In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we ask what is Customer Experience design, and how does it differ from User Experience design? Vitaly Friedman talks to expert Debbie Levitt to find out.In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we…
Just a few beautiful, well-crafted fonts for headings and body text that you probably haven’t spotted before. Free for personal and commercial use. Enjoy!Not every project has the budget to spend a lot of money on fonts. But that doesn’t…
In this article, William Lyon explores how to build a full stack GraphQL application that takes advantage of the API Routes feature of Next.js API to combine your GraphQL server and front-end React applications into a single framework.Recently I was…
In this article, Jan Amann, based on an example of a multilingual app that displays street photography images from Unsplash, explores next-intl to implement all internationalization needs in React Server Components and shares a technique for introducing interactivity with a…
Perhaps more than any other person in history, Leonardo da Vinci showed the kind of magic that can happen in the overlap between art and science, where much of web development lives. His methods and outlooks are just as applicable…
Even a small amount of user research can save so much time. Instead of telling you once again what the best practice is and adding to your imposter syndrome, let’s concentrate on some practical approaches to user research that we…
Chances are, we will have to build a complex form at least once in our software engineering journey. This article goes over creating a complex form that can be progressively enhanced using some Vue features like the v-for and the…
Let’s explore what could be your solution if you are working with a complex, highly connected dataset or would like to futureproof your project against complicated database migrations and refactoring in the future. In this article, Adam Cowley examines the…
In this article, Paul Scanlon shares a super lightweight approach to creating a Donut chart using conic-gradient(). There are no additional libraries to install or maintain, and there’s no heavy JavaScript that needs to be downloaded by the browser in…
We have invoicing apps and scheduling tools. Some resources will save you the trouble of hiring a designer or developer. And there are some really helpful testing and prototyping tools. Glaze Glaze is a collection of modern illustrations that are free to…