Frameworks, while helpful, encourage developers to bundle more code in a very minimal setting. Sometimes this can be a lack of understanding of the impact, but at least you can make your site faster. You don’t need a framework for everything, but if you use one, this article will help you use it in the most performant way. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/data-loading-patterns-improve-frontend-performance/
SmashingConf NYC is back! A friendly, inclusive conference for designers and front-end engineers who can’t wait to learn and be inspired. October 10–13, 2022. Get your ticket! https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/meet-smashingconf-new-york/
In this article, Dave Feldman shares his lessons learned and the experiments has done as a multidisciplinary designer-founder-CEO at an early-stage startup. Let’s take a look at what it is that makes a great design process for teams of any size. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/lessons-learned-designer-founder/
If you’re considering learning Angular, this article sums up what William Juan wished he knew when he started, including the mistakes made and lessons learned the hard way. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/angular-guide/
Inline validation in web forms is useful when it works, but frustrating when it fails. Too often it leads to an endless stream of disruptive error messages or dead-ends without any chance of getting out. Let’s fix it. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/inline-validation-web-forms-ux/
In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re talking about HTML email. Do we still have to design like we would for IE5? Vitaly talks to expert Rémi Parmentier to find out. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/smashing-podcast-episode-53/
Gatsby has evolved quite dramatically in the last two years. In this article, Paul Scanlon explains what Gatsby can do today, and how he used some of the new features when upgrading his personal website from Gatsby 2 to Gatsby 4. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/new-gatsby-2022/
In today’s article, Andrico Karoulla explains how to create a cool draggable effect by listening to the drag events and writing some custom logic inside the handlers. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/building-retro-draggable-web-component-using-lit/
How can companies change their rating and review systems to better benefit users? Matt Athanasiou shares some steps to improve the experience of reviewing literature and other products — while also building stronger connections. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/rethinking-star-ratings-readers/
Do you want to make your new website as accessible as possible? Amazing, that’s a great mindset! Let’s have a closer look at the factors you should take into consideration when choosing a content management system (CMS) in terms of web accessibility. https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/accessibility-times-headless/