A couple of weeks ago, we organized a [Form Design Masterclass](https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/adam-silver), an online workshop with Adam Silver alongside 81 friendly and smart people. Today, Adam shares his experience and details by highlighting what you as an attendee can expect from a Smashing Workshop, and things to keep in mind when running one.

If you've ever used a CDN-hosted version of a JavaScript library, you may have noticed a strange looking integrity attribute on the script tag. This attribute contains seemingly endless alphanumeric junk that you may be tempted to strip out in the quest for cleaner code. All that junk is actually a really useful security feature called Subresource Integrity (SRI) that can help to defend your site against certain types of hacks and compromises.

The small but really neat browser quiz Chromantics asks ten questions touching ten different design environments. You need to choose the right one of two color options for each design task from a color-psychological point of view. I wasn’t always right. Chromantics: Who is the Best Color Psychologist? Fortunately, Chromantics always explains the correct choice with background information which was able to restore plausibility even when I would’ve made a different choice. You’ll surely learn one or two things from the results. For one, you’ll learn things about color psychology which you probably didn’t know before. This even happened to me after over 20 years of design experience. On the other hand, you’ll also learn that there’s not always one definite answer. In some cases, my opinion was generally different from the one the makers of Chromantics declared as right, and I can back it of just as well as they back up their color choice. In any case, Chromantics is an interesting piece of knowledge for in between. It looks beautiful, does not only offer plain fare, and just takes up one or two minutes of your time. So, visit it and click through the quiz... Chromantics: Thought Up […]* You might also be interested in the following articlesWebdesigner’s Basics: 10 Questions You Need To Be Able To AnswerGA Dash: Newcomer teaches Newcomers HTML5 for FreeDeal of the Week: jQuery Trickshots Teaches You 100 Advanced…Color Theory and Typography: The 10 Commandments (Infographics)Win Four Nexus 4 in Four Weeks #2Enjoy Inspiration: Best Design Practices Daily

The success of any web site is not determined by its visual design, but by its utility, and most importantly usability. The user is in the center of attention because the user is the one who is clicking the mouse and using the page, so everything must revolve around him. The user-centric approach to design […] The post Follow these principles to design an effective website appeared first on DesignM.ag.

On the Delicious Brains site, there's a tutorial posted asking WordPress plugin developers if their code is ready to work with Gutenberg, the next major release of the editor used in the popular blogging tool and content management system. WordPress 5.0 is right around the corner with the flagship feature, the new Gutenberg editor, set to change the WordPress landscape dramatically. Gutenberg not only impacts how you write content in WordPress, but how developers build plugins for WordPress. [...] In this post I'll walk you through the process I took for making Intagrate, my Instagram WordPress plugin, Gutenberg-compatible, which will hopefully get you started on making your own plugins Gutenberg-ready. The post starts with some general things to consider about Gutenberg's functionality as compared to the classic editor and some key places to check in your own plugins. They then provide a guide to testing your plugin by installing the standalone editor package. It then walks through the three main places to check functionality: custom post types custom meta boxes TinyMCE The post ends with some suggestions of possible enhancements such as making use of shortcodes and converting custom meta boxes.

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Keeping a WordPress installation updated with the latest core, theme and plugin versions can be tough. It's something that frustrates both web designers and website owners. Depending on the particular... The post Should You Use WordPress Auto Updates? appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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When you examine the most successful interaction designs of recent years, the clear winners are those who provide an excellent functionality. While functional aspect of a design is key to product success, aesthetics and visual details are equally important — particularly how they can improve those functional elements. In today's article, I'll explain how visual elements, such as shadows and blur effects, can improve the functional elements of a design.The post How To Use Shadows And Blur Effects In Modern UI Design appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

The Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate is an eight-course certification program offered by Google through Coursera's learning platform. It teaches you all you need to know in order to land an entry-level role in data analytics. Each course dives deep into concepts like working with stakeholders, data integrity, preparing data, cleaning data, visualizing data, and […] The post Is the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate Worth It? appeared first on Developer.com.