In contrast to all the possibilities of the online Internet, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a material concept. In other words, it is something that we can touch, pick up, and move around, but it possesses digital intelligence and is designed to help us all. It’s amazing how much effort is put into IoT...

Portable Document Formats (PDFs) are a big part of modern business life, used for exchanging electronic documents. Regardless of the business industry, everyone must have come across a PDF file, at least once in their life. PDFs are mostly preferred as they can keep the format as is since they are mainly designed for viewing...

Remember the days when hovering and clicking using the mouse were the most used trigger for interaction with site or app? Those days are gone. When Apple introduced the iPhone, multi-touch technology became mainstream and users learned that they could not only point and tap on the interface, but also pinch, spread, and swipe. Gestures are the new clicks. The rise of touch and gesture-driven devices has dramatically changed the way we think about interaction. Gestures are more than merely entertaining, they are very useful and feel familiar. Today, the success of a mobile app significantly depends on how well gestures are implemented into the user experience. Even Adobe introduced a new design and wireframing app called Experience Design CC (Adobe XD) that lets you prototype on everything from simple wireframes to multi-screen experiences.The post In-App Gestures And Mobile App User Experience appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

In the fall of 2018, I decided to replace an application my mother-in-law was using for her real estate business. I decided to replace the application with an Angular client and Spring Boot service running inside of AWS. The biggest lesson I learned was that I felt like I spent more time trying to understand AWS and less time making enhancements to her application. That all changed when spring 2020 arrived...

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

Procreate is an amazing tool that any designer can use. Unfortunately, not everyone knows where to start, so we've handpicked the best brushes for beginners. The post Best Procreate Brushes For Beginners first appeared on JUST(TM) Creative.

Putting images on websites is incredibly simple, yes? Actually, yes, it is. You use <img> and link it to a valid source in the href attribute and you’re done. Except that there are (counts fingers) 927 things you could (and … The post Images are hard. appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

What's going on in the industry? What new techniques have emerged recently? What insights, tools, tips and tricks is the web design community talking about? Anselm Hannemann is collecting everything that popped up over the last week in his web development reading list so that you don't miss out on anything. The result is a carefully curated list of articles and resources that are worth taking a closer look at. -- Ed. Winter isn't here yet, instead as you're reading this, I'm out for another biking session in the mountains today. You might already have noticed how important nature is to me. So this week, seeing the international climate conference in Paris not aiming for an ambitious goal, a reader sent me this great article in which he questions what we as people in the tech industry can personally do against global warming. If you're caring only a bit about this, read it and think about it. Have a great week and try out some of the amazing web development stuff I collected for you this week.The post Web Development Reading List #115: Good News For HTTP/2, PHP7, And Better Flexbox Grids appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Whether you're on the hunt for a way to turn your hobby into a legitimate business or you're a seasoned vendor looking to expand and grow, figuring out how to get paid in a way that's quick, painless, and affordable is one of the most important operational problems you'll need to solve. Processing online payments,...

Why Free Website Templates for Booking Sites? Free templates for booking sites are a great way to get your website up and running quickly with a professional look. They are… The post 10+ Best Free Booking Website Templates 2022 appeared first on CSS Author.