April 16, 2020 — The admin panel is one of the most powerful, flexible features that the Django web framework provides, combining instant off-the-shelf functionality with infinite customization. Using an example project based on a library inventory system, we’ll use the admin panel to learn about creating models and interacting with relational databases in Django. Read more…

April 2, 2020 — In this article, Philip explores breaking down a complex webpage into multiple templates, composing those components, and applying tags and filters to refactor a plain HTML page. Read more…

March 5, 2020 — Ever built a website and reached for jQuery, Bootstrap, Vue.js or React to acheive some basic user interaction? Alpine.js is a fraction of the size of these frameworks because it involves no build steps and provides all of the tools you need to build a basic user interface. Read more…

February 27, 2020 — This article introduces how Multer streamlines the process of handling file uploads. It also introduces how to use Mongoose to interact with our database by building a music manager app using Express.js alongside Multer for the music upload and Nuxt.js (Vue framework) for our frontend. Read more…

February 11, 2020 — In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re taking a look at UI Frameworks. How can the custom needs of a highly usable application be met with a set of off-the-shelf tools? Drew McLellan speaks to UX Designer Stéphanie Walter to find out. Read more…

February 6, 2020 — One major reason to develop a dynamic site is to authenticate users and restrict content. Django provides a powerful out-of-the-box user model, and in this article, we’ll walk through the best way to provide secure, intuitive user authentication flows. Read more…

September 27, 2019 — Before reading, you might want to first get back to Part 1 because it will help you to follow along in this second part of the article. Read more…

September 26, 2019 — In this article, we discuss “Frankenstein Migration” which is a new, framework-agnostic approach to the process of migration that allows using the same mechanism to migrate to pretty much any framework of your choice. Read more…

August 22, 2019 — In this article, we will revisit what testing means by a simple analogy, explore concepts in software architecture, and some arguments as to why you might benefit from an attitude of minimalism for your testing process. Read more…

July 30, 2019 — This article concludes a three-part series about the trials and tribulations of designing and writing a basic web application with vanilla JavaScript. In part one we covered the why, part two dealt mostly with the how and this part concludes by looking at how the project was drawn to a close and what was learned from the experience. Read more…