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It’s out! Congrats to the Vue team for getting it done, I know it was a massive effort and a long time coming. All new docs, as well. I like it’s still a priority that […]

As you probably know, a single monolithic JavaScript bundle — once a best practice — is no longer the way to go for modern web applications. Research has shown that […]

There’s a lot of information out there — that’s a fact. In these monthly editions, Smashing’s senior editor Iris brings it all in one place because we know how hard […]

A straightforward post with some perf data from Tomas Pustelnik. It’s a good reminder that CSS is a crucial part of thinking web performance, and for a huge reason: Any […]

So, you know how many emoji have different skin tones? Emoji skin tones are extremely popular, especially over text and on social media. The raised black fist emoji (✊🏿) […]

Among others, [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) has dubbed itself: *The React Framework for Static Websites*. But just like every other framework whose goal is to help you build […]

There is a bit of an irony with Jamstack. The concept is simple: you put pre-rendered, static files on web hosting (a CDN) designed to do that well. That’s it. If you need […]

I’ll be linking to individual Pens as I discuss the lessons I learned, but if you’d like to get a sense of the entire project, check out 60 days of Animation on Undead […]

Totally free. No sign-up. No registration. All sessions are streamed live and publicly on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel – see the entire playlist for the […]

Here’s a seven minute video from Caleb Porzio that focuses on some of Emmet‘s HTML editing features. You might think of Emmet as that thing that expands abbreviations […]

In this article, we will take a closer look at GraphQL and how we can integrate it into a Gatsby website by building and implementing advanced data sourcing and […]

Previously in web history… After an influx of rapid browser development following the creation of the web, Mosaic becomes the popular choice. Recognizing the commercial […]

In 2018, Rachel Nabors made the point that browser diversity is similar to biological ecosystem diversity. There are literal advantages to more diversity. That article was […]

In this article, Victor Yocco covers specific tactics with supporting research that are bound to help you design for attention.

In this article, Blessing explains how GSAP plays well with the React library by integrating its functions into a React component in building an example landing page with a […]

This week we celebrate the 14th birthday of Smashing Magazine. We didn’t quite have the year that we planned though! I took a look back at some memories from this year and […]

This article contains a brief introduction to Lighthouse, discusses the advantages of running it programmatically, and walks through a basic configuration.

In this guide, we’re going to run through the potential of Craft CMS, setting up a local environment and creating a basic cat blog with an API endpoint to accompany it.

In this guide, we will be looking at Next.js, a popular React framework that offers a great developer experience and ships with all of the features you need for production.

Thanks to the wide support of the prefers-reduced-motion-media feature, we now have more advanced ways to design motion that can be creative and innovative while also being […]