There are hundreds of Figma plugins available as of today, yet the Figma plugin search functionality is pretty basic and at times it can be very difficult to find the right plugin for a certain task. This article will take an in-depth look at several plugins that can speed up your design workflow.
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In this article, Bryan Robinson explores how to take a humble HTML page and make its content editable in a CMS with no frameworks and no client-side JavaScript.
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In this article, Mike Rogers will introduce you to Stimulus, a modest JavaScript framework that complements your existing HTML. By the end, you’ll have an understanding of the premise of Stimulus and why it’s a useful tool to have in your backpack.
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Gatsby is a modern static-site generator that has revamped the way static websites are being built. It incorporates React, Node.js, and GraphQL to create stunning and blazing-fast websites. In this post, we will discuss Gatsby plugins and develop our own comment plugin.
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Statically generated sites or pre-rendering and server-side rendered applications are two modern ways to build front-end applications using JavaScript frameworks. These two modes, yet different, are often mixed up as the same thing and in this tutorial, we’re going to learn about the differences between them.
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Writing is a crucial skill every software developer should cultivate. Creating and hosting a technical blog provides an opportunity to do just that. Let’s take a look at how to deploy a blog for free and with minimal effort using Hugo and Firebase.
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In this post, we’ll set up a demo site and tutorial for headless WordPress, including a starter template! We’ll use the WordPress dashboard for rich content editing, while migrating the front-end architecture to the JAMstack.
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WordPress adoption is massive. So why would a WordPress site consider moving to JAMstack? In this technical case study, we’ll cover what an actual WordPress migration looks like, using Smashing Magazine itself! We’ll talk through the gains and losses, the things we wish we knew earlier, and what we were surprised by.
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WordPress has a pretty robust architecture that can feel a bit too complex to run a simple blog. Let’s have a look at how Hugo can help us create a blog that is simple and fast.
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With the help of this article, you will finally be able to learn the basics of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda and Simple Email Service (SES) APIs to help you build your own static site mailer on the Serverless Framework. Today, Brian Holt will show you the basics of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda and Simple Email Service (SES) APIs to build your own static site mailer on the Serverless Framework. The full service will take form data submitted from an AJAX request, hit the Lambda endpoint and return a response for our users. Brian will guide you through getting Serverless set up for the first time through deployment. It should take under an hour to complete, so let’s get started!
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