Around a year ago, while working at a digital agency, I was given the objective of streamlining our UX design process. Twelve months later, this article shares my thoughts and experiences on **how lean thinking helped to instill efficiencies** within our…

Grunt & Gulp are still pointless, here's how I use npm instead.

With all the high profile hacks in the news lately, I thought an overview of Rails security essentials would be timely.

We have 50 free JavaScript plugins for creating sliders, image galleries, responsive menus, modal windows, and many other common components and uses.

All creatures have a distinct way of perceiving the world around them. Dogs have an impressive sense of smell. Eagles have the uncanny ability to see their prey from a...

Recently, I decided to rebuild my personal website, because it was six years old and looked — politely speaking — a little bit “outdated.” The goal was to include some information about myself, a blog area, a list of my recent side projects, and upcoming…

If you're a web design client, there are a few key web design areas you should focus on, and endeavour to fully know about and understand.

Brad Denver explains how sitepoint.com does universal react rendering by using a Node.js proxy to pre-render components in content coming from WordPress.

By using the shadow DOM, you can encapsulate the web component and not have to worry about specificity wars with any other style sheet on the page. However, web components and style guides currently seem to be at odds with each other. How can the two co-exist…

With the holidays almost here and the new year already in sight, December is a time to slow down, an occasion to reflect and plan ahead. To help us escape the everyday hectic for a bit and sweeten our days with a delightful little surprise each day up to…

We have a step-by-step guide on how a freelance web designer can build and grow their personal brand that will cost almost nothing to implement.

Rachel Andrew opens the door on next generation CSS to bring us tidings of Grid joy. But rest not on your laurels, we must look to what comes next for the specification. Gold may be just around the corner, but whence will the frankincense and myrrh appear?

Only one week left until Christmas, and people already start freaking out again. No gifts purchased yet, work isn’t finished either, and suddenly some budget has to be spent until the end of the year. All of this **puts us under pressure**. To avoid the stress…

We have a step-by-step guide on how a freelance web designer can build and grow their personal brand that will cost almost nothing to implement.

Control your team git process with custom commands and magic

:dragon: A tool for managing JavaScript projects with multiple packages. - lerna/lerna

This week’s Designer News (N.365) includes a vanilla JavaScript challenge, help with client emails, a JS testing framework, the ultimate guide to web fonts and more.

How to Write Better Tests

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