Articles by Smashing Magazine from June 2021

Static Generation is great for performance, but not until the app gets too big and build-times go through the roof. Today, well have a look at how Netlifys fresh On-Demand Builders can fix that. Addit...

In this episode, were talking about Chakra UI. What is it and how can it help with your React projects? Drew McLellan talks to expert Mike Cavalier to find out....

In this episode, were talking about Chakra UI. What is it and how can it help with your React projects? Drew McLellan talks to expert Mike Cavaliere to find out....

In this article, Manuel explains why Emmet is one of his favorite productivity tools for writing HTML and CSS, and how you can create custom Emmet snippets in Visual Studio Code to help you improve yo...

This article explains how we can connect different types of content in a Next.js application. With this technique, we can add any kind of one-to-one, one-to-many, or even many-to-many relationship to ...

This article is a case study of how a UX audit affects a UI. It explains how a famous educational platform can be analyzed edX against Jakob Nielsens usability guidelines. To get started, Mark Lankmil...

In the dynamic and unpredictable environments in which we work, even the most carefully crafted solutions can have a short shelf life. When we accept that our work is impermanent and our problem-solvi...

Frontend and design are remarkably complex these days. Thats why we invite kind, smart folks from the community to run [online workshops](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/) for all of us to l...

Automated testing is an important part of any software project, including testing for accessibility. There are already tools for linting and integration testing accessibility, but what about end-to-en...

After years of innovation in both tools and processes, the struggle between design and development is still real. This article focuses on the best practices for improving the design to development pro...

Do you have to process data manually because it is served through images or scanned documents? An image-to-text conversion makes it possible to extract text from images to automate the processing of t...

Voice assistants are currently the most popular use case for voice user interfaces. However, due to the bad feedback loop resulting from voice assistants can only solve simple user tasks such as setti...

Next.js has a file-based routing system in which each page automatically becomes a route based on its file name. This article will guide you through almost everything you need to know about Routing in...

Image placement on the modern web is highly intentional, helping to communicate the overall purpose of a page or view. This means that nearly every image you declare needs to have an alternate descrip...

In a new short series of posts, we highlight some of the useful tools and techniques for developers and designers. Recently weve covered HTML Emails and SVG Generators. This time we look into differen...

When developing themes and plugins for WordPress, we need to test them in different environments. How can we create multiple testing sites on our computer, quickly and easily, without having to become...

In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, were talking about image optimization. What steps should we follow for performant images in 2021? We talk to expert Addy Osmani to find out....

Spoiler alert: tooltips, modals, tabs, carousels, and dropdown menus are some of the user interface components that require more than CSS. To ensure accessibility of your interface, JavaScript is a ne...

Design often revolves around visuals, but the other senses deserve love too. In this article, we tune in to audio features that are making sites sing....

We dont need to write everything from scratch every single time. With boilerplates and starter kits, we can set up our projects faster, and get to work immediately....

Building a faster website can be a rocket task these days. There are so many things to consider, so its challenging to get everything right. Here are some less-known tools that might help you get ther...

What makes relational selector one of the most requested features and how are we, as developers, working around not having it? In this article, were going to check the early spec of the :has selector,...

Its here! For the last year, weve been working with Addy Osmani on a new Smashing Book all around image optimization. And now its here. Meet Image Optimization, our deep-dive guide to understand how t...

In this guide, well be taking a general look at the concepts of forward geocoding and reverse geocoding, and will build a mini-app that applies these concepts to display specific locations, using Mapb...

Modern browsers provide good support for JavaScript modules, but module bundlers such as webpack stay a critical part of the JavaScript toolchain. Lets take a deep dive into what webpack is and how to...

Writing large-scale Vue applications can be a challenge. In this article, Shawn Wildermuth dives into the pros and cons of approaches like factories, shared objects, and using Vuex. He also explains w...

Googles Core Web Vitals initiative has taken the SEO and Web Performance worlds by storm and many sites are busy optimizing their Page Experience to maximize the ranking factor. The Cumulative Layout ...

Getting a good performance score from Google is hard for any website — but doing so for an online store is even harder. We achieved green scores — even several for mobile. Here is how we d...

In this episode, were talking about React performance. What factors slow our React apps down, and how can we fix it? Drew McLellan talks to expert Ivan Akulov to find out....

Amazon allows visitors to display prices in their own currency. Thanks to [ExchangeRatesApi.io](https://exchangeratesapi.io/?utm_source=SmashingMagazine&utm_medium=ThirdParties&utm_content=Article-exc...

What could be a better way to welcome June than with some colorful inspiration? Well, we might have something for you: wallpapers created with love by artists and designers from across the globe....