June 3, 2020When you hear the term “UX Design”, you might conjure up mental images of well designed websites, apps or interfaces. You might picture their beautiful color palettes, engaging animations, or fresh layouts. While these aspects certainly can contribute to a great user experience, the idea of a product that is aesthetically pleasing being one that has a good user experience is a common misconception.An interface that is well...
Consuming REST APIs In React With Fetch And Axios Consuming REST APIs In React With Fetch And Axios Shedrack Akintayo 2020-06-03T10:30:00+00:00 2020-06-03T12:08:08+00:00 Consuming REST APIs in a React Application can be done in various ways, but in this tutorial, we will be discussing how we can consume REST APIs using two of the most popular methods known as Axios (a promise-based HTTP client) and Fetch API (a browser in-built web...
Click! Here: Meet Our New Smashing Book Click! Here: Meet Our New Smashing Book Vitaly Friedman 2020-06-02T12:00:00+00:00 2020-06-02T14:07:49+00:00 You’ve been there before, haven’t you? Perhaps your manager insists on using a dark pattern to trick customers into buying. Or an A/B test has just shown that an annoying pop-up does increase sign-ups. Or maybe you always end up firefighting negative reviews and angry customer inquiries and your calls to action...
Smashing Podcast Episode 17 With Angie Byron: What’s New In Drupal 9? Smashing Podcast Episode 17 With Angie Byron: What’s New In Drupal 9? Drew McLellan 2020-06-02T05:00:00+00:00 2020-06-02T09:35:20+00:00 In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re taking a look at what’s new in Drupal 9. What are the major upcoming changes to this nearly 20-year-old open-source project? Drew McLellan talks to Drupal core committer Angie Byron to find out. Show...
June 1, 2020I have to admit that collaboration is never easy for me. Back in graduate school, most of the projects needed teamwork. I was in a team that everyone had different opinions, and we could bounce ideas for an entire day without any conclusion in which direction to go for. The next day, we would circle back with the same directionless conversation. I was not sure what I could...
React Error Handling And Reporting With Error Boundary And Sentry React Error Handling And Reporting With Error Boundary And Sentry Chidi Orji 2020-06-01T12:00:00+00:00 2020-06-01T13:37:39+00:00 In this article, we’ll look at error boundaries in React. We’ll learn what they are and how to use them to deliver a better user experience, even when something breaks in our app. We’ll also learn how to integrate with Sentry for realtime error monitoring. This...
Explore Your Inner Artist (June 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Explore Your Inner Artist (June 2020 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2020-05-31T06:00:00+00:00 2020-06-01T09:32:39+00:00 There’s an artist in everyone. Some bring their creative ideas to life with digital tools, others capture the perfect moment with a camera or love to grab pen and paper to create little doodles or pieces of lettering. And even if you think you’re far away from being an artist,...
May 29, 2020This is the tale of a designer. A tale that has been told a thousand times. The tale of a young designer armed with energy, enthusiasm and a healthy dose of naïvety.Our hero woke one day, uncharacteristically early, at 4am. Lying on his back, starring out into the dawn sky through a Velux window he wondered, ‘is this is it? I have hit the proverbial glass ceiling and...
Smashing Meets Gives A Sneak Preview Of What To Expect At Live! Smashing Meets Gives A Sneak Preview Of What To Expect At Live! Rachel Andrew 2020-05-29T12:00:00+00:00 2020-05-29T14:03:54+00:00 Last week we had our first Smashing Meets event. A free event across two days and many timezones, with three speakers each day and plenty of chance for attendees to chat and ask questions of the speakers. In addition to brightening your...
Mirage JS Deep Dive: Understanding Factories, Fixtures And Serializers (Part 2) Mirage JS Deep Dive: Understanding Factories, Fixtures And Serializers (Part 2) Kelvin Omereshone 2020-05-29T11:00:00+00:00 2020-05-29T14:03:54+00:00 In the previous article of this series, we understudied Models and Associations as they relate to Mirage. I explained that Models allow us to create dynamic mock data that Mirage would serve to our application when it makes a request to our mock endpoints....
