Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I also learned how marketing worked, and began to build my presentation and training skills as I was sent around the world by Sun to teach workshops and speak at events. I still code in R… One role I had for many years was to lead technical training events for the global specialist systems engineers, which we called the Ambassador Program.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

However, this simplicity leaves the door open for many potential issues and technical debt — bloated code, specificity hell, duplicated code blocks with very little to no difference, leftover unused selectors, unnecessary hacks, and workarounds, to name a few. Leftover, unused chunks of code from deleted features.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. Improving JavaScript Bundle Performance With Code-Splitting. It’s a common misconception that the code which is produced by the framework build tools (Webpack, for example) is fully optimized and cannot be improved upon any further. The answer lies in code-splitting.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. Jump to online workshops ?. Due to those styles having a wider reach and possibly affecting other components, we cannot simply edit the problematic code directly.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 16, 2021

Let’s progress from theoretical considerations into hands-on code. In the following code block, you see a component listing the newest problems in an online shop. Continue reading below ↓ Deep-dive into front-end accessibility with Carie Fisher in her upcoming Smashing workshop on Accessible Front-End Patterns.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Using the proposed file structure is not a bad way of structuring your project per se, but as your project grows, you will need a better structure as your code becomes clustered and harder to navigate and access files. Jump to the workshop ?. code some certain instructions that are peculiar to Vue.js. Online, and live.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now, let’s dive into the technical features and best practices that my team adopted in the process of building the WaterBear web app. I plan on sharing specifically what I learned from performance and accessibility practices as a first-time lead developer of a team , as well as what I wish I had known before we started.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

Let’s briefly look at the shortcomings of the many tactics available, starting with cold contacting potential clients. However, in practice, the results can be underwhelming. Jump to the workshop ?. The problem is that generally speaking, many struggle to get the returns that justify the investment in time and money.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

How do you get started leveraging ethics in your user research practice to influence how you do your work in a way that upholds a set of guiding standards? It all starts with a Code of Ethics. “I Outcomes of a code of ethics affect almost every aspect of your user research practice, from processes to templates and team environment.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But first of all, I’d like to make something clear right now — while the act of scraping publicly available data is legal, Amazon has some measures to prevent it on their pages. With 100s of real-life examples , guidelines and best practices that you can apply right away. Jump to the workshop ?. Online, and live.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

It is recommended to follow rules and best practices of building and sending emails. In his upcoming online workshop The TypeScript Masterclass , Stefan Baumgartner will dive into type systems and how to use them well when writing JavaScript. Jump to the workshop ?. How can we address these challenges? Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

When maintenance is needed, it won’t take the team as long to maintain the code because of accessibility and clean code.”. If there is no inter-organizational accessibility training available your organization can look into different methods of training like the kind WebAIM , the ADA , or Knowbility has to offer.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you’d like to dive a bit deeper into animation with Figma, a guide to adding animation to your designs in Figma shows the entire workshop, and various options you have, step-by-step. Thousands of avatars available straight from Figma: UI Faces. Jump to online workshops ?. Annotations Made Easy in Figma. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With 100s of real-life examples , guidelines and best practices that you can apply right away. Jump to the workshop ?. A freely available online version of the classic reference book, The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. They have a wide range of low-cost and even free tutorials available on demand.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

We’ll go through several code examples of each hook and also explore how you’d create a custom hook. Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. Jump to online workshops ?. More after jump!

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