We come to the final part in my Flexbox series here at Smashing Magazine. In this post, I am going to spend some time thinking about what the use cases for Flexbox really are, given that we now have CSS Grid Layout, giving some suggestions for what you might use when and a way to decide. Earlier In This Series If you haven't picked up the other articles yet, this is essentially a concluding post so check those out first.

Need video? From moving images for your own website, to b-roll for clients, having a solid place to find quality stock videos is a must. Today, we're going to help you "stock" your toolkit with ten places to find amazing, free stock video for a variety of projects. We are giving you basic information about […]

Hueman has over 70,000 active installations, making it one of the most successful free WordPress themes. This is more than enough reason for us to give you a close look at this theme. Let’s find out together, what it is that makes this theme so successful, and what it has to offer. The pretty design can’t be the only reason for the tremendous success. At first sight, the theme already sets itself apart from the rest. It has an appealing look, a very lovingly designed demo page, and no premium version, that you would have to buy for lots of money to receive essential functions. It’s a very honest theme with many features that you’d typically only find in expensive premium themes. Additionally, there are Hueman add-ons, which integrate further functions into the theme. 1 – Hueman – the Important Links Created by: nikeo Active installations: more than 70.000 Ratings: 443 x 5 stars License: free for personal and commercial use | GNU General Public License Prepared for translations: yes Theme Homepage: Hueman website Theme documentation: Hueman documentation Theme demo: Hueman theme demo Theme download: Download on WordPress Hueman addons download: For shortcodes and share bar Hueman shortcodes: documentation Hueman share bar: documentation 2 […]

We had a great time at the BUILD 2021 conference this year. My team and I worked really hard to put together a great Application Development Keynote and I think we did it in a way that might surprise you. Check it out! There has never been a time where developers had more access to tools and services to be more productive. Join Scott Hanselman and some of his friends show all the innovative ways for developers to be successful. 00:00 - Application Development with Scott Hanselman & Friends Keynote 00:10 - Full video of Scott's trip to Seattle is here on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeGvytrE/ 02:40 - To learn more about the Surface Hub 2S for business, go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/sur... 04:40 - You can now set Windows Terminal as the default prompt. Learn more here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wind... 05:30 - Want to learn more about the new Windows Package Manager? Check out the docs here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wind... 06:35 - Visual Studio 2019 offers deep integration to your Git Repos, learn more here: 08:00 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visu... 10:50 - You can easily apply multiple repeated edits to your codebase in Visual Studio 2019 using IntelliCode. Check out the link for more information: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visual... 12:00 - Blizzard builds and debugs production issues in Diablo IV using Visual Studio 2019 and Windows Subsystem for Linux. To learn more about this great partnership, go here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblo... 13:30 - To learn more about about what's new in Windows 10, check out the Build session in the catalog: https://mybuild.microsoft.com/session... 16:00 - .NET 6 Preview 4 is out and it has some great features for developers to check out. Learn more here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet... 18:25 - The Visual Studio team is working on making the next version even better, including making it 64-bit. Read this blog post to learn more: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visual... 25:05 - To learn more about GitHub Codespaces, visit the docuementation here: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces... 26:30 - The new Python Language Server "Pylance" is now stable, learn more about it here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python... 27:20 - Build amazing IoT solutions with Pylance and Visual Studio Code on LumiCube: https://www.abstractfoundry.com/ 32:00 - Window Swap is a great example of building fun apps using Visual Studio Code: https://www.window-swap.com/ Starring: Scott Hanselman: https://twitter.com/shanselman Filisha Shah: https://twitter.com/FilishaShah Isaac Levin: https://twitter.com/isaacrlevin Leslie Richardson: https://twitter.com/lyrichardson01 Abel Wang: https://twitter.com/AbelSquidHead Golnaz Alibeigi: https://twitter.com/Golnaz89 Megan Overton, Nelson Palmer, PJ Meyer, and Kaitlin McKinnon the TikTok Video Editor: https://twitter.com/KaitlinMcKinnon Enjoy! Sponsor: Build your apps where your customers are. Oracle for Startups delivers enterprise cloud with no lock-in so you can go after any customer--confidently. Learn more.(C) 2021 Scott Hanselman. All rights reserved.     

In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we're talking about image optimization. What steps should we follow for performant images in 2021? We talk to expert Addy Osmani to find out.

Derick Rethans has a new post with his own suggestion about using the right debugging tools to help track down a problem (based on some of his own experience debugging the MongoDB PHP extension). A while ago, we updated the MongoDB PHP driver's embedded C library to a new version. The C library handles most of the connection management and other low level tasks that the PHP driver needs to successfully talk to MongoDB deployments, especially in replicated environments where servers might disappear for maintenance or hardware failures. After upgrading a related library, he ended up with a failing test related to Atlas connectivity. He walks through the process he took to try and debug the issue using GDB to see where the execution was failing using various techniques. This included looking through the backtrace and, not noticing anything out of the ordinary, going for a walk. Upon returning he noticed an odd line in the backtrace that, after some additional tracking using a GDB helper, showed the problem to be with how the query options are defined and not reset in a loop.

Buttons are a common element of interaction design. While they may seem like a very simple UI element, they are still one of the most important ones to create. In today's article, we'll be covering the essential items you need to know in order to create effective controls that improve user experience. If you'd like to take a go at prototyping and wireframing your own designs a bit more differently, you can download and test Adobe XD for free. The post A Quick Guide For Designing Better Buttons appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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Whether you're building a new WordPress website or applying updates to an existing one, troubleshooting issues can be a very time-consuming process. It can also be a bit risky -... The post A Faster and Safer Way to Troubleshoot WordPress appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

The Scroll-Linked Animations specification is an upcoming and experimental addition to CSS. Using the @scroll-timeline at-rule and animation-timeline property this specification provides you can control the time position of regular CSS Animations by scrolling. In this post, we take a … The post Practical Use Cases for Scroll-Linked Animations in CSS with Scroll Timelines appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.