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Georgy Marchuk - Testing The CLI The Way People Use It

Thousands of tools for the command-line interface (CLI) are out there, without exaggeration. They serve all kinds of purposes. Yarn is one of the most used CLIs in the world, bringing ease to the pa

Tools , Apps , testing , coding

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Jhey Tompkins - What If Our Sliders Actually Slid?

One of my main mantras is using “Creative Coding” to level up your skills. It’s one of the main reasons I have gotten to where I am. But when so much of the web is very “set in its way”, it takes a

Techniques , coding , HTML

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Ceara Crawshaw - Preventing Bad UX Through Integrated Design Workflows

Let’s take a moment to think about the time you’ve spent navigating intranets, password resets, project management software, or government websites. How many moments of technological frustration can

workflow , ux , Communication

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Vitaly Friedman - UX Metrics That Matter: A Guide To Design KPIs

Imagine that you’ve just received an invite to a new meeting. The description is a bit vague, but the title is sitting right there, with its heavy weight, making you a bit worried: design KPIs. Now,

workflow , ux , Design , Business

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Nathan Smith - CTA Modal: How To Build A Web Component

I have a confession to make — I am not overly fond of modal dialogs (or just “modals” for short). “Hate” would be too strong a word to use, but let’s say that nothing is more of a turnoff when start

Apps , Web Components , Browsers , HTML , Javascript

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Steve Sewell - How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Scripts

Great user experience starts with a page that loads instantly. The average user doesn’t spend much time waiting for a web page to load or to interact with the page: According to Google, if a page’s

performance , Apps , Javascript

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Cosima Mielke - Make A Wish (May 2022 Desktop Wallpapers Edition)

We always try our best to challenge your creativity and get you out of your comfort zone. In all these years we’ve been running it, our monthly wallpapers series has turned out to be the perfect occ

Wallpapers , Freebies , templates

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Josh Comeau - You Don’t Need A UI Framework

Every now and then, someone will ask for my recommendations on UI frameworks. By “UI framework”, I mean any third-party package that is focused on providing styled UI components. It includes CSS fra

Frameworks , Tools , Css , ui

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Vitaly Friedman - Designing A Perfect Language Selector UX

Imagine that you’ve just arrived in Tokyo. Full of impatience and excitement, you are just about to hit the road, yet there it comes: an urgent warning from your mobile provider, nudging you to top

Design Patterns , Accessibility , ux , Usability

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Aloudata - Data Agent 精選推薦,推動人人都是分析師願景落地

摘要 在數據量爆炸式增長與業務決策實時性要求提升的雙重驅動下,Data Agent(數據智能體)正從輔助工具向企業核心數據分析中樞演進。其通過融合大模型能力與數據管理和分析技術,為企業提供“對話即分析”、“自動找根因”、“一鍵生成報告”等智能化數據分析服務,推動“人人都是分析師”的願景落地。 前言:當數據分析遇上 AI,Data Agent

大數據 , data , 數據倉庫 , 數據分析 , 智能問數 , chatbi

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Stefan Baumgartner - Resilience, Flexibility And Immediacy: Working With Headless Systems

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Storyblok, a friendly headless CMS with a visual editor, nested components, and customizable content blocks for websites and apps. Th

Headless , cms , Design Systems

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Joshua Mauldin - How To Give Effective Feedback Remotely

We need more good feedback in our world, and I don’t just mean the type of feedback that celebrates your good work. I’m talking about feedback that is actionable, specific, and kind; feedback that d

workflow , Teamwork , Communication

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Barry Pollard - Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

First of all, it would be remiss of me to give the Chrome browser all the credit here, when the other two main browsers (Safari and Firefox) have had this concept for quite some time now, though the

performance , Core Web Vitals , Caching , Browsers

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Cosima Mielke - Magical SVG Techniques

SVGs have become more and more popular in the past few years. For good reasons. They are scalable, flexible, and, most importantly, lightweight. And, well, they have even more to offer than you migh

Round-Ups , Resources , svg

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Denis Studennikov - How Even Small UX Changes Can Result In An Increase In Conversion (A Case Study)

Sunuva is a global fashion brand for kids established in 2007. Today, their products are featured in famous luxury store brands, such as Bloomingdale’s, Harrods, Barneys, Harvey Nichols, and other l

ux , Case Studies , Design , Business

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Gerry McGovern - Top Tasks: To Focus On What Matters You Must De-Focus On What Doesn’t

Let us start with a simple explanation of the word “task”. A task is something someone wants to do using your website or app. If you have a technology website, then tasks might include pricing, inst

workflow , Productivity , Business

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Sean Roberts - Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool

In the world of HTTP Headers, there is one header that I believe deserves more air-time and that is the Server-Timing header. To me, it’s a must-use in any project where real user monitoring (RUM) i

performance , API , Javascript

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Nick Babich - The Modern Way To Create And Host A WordPress Site

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Elementor whose goal is to empower web creators to design, publish and manage powerful and beautiful WordPress websites using the mos

wordpress , Techniques , Tools

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Drew McLellan - Smashing Podcast Episode 46 With Vitaly Friedman: Who Is Elliot Jay Stocks?

This episode has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Wix, the platform for professionals to build client sites, manage complex projects, and grow businesses online. Thank you! In t

Smashing Podcast , Smashing Events , Events

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Benjamin Ajibade - Kubernetes For Frontend Developers

Kubernetes, also known as k8s, was coined by a Google engineer in mid-2014 and is now widely used throughout the developer ecosystem. According to the Kuberenetes Documentation: “Kubernetes is an o

Techniques , Tools , Apps

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Greg Dickens - The Ultimate Free Solo Blog Setup With Ghost And Gatsby

These days it seems there are an endless number of tools and platforms for creating your own blog. However, lots of the options out there lean towards non-technical users and abstract away all of th

Gatsby , cms , Javascript

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Adrian Bece - Lesser-Known And Underused CSS Features In 2022

After reading Louis Lazaris’ insightful article “Those HTML Attributes You Never Use”, I’ve asked myself (and the community) which properties and selectors are lesser-known or should be used more of

performance , optimization , Css , svg

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Kata Nagygyörgy & Diana Lakatos - Developing An Award-Winning Onboarding Process (Case Study)

The notion of onboarding is all about helping users quickly and easily find value in your offering. Speed and ease of use are equally important because users might lose interest if going through an

Tools , Apps , User Experience , Case Studies

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Frank Joseph - Understanding Weak Reference In JavaScript

Memory and performance management are important aspects of software development and ones that every software developer should pay attention to. Though useful, weak references are not often used in J

performance , coding , Javascript

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