Being an experienced designer, you naturally know what you’re doing. What you don’t always know, however, is how your design is going to turn out, until you see it in... The post The Top Prototyping Tools You Need & the Advantages of Using Them appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

No matter how big or small your company is, getting tasks done is a lot easier if you have a formal structure in place. Thanks to project management tools, it's now super easy to give structure to tasks as simple as ordering new printer paper to those as complex as leading a sales team. And... The post 3 Not-So-Obvious Mistakes that Ruin Your Project Management Strategy appeared first on noupe.

Senthil Nathan, product manager, HCL Software DevOps HCL Launch is the continuous delivery tool within the powerful HCL DevOps tool chain, enabling modernization for complex enterprises. Continuous delivery is one of the most efficient ways to enable development teams to focus on delivering quality software. With HCL Launch's "deploy from anywhere to anywhere" capabilities, enterprise … continue reading The post How CI/CD providers help organizations deploy speedily, securely, and stably appeared first on SD Times.

Photoshop actions are quite useful when optimizing photos, applying effects, and editing graphics. For this collection, we’ve handpicked some of the best free Photoshop actions you can download and use with no price to pay! Whether you're a professional designer or a complete beginner, Photoshop actions can help you save a lot of time. Simply […]

Wireframes are a powerful tool, especially for UX designers; whether you are developing a new app, a website, or anything else, the initial steps of any project can be tackled with this robust approach. There are many occasions when we get stuck or overwhelmed for hours in front of a new project. This is where […] The post 5 Simple Steps To Effective Wireframing first appeared on Webdesigner Depot.

It's become absolutely imperative for WordPress site owners take extra security measures. Thankfully, there are a plethora of free plugins out there that will harden WordPress and provide you with an extra layer of protection. The post 10 Best Free Plugins to Secure Your WordPress Website appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

You may already know about the power of landing pages. It's one of the greatest online marketing strategies many businesses use. Instead of directing your traffic to a website homepage, sending traffic to a landing page is a great way to increase conversions. Did you know that 48% of marketers build new landing pages for […]

The ability to influence the web design community generally comes via two very different paths. One is to create compelling content that helps others level up their skills by introducing... The post A Chat with Chris Coyier, Web Design Influencer & Entrepreneur appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Apple is being forced to support alternative payment systems in a growing number of regions but has made clear that it still intends to collect a commission. Historically, Apple has charged a 30 percent commission on App Store sales--including in-app purchases and subscriptions. In 2021, Apple is estimated to have generated 85.1 billion in gross... Read more » The post Apple vows to collect App Store commission even through alternative payment systems appeared first on Developer Tech News.

The folks over at Kinsta.com have put together some end of the year usage statistics for PHP across the web trying to answer the "is PHP dead?" question. You've probably heard about how the new WordPress Gutenberg editor brings block-based editing to WordPress. There is a change going on behind the scenes that casual users might not notice, that Gutenberg blocks are made using JavaScript (React, JSX, and ES6), not PHP. That change, along with other shifts in web development, might have you wondering, "is PHP dead?". People have been calling for the death of PHP for years now (you can find "Is PHP Dead?" posts as far back as 2011). And yet, PHP still persists... In this post, we'll dig into the data and show how PHP isn't close to being dead (even if you really wish it were). The article talks about how, despite PHP not being the "most modern programming language", it's still in use by almost 80% of the websites on the internet (8 out of 10 sites). While the number is declining slightly, it's still large chunk of the web based on the reporting from the X-Powered-By header. They also point out that PHP is faster and better than ever with new, impressive features being added constantly and new versions being regularly released. They also note that it's easy to find PHP developers (with actual experience) and, while you don't have to like PHP, it's definitely far from being dead.