Get Started With Node: An Introduction To APIs, HTTP And ES6+ JavaScript Get Started With Node: An Introduction To APIs, HTTP And ES6+ JavaScript Jamie Corkhill 2019-02-20T14:00:53+01:00 2019-02-21T12:24:50+00:00 You’ve probably heard of Node.js as being an “asynchronous JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine”, and that it “uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that…
How A Screen Reader User Accesses The Web: A Smashing Video How A Screen Reader User Accesses The Web: A Smashing Video Bruce Lawson 2019-02-18T14:00:32+01:00 2019-02-19T12:20:32+00:00 Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting a Smashing TV webinar with Léonie Watson on how a screen reader user accesses the web. In the talk, Léonie…
Styling An Angular Application With Bootstrap Styling An Angular Application With Bootstrap Ahmed Bouchefra 2019-02-18T13:00:19+01:00 2019-02-19T12:20:32+00:00 In case you’ve already tried building a web application with Angular 7, it’s time to kick it up a notch. Let’s see how we can integrate Bootstrap CSS styles and JavaScript files with an Angular project generated using the…
Monthly Web Development Update 2/2019: Web Authentication And The Problem With UX Monthly Web Development Update 2/2019: Web Authentication And The Problem With UX Anselm Hannemann 2019-02-15T11:42:15+01:00 2019-02-15T12:04:43+00:00 The only constant in life is change, they say. And it’s true, even if we think nothing changes at all. Whether you notice change or not is…
Managing Image Breakpoints With Angular Managing Image Breakpoints With Angular Tamas Piros 2019-02-14T13:00:08+01:00 2019-02-14T12:05:03+00:00 As web developers, we are often required to create applications that are responsive as well as media-rich. Having such requirements in place means that we need to work with image breakpoints, as well as media queries since we want to provide…
An Introduction To WebBluetooth An Introduction To WebBluetooth Niels Leenheer 2019-02-13T13:00:51+01:00 2019-02-13T12:09:44+00:00 With Progressive Web Apps, the web has been ever more closely moving towards native apps. However, with the added benefits that are inherent to the web such as privacy and cross-platform compatibility. The web has traditionally been fantastic about talking to servers on…
Webhosting Compared: Testing The Uptime Of 32 Hosts In 2018 Webhosting Compared: Testing The Uptime Of 32 Hosts In 2018 John Stevens 2019-02-12T12:00:22+01:00 2019-02-12T12:26:50+00:00 (This is a sponsored article.) Many surveys have indicated that uptime is number one factor when choosing a web host and although most, if not all, web hosting services “promise” 99.99%…
A/B Testing For Mobile-First Experiences A/B Testing For Mobile-First Experiences Suzanne Scacca 2019-02-11T12:00:26+01:00 2019-02-11T12:04:15+00:00 Your client’s website is done. They’re thrilled with it. You and your team are satisfied with the results. And visitor reception looks good so far. While I recognize that a lot of research, experimentation, analysis and review went into the creation…
New JavaScript Features That Will Change How You Write Regex New JavaScript Features That Will Change How You Write Regex Faraz Kelhini 2019-02-08T13:00:32+01:00 2019-02-08T12:33:17+00:00 There’s a good reason the majority of programming languages support regular expressions: they are extremely powerful tools for manipulating text. Text processing tasks that require dozens of lines of code can…
How People Make Decisions How People Make Decisions Susan Weinschenk 2019-02-07T13:30:37+01:00 2019-02-08T12:33:17+00:00 (This article is sponsored by Adobe.) Kelly’s in charge of choosing IT cloud services at her company. She has signed the company up for a chatbot service, and has had the “Pro” level service (not the “Free” or “Standard”) for two years. It’s…
