Film credits, brand logos, posters… Saul Bass did it all, and the principles that informed his work are just as valuable now as they were 50 years ago. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/saul-bass-teach-web-design/
Headless CMS is a powerful and easy way to manage content and access API. Built on React, Sanity.io is a seamless tool for flexible content management. It can be used to build simple to complex applications from the ground up. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/web-app-react-redux-sanity-io/
In this article, Tobias explores some of the less known but very useful features in Git. You’ll learn how to recover deleted commits, clean up your commit history, use submodules to manage third-party code and compose commits with precision — along with a friendly Git cheat sheet. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/getting-the-most-out-of-git/
In this episode, we’re talking about HTML controls. Why are they so hard to style, and how might that change in the future? Drew McLellan talks to Microsoft’s Stephanie Stimac and Melanie Richards to find out. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/smashing-podcast-episode-35/
Wrangling z-index values is a difficult task for many developers. Here is an easy-to-implement mini-framework based on existing conventions that brings clarity and confidence to working with z-index. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/css-z-index-large-projects/
Remote work is taking over the world, and the biggest obstacle remote teams face is emulating the natural communication that happens at the office. In this article, Obed Parlapiano shares his advice and tips on how to improve your team’s communication and productivity by creating habits and processes focused on improving collaboration. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/improve-team-communication-age-remote-work/
Tooltips are powerful design patterns implemented to enhance the design experience by providing additional information precisely when users need it. Sometimes, however, tooltips are obtrusive, especially on mobile devices where available space is at a premium. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/designing-tooltips-mobile-user-interfaces/
On your list of places where people might access your web app, “Microsoft Teams” is probably number “not-on-the-list”. But it turns out that making your application accessible where your users are already working has some profound benefits. In this article, we’ll look at how Microsoft Teams makes web apps a first-class citizen, and how it enables you to interact with those apps in completely new ways. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/port-web-app-microsoft-teams/
The present and future of CSS are very bright indeed and if you take a pragmatic, progressive approach to your CSS, then things will continue to get better and better on your projects, too. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/things-you-can-do-with-css-today/
Let’s make this February more colorful! Apart from a new collection of wallpapers, we also have a little creativity challenge waiting for you this month. It’s the perfect occasion to share your ideas with the world — and win a smashing prize along the way. https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/01/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-february-2021/