How to Quickly Cut and Trim Audio in Audacity

Editing audio can seem daunting, particularly when confronted with complex software. This is where Audacity, a free, open-source audio editing tool, shines. It streamlines the editing process, making cutting and trimming audio files a straightforward task. Ideal for podcasters, musicians, and video editors, Audacity simplifies audio editing without sacrificing functionality. By mastering Audacity, users can… Continue reading How to Quickly Cut and Trim Audio in Audacity

Performance Tip: Use the Media Attribute for Faster Page Load Times

Sometimes web performance optimization takes a lot of work, and sometimes performance can be improved in just a moment. Adding the media attribute to conditional CSS files is an easy and quick way to speed up web page load times. TL;DR In short, if you add the media attribute to the <link> tag that calls… Continue reading Performance Tip: Use the Media Attribute for Faster Page Load Times

Raygun RUM: Know Your Users’ Experience

It goes without saying that building web applications requires a lot of work. Not only do you have to design, debug, and deliver a fast server-side application, but the same amount of time and care must go into designing, debugging, and delivering a fast client-side application. This means that everyone involved throughout the development process… Continue reading Raygun RUM: Know Your Users’ Experience

How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll not only create a polaroid effect Photoshop template using photo filters and shapes, but we’ll also create animated photo effects with standard Photoshop tools. I created Animated Polaroid Slideshow Instagram Stories Template using the same methods for my GraphicRiver portfolio. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the… Continue reading How to Create an Animated Polaroid Effect Photoshop Template

Build Your Own CAPTCHA and Contact Form in PHP

People write code every day to automate a variety of processes. We exploit the fact that computers are a lot faster and more accurate than humans, which lets us simplify a lot of mundane tasks. Unfortunately, these same abilities can be used to program computers to do something malicious like sending spam or guessing passwords.… Continue reading Build Your Own CAPTCHA and Contact Form in PHP

Writing Snapshot Tests For React Components With Jest ― Scotch

In this tutorial, we will be looking at what snapshot tests are and how we can use snapshot testing to ensure our User Interface does not change without the team knowing about it. To get started, you will need to familiarize yourself with the following NodeJS – A JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript… Continue reading Writing Snapshot Tests For React Components With Jest ― Scotch

20 Time Saving & Free Photoshop Plugins

There are many rivals to Photoshop. Sketch app, Acorn, Gimp, Autodesk Pixlr, PaintShop Pro and others. I can honestly say that all of these tools are really nice and good. But it’s really hard to compare with the Photoshop. The interface of the tools I’ve mentioned before is really nice, it’s easier to use it,… Continue reading 20 Time Saving & Free Photoshop Plugins