One of the upcoming features of JavaScript that I especially like is the support for asynchronous functions. In this article, I would like to show you a very practical example of building a server-side application using Koa 2, a new version of the web framework, which relies heavily on this feature. First, I'll recap what async functions are and how they work. Then, I'll highlight the differences between Koa 1 and Koa 2. After that, I will describe my demo app for Koa 2, covering all aspects of development, including testing (using Mocha, Chai and Supertest) and deployment (using PM2).The post Building A Server-Side Application With Async Functions and Koa 2 appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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There’s a great premium design resource from a new contributor for Access All Areas members to download this week. Gabor Monori has kindly donated one of his most popular products, named Scratched Textures Vol 1. The pack contains 40 high quality texture files that have been made from real scratched surfaces, scanned at a very […] The post 40 High Quality Scratched Textures for Premium Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

This week's Designer News - No 547 - includes The Styler Figma Plugin, The A-Z of AI, Your Blog Doesn't Need a JavaScript Framework, Styling Layout Wrappers in CSS, The Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS, a CSS Grid Cheatsheet, The Return of the 90s Web and tons more! The post Weekly News for Designers No 547 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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Many criticize gestural controls as being unintuitive and unnecessary. Despite this, widespread adoption is underway already, and the UI design world is burning the candle at both ends to develop solutions that are instinctively tactile. The challenges here are those of novelty. Even though gestural controls have been around since the early 1980s and have enjoyed a level of ubiquity since the early 2000s, designers are still in the beta-testing phase of making gestural controls intuitive for everyday use.The post To Use Or Not To Use: Touch Gesture Controls For Mobile Interfaces appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

This website design trend is all about contrast… or the lack thereof. More designs are popping up that have large and stunning hero image areas, but text elements are much more subtle. This is a shift from oversized hero area text that has been big (literally) for some time. These designs make you look because […]

Access All Areas members have a fantastic new resource to download this week courtesy of Josh Johnson. The One Click Wood Texture Generator for Adobe Photoshop produces gorgeous wood textures from scratch. Rather than being made of wood texture photos, this pack uses a custom algorithm for making layered, customizable wooden textures that give you […] The post One Click Wood Texture Generator for Premium Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international standards organization that manages internet protocols, has announced that the Web Audio API is now an official standard. This designation signifies that W3C has vetted the technology in an industry-inclusive manner that is intended to accelerate adoption.