Finding Inspiration In The Simple Things (July 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Finding Inspiration In The Simple Things (July 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2020-06-30T09:00:00+00:00 2020-06-30T12:33:55+00:00 The smell of rain after a hot day, watching the moon rise on a summer night’s sky, going for a swim — often it’s the simple experiences that inspire us and…
Smashing Podcast Episode 19 With Andy Bell: What Is CUBE CSS? Smashing Podcast Episode 19 With Andy Bell: What Is CUBE CSS? Drew McLellan 2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00 2020-06-30T12:33:55+00:00 Today, we’re talking about CUBE CSS. What is it, and how does it differ from approaches such as BEM, SMACSS, and OOCSS? I spoke to its creator, Andy Bell,…
Inspired Design Decisions With Giovanni Pintori: Publicity Becomes An Art Form Inspired Design Decisions With Giovanni Pintori: Publicity Becomes An Art Form Andrew Clarke 2020-06-26T14:00:00+00:00 2020-06-27T12:34:33+00:00 With one or two occasional exceptions, I’ve spent the past twenty-two years designing for countless clients. A few of these projects lasted a year, some several months, but the…
Django Highlights: Wrangling Static Assets And Media Files (Part 4) Django Highlights: Wrangling Static Assets And Media Files (Part 4) Philip Kiely 2020-06-25T12:30:00+00:00 2020-06-26T12:34:49+00:00 Django websites involve a lot of files. It’s not just source code for the configuration, models, views, and templates, but also static assets: CSS and JavaScript, images, icons. As if that…
Practical Guide To Testing React Applications With Jest Practical Guide To Testing React Applications With Jest Adeneye David Abiodun 2020-06-24T12:00:00+00:00 2020-06-24T12:36:44+00:00 In this article, I’m going to introduce you to a React testing tool named Jest, along with the popular library Enzyme, which is designed to test React components. I’ll introduce you to Jest testing…
How Web Designers Can Help Restaurants Move Into Digital Experiences How Web Designers Can Help Restaurants Move Into Digital Experiences Suzanne Scacca 2020-06-23T12:00:00+00:00 2020-06-23T12:41:09+00:00 As much as I’ve always loved the experience of going out to eat and ordering in takeout, it’s very rare that I enjoy visiting a restaurant’s website. But I get it….
An Introduction To SWR: React Hooks For Remote Data Fetching An Introduction To SWR: React Hooks For Remote Data Fetching Ibrahima Ndaw 2020-06-22T12:00:00+00:00 2020-06-22T12:34:07+00:00 SWR is a lightweight library created by Vercel (formerly ZEIT) that allows fetching, caching, or refetching data in realtime using React Hooks. It’s built with React Suspense which lets your components…
A Monthly Update On All Things Smashing A Monthly Update On All Things Smashing Iris Lješnjanin 2020-06-19T18:00:00+00:00 2020-06-20T12:35:31+00:00 The entire Smashing team has been doing its very best to bring you live sessions with real experts — people with practical experience who love to share what they have learned throughout their careers. We organized Smashing…
What Vitruvius Can Teach Us About Web Design What Vitruvius Can Teach Us About Web Design Frederick O’Brien 2020-06-19T10:00:00+00:00 2020-06-19T12:35:07+00:00 There’s no escaping the ancient masters. Their shadows loom large over philosophy, literature, architecture, warfare, and… web design? Believe it or not, yes. Although Plato infamously omitted CSS Grid from from the final draft of…
Solving Common Cross-Platform Issues When Working With Flutter Solving Common Cross-Platform Issues When Working With Flutter Carmine Zaccagnino 2020-06-18T10:30:00+00:00 2020-06-18T12:34:14+00:00 I’ve seen a lot of confusion online regarding Web development with Flutter and, often, it’s sadly for the wrong reasons. Specifically, people sometimes confuse it with the older Web-based mobile (and desktop) cross-platform frameworks, which…
