Best of Smashing Magazine β€” 2023

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    Top Front-End Tools Of 2022 β€” Smashing Magazine

    Top Front-End Tools Of 2022 are the most popular tools in the developer community. Almost all of these tools are practical tools you can use in your projects today. Piling.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to build interfaces where large amounts of items can be dragged and dropped into β€œpiles” It’s built on top of PixiJS.

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    State of Usability In 2023 🎊 β€” Smashing Magazine

    People are very, very good at finding loopholes and shortcuts to make things work best for them. This article is part of our ongoing series on design patterns. It’s also a part of the 4-weeks live UX training and will be available in our 9h-video course on UX as well.

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    A Few Ways CSS Is Easier To Write In 2023 β€” Smashing Magazine

    CSS in 2023 has become easier to write due to the introduction of new features that work together to make styles more succinct and resilient. Some of these features include the use of logical properties, efficient style groups, and trimming superfluous spacing. CSS also offers solutions for centering elements, maintaining proportions, creating hover effects, managing color palettes, and managing line lengths.

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    How To Build Server-Side Rendered (SSR) Svelte Apps With SvelteKit β€” Smashing Magazine

    How To Build Server-Side Rendered (SSR) Svelte Apps With SveltKit is a server-side rendering and client-side app. SvelterKit streamlines things by handling of complexity of the server and client on its own, allowing you to focus squarely on developing the app.

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    Free Fonts For Interface Designers β€” Smashing Magazine

    Discover a collection of free fonts for interface designers that are suitable for both personal and commercial projects. These fonts offer versatility, readability, and the ability to make a bold statement. Check out these fonts and elevate your design without breaking the budget.

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    Revealing Images With CSS Mask Animations β€” Smashing Magazine

    Revealing Images With CSS Mask Animations - Smashing Magazine Revealing images with CSS mask Animations. We harness the power of CSS to accomplish complex hover transitions. Through different demos, you will see how CSS masks combined with gradients allow us to create fancy effects with efficient, reusable code.

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    Write Better CSS By Borrowing Ideas From JavaScript Functions β€” Smashing Magazine

    Write Better CSS By Borrowing Ideas from JavaScript Functions - Smashing Magazine write Better CSS. Write CSS that is easy to use, free from unwanted side effects, and resilient to change. The goal is toggling between an state and an state of the function.

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    The Safest Way To Hide Your API Keys When Using React β€” Smashing Magazine

    The Safest Way To Hide your API Keys When Using React is the Safest way to hide your API keys when using React. Use a back-end proxy server to access the API from the front-end server. Back-end Proxy Server can be an excellent way to protect your API key.

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    Learning JavaScript With Imagination β€” Smashing Magazine

    Learning JavaScript With Imagination - Smashing Magazine Learning JavaScript with Imagination. The book was written in Marijn Habernecker’s classic book, Eloquent JavaScript. It says: β€œYou should imagine bindings as tentacles rather than boxes. They do not contain values; they grasp them β€” two bindings can refer to the same value.

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    Designing Web Design Documentation β€” Smashing Magazine

    This article emphasizes the importance and benefits of design documentation in the field of web design. It highlights the need for clear and accessible documentation that reflects the hybrid nature of digital design. The article provides key considerations and resources for creating design documentation and emphasizes the importance of collaboration, use cases, language, and aesthetics. It also advocates for publishing and maintaining design documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.