Laravel is a PHP framework that is used to build Laravel applications. Before you create your first application with Laravel, make sure you have PHP and Composer installed. Composer is used to install Laravel. In this post, I will show you how to install Laravel from start to finish. Setting Up a Laravel Environment There are… Continue reading How To Install Laravel on Windows
How to create animated snow on a website (with CSS and JavaScript)
‘Tis the season to be jolly so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 1. Markup with holiday HTML For our markup, we’ll have two primary containers: a main element containing the content of our page and a snow-container element that will display the snow. 1 <main> 2 <h1>Happy Holidays!</h1> 3 </main> 4… Continue reading How to create animated snow on a website (with CSS and JavaScript)
How to Create Animated Snow on a Website (with CSS and JavaScript)
In this tutorial, we’re going to implement an animated snow effect on a webpage using CSS and vanilla JavaScript, just in time for the holiday season. ‘Tis the season to be jolly so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 1. Markup with Holiday HTML For our markup, we’ll have two primary containers:… Continue reading How to Create Animated Snow on a Website (with CSS and JavaScript)
Infinite Scroll Pagination With JavaScript and a REST API
Infinite scroll pagination is inspired by websites such as Facebook and Twitter. This is just pagination where as the user scrolls to the bottom of the page, more content is loaded. This improves the user experience on the website by making sure there is always more content on the page for users to read. Doing… Continue reading Infinite Scroll Pagination With JavaScript and a REST API
Down the wrong path: the disaster of the latest Duolingo UI update
The world’s largest language learning platform recently rolled out a major update to its 50M active users, and it has major usability… Continue reading on UX Collective »
BeReal: the social network that wants to change the world
Self-made picture of my BeReal account. Lately, one app has been steadily occupying the first position by downloads in both IOS and Android, making headlines virtually in every newspaper and being the latest buzzword. Can you recall? It is called BeReal. BeReal, which promotes itself as a spontaneous and low-fuss social media platform that offers… Continue reading BeReal: the social network that wants to change the world
What if Apple waited to release the iPhone?
Why done is better than perfect and how to effectively make decisions Continue reading on UX Collective »
Exploring the Free Font Index (and showing typefaces some love)
Book cover jackets for all three Free Font Indexes (re-colourised). Image credits: Hans Lijklema. On this issue of Type Founds, I venture into a decade-plus-old series of catalogues featuring free fonts that you too can get your hands on. Let’s discuss the ethics of free fonts, and take a look at some sweet typefaces in… Continue reading Exploring the Free Font Index (and showing typefaces some love)
9 Best Performing Social Media Post Types (And How to Use Them)
When it comes to social media, there are a lot of post types that you could use. And it seems that a new one (on a new platform) is added every other day at this point. From Tweets and Instagram Stories to Facebook Lives and TikToks, it can be exhausting keeping track of them all.… Continue reading 9 Best Performing Social Media Post Types (And How to Use Them)
Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to design a logo in Illustrator in this free course. Explore how to design your own logo with an experienced logo designer. We’ll create a finished logo design by the end of the course! Watch the Full Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator Course What You Will Learn How to design your own logo How… Continue reading Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator
Digital death, neurodesign, Notion AI, Figma automated UI builder
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We live in a hyper-connected world where things don’t seem to have happened unless you post about them. An emotion hardly seems validated until it’s been shared with others online. On average, we spend a quarter of our lives online. For people we never met in person, all they know… Continue reading Digital death, neurodesign, Notion AI, Figma automated UI builder
What is service design and why it matters
Service design is such a vague concept that I often struggle to explain it. Even though service design is taught in some of the most prominent universities there are many misconceptions about the discipline. I started my studies in strategic design a couple of years ago but I had no idea what I was getting… Continue reading What is service design and why it matters
Understanding Python Regex Functions, with Examples
