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Modern Methods For Improving Drupal’s Largest Contentful Paint Core Web Vital

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Meet Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces , Steven Hoober’s brand-new guide on designing for mobile with proven, universal, human-centric guidelines. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices. Web developers should learn to use various testing tools such as Lighthouse and WebPageTest.

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Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF)

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Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential part of a website’s design, and one all too often overlooked. Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things.

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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

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WebPageTest is one of the few web performance testing tools that actually tests a reload of the page using a primed HTTP Cache — most of the other tools just flag if your HTTP resources are not explicitly set to be cached. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices.

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Solving CLS Issues In A Next.js-Powered E-Commerce Website (Case Study)

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We use Lighthouse and WebPagetest as our synthetic testing tools for performance to measure CLS. Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. More after jump!

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Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2)

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Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. We’ll develop the card component in isolation and use the agreed standards and best practices. More after jump!

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Email Testing Flow As It Should Be

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It is recommended to follow rules and best practices of building and sending emails. It is important to make sure that your message looks as designed for all your recipients. Spell checkers and content testing tools are helpful for emails as well. Preheader Testing Tool also provides similar functionality.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

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Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it matters, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term. Lighthouse , WebPageTest ) and.