When it comes down to it, you need to find out if your design works for the end user. That’s what usability testing is all about. As a designer, you live in a small bubble, intimately familiar with the design, fluent enough to navigate complex menus with ease. But will the user attain the same… Continue reading 7 Key Factors In Interviewing Users for UX Surveys
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Testing Components in React Using Jest and Enzyme
This is the second part of the series on Testing Components in React. If you have prior experience with Jest, you can skip ahead and use the GitHub code as a starting point. In the previous article, we covered the basic principles and ideas behind test-driven development. We also set up the environment and the tools… Continue reading Testing Components in React Using Jest and Enzyme
Understanding the Messy “Define” Stage
In our previous articles, we’ve discussed the basics of design thinking and immersive empathy. In this post, we’ll dive a little deeper into what we refer to as the “define” stage in that process. Warning: it’s messy! So let’s first remind ourselves where it sits in the Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design’s proposal: Image source: Interaction Design… Continue reading Understanding the Messy “Define” Stage
Everything You Need To Look For When Choosing A VPN
We shouldn’t need to stress the importance of a virtual private network (VPN). By now, you should be aware of the dangers of using the internet without one. Identity theft is a very real risk. A VPN disguises your location and encrypts your data, giving you the basic security you need. But there are tons… Continue reading Everything You Need To Look For When Choosing A VPN
Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
When designing modern websites, it is important to bear in mind the criticality of creating a well-balanced, user-friendly form as visitors make their first impression about a business by looking at their online portal. In several cases, the design of the form can make or break the future of the website. User experience plays a… Continue reading Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
8 Tips For Creating a Brand
Your brand is the face, the portrayed personality of your business, and a good brand is something that the consumer will connect with on an emotional level which will help your business become more visible and grow. So creating the right brand name is incredibly important, it could make or break your business. We’ve put… Continue reading 8 Tips For Creating a Brand
Why Data Visualization Matters For Your Business
Data analysis has an undeniable role to play in today’s business operations. By studying the analyzed data, managers and department heads can detect loopholes as well as identify the strongholds of their business. As much as data is essential in efficiently running a business, unorganized or large amounts of data can be too challenging to… Continue reading Why Data Visualization Matters For Your Business
5 Things to Consider Before Building a Website
There are multiple reasons why people want a website nowadays. It’s not even strange to have a personal website for who you are and what you like to do. Mostly, however, people build websites for growing their business. We don’t recommend getting caught in having a website simply because everyone is doing it. Really figure… Continue reading 5 Things to Consider Before Building a Website
Amelia – The Next-Level Booking Software Your Business Needs to Get More Clients
Posted · Category: Best Collections Taking appointments might seem like a minor task. After all, it’s simply a matter of picking up the phone or answering an email. The reality is that doing so takes a lot of your available time. It also takes away your business’s money. In addition, managing those appointments can take… Continue reading Amelia – The Next-Level Booking Software Your Business Needs to Get More Clients
Debugging with Truffle CLI — SitePoint
Debuggers have been crucial software development tools for over thirty years. A modern debugger enables us to: run the code line-by-line set breakpoints in the code put conditions on the breakpoints evaluate expressions during runtime. Most modern debuggers are also highly integrated into development environments of languages they are serving. They enable setting breakpoints by… Continue reading Debugging with Truffle CLI — SitePoint
Coding Blocks for WordPress Gutenberg
Are you ready for WordPress Gutenberg? This dramatic redesign of the WordPress editor aims to provide a true WYSIWYG experience by breaking up pieces of posts and pages into individual blocks of content. In our brand new course, Coding Blocks for WordPress Gutenberg, you’ll learn how to create your own blocks to extend the functionality… Continue reading Coding Blocks for WordPress Gutenberg
Branding Web Strategy Mistakes Brand Identity Guru
Lack of overall strategy and clear definition of success Most people realize the need for a site, but don’t understand what it can/should do for the company. And when they do have a goal, they don’t measure it. We’ll often ask people, “What are the objectives of your site?” Answers vary from “the site is… Continue reading Branding Web Strategy Mistakes Brand Identity Guru
Vivid.js – A JS library serving a set of 90+ SVG icons
