for HTTP/2.
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Roger Johansson has been working with the web and other interactive media since 1994. He’s known for his site 456 Berea Street where he shares articles, tutorials, and comments on things he finds interesting: web standards, accessibility, and usability. His aim is to encourage people to design and develop accessible, usable, and interoperable websites. By day, Roger works as a front-end developer at NetRelations. You can find him on Twitter as @rogerjohansson. Thank you for reminding us of the things that matter, dear Roger!
Live coding on stage can be scary and no one ever talks about it. Uri Shaked does, sharing valuable tips that help to minimize risks and set expectations right.
Ana Tudor looks into the way CSS variables can be used to make code for complex interactions and layouts less difficult to write and easier to maintain.
The folks at Present & Correct stumbled across an incredible piece of eye candy: Pattern in Islamic Art is a showcase of patterns and other design features drawn from the rich cultural heritage of the Islamic world.
With more and more users shopping on smartphones, it’s crucial to optimize the checkout flow for mobile devices. Anna Kaley uses recent research findings to discuss some of the most important design guidelines for an optimal mobile checkout experience.
In the early days of the web, lessons in web security were hard-earned. For the 24 ways advent calendar, Katie Fenn shows critical mistakes that brought down several early websites and how we can learn from the past to protect our sites today.
A few months ago, British Airways’ customers had their credit card details stolen. The incident is a wake-up call to the industry: don’t load unauthenticated code. Terence Eden dives deeper into the topic.
Meet Design Systems, a recent Smashing book in which Alla Kholmatova explores how to set up an effective design system to create great digital products. With common traps, gotchas and lessons learned.
Table of Contents ↬Imagine you wrote a beautiful song and nobody discovered it.
That would make any cat sad. Don't let that happen!
