Does #000000 and #FFFFFF mean anything to you? If you're a designer, a programmer, or just someone who works in web design they probably do. When beautifully united, a black and white design can turn your artwork into a sophisticated and classy masterpiece. Before we jump into our top black and white design picks, let's...

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A new month means new wallpapers! This journey has been going on for eight years now, and each time anew artists and designers from across the globe challenge their artistic skills to cater for some fresh inspiration on your desktop. And, well, it wasn't any different this time around. This post features their designs for October 2016. The collection is a mix of ideas and styles, of wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. All wallpapers come in versions with and without a calendar and can be downloaded for free -- just choose your favorite. A big thank-you to everyone who shared their ideas with us! Happy October!The post Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: October 2016 appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

APImetrics has launched a premium version of API.expert, a service that monitors over 2000 APIs across many vertical markets. The service is $100 per year and enables developers to keep track of the performance from mainstream API providers such as Netflix, Slack, and Microsoft, to more specialist and smaller vendors. David O’Neill, CEO of APImetrics,... Read more » The post APImetrics launches premium API performance monitoring service appeared first on Developer Tech News.

Your project is on a tight budget? We've collected some wonderful, free icons and goodies that we've discovered lately and that are bound to give your design the finishing touch. We've also just recently covered [Figma plugins](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/08/figma-tools-plugins-resources/), [SVG generators](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/03/svg-generators/), [accessible front-end components](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/03/complete-guide-accessible-front-end-components/) and [front-end boilerplates](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/06/useful-frontend-boilerplates-starter-kits/) — you might find them useful, too.

The world of interface design has gradually shifted from a design focus to a user focus. This means designers now care more about the experience rather than how something looks.... The post 10 YouTube Channels For UX Design Tips & Tutorials appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

Event poster design is a lot of fun. For most poster projects, you really get to express creativity with a one-off design for a single event. While you may still have constraints such as brand typography or color palette, there's often lots of leeway to create something visually impressive. With a goal of enticing people […]

As rich of a solution as SQL Server is, there are times when we run into significant limitations with its built in functionality. Any database application developer knows that it is easy to manipulate data in SQL Server, or any database server, by way of scripting languages or customized programming. However, what if the utility […] The post Image Recognition in Python and SQL Server appeared first on Developer.com.

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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.