About The Author Juggling between three languages on a daily basis, Iris is known for her love of linguistics, arts, web design and typography, as well as her goldmine of … More about Iris …[1] What’s new at Smashing? When’s the next event? Did you miss out on anything? Don’t worry, you’ll find everything gathered here in one place so you don’t need to have a hundred tabs open. (Yes, it has been that busy!) Well, I guess we...
About The Author Jhey makes awesome things for awesome people! He’s a web developer with almost 10 years of experience. Working with and for names such as Eurostar, Uber, … More about Jhey …[1] With so much pressure to be our best selves and use every waking moment to develop skills, it’s easy to lose track of our own wellbeing. Self-improvement and commitment to your craft are great — but only if you find the right balance. In fields...
About The Author Shedrack Akintayo is a software engineer from Lagos, Nigeria, who has a love for community building, open source and creating content and tech for the next … More about Shedrack …[1] Since React was introduced, it has transformed the way front-end developers build web applications, and its virtual DOM is famous for effectively rendering components. In this tutorial, we will discuss various methods of optimizing performance in React applications, and also the features of React...
About The Author Mike is a Ruby on Rails Developer based in the south of the UK, who is currently bootstrapping his own startup. He loves crafting blazing fast applications, … More about Mike …[1] In this article, Mike Rogers will introduce you to Stimulus, a modest JavaScript framework that compliments your existing HTML. By the end, you’ll have an understanding of the premise of Stimulus and why it’s a useful tool to have in your backpack. The web...
About The Author Rachel Andrew is not only Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including … More about Rachel Andrew …[1] We’re moving all of the 2020 conferences online. We hope this means that more of you can join us for these great line-ups! 2020 has been quite the year, and it’s only July. None of us can be certain what the...
About The Author Suzanne Scacca is a former WordPress implementer, trainer and agency manager who now works as a freelance copywriter. She specializes in crafting marketing, web … More about Suzanne Scacca …[1] The Scrabble GO, Instacart and YouTube mobile apps have recently undergone disruptive redesigns. Were they worth it in the end? Judging by their users’ reactions, the answer to that is “No”. But that doesn’t mean that redesigns or design tweaks are a bad idea after...
We’re talking about Gatsby. What is it and how does it fit into your web development stack? Drew McLellan talks to expert Marcy Sutton to find out. Today, we’re talking about Gatsby. What is it and how does it fit into your web development stack? Drew McLellan talks to expert Marcy Sutton to find out. Show Notes Weekly Update Transcript Drew McLellan: She is the lead engineer on the Developer Relations team at Gatsby. Previously, she worked on the open source...
About The Author Rachel Andrew is not only Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including … More about Rachel Andrew …[1] Rachel Andrew takes a look at a new effort to crowdfund the costs of implementing browser features. In my last post[2], I described some interesting CSS features — some of which are only available in one browser. Most web developers have...
About The Author Front-end engineer passionate about performance and bleeding-edge technologies. More about Ademola …[1] There is a high possibility that a lot of components in your React application will have to make calls to an API to retrieve data that will be displayed to your users. It’s already possible to do that using the componentDidMount() lifecycle method, but with the introduction of Hooks, you can build a custom hook that will fetch and cache the data for...
You just read the title of this article and you didn’t even think twice about it. When we read, we don’t even realize that we’re reading and doing something incredible. Something so simple, so insignificant to us, is an entirely vital part of life. Something we do all day long and don’t pay any attention to it. Did you know that 18% percent of New Yorkers face the daily struggle of illiteracy? Think about what life would be like if you...