Vivid.js is a JavaScript library built to serve 90+ pixel perfect and ready-to-use icons in SVG format. Vivid.js is really easy to use, you just need to include the JS file into the head section and use a data attribute to load an icon. In addition, Vivid.js is super lightweight and minified version equals around just… Continue reading Vivid.js – A JS library serving a set of 90+ SVG icons
Surfshark VPN – Essential App for Android Phones
Surfshark is a new VPN app for Android, but it protects your phone and gives a sense of control like no other. Bearing in mind how vulnerable Android phones are for hacking you should invest a few dollars in your mobile safety and privacy. VPN stands for a virtual private network, your data travels through… Continue reading Surfshark VPN – Essential App for Android Phones
The Easiest Way To Add Input Masks To Your Forms
Input masks make it much easier for users to figure out the required format for filling out emails, phone numbers, credit cards and other data. Adding masks to your form inputs makes them so much better and its super easy to do, especially when using a JS library. In this article we’ve prepared for you… Continue reading The Easiest Way To Add Input Masks To Your Forms
Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications
Notifications are a crucial part of any app. Not only are they a key part of keeping users engaged with your application: many apps require notifications for their basic functionality. You won’t have much of an email app, for example, if you don’t have notifications. But the line between good notifications and bad notifications is… Continue reading Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications
Why SEO Matters More Than Ever
If you aren’t familiar with the acronym, SEO stands for search engine optimization. When you plug in a question, product, or item you’re looking to purchase on Google, the results are far from arbitrary. Search engines like Google use a complex algorithm to produce results for whatever your query might be. If you want your… Continue reading Why SEO Matters More Than Ever
9 Effective Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Should Pay Attention To
Posted · Category: Best Collections “Time is money” may be a business cliché, but its truth is not to be denied. How you use your time when working for a company can influence your salary and your job security. How you do so if you are self-employed can impact your earnings. One way to use… Continue reading 9 Effective Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Should Pay Attention To
Design with the engineering constraints
No matter how good your engineers are, the application you are building will not feel the same between two devices. Internet speed, data usage, and device bandwidth are all technical limitations that result in distinct experiences. Network speed (3G, LTE etc) across the world and network quality across your living room may vary. In addition,… Continue reading Design with the engineering constraints
An Overview of JavaScript Promises
This tutorial covers the basics of JavaScript promises, showing how you can leverage them in your JavaScript development. The concept of promises is not new to web development. Many of us have already used promises in the form of libraries such as Q, when.js, RSVP.js, etc. Even jQuery has something called a Deferred object, which… Continue reading An Overview of JavaScript Promises
Creating a Customized Experience with Ipstack
At this world and age, it is important to deliver differentiated service. As the world is moving to digital platforms, this is getting quite difficult. After all, tailoring an in-store experience to a given customer is easy via human interaction. But, what do you do when different people visit your site? Simple. You deliver an… Continue reading Creating a Customized Experience with Ipstack
Try the most efficient UX/UI Tools in 2018
Posted · Category: Best Collections Beautiful web pages aren’t always enough to keep a visitor engaged. In fact, if a site’s UI and UX aren’t carefully designed, visitors aren’t apt to stay around for long. Consequently, there’s a huge and ever-growing demand for UX designers. Salaries that are in keeping with the demand make the… Continue reading Try the most efficient UX/UI Tools in 2018
5 Tips to Make Your Business Website User-Friendly for More Conversions
Days when businesses used websites for sharing information and promoting products only, are long gone. Today, companies use websites to improve customer experiences and increase traffic conversion. However, to offer your website visitors with the best experience possible, you need to ensure your site is as engaging as possible. One of the most critical aspects… Continue reading 5 Tips to Make Your Business Website User-Friendly for More Conversions
Why Web Devs Need To Know About Servers And Infrastructure In 2018
April 4, 2018 by Spyrestudios Blogger Web developers must always be up to date with the latest advancements in their field if they want to remain relevant and create future-proof websites. Since the computer industry is one of, if not the most, dynamic field of specialization, keeping abreast with what’s new is not as easy… Continue reading Why Web Devs Need To Know About Servers And Infrastructure In 2018