Articles by Smashing Magazine from August 2016

Designers, developers and managers often work with compressed timeframes and multiple projects simultaneously. A team must be able to respond quickly to feedback on their product from clients, project...

  Designers, developers and managers often work with compressed timeframes and multiple projects simultaneously. A team must be able to respond quickly to feedback on their product from clie...

Have you ever opened a website, started reading and, after some time had passed and all assets had finished loading, you found that youve lost your scroll position? I undergo this every day, especiall...

  Have you ever opened a website, started reading and, after some time had passed and all assets had finished loading, you found that youve lost your scroll position? I undergo this every da...

In the last few years, Ive seen a lot of code. As a freelancer working on multiple big projects with a lot of people, youll inevitably see all varieties of code styles. But I also realized how much wr...

  In the last few years, Ive seen a lot of code. As a freelancer working on multiple big projects with a lot of people, youll inevitably see all varieties of code styles. But I also realized...

There is UI animation, and then there is good UI animation. Good animation makes you go Wow! its smooth, beautiful and, most of all, natural, not blocky, rigid or robotic. If you frequent Dribbble or...

  There is UI animation, and then there is good UI animation. Good animation makes you go Wow! — its smooth, beautiful and, most of all, natural, not blocky, rigid or robotic. If you f...

The bar is set high for todays mobile apps. First, apps must meet the standard of quality that app markets expect. Secondly, mobile app users are very demanding. Plenty of alternatives are available t...

  The bar is set high for todays mobile apps. First, apps must meet the standard of quality that app markets expect. Secondly, mobile app users are very demanding. Plenty of alternatives are...

A few months ago, Jason Grigsbys post about autocompletion in forms made the rounds. I loved the idea of allowing users to fill in their credit card details by taking a picture of their card. What I d...

  A few months ago, Jason Grigsbys post about autocompletion in forms made the rounds. I loved the idea of allowing users to fill in their credit card details by taking a picture of their ca...

I recently sat down with Rock Zhang, a Chinese mobile entrepreneur. Rock is my classmate from business school, and we have both worked in the mobile industry for a while. In an age when the best marke...

  I recently sat down with Rock Zhang, a Chinese mobile entrepreneur. Rock is my classmate from business school, and we have both worked in the mobile industry for a while. In an age when th...

There is a lot to learn this week. It starts with non-technical things like going for a walk to refresh your mind and finishes with how to prevent reverse XSS attacks in forms. But it doesnt matter wh...

  There is a lot to learn this week. It starts with non-technical things like going for a walk to refresh your mind and finishes with how to prevent reverse XSS attacks in forms.But it doesn...

One of the upcoming features of JavaScript that I especially like is the support for asynchronous functions. In this article, I would like to show you a very practical example of building a server-sid...

  One of the upcoming features of JavaScript that I especially like is the support for asynchronous functions. In this article, I would like to show you a very practical example of building ...

  One of the upcoming features of JavaScript that I especially like is the support for asynchronous functions. In this article, I would like to show you a very practical example of building ...

It’s been almost five years since Photoshop Etiquette launched, which officially makes it a relic on the web. A lot can happen on the web in a few years, and these past five have illustrated tha...

  Its been almost five years since Photoshop Etiquette launched, which officially makes it a relic on the web. A lot can happen on the web in a few years, and these past five have illustrate...

For some time now, Ive wanted the ability to route paths for a GitHub Pages website to its index.html for handling as a single-page app (SPA). This is table-stakes because such apps require all reques...

  For some time now, Ive wanted the ability to route paths for a GitHub Pages website to its index.html for handling as a single-page app (SPA). This is table-stakes because such apps requir...

Criticism is easy. It seems like everybody has an opinion, but, as the author Harlan Ellison points out, “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion.” ...

  Criticism is easy. It seems like everybody has an opinion, but, as the author Harlan Ellison points out, "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion." ...

