Articles by Smashing Magazine from November 2020

reactive variables work with GraphQL Apollo and offer you the same functionality with Redux or Context API without the complexity or extra layers that come with these other tools. A reactive variable ...

Copy docs is a framework that allows product designers and writers to manage their in-product copy in a smart way. In this article, Valeriia Panina shares her experience in how the copy docs technique...

In the product-focused world of development, it can be easy to forget the joy of making for the sake of making. By dropping the Why and How, and focusing instead on the What of weird, wonderful ideas,...

The Vue Testing library can help you to test your applications by mirroring the way that a user would interact with them. Heres everything you need to know if you want to get started right away....

In JavaScript, there are two main ways to handle asynchronous code: then/catch (ES6) and async/await (ES7). These syntaxes give us the same underlying functionality, but they affect readability and sc...

With so much going on, its nice to have an overview of whats new at Smashing — all in one place. Read on to find out whats been keeping the team busy alongside some inspiring community resources...

In a React component, `useState` and `useReducer` can cause your component to re-render each time there is a call to the update functions. In this article, you will find out how to use the `useRef()` ...

In this article, Stephanie dives into the past by going back to the beginning of HTML and tracing the evolution of form controls through to the present and the current state of working with them....

Meet our new practical guide on everything you need to know about TypeScript, its type system, and all its benefits in 50 lessons. Jump to table of contents and get the book right away....

Were asking what it looks like to dogfood the Jamstack at Netlify. Can you deploy an entire app to a CDN? Drew McLellan talks to Netlify Staff Engineer Leslie Cohn-Wein to find out....

Were asking what it looks like to dogfood the Jamstack at Netlify. Can you deploy an entire app to a CDN? Drew McLellan talks to Netlify Staff Engineer Leslie Cohn-Wein to find out....

With the help of this tutorial, you can learn how to create a continuous integration workflow for your Node JS REST API by using GitHub Actions as well as how to report test coverage with Coveralls....

In this article, were going to take a look at some of these new features and how to get started with them. Were also going be taking a look at some of the changes done to the existing features....

In this article, Robin Christopherson talks with experts about COVID, the challenges and opportunities the crisis brings, agile adjustments, digital inclusion, and much more....

In this article, Nefe explains how to authenticate React apps using Auth0. Youll also see how you can set up Social Logins in your apps. ...

In this article, we look at three key parts of a digital store and what you can do to design each to help customers more quickly and effortlessly get to the checkout stage....

`react-three-fiber` is a powerful Three.js renderer that helps render 3D models and animations for React and its native applications. In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure and build 3D mod...

In this article, you will learn what serverless applications are, how they are used on the Google Cloud, and also scenarios in which they can be used in a front-end application....

In this article, you will learn what serverless applications are, how they are used on the Google Cloud, and also scenarios in which they can be used in a front-end application....

In this article, you will be exposed to ApexCharts and to the different types and variants of charts it provides. Along the way, well build several types of charts and learn how we can customize the a...

Internationalization and localization is more than just writing your content in multiple languages. You need a strategy to determine what localization to send, and code to do it. You need to be able t...

Do you have a hard time throwing away mockups, logos and other content youve created for clients? Suzanne Scacca explains four ways to repurpose your unused designs and give them new life....

Were talking about Eleventy. What is it and how does it fit into your Jamstack workflow? Drew McLellan talks to David Darnes to find out....

There is now a specification for native CSS masonry layout, as part of the Grid Layout spec. In this article, Rachel Andrew explains how it works with the help of a couple of demos you can try out in ...

Give your desktop a makeover with this new collection of wallpapers. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers come in versions with and without a calendar for November 2020....