July 30, 2021 — Having an e-commerce store is crucial for any store owner as more and more customers are turning to online shopping. In this article, Zara Cooper will cover how to build an e-commerce store using Angular 11. You shall use Commerce Layer as our headless e-commerce API. Although there may be tonnes of ways to process payments, she’ll demonstrate how to use just one, Paypal. Read more…

July 29, 2021 — What are absolute units? What are the differences between relative and absolute units, and how do we create accurate sizes on the web? It’s important to note that there are still significant differences between relative and absolute units. CSS relative units are sized according to other style definitions defined by parent elements or are affected by the size of a parent container. As for absolute units, we will dive in and see how they are affected by other things, such as the screen and the device’s operating system. In this article, Elad Shechter explains why CSS absolute units aren’t so absolute. Read more…

July 28, 2021 — Dialogs are everywhere in modern interface design (for good or for bad), and yet many of them are not accessible to assistive technologies. In this post, Kitty Giraudel is going to write a small JavaScript library for authoring accessible dialogs from the very beginning. The goal is to understand what goes into it. She’s not going to deal with styling too much, just the JavaScript part. Read more…

July 27, 2021 — Next.js has strong opinions about how to organize JavaScript but not CSS. How can we develop patterns that encourage best CSS practices while also following the framework’s logic? The answer is surprisingly simple — to write well-structured CSS that balances global and local styling concerns. In this article, Alexander Dubovoy will build a website (a tea shop!) to demonstrate these patterns. Read more…

July 26, 2021 — Gatsby recently announced the launch of “functions”. In this article, Paul Scanlon explains how to get the current location of the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbits the Earth in real-time using Gatsby Functions and then display it on a 3D interactive globe using React Three Fibre. Read more…

July 23, 2021 — Word-of-mouth recommendation is an incredibly desirable way to win work. It requires zero marketing efforts and typically converts at a higher rate as your agency has been recommended. However, you should never rely on word of mouth alone. Many web design agencies consider it a badge of honor that they win work exclusively through word-of-mouth recommendations. In this article, Paul Boag explains why that is entirely the wrong attitude and what to do about it. Read more…

July 22, 2021 — Are you running a business and have too many things going on at once? Meetings, bugs, customer feedback, new clients in addition to your already tight deadlines? Let’s face it, time management is hard, and it becomes even more difficult in the trying times we are in. Here’s how tools like Trafft that have meeting scheduling software capabilities can be used to easily set up our calendars to allow clients to book time with us directly. Read more…

July 21, 2021 — Do you need a little inspiration boost? We’ve collected some useful color tools and resources that we’ve discovered lately — to help you get the most out of your creativity. We’ve also just recently covered CSS auditing tools, CSS generators, accessible front-end components, front-end boilerplates and VS code extensions — you might find them useful, too. Read more…

July 20, 2021 — In this article, Alba Silvente will take a look at when it makes sense to migrate from a monolithic project to a headless setup and the benefits that come with it. In addition to a step-by-step guide on how to migrate WordPress to Storyblok Headless CMS, the problems that will arise during the process and how to deal with them. Read more…

July 19, 2021 — A critical part of any developer’s workflow is definitely testing. It helps us to ensure that our project is going to maintain a high level of quality, as well as prevent any pesky bugs from getting out into the wild. By adding visual elements to your tests, you can gain more options to add meaningful ways in maintaining a high level of quality for your app. In this article, Colby Fayock explains how. Read more…