Even though we think everything happens in real-time nowadays, we need patience. While technology has been capable of real-time for long now, the bottleneck are human beings. Whether its a pull reques...

  Even though we think everything happens in real-time nowadays, we need patience. While technology has been capable of real-time for long now, the bottleneck are human beings. Whether its a...

Progressive web apps could be the next big thing for the mobile web. Originally proposed by Google in 2015, they have already attracted a lot of attention because of the relative ease of development a...

  Progressive web apps could be the next big thing for the mobile web. Originally proposed by Google in 2015, they have already attracted a lot of attention because of the relative ease of d...

Dariel Fitzkee, the famous magician, once said, Magic is both in the details and in the performance. Interaction design is just like that. Designers love to get the big picture right, but if the detai...

  Dariel Fitzkee, the famous magician, once said, Magic is both in the details and in the performance. Interaction design is just like that. Designers love to get the big picture right, but ...

We’ve all been there. You spent months gathering business requirements, working out complex user journeys, crafting precision interface elements and testing them on a representative sample of us...

  We've all been there. You spent months gathering business requirements, working out complex user journeys, crafting precision interface elements and testing them on a representative sample...

One of the hardest decisions to make when starting a new app is which platforms to target. A mobile app gives you more control and better performance but isnt as universal as the web. If youre making ...

  One of the hardest decisions to make when starting a new app is which platforms to target. A mobile app gives you more control and better performance but isnt as universal as the web. If y...

I shut down my browser on Wednesday, accidentally having a setting switched on that clears history and all sessions. First, I was sad to have lost many tabs with articles I stored for later. At the sa...

  I shut down my browser on Wednesday, accidentally having a setting switched on that clears history and all sessions. First, I was sad to have lost many tabs with articles I stored for late...

Its been quite a journey for this very sentence to wind up on this little website. Not many people know it, but every single Smashing article goes through a thorough editorial review, including multip...

How about trying a very different drawing technique or illustration style for your next project? Maybe a weird geometric shape? Or a more abstract form? Or a retro-futuristic color scheme? Not sure ab...

  Its been quite a journey for this very sentence to wind up on this little website. Not many people know it, but every single Smashing article goes through a thorough editorial review, incl...

  How about trying a very different drawing technique or illustration style for your next project? Maybe a weird geometric shape? Or a more abstract form? Or a retro-futuristic color scheme?...

Recently, Ive been working on an isomorphic React website. This website was developed using React, running on an Express server. Everything was going well, but I still wasnt satisfied with a load-bloc...

  Recently, Ive been working on an isomorphic React website. This website was developed using React, running on an Express server. Everything was going well, but I still wasnt satisfied with...

In this little tutorial, Im going to share some tips I recently followed to build a fun demo for the Build 2016 conference. The idea was to create a small 8-bit drum machine, with 8-bit sounds and gra...

Static site generators are pretty en vogue nowadays. It is as if developers around the world are suddenly realizing that, for most websites, a simple build process is easy enough to render the last 20...

  In this little tutorial, Im going to share some tips I recently followed to build a fun demo for the Build 2016 conference. The idea was to create a small 8-bit drum machine, with 8-bit so...

  Static site generators are pretty en vogue nowadays. It is as if developers around the world are suddenly realizing that, for most websites, a simple build process is easy enough to render...

The two charts pictured below changed the way I think about thinking. Rebproduced from a classic 1996 psychology study, the story behind these charts is a vivid illustration that the way we humans fee...

  The two charts pictured below changed the way I think about thinking. Reproduced from a classic 1996 psychology study, the story behind these charts is a vivid illustration that the way we...

Since eight years, our monthly desktop wallpapers challenge is a Smashing favorite that wouldnt be possible without the tireless efforts of talented designers and artists from across the globe. On a q...

  Since eight years, our monthly desktop wallpapers challenge is a Smashing favorite that wouldnt be possible without the tireless efforts of talented designers and artists from across the g...