Lessons we’ve learned on real projects (page 196)

github.com

Nice React lib for controlling page scroll

Luca Bezerra·May 22, 2018

smashingmagazine.com

A Strategy Guide To CSS Custom Properties

Dynamic properties provide opportunities for new creative ideas, but also the potential to add complexity to CSS. Custom properties have a huge potential to change how we write and structure CSS and to a lesser extent, how we use JavaScript to interact with UI components. To get the most out of them, we might need a strategy for how we write and structure CSS with custom properties. In this article, Michael Riethmuller will show you how.

Felipe Farias·May 21, 2018

chargebee.com

Good Questions, Bad Asks: The UX Of Questions In User Onboarding.

There are three strategies you can use to turn good questions into good asks—gradual engagement, information priming, and immediate impact delivery.

Felipe Farias·May 21, 2018

smashingmagazine.com

pagination vs infinite scrolling vs “load more”: which is the best way to show a list of items?

Pagination is still the most popular way to load new items on a website. However, the usability test sessions found “Load more” buttons combined with lazy-loading to be a superior implementation, resulting in a more seamless user experience. In this article, Christian Holst will present Baymard Institute’s usability research findings for both “Load more” buttons, infinite scrolling and pagination, including for both mobile and desktop. He’ll see how search results need to be implemented differently from category navigation, along with several pitfalls with implementation and examples from…

Aline Silveira·May 20, 2018

stackoverflow.com

Django transaction.atomic is not a lock!

Flávio Juvenal·May 18, 2018

youtube.com

Great talk about styled-components and the motivations behind its creation

Arimateia Neto·May 18, 2018

medium.com

how to present design work to a tough design team

Aline Silveira·May 18, 2018

nedbatchelder.com

Big-O: How Code Slows as Data Grows

Big-O notation can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. A common-sense approach will give you a good working technique for analyzing the time complexity of your code.

Flávio Juvenal·May 17, 2018

caktusgroup.com

how to test Django migrations

Testing in a Django project ensures the latest version of a project is as bug-free as possible. But when deploying, you’re dealing with multiple versions of the project through the migrations.

Hugo Bessa·May 17, 2018

docs.sentry.io

How to raise exceptions to Sentry on Javascript with Raven #manually-reporting-errors

Luca Bezerra·May 15, 2018

sedimental.org

glom - useful Python library for extracting and transforming nested data:

Flávio Juvenal·May 14, 2018

gridtoflex.com

Flexbox fallbacks for popular UI solutions that use CSS Grid. CSS grid is AMAZING! However, if you need to support users of IE11 and below, or Edge 15 and below, grid won’t really work as you expect.

Felipe Farias·May 12, 2018

smashingmagazine.com

The skeptic’s guide to low-fidelity prototyping

Low-fidelity prototypes are rough representations of concepts that help us to validate those concepts early on in the design process. Throughout this article, Laura Busche will look at some of the features that make low-fidelity prototyping a unique tool to radically improve your work and to build an environment in which users’ needs can be truly realized. This article focuses on the practice and general principles behind integrating low-fidelity prototypes in design in general, covering applications that range from graphic, web and user experience design to business and service design.

Aline Silveira·May 11, 2018

medium.com

good overview of how to use movement well in your products' UX

Rob Novelino·May 9, 2018