CategoryTools

April 7, 2021 — Unreliable tests are a living nightmare for anyone who writes automated tests or pays attention to the results. Flaky tests have even given folks nightmares and sleepless nights. In this article, Ramona Schwering shares her experiences to help you get out of this hell or avoid getting into it. Read more…

April 5, 2021 — A guide to vanilla JavaScript code snippets — with resources and lightweight libraries to help you solve a problem without a large overhead or third-party dependencies. Read more…

April 1, 2021 — By systemizing the fundamentals of typography and space, and leaning into the inherent fluidity of the web, a free new CSS tool called Utopia offers an alternative to breakpoint-driven design. Read more…

March 29, 2021 — A complete guide to SVG generators: everything from SVG shapes and cropping tools to SVG filters, color matrix mixers and SVG to JSX generators. Read more…

March 26, 2021 — This article presents tactics that can be helpful for those working in organizations that have started engaging in UX, but are still at the lower to middle stages of maturity: knowledge sharing and mentorship. Read more…

March 22, 2021 — An up-to-date collection of accessible front-end components: accordions, form styles, dark mode, data charts, date pickers, form styles, navigation menu, modals, radio buttons, “skip” links, SVGs, tabs, tables, toggles and tooltips. Read more…

March 15, 2021 — In a new short series of posts, we highlight some of the useful tools and techniques for developers and designers. This time it’s all about CSS Generators: from CSS shadows to easing gradients to CSS overlays to CSS doodles. Read more…

March 11, 2021 — A complete guide to CSS auditing tools for debugging and refactoring your CSS. Tools to discover CSS specificity issues, duplicated and invalid selectors and improve your CSS architecture. Read more…

March 5, 2021 — Our lives as UI designers have never been easier with a host of amazing tools at our disposal. In this article, Paul Boag explores some of the useful tools that he keeps close at his work. Read more…

March 3, 2021 — In this article, we’ll look at how to create an outside focus and click handler with React. We will recreate an open source react component react-foco from scratch in doing so. Read more…