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Frontend — JavaScript Operator Lookup

JavaScript Operator Lookup

Okay, this is extremely neat: Josh Comeau made this great site called Operator Lookup that explains how JavaScript operators work. There are some code

RRRobin RendleRobin Rendle·November 9, 2020Frontend
Frontend — A Dive Into React And Three.js Using react-three-fiber — Smashing Magazine

A Dive Into React And Three.js Using react-three-fiber — Smashing Magazine

`react-three-fiber` is a powerful Three.js renderer that helps render 3D models and animations for React and its native applications. Today, Fortune Ikechi is going to show you how to configure and use react-three-fiber for building and displaying 3D models and animations in React and React Native applications. By building our 3D ludo dice box, you’ll learn about the basics of Three.js alongside i

FIFortune Ikechi·November 9, 2020Frontend
Distributed — Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For November 6th, 2020 - High Scalability -

Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For November 6th, 2020 - High Scalability -

Hey, no power outages this week, so it's finally HighScalability time! Stunning: Tycho Crater Region with Colours by Alain Paillou Do you like this sort of Stuff? Without your support on Patreon this Stuff won't happen. Know someone who could benefit from becoming one with the cloud? I wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 just for them. On Amazon it has 189 mostly 5 star reviews. Here's a 100% lact

HSHigh Scalability·November 6, 2020Distributed
Engineering — Building Serverless Front-End Applications Using Google Cloud Platform — Smashing Magazine

Building Serverless Front-End Applications Using Google Cloud Platform — Smashing Magazine

The use of serverless applications by developers to handle the business logic of their applications in on the high increase, but how does the Google Cloud — a major service provider within the public cloud — allow developers to manage serverless applications? In this article, you will learn what serverless applications are, how they are used on the Google Cloud, and also scenarios in which they ca

NVNwani VictoryNwani Victory·November 6, 2020Engineering
Frontend — Quick LocalStorage Usage in Vue

Quick LocalStorage Usage in Vue

localStorage can be an incredibly useful tool in creating experiences for applications, extensions, documentation, and a variety of use cases. I've personally

SDSarah DrasnerSarah Drasner·November 5, 2020Frontend
Engineering — Data Visualization With ApexCharts — Smashing Magazine

Data Visualization With ApexCharts — Smashing Magazine

In this article, you will be exposed to ApexCharts and to the different types and variants of charts it provides. Along the way, we’ll build several types of charts and learn how we can customize the appearance of our charts. By the end of the article, you will be able to integrate different types and variants of chats in your applications with ApexCharts.

NENefe Emadamerho AtoriNefe Emadamerho Atori·November 5, 2020Engineering
Design & UX — Internationalization And Localization For Static Sites — Smashing Magazine

Internationalization And Localization For Static Sites — Smashing Magazine

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 to support not just different languages, but different regions with the same language. Your UI needs to be responsive, not just to screen size, but to different languages and writing modes. Your conten

SRSam RichardSam Richard·November 4, 2020Design & UX
Engineering — What Can Web Designers Do With Their Unused Designs? — Smashing Magazine

What Can Web Designers Do With Their Unused Designs? — Smashing Magazine

Do you have a hard time throwing away mockups, logos and other content you’ve created for clients? The good news is that you don’t have to see rejected or unused designs as a sign of failure or waste. You can actually repurpose them and give them new life on other projects, for other customers, and even within your own business. I’ll explain four ways to do this in this post.

SSSuzanne ScaccaSuzanne Scacca·November 3, 2020Engineering