Back in 2016, Vitaly Friedman asked me to design the cover and layout for a printed version of Smashing Magazine, a magazine for web designers and developers. The design I created back then for the cover and inside template layout, however, was shelved for a while as the project was paused for about two years owing to other priorities. Later, after Smashing Magazine launched its new website, a new style was born, and the design I had come up with didn't really match anymore.

By Edward Barnard Memoization is another form of memory use. I see it regularly used for improving application performance, but itA?AEURA(TM)s also used to improve compiler performance. To learn the concept, weA?AEURA(TM)ll use a PHP project with database tables, then look at other ways to use the technique....

This article explains creating or setting up a cypress.io end-to-end testing framework from scratch using Typescript. Unlike another tutorial, this explains setting up the Cypress framework using Typescript in a simple and easy way. This article is helpful for whoever wants to set up the Cypress Typescript automation framework for the first time. Also, I know that there are many, migrating from different automation frameworks like Protractor, webdriver.io, etc. this will be helpful for them too. This Tutorial shows page object model creation as well, however you can use it for any type of framework by skipping those steps.

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Actions are one of the most overlooked features in Photoshop that most designers don’t often pay attention to. Yet, they are also one of the features that could help save you hours of your time. Another great thing about Photoshop actions is that you don't even have to spend time creating and perfecting them. You […]

Una is calling it the new responsive. A nod to the era we were most certainly in, the era of responsive design. Where responsive design was fluid grids, flexible media, and media queries, the new responsive is those things … The post Are we in a new era of web design? What do we call it? appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

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Big thoughts on where the industry is headed from Shawn Wang: Advancements in two fields -- programming languages and cloud infrastructure -- will converge in a single paradigm: where all resources required by a program will be automatically provisioned, and … The post The Self Provisioning Runtime appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

For quite a while now, JavaScript has established itself as one of the primary languages that web developers speak and work with. More and more websites are coded in JavaScript, and with WordPress developers, too, looking towards JavaScript now, this trend is only expected to grow even more. So, what happens if your users encounter an error or a bug while browsing your website? Sure, you will fix that error at the earliest, but how will you get to know? Will it not be nice if there were a service that would alert you the minute your website visitors encountered a JavaScript error? Meet Muscula, a JavaScript error logging service. Muscula: JavaScript Error Reporting For Your Website Overview Muscula is an error logging service that monitors your website in real-time, and alerts you the minute a visitor encounters a JavaScript error. As such, it helps you locate and fix errors that might otherwise go unnoticed, and ensures that your visitors are not greeted by unknown JavaScript errors. Pretty neat, isn't it? Let's see what all it has to offer. Major Features Quite obviously, the biggest USP of Muscula is that it captures every single JavaScript error as and when it happens. This […]* You might also be interested in the following articlesRaygun: Affordable Crash Reporting for Any AppCodeblock.js: Edit and Run JavaScript Directly from Within Your…SweetAlert.js: A Prettier and More Flexible Alternative to alert(0)No Trespassing! Eight Essential .htaccess Tricks for WordPressHTML5: Screen Orientation API Uses Javascript to Rotate the ScreenBugHerd: Lean & Clean Task- and Bug-Management for Web-Projects