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Sustainability Talks and Updates from AWS re:Invent 2023

Adrian Cockcroft

I’m posting this on the Sunday before re:Invent, and will update as I find out more during the week… Sustainability Track Sessions and Workshops What follows are the catalog descriptions of the talks, after I’ve watched the videos I’ll update this post with my own commentary. This session revisits the pillar and its best practices.

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Gone Floating Labels And Green Lighthouse Scores

Smashing Magazine

In fact, we had to look into various cases for the form design: What happens when no data is provided at all? Given that a vast majority of our readers — wonderful people like you — are using autofill, it’s worth spending time designing an experience around it. New Online Workshops on Smashing. Designing The Perfect Navigation.

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Good Vibes In August (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition)

Smashing Magazine

To cater for new and unique artworks on a regular basis, we started our monthly wallpapers challenge more than ten years ago, and from the very beginning to today, artists and designers from all across the world have accepted the challenge and submitted their designs to it. Designed by Ricardo Gimenes from Sweden. Join in! ?.

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Meet Hydrogen: A React Framework For Dynamic, Contextual And Personalized E-Commerce

Smashing Magazine

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smart Interface Design Patterns , with Vitaly Friedman. With 100s of real-life examples , guidelines and best practices that you can apply right away. Jump to the workshop ?. (vf, From complex mega-dropdowns and tables to web forms, carousels and filters. Online, and live.

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It’s A (Front-End Testing) Trap! Six Common Testing Pitfalls And How To Solve Them

Smashing Magazine

Traps in this area can be caused by following best practices that are not suitable for tests. This can occur for various reasons, but it usually happens when you try to take an easy, seemingly convenient shortcut, disregarding testing best practices. Any test, no matter the type, should be designed plain and simple.

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Global vs. Local Styling In Next.js

Smashing Magazine

There are a couple of questions we have to consider when organizing style within Next.js: How can we fit within the conventions/best practices of the framework? To solve the second problem, I take an approach that can be summarized in four pieces: Design tokens. Design Tokens. Jump to the workshop ?. Global styles.

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WaterBear: Building A Free Platform For Impactful Documentaries (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

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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