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Frontend — Understanding CSS Grid: Grid Template Areas — Smashing Magazine

Understanding CSS Grid: Grid Template Areas — Smashing Magazine

In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, Rachel Andrew will learn how to use the grid-template-areas property to define placement on the grid and find out how the property really works. If you haven’t used this layout method before, give it a try. We find that it is a lovely way to experiment with layouts and often use it when prototyping a layout —

RARachel AndrewRachel Andrew·February 12, 2020Frontend
Frontend — The Hooks of React Router

The Hooks of React Router

React Router 5 embraces the power of hooks and has introduced four different hooks to help with routing. You will find this article useful if you are looking

AMAgney MenonAgney Menon·February 11, 2020Frontend
Engineering — How To Book More Appointments And Events With A WordPress Booking Plugin — Smashing Magazine

How To Book More Appointments And Events With A WordPress Booking Plugin — Smashing Magazine

Appointment and event booking can be a time-consuming and tedious task. Business owners don’t want to deal with it and their assistants aren’t always the most effective way to capture or handle this information. Web designers, on the other hand, can help. By using the Amelia booking plugin for WordPress, you can create booking widgets that collect more appointments (and revenue) for your clients.

SSSuzanne ScaccaSuzanne Scacca·February 11, 2020Engineering
Design & UX — Design Systems Blogathon

Design Systems Blogathon

It was fun watching a bunch of back and forth blogging between a bunch of smart people quoting a bunch of smart people last week. If you missed it, you might

CCChris Coyier·February 10, 2020Design & UX
Networking — Building the Web We Want

Building the Web We Want

On the Microsoft Edge team, we’re committed to an open web and helping to drive innovation forward, which is why we’ve kicked off a new initiative in

SSStephanie StimacStephanie Stimac·February 10, 2020Networking
Frontend — An Interview With Rémi Parmentier: A SmashingConf Austin Speaker — Smashing Magazine

An Interview With Rémi Parmentier: A SmashingConf Austin Speaker — Smashing Magazine

SmashingConf is coming to Austin, and in this post, Rachel Andrew brings you an interview with one of our speakers, Rémi Parmentier, who will be presenting on HTML email and aiming to solve all of your email creation woes. You can find all of that content, including a full transcript of the webinar in the post “Become An HTML Email Geek With These Videos From Rémi Parmentier.

RARachel AndrewRachel Andrew·February 10, 2020Frontend
AI & ML — Post: Essilen Research, Fauna, Sisu, Educative, PA File Sight, Etleap, Triplebyte, Stream - High Scalability -

Post: Essilen Research, Fauna, Sisu, Educative, PA File Sight, Etleap, Triplebyte, Stream - High Scalability -

Who's Hiring? * Are you looking to improve how you hire technical talent? Essilen Research's free video series can help. Fix common issues in screening, interviewing, closing and on-boarding. Learn how world-class tech companies crush the hiring game! * Sisu Data is looking for machine learning engineers who are eager to deliver their features end-to-end, from Jupyter notebook to production, and p

HSHigh Scalability·February 9, 2020AI & ML
Networking — Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For February 7th, 2020 - High Scalability -

Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For February 7th, 2020 - High Scalability -

Wake up! It's HighScalability time: .A network visualization of an information operation on Twitter which originated in Russia (Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes) Do you like this sort of Stuff? Your support on Patreon is appreciated more than you can know. I also wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 for everyone who needs to understand the cloud (which is everyo

HSHigh Scalability·February 7, 2020Networking