The robotic process automation (RPA) market is white hot. Driven in part by the global pandemic, which pressured companies to digitally transform the way they work and do business, RPA has rapidly become the fastest growing enterprise technology for industrial and manufacturing operations. Projected RPA sales for 2021 are on track to exceed 2020's $1.5 … continue reading The post Guest View: The time has come for RPA standards appeared first on SD Times.

A large metropolitan underground train network might as well be a teleportation device: People don't care how it gets them from A to B, just that it does. In London, Paris and Moscow, the map of the metro does not show surface geography, because there is not much empty space on the sheet. Designing a city's metro map is quite a challenging task, even when there is just one line. Last year, my colleague Pasha Omelyohin and I were thrilled to work on the redesign of the metro map for Ekaterinburg, Russia. We had fun (he designed, I directed). In this article, we'll cover our design process. It's going to be detailed, so, depending on your interests, this might be very boring or very exciting. Still, we've left out so much. We hope this helps in case you have to work on a similar project. The post The Story Behind The Ekaterinburg Metro Map appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

You can't underestimate the importance of consistent, high-quality web design across devices of all shapes and sizes. Responsive web design is the way forward -- but it's often linked to performance issues. This is critical when 64% of smartphone users unforgivingly expect websites to load in under four seconds, yet average page weights continue to rise. The best designs balance aesthetics and performance by working with mobile in mind from the start. From setting strict performance budgets to implementing client- and server-side optimization techniques, I'll share the current mobile performance optimization processes we use at Cyber-Duck.The post Managing Mobile Performance Optimization appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Beautiful wedding invitations can make a huge difference when it comes to your special day. Whether your wedding style is vintage, floral, modern, minimal, or hand made, one of these invitation templates will be perfect! These invitation templates contain all the essentials including ‘Save the Date’, ‘RSVP’ and ‘Thank You’ notes in addition to a […]

Change is difficult in large corporations. But sometimes it is possible. In fact, we published Inside Microsoft's New Rendering Engine For The "Project Spartan" when the new browser was just announced. A year has passed since then. We kindly thank Microsoft for keeping Smashing Magazine alive and supporting the community with technical articles on practical JavaScript techniques, open source projects and interoperability best practices. Our editors are working with Microsoft engineers to deliver useful insights to you. -- Ed. In 2015, Microsoft launched its first new browser in 20 years: Microsoft Edge. After eight months, it's on a great trajectory for web standards support, but there are many exciting features to come. This article is part of the web development series from our tech evangelists and engineers on JavaScript skills, community projects and best practices including Microsoft Edge browser and the new EdgeHTML rendering engine.The post Looking Back: One Year Of Microsoft Edge (Videos) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

In a new post to his site Tomas Votruba comes back to a topic he posted about previously - the collector pattern - and provides a simpler, more introductory look at the pattern and what it's useful for. I wrote Why is Collector Pattern so Awesome a while ago, but I got feeling and feedback that it's way too complicated. The pattern itself is simple but put in framework context, it might be too confusing to understand. That's why we look on collector pattern in minimalistic plain PHP way today. He uses a calculator example help explain the use of the pattern, starting with a simple class that calculates the price of a product + VAT. He then shows a few examples of how it could grow over time as business requirements change. He refactors the class to make it easier to add in these one-off changes by setting them all as "calculators' in a calculator collection. He provides the code examples for this refactor and an example of it in use.

What is TestCafe? TestCafe is a non-selenium-based open-source JavaScript End to End Automation Testing Framework built with NodeJS. TestCafe supports JavaScript, CoffeeScript, and TypeScript. TestCafe is nowadays very popular since it is very stable and follows an easy setup.TestCafe does not depend on Selenium or other testing software. TestCafe runs on the popular Node.js platform and makes use of the browsers that you already have.

Lookbooks and catalogs are an important element of promoting a business. They help you not only to showcase your products and services to customers but also to build trust and establish your brand. Today, we share with you a way to create more professional and attractive lookbooks and catalogs at a very low cost using […]

There is a moment in the life of any blogger or brand that promotes using social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, Youtube when manual handling... The post Ways Social Media Automation May Help You Reach Quick Results appeared first on Web Development & Technology Resources.

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