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Local Testing A Serverless API (API Gateway And Lambda)

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You may be reading the data from a database, so you need to make sure you can still access the data while running locally. One way would be to set up the database locally on your machine. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. Further Reading On Smashing Magazine. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?. > output.json.

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How To Optimize Progressive Web Apps: Going Beyond The Basics

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

You can find a comprehensive Beginner’s Guide To Progressive Web Apps on Smashing Magazine that focuses on building the core of PWAs. Here’s an example from Google developers of opening a database, adding an object store, and adding an item to this store. After this, you can create cached content with the IndexedDB API.

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40+ Best Web Development Blogs of 2018

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Codrops Codrops features blogs with topics ranging from UI design and page animations to image formatting and general JavaScript practices. You can subscribe to receive weekly email lists of the latest and greatest or submit your own links to give back to the community. Visit website 2. Visit website 5. Visit website 8.

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Next.js Wildcard Subdomains

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Design The Perfect Navigation , with Vitaly Friedman. Following this, we can then take certain actions such as fetching different data from your database depending on the wildcard and return that from the API. The live version is available at [link] and the source code can be found at [link].

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Implementing A Reset Password Feature With Next.js Dynamic Routes

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2022

They click on the “password-reset” link, and they’re redirected to the corresponding page. When they type their email address or username into the input field, they click on the button which has the common “email me a recovery link” text. They get a confirmation that a secure link has been sent to their email.

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Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On design systems, UX, web performance and CSS/JS. Server caches help lower the latency between a Frontend and Backend; since key-value databases are faster than traditional relational SQL databases, it will significantly increase an API’s response time. <link rel="prefetch" href="[link]. More after jump!

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How To Implement Authentication In Next.js With Auth0

Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

When evaluating whether it’s better for us to create our own platform, or to use a third-party service, there are some things that we should consider: Designing and creating authentication services is not our core skill. We won’t get into details like CSS styling or database usage. Allowed Logout URLs : add [link]. application.

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How To Build A Real-Time Multi-User Game From Scratch

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. Start a new game by copying the generated game PIN or share the direct link to the game room. database and outputs the game PIN as a response. database and displayed on the “Create” page. database and displayed on the “Create” page. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?.

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Monetize Open-Source Software With Gatsby Functions And Stripe

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Uses for Serverless Functions range from Newsletter signups with ConvertKit , sending an email using SendGrid , saving data in a database like Fauna , or in this case, accepting secure payments using Stripe — the list is quite frankly endless! Run in browser link. More after jump! Your (smashing) email. Once a week.

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Demystifying Django’s Magic

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2020

According to the official documentation, Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. For cases outside the scope of this tutorial, there will be links to point you to resources that will help with that. Your classes (or models) are layouts your database tables will follow.

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Useful UX Guidelines, Tools And Resources

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Created by Jon Yablonski, this lovely website explains 21 psychological principles that designers can consider to create more human-centered products and experiences. The right tools at the right time, help streamline the design process. User experience research is a crucial component of the human-centered design process.

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An Introduction To Quasar Framework: Building Cross-Platform Applications

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Meet Adam Silver’s Form Design Patterns , a practical guide to designing and building forms for the web. With the steps above complete, our app should be running on [link]. App Design. At this point, the design of our app is in place. Jump to table of contents ?. Getting Started. Quasar’s Folder Structure.

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

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

for the web app, Sanity CMS, Firebase Auth, and Firestore database. Meet Smashing Workshops on front-end, design & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. <head> <link rel="preload" as="image" href="." Here is how we tackled the challenge. image preload options. <head>

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Useful Figma Plugins And Tools

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

Whether you’re just starting out with Figma or have been using it for a good while now, this post will give you just enough pointers to make your design process faster and smoother. design tokens. design systems. responsive design and testing. responsive design and testing. Table of Contents. accessibility.

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How To Migrate From WordPress To A Headless CMS

Smashing Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

In this decoupled way, models and controllers are bundled on the WordPress side , handling data manipulation and database interaction. Constantly improving the user experience (UX) and design (UI) for you, so that content creators and developers feel comfortable creating new fields, components or pages. Monolithic vs Headless.

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How To Implement Authentication In Next.js With Auto0

Smashing Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

When evaluating whether it’s better for us to create our own platform, or to use a third-party service, there are some things that we should consider: Designing and creating authentication services is not our core skill. We won’t get into details like CSS styling or database usage. Allowed Logout URLs : add [link]. application.

