Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Even if it's raining features right this instant , weather isn't climate. Apple forces developers of competing browsers to use their engine for all browsers on iOS , restricting their ability to deliver a better version of the web platform. This is a bold assertion, and proving it requires overwhelming evidence.

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Jos

APRIL 5, 2018

A small component to detect visibility : A simple component that wraps the logic to notify when an element appears on screen. Polyfilling IntersectionObserver on-demand : How we can include a polyfill only when needed. Code Splitting and CSS-in-JS : How CSS-in-JS extends code-splitting and lazy-loading to CSS, SVGs and other resources.

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CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

A 2017 study by Akamai says as much when it found that even a 100ms delay in page load can decrease conversions by 7% and lose 1% of their sales for every 100ms it takes for their site to load which, at the time of the study, was equivalent to $1.6 Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Real-life performance for your users and how the website “feels” when you’re using it should not be discounted, even if it costs you a point or two in Page Speed (otherwise, we would all just have a search bar and unstyled text). Working with jewellerybox on its online store was a welcome change of pace for us. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. 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. Table Of Contents.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2020

During the Second World War, burning oil to produce thick smoke prevented all but a few German bombs, but when I was in my teens, a different toxic cloud, Thatcherism, hung over Corby as it did many industrial and manufacturing centres across the UK. Andrew Clarke. 2020-03-02T13:00:00+00:00. 2020-03-02T13:36:53+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2019

Handling Unused CSS In SASS To Improve Performance. Handling Unused CSS In SASS To Improve Performance. In modern front-end development, developers should aim to write CSS which is scalable and maintainable. So CSS class names such as: blog-right-column.latest_topics_list.job-vacancy-ad. Luke Harrison.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 13, 2019

Complex sets of build tools and processors had even supplanted the simple pleasure of writing HTML and CSS. When I began working with the legendary newspaper and magazine designer Mark Porter, I became fascinated by art direction and editorial design. When a magazine has plenty of interesting design elements, I buy it.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Along with advertising, selling is a skill that people often frown on. It’s true: no one likes someone coercing or misleading them, and nobody enjoys being interrupted. But being sold to well — by a salesperson who understands your aspirations, motivations, and needs — can be an experience that benefits buyers and sellers.

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Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Even though the final JavaScript bundles are tree-shaken and minified, usually the entire web application is contained within a single or just a few JavaScript files , depending on the project configuration and out-of-the-box framework features. They can be accessed even when not logged in (homepage, login, register, and profile page).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. 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. Vitaly Friedman. Quick Wins.

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The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

" Although if I had to write a Devil’s Dictionary entry for ‘programmer’ then I’d be tempted to write something more like: "Someone who builds castles in the air, wrangles data in varied and nefarious formats, fiddles with CSS in a never-ending quest for alignment, and navigates labyrinthine mazes."

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Enprowess

JANUARY 11, 2022

They divide the code into many building blocks or modules which are self contained and can be reused anywhere in the project. PWAs can save the time and efforts required to develop an entire native application for multiple platforms from scratch, hence speeding up the time to market and enhancing audience reach. Let’s begin!!

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. 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. Vitaly Friedman. 2019-01-07T12:00:13+00:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. Table Of Contents. Quick Wins.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When your content is delivered by other means, from other servers or platforms, it can put the user experience and commercial relationship you have built up with your users at risk. We think of web scraping as a tool used to harvest web content for information analysis purposes, sometimes to the detriment of the site owner.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). In Part 1 , we’ve covered the side effects of low-quality CSS codebase on end-users, development teams, and management. Adrian Bece. 2021-08-02T11:00:00+00:00. 2021-08-02T12:06:21+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

I Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget. I Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget. Chris Ashton. 2019-07-29T14:00:59+02:00. 2019-07-29T13:06:57+00:00. This article is part of a series in which I attempt to use the web under various constraints, representing a given demographic of user. This time, I browsed the web for a day on a 50 MB budget.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 31, 2022

When you work on a browser, you will often hear remarks along the lines of, Why don't you just put [popular framework] in the browser? This is a good question — or at least one that illuminates how browser teams think about tradeoffs. Spoiler: it's gnarly. Browsers will cache tools popular among vocal, leading-edge developers. Trust Falls #.

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CSS - Tricks

MARCH 16, 2020

But equally, Simon the project manager may not understand what Speed Index or First Contentful Paint means, but when he sees the Lighthouse report showing website performance score knee deep in the red, he knows you still have work to do. In this tutorial, I’ll show you step by step how to create a simple tool in Node.js

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A Guide To CSS Debugging. A Guide To CSS Debugging. We’ve all been there, at the end of completing CSS for a layout and — what’s that? CSS, like other languages, becomes easier to debug when you take time to learn a bit about its quirks. Common Causes Of CSS Bugs. Stephanie Eckles. An extra scrollbar!

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In software development, the word “migration,” when we need to upgrade or change technology in a project, usually falls under the latter case, unfortunately. “Good,” “Fast,” “Cheap”. We used to pick only two in many situations when we need to make a choice either in development, in business, or in life in general.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

Using a component-based API makes most sense when the website is itself built using components, i.e. when the webpage is iteratively composed of components wrapping other components until, at the very top, we obtain a single component that represents the page. Leonardo Losoviz. 2019-01-21T13:00:21+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Over those years, we have seen the technology stack evolve from server-rendered pages with some minor JavaScript and CSS to full-blown JavaScript applications. The platform we used for our e-commerce sites was based on ASP.NET and when visitors started to expect more interaction, we added React for the front-end. Challenges.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The worst part of prop drilling being that when the parent component re-renders, the child components will also re-render and cause a domino effect on the component. Compound Components In React. Compound Components In React. Ichoku Chinonso. 2021-08-27T13:00:00+00:00. 2021-08-27T15:06:54+00:00. What Is A Compound Component? More after jump!

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

While there’s always something to be improved, it’s important to understand when you underperform and need to take action right away. For those emails that contain links, how many links were clicked? Email Testing Flow As It Should Be. Email Testing Flow As It Should Be. Andriy Zapisotskyi. 2021-07-02T10:30:00+00:00. Engagement.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

In this article, we’ll look into common usability issues with disabled buttons, how to fix these issues and when disabling buttons actually makes sense. In this article, we’ll look into common usability issues with disabled buttons, how to fix these issues and when disabling buttons actually makes sense. One of the many.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Smart CSS Solutions For Common UI Challenges written by Cosima Mielke. So I will give you my take on it, all right, and know that if you’re at a conference and you mention this, you could get into a fist fight with someone. Smashing Podcast Episode 42 With Jeff Smith: What Is DevOps? Drew McLellan. 2021-10-19T10:00:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

You’ve probably heard things like: “HTTP/3 is much faster than HTTP/2 when there is packet loss”, or “HTTP/3 connections have less latency and take less time to set up”, and probably “HTTP/3 can send data more quickly and can send more resources in parallel”. HTTP/3 From A To Z: Core Concepts (Part 1). Robin Marx. 2021-08-09T11:00:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

First, we’ll discuss which changes you need to make to your pages and resources to optimally use the new protocols (that’s the easy part). It details how and if you should change your web pages and resources as well. Changes To Pages And Resources. Robin Marx. 2021-09-06T11:00:00+00:00. 2021-09-06T12:37:13+00:00.

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