The State of JavaScript 2018 Survey is Now Open

The annual State of JavaScript 2018 Survey is in its third year running and is now open for participants. Sacha Greif, an Osaka-based web designer and developer, said he created the survey to get more data about recent trends after hearing all the online discussion about “JavaScript fatigue.” Last year’s (more…)
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Working With Events in React

Most of the behavior in an application revolves around events. User enters a value in the registration form? Event. User hits the submit button? Another event. Events are triggered a number of ways and we build applications to listen for them in order to do something else in response.

You may already be super comfortable working with events based on your existing JavaScript experience. However, React has a distinct way of handling them. Rather than directly targeting DOM events, React …

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80+ Modern Stationery Templates

This collection of the best modern stationery templates gives you a way to showcase your brand or identity in a realistic setting. Show off your company image, and deliver branding mockups in an authentic and professional way. We’ve gathered a variety of stationery templates that contain a number of useful branding items — envelope designs, […]
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Doc Pop News Drop: The creator of ClassicPress tells us why he forked WordPress

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. There’s been a lot of discussion around WordPress 5.0 recently including some folks who want to fork the WordPress project at 4.9. In last week’s video …
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The Complete CSS Demo for OpenType Features

I’m very glad a guide for these features exists because we already know there are so many weird things that variable fonts can do — well done, Tunghsiao Liu!

There are quite a few possible values for font-feature-settings, like, ya know:

aalt, swsh, cswh, calt, hist, hlig, locl, rand, nalt, cv01-cv99, salt, subs, sups, titl, rvrn, liga, dlig, size, ornm, …

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Top Reasons Web Designers Should Consider WordPress

When web designers take up projects, they have the option of choosing from a number of platforms like Drupal, Joomla, Weebly, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, etc. While all of them have proved to be popular with website developers for a variety of reasons, WordPress has emerged as the contentment management system of preference because of its …
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Helping a Beginner Understand Getting a Website Live

I got a great email from a fellow named Josh Long the other day. He is, in his words, “relatively new to web design” and was a bit stuck on the concept of getting a site live. I should say that I’m happy to get emails like this an I always read them, but I typically can’t offer tech support over email. If I can respond at all, I normally point people to other community resources.

In this …

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25+ Keynote Business Slide Templates

What’s the most important part of a business presentation? The way you dress? Your speech? Or is it your body language? It’s actually none of the above! Your presentation slides are the most important part of a business presentation. Why? Because your clients will be staring at the slides at all times and you’ll be […]
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10 Tips for Perfect Poster Design

Almost everyone has designed a poster or flier at some point. Whether it was for self-promotion or a client, posters can be a fun way to present a message and do some interesting things with design. Poster design starts with a common canvas. Common poster sizes are 8.5 by 11-inch letter (or A4), 11 by […]
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