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Email Testing Flow As It Should Be

Smashing Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

For those emails that contain links, how many links were clicked? It is important to make sure that your message looks as designed for all your recipients. All the links and buttons should be valid and lead to the right destinations. With any type of email you send, you need to track at least these metrics: Open rate.

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Introducing The Component-Based API

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

A component has a purpose, which can range from something very basic (such as a link or a button) to something very elaborate (such as a carousel or a drag-and-drop image uploader). The term “component” is often used to refer both to functionality and design. Large preview ). Large preview ). The Component-Based API Specification.

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This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Here are some the links I shared this week on twitter and facebook : Cloud Computing. As always more detail at [link]. Physics and the limits of human perception - Why goalkeepers have trouble stopping long-range shots - Seed Magazine. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

The Green Web Foundation maintains an ever-growing database of web hosts who are either wholly powered by renewable energy or are at least committed to being carbon neutral. In 2013, A List Apart published Sustainable Web Design by James Christie. Sustainable Web Design. Large preview ).

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Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study)

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It’s one thing to identify bottlenecks and implement optimizations for a specific website or a few similar websites, and quite another when dealing with many millions of websites, having such a wide variety of functionality, and an almost total freedom of design. Instead, we have to accommodate all of this variability, mostly on-demand.

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Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

When it comes down to how WordPress is programmed, one thing is certain: it doesn’t follow the M odel- V iew- C ontroller (MVC) design pattern that many developers are familiar with. I’m working on Varying Vagrant Vagrants , and have set up a test site with an URL [link]. Security concerns. So, What Exactly Is A Decoupled WordPress?

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Django Highlights: Wrangling Static Assets And Media Files (Part 4)

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Instead, like the other articles in the Django Highlights series (see below), it’s intended as a guide for front-end developers and designers to understand other parts of the process of creating a web application. Part 3 : Models, Admin, And Harnessing The Relational Database. Part 2 : Templating Saves Lines. Definitions. Media Files.

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Building A Web App With Headless CMS And React

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 1, 2020

It’s easier to set up your content on a traditional CMS as everything you need (content management, design, etc) are already available. An API-driven headless CMS designed to create, manage and distribute content to any platform. Traditional CMS Cons. Traditional CMS e.g Gridsome, Gatsby). Mobile Apps (iOS, Android). Contentful.

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

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

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. Large preview ). Setting Realistic Goals.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Map design decisions against performance budget and the priorities defined early on.

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Useful React Hooks That You Can Use In Your Projects

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. import { useEffect, useState } from "react"; import axios from "axios"; export default function App() { const [users, setUsers] = useState([]); const endPoint = "[link]. The useMemo hook is designed to memoize expensive computations. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?. The useMemo Hook.

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Creating A Magento PWA: Customizing Themes vs. Coding From Scratch

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Application leaders for digital commerce technologies must plan for PWAs when designing digital commerce experiences”. Meet Adam Silver’s Form Design Patterns , a practical guide to designing and building forms for the web. The Design Gives Ground For Utmost Usability. Jump to table of contents ?. Large preview ).

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Smashing Podcast Episode 40 With Mike Cavaliere: What Is Chakra UI For React?

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Designing With Code: A Modern Approach To Design. The Rise Of Design Thinking As A Problem Solving Strategy. But for me, I don’t have design sense. A little bit, but I’m not a designer by any means. Drew: It’s an off the shelf design system that you can drop in to build the UI for your project. aj Dobrucki.

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Smashing Podcast Episode 42 With Jeff Smith: What Is DevOps?

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Bridging The Gap Between Designers And Developers written by Matthew Talebi. Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers written by Nataliya Sambir. But the other thing is to be able to take operational concerns into account during your design development and implementation of any technology. Attainable DevOps. Weekly Update.

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Smashing Podcast Episode 44 With Chris Ferdinandi: Is The Web Dead?

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It’s the reason why I was able to become a developer, but every time someone visits a WordPress site out of the box, it has to make a call to a database, grabs some content, mash it into some templates, generate HTML and ship that back to the browser. You hit all the key links. I built my career on WordPress. Thank you so much.

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Implementing A Reset Password Feature With Next.js Dynamic Routes

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Monetize Open-Source Software With Gatsby Functions And Stripe

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