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Improvement is a matter of steady, ongoing iteration. If you've been around for a good while, you'll know that Smashing has been through a good number of changes in the past: a new design, a new layout, a new technical stack, and so much more. Still, it was always done with quality content in mind. For example, we recently rearranged the navigation bar at the top of the page — have you noticed?

Recently, Google added a Cloud Shell integration within each documentation page. This allows users to test code in a virtual machine instance directly from the documentation, cutting down on shifting between the documentation and a terminal window to run commands in a tutorial. Google Shell also comes already installed with common command-line tools, programming languages, … continue reading The post SD Times news digest: Google Cloud adds ability to run code directly from documentation, Apache Kafka 3.0.0, Django 4.0 first alpha released appeared first on SD Times.

The ruler and the possibility to draw auxiliary lines are indispensable features of Photoshop and other image editing and drawing applications. Why only Photoshop and such? Measuring distances and checking orientations via auxiliary lines can be helpful on a website as well. RulerGuides.js comes to your rescue. It adds a ruler with the mentioned features to any website via a bookmarklet. RulersGuides.js: Features Known from Photoshop To be able to use RulersGuides.js, the JavaScript has to be set up as a bookmarklet in the browser. Once done it displays a Photoshop-like ruler on any website when the bookmarklet is clicked. The units of the ruler are in pixels solely. This does not surprise you, does it? X and Y Coordinates as Well as Width and Height of the Drawn Rectangles Horizontal and vertical auxiliary lines can now be drawn with the help of the ruler and then stick to the website. More features are available from a menu. When using auxiliary lines to measure distances, sizes and positions, the function ,,Show detailed info" can be very useful. It shows the x and y coordinates as well as width and height of every rectangle drawn with the ledger lines. Different Presentation Options […]* You might also be interested in the following articlesLining.js: Controlling Text Lines per CSS SelectorDrawSVG for jQuery – Animated SVG Enlivens Your WebsiteTextures.js: SVG Textures in All Shapes and ColorsTridiv: Useful CSS3 Editor for 3D ObjectsFree Helpers: Three Note-worthy Panels for Adobe PhotoshopHow to: Circle Marks With Traceit.js and jQuery

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Getting a good performance score from Google is hard for any website — but doing so for an online store is even harder. We achieved green scores — even several for mobile. Here is how we did it.

Google has announced a final deprecation timeline for Android Jelly Bean support on the Play Store. This version of the OS spanned Android V4.1 - V4.3 and API levels 16-18. Developers will continue to receive support until the release of version 21.30.99 which is due at the end of August 2021.

The user persona is one of the most valuable tools in your UX toolbox. These imagined people allow your entire design or development team to envision a single user story... The post Have You Revisited Your UX Personas Lately? appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.