Writing Better, Type-safe Code with Sorbet - Shopify
I want to talk about one contribution that has takeaways for any Ruby developer. Here are 4 reasons for why we adopted Sorbet for static type checking.
The App Sandbox
Batten down the hatches! The app sandbox is now enabled for all web content. This is a fancy way of saying we’ve dialed up the security of the app. It wasn’t unsafe before, but it’s double safe now. What is the “app sandbox,” what is it protecting against, and why does it matter? This post…
A Practical Guide To Testing React Applications With Jest — Smashing Magazine
Building a well-functioning application requires good testing; otherwise, knowing whether your application works as expected would be a matter of guesswork and luck. Jest is one of the best tools available for testing React applications. In this article, Adeneye David Abiodun will show you everything you need to create a solid test for your React components and application.
Lessons from a 2020 intern assignment
In this blog post, I want to explain the details of the full-stack take home exercise that we sent out to our 2020 internship applicants.
WebP Image Support Coming to iOS 14
Apple announced a ton of new updates at yesterday's WWDC20 keynote address, from new hardware to updated applications. There's lots to gawk at and enough
Let's Make a Multi-Thumb Slider That Calculates The Width Between Thumbs
HTML has an <input type="range">, which is, you could argue, the simplest type of proportion slider. Wherever the thumb of that slider ends up could
How Web Designers Can Help Restaurants Move Into Digital Experiences — Smashing Magazine
We’re at a point now where restaurants can no longer be reluctant or stingy about improving their digital presence. And, as a web designer, this should get you excited. The restaurant industry has begun to undergo a major digital transformation. Those that want to survive will need a website that can handle the new way of operating, which means they can no longer afford to hold onto that cheap web
DNS Records UI
Configure custom DNS Records for your Domains and apply presets. Right in the Web UI.
An Overview of Scroll Technologies
Scroll-related animations have been used on the web for years. In recent years, they’ve started to become more common, perhaps in part due to devices being
Using Custom Property "Stacks" to Tame the Cascade
Since the inception of CSS in 1994, the cascade and inheritance have defined how we design on the web. Both are powerful features but, as authors, we've had
Rough Notation
This is a neat little library. It uses SVG to insert hand-drawn looking annotations to elements (probably text), like underlines and box highlights (there are
New guides on error handling and detecting changes
New developer guides! Come check out two new Dropbox API developer guides and learn about error handling and detecting changes.
Promote consistency across your organization with workflow templates
Now you can create custom workflow templates to promote best practices and consistency across your organization.
AHA Programming 💡
The dangers of DRY, the web of WET, the awesomeness of AHA.
How I Record Educational Videos
My process for making high value-to-minute content.
An Introduction To SWR: React Hooks For Remote Data Fetching — Smashing Magazine
In this article, we’ll be looking at a new way of retrieving data in React Apps named SWR. This is a set of hooks for remote data fetching that makes things easier, such as caching, pagination, and so on.
Just another +1 for subgrid
I'd say 85% of my grid usage is in one of these two categories...
Easing Animations in Canvas
The <canvas> element in HTML and Canvas API in JavaScript combine to form one of the main raster graphics and animation possibilities on the web. A
A Monthly Update On All Things Smashing — Smashing Magazine
Every month, we present an overview of things the Smashing team has been working on — all in one place. We organized Smashing Meets on three days — events that were open to everyone in the web community. With sessions on performance, CSS, GraphQL, and creative courage, we made sure to leave plenty of time for Q&A, networking, competitions and prizes. The past few weeks have been quite challenging:
What Vitruvius Can Teach Us About Web Design — Smashing Magazine
The ancients can teach us a thing or two about design — even web design. The Roman architect Vitruvius had buildings in mind when laying out his golden triad, but its principles are just as applicable to the web as they are to brick and mortar. Today’s article is about architecture, and how some of its core tenets apply to the worldwide web. Architectural terms are not unusual in web development,
Cloudflare and Rackspace Technology Expand Partnership with Managed Services
Last year, Cloudflare announced the planned expansion of our partner program to help managed and professional service partners efficiently engage with Cloudflare and join us in our mission to help build a better Internet.
Why is there a "V" in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault?
My program received a SIGSEGV signal and crashed with "Segmentation Fault" message. Where does the "V" come from? Did I read it wrong? Was there a "Segmentation *V*ault?"? Or did Linux authors make a mistake? Shouldn't the signal be named SIGSEGF?
SQL trickery: Hypothetical aggregates
“If we had this data what would it mean?” - read more about this PostgreSQL technique, what it is good for & how it works.
How to get closer with your developer
Three tips on involving engineers early, from a product designer at Coda.