Best of Smashing MagazineJuly 2021

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    Good Vibes In August (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine

    New month, new wallpapers! In this post, you’ll find unique and inspiring wallpapers for August 2021. Created with love by the community for the community, they come in versions with and without a calendar for the month. The wallpapers are designed to look good on smartphones and tablets.

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    There Is No Such Thing As A CSS Absolute Unit — Smashing Magazine

    absolute units are rooted in physical units, such as pixels, centimeters, and inches. Over the years, all absolute units in CSS have lost their connection to the physical world. Relative units are sized according to other style definitions defined by parent elements or are affected by the size of a parent container.

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    Color Tools And Resources — Smashing Magazine

    We’re shining the spotlight on color tools and resources for all kinds of projects, from all types of color palettes and generators to getting contrast and gradients just right for your projects. This collection is by no means complete, but rather a selection of things that the team at Smashing found useful.

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    It’s A (Front-End Testing) Trap! Six Common Testing Pitfalls And How To Solve Them — Smashing Magazine

    When writing front-end tests, you’ll find a lot of pitfalls along the way. They can lead to lousy maintainability, slow execution time, and — in the worst case — tests you cannot trust. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this article, I will talk about common mistakes developers make, at least in my experience, and, of course, how to avoid them.