Regular expressions (regex) are special sequences of characters used to find or match patterns in strings, as this introduction to regex explains. We’ve previously shown how to use regular expressions with JavaScript and PHP. The focus of this article is Python regex, with the goal of helping you better understand how to manipulate regular expressions… Continue reading Understanding Python Regex Functions, with Examples
Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Data Grid Libraries and Widgets
Tables are great for displaying a lot of information in a small space. For example, you might need to display data such as the marks of thousands of students in an exam along with other details, or the prices, ratings, and available stock for an eCommerce store. Data grids are basically tables that also offer… Continue reading Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Data Grid Libraries and Widgets
27 Best Small Business Ideas for Designers
Designers have a wide range of lucrative career options. This resource puts together some of the best small business ideas to help chart your career path. It covers the market size, earning potential, estimated startup cost, the target audience, and the value they bring to the table. You’ll also learn how to launch the business,… Continue reading 27 Best Small Business Ideas for Designers
41 Stylish Tropical Fonts (Island and Beach Themed Fonts)
What better way to turn up the heat in your next project than with a tropical font? Today we’ll be showcasing 41 of the best tropical fonts you can find at Envato Elements. Unlimited Tropical Fonts at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers thousands of premium digital assets like fonts, logos, mockups, graphic templates, photos, and much… Continue reading 41 Stylish Tropical Fonts (Island and Beach Themed Fonts)
How does your team measure UX quality?
This year on my team, we had a moment where we realized that our UX quality was slipping. It started with a few surprising feedback tickets, then we noticed some patterns in our dovetail user research sessions, then got some rather harsh NPS scores, until finally we realized we needed to quantify our UX quality… Continue reading How does your team measure UX quality?
What comes after Twitter?
Twitter’s “town square” — Image by Midjourney, directed by the author. In the last month, everyone who writes about tech has had a hot take on the trash-fire that is the situation with Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. While I have thoughts, at this point I feel like the lesson of ‘’how not to lay… Continue reading What comes after Twitter?
The Ultimate Guide to Typography
Are you interested in typography? This complete course covers everything from typography history to the difference between typefaces and fonts, typeface classification, how to choose a font, and more! Watch the Ultimate Guide to Typography Course What You’ll Learn What is the history of typography? What is the difference between a typeface and a… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Typography
WordPress for Beginners (Free Course)
Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes | Lessons: 16 In a little over two hours of lessons, you’ll get the lowdown on how WordPress works, how to install it, how to create a new website, customize it, and more. So let’s not delay any longer – let’s jump right in! Introduction Welcome to the Course Watch… Continue reading WordPress for Beginners (Free Course)
What a robbery taught me about validating assumptions in UX
A reminder to test assumptions when building or designing. At 2am, on Thursday, 10th November 2022, armed men broke down the door to my apartment and then the door to my bathroom where I was hiding. They carted away with my laptop, iPhone, and half my sanity. I wouldn’t say I saw the robbery coming, but… Continue reading What a robbery taught me about validating assumptions in UX
The UX of design leadership: winners & losers
Image by Author The other day a senior design colleague reached out to me looking for advice. He was part of one of the unfortunate rounds of layoffs affecting big tech companies across the globe. I was trying to help him find his next fit, but when I started to go through how he had… Continue reading The UX of design leadership: winners & losers
Which One Should You Use?
Weebly and WordPress You might know this already, but I’d like to begin by mentioning that there are two different variants of WordPress: the hosted version on WordPress.com and the open-source version on WordPress.org. In this post, we will be making a comparison between the open-source version of WordPress and Weebly. WordPress was first released… Continue reading Which One Should You Use?
40+ Best Nature Inspired Fonts (Earthy Fonts to Download)
Would you like to capture the beauty of nature in a font? Well, you’re in luck. Today, we’re showcasing the best nature fonts from Envato Elements. Unlimited Nature-Inspired Fonts at Envato Elements Envato Elements offers thousands of premium digital assets like fonts, logos, mockups, graphic templates, photos, and much more. And for one low monthly… Continue reading 40+ Best Nature Inspired Fonts (Earthy Fonts to Download)