Burnt Out Vs. Time for a Change

Posted · Category: Information It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of trying to move up the ladder, through trying to demonstrate your work ethic to managers and coworkers. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with that, it’s not always easy to recognize when this pattern has gone too far and has taken a… Continue reading Burnt Out Vs. Time for a Change

Which Technical Skills Will Earn You the Most Money?

Posted · Category: Information If you work in or near technology, you are well-versed in the high-stakes economy of engineering salaries. All engineers are in super high demand for sought-after (and well paid) positions, the collective narrative goes. Hired’s first-ever Hiring Pulse Report: Q2 2016 adds some nuance to that narrative. TL;DR: Engineers are still… Continue reading Which Technical Skills Will Earn You the Most Money?

Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients

Advertisement Gradients play an essential role in web design, especially cool gradient backgrounds. There are many different possibilities of gradients that you can use, such as linear or radial. You can use a wide variety of shades and colors to add interest and depth. Gradients are very important to making your website unique and attractive.… Continue reading Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients

8 Coding Playgrounds For Developers

Testing tools are essential for the developers as they constantly require to test their codes. Testing tools and codes play a vital role in the web development process in order to check the functionality and validate the codes. They are designed to help developers check and validate their codes and hence, save their time as… Continue reading 8 Coding Playgrounds For Developers

Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2

In the second and last part of this mini series, we’ll finish this introduction with sections about outputting Ruby code, interpolation, plain text and how to customize Slim to your needs. After that article you should be ready for some Slim action.  Outputting Code You have already seen a bit about how to use Ruby in… Continue reading Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2

It’s Tough Out There: A Look at Brutalism in Web Design

Brutalist websites were thrust into the spotlight recently when Pascal Deville’s brutalistwebsites.com hit Hacker News and went viral. This collection showcases the less warm and fuzzy side of the web–let’s take a look and see if we can pull some inspiration from brutalism. Brutal Buildings “Brutalism” (or “New Brutalism”) is a term which has been rattling… Continue reading It’s Tough Out There: A Look at Brutalism in Web Design

How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies

In a recent series, we talked all about how we could work with metadata for several of the major classes in WordPress.  This included: Throughout the series, we talked a bit about how WordPress 4.4 introduced the idea of term metadata. I didn’t want to present the concept within the context of that series because… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies

Interview with Artist Devin Mars

Devin Mars is a digital artist from USA. born in Curitiba, Brazil. He can’t really pinpoint an exact moment on the time he wanted to become an artist because it’s an idea that evolved with him. Let us know about him more in this interview. So, read on and enjoy! When did you decide to become an artist? I… Continue reading Interview with Artist Devin Mars

Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game

Source: Be Digital[2] First impressions count. This is where pre-built websites can play a key role in creating any business-oriented website. There has to be a follow-through of course, but the importance of creating a great first impression can never be overemphasized. The problem facing the web designer is what makes a great first impression… Continue reading Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game

First look at Adobe’s Animate CC

Adobe have just launched their ‘new’ application, Animate CC. A major component in the Creative Cloud application suite, Animate CC replaces Flash Professional CC, and is available to download now. As we previously reported, Animate CC is an evolution of Flash Professional. The name change is based on the changing role of the application. Adobe… Continue reading First look at Adobe’s Animate CC

How to Grow Your App Team

You can find a lot of online resources that help you on your way to make a successful app. Once you reach that point, you’re looking to retain or even expand on that success. This is the moment that you, a single person who has built an app, grows into something bigger, a team that continues… Continue reading How to Grow Your App Team

Icons In Web Design

Image source: thestorefront.com[2] Well-executed and beautiful icons look like tiny and cute images, but they are much more than that. They are extremely advantageous to every website because they attach visual cues to the essential elements of a website (headings, sections, buttons, etc) and they make the site/app look professional and sophisticated. Generally speaking, icons… Continue reading Icons In Web Design

The Importance of Web Development Services

Code of web page displayed on a computer monitor

A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business’s site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization… Continue reading The Importance of Web Development Services

What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?

What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration? If inspiration is as easy as drinking a cup of coffee or you can easily find inspiration in a cup of coffee, then a web designer’s life is a breeze. However, like their art and all the codes that go with it, there are times when inspiration… Continue reading What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Learning the fundamentals of the World Wide Web is crucial, especially if you are planning to build web apps. And, HTTP is at the heart of any web application you could build. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Here are some of our favourite free image galleries that you can quickly plug into a design. They’ve been built with everything from JavaScript to PHP to jQuery and more… A shout-out to all the developers involved in sharing their work with the community! JavaScript Galleries jQuery… Continue reading 36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

Elementary OS Luna: The Linux Distro That Works Like Mac OS

Mac OS X is definitely one of, if not the most, consistent and aesthetically pleasing desktop OS on the market to date but in order to use it, you still need to get a Mac. If you work on a Windows PC and don’t want to build a Hackintosh, you can try this alternative: Elementary… Continue reading Elementary OS Luna: The Linux Distro That Works Like Mac OS

How Content Holds Significant Role in Web Design

There are countless websites in the world. But all are not successful. The main story of success is to follow some guideline for a website which not only acceptable among the audience but need some creativity. Sometime A beautifully designed website can be top of the page and also some content heavy with adaptive design… Continue reading How Content Holds Significant Role in Web Design

30 Must have jQuery Plugins Dedicated to Website Performance

Website performance is very important factor for its success; jQuery has contributed a lot to improve website performance. jQuery plugins are used to perform a set of methods to increase the usability and performance of existing system. In this case, website performance is of concern. jQuery plugins is the best resources to increase the object… Continue reading 30 Must have jQuery Plugins Dedicated to Website Performance

20 Beautiful Examples of Background Image Usage in Web Design

Images have an effective and important role in web design. An experienced designer can use a large image in websites background effectively. This application of images will be look more composed when menus buttons will floating on this image. Here you can find 20 Beautiful Examples of Background Image Usage in Web Design.   Wythe… Continue reading 20 Beautiful Examples of Background Image Usage in Web Design

30+ Websites Offering Free Icon Sets For Download

Free icon sets of high quality can be really useful for busy web designers to speed up the creative process. Icons play an important role in blog- and website design for attracting the attention of visitors to specific content, menu items and so forth. While there are tons of premium icons available for anyone willing… Continue reading 30+ Websites Offering Free Icon Sets For Download

10 Beautifuly Creative And Fresh Free Fonts For Your Pleasure

Hi guys, I’m back with an amazing resource roundup for you. Being a graphic designer myself I perfectly know how these fonts play the essential role in today’s graphic designing and to find a perfect font or simply making it can take a lot of precious time which can other wise be creatively used for… Continue reading 10 Beautifuly Creative And Fresh Free Fonts For Your Pleasure