Components are a fundamental aspect of modern UI design tools, enabling designers to create reusable elements that maintain consistency across projects. While both UXPin and Figma offer robust component systems, they have distinct differences in functionality, flexibility, and integration with other tools. This post will explore these differences, helping you decide which platform might be
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In 2016, we did an intense user research campaign. After 40+ interviews with design and engineering leaders and a survey of 3,100+ designers and developers, we concluded traditional design tools aren’t good enough to serve modern product development. Workflows are too fragmented, disconnected, and unfocused. Design system tools must be a complete hub for design
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When it comes to building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), the goal is simple: deliver value to users as quickly and efficiently as possible. As a technical designer with coding skills, I’ve seen firsthand how the right approach can turn an idea into a market-ready product. With the increasing complexity of digital products, it’s more
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Turning a website into an application involves adapting and extending the functionalities and design of the website to fit the framework and user expectations of a mobile, desktop or web app. Let’s see how to make website an app, when is the right time to do so, and which websites became apps. Design on-brand and
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Most front-end developers constantly seek ways to streamline our workflows and craft responsive, aesthetically pleasing websites. Tailwind CSS, with its utility-first approach, has emerged as a powerful tool to do just that – build website interfaces. If you’re looking to optimize your use of Tailwind, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll
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Code-to-design tech seems daunting to you? Don’t worry. We created a mini-series in which Rachel, a skilled teacher of frontend courses, shows you how to design an interface with our code-to-design technology – UXPin Merge. This blog post will provide you with an exhaustive review of this tutorial series, breaking down its strengths and key
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Figma is a powerful web-based design tool that has become designer’s favorite as it allows to create, collaborate on, and share user interface designs in real-time. Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, Figma has grown to become one of the leading tools in the design industry due to its unique features and
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Little icons have a big job. With limited real estate, they must convey meaning to people who expect to be informed about function or status. Maybe that’s why thousands of icons sets exist, many for free. But there’s nothing quite like making your own. Project-specific icons help the project to stand apart and convey meaning
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Prompt engineering involves designing and refining prompts to elicit desired responses from artificial intelligence models. It entails crafting specific inputs to guide the AI’s output towards useful, relevant, and accurate results, aiming to maximize effectiveness and reliability. With the development and widespread use of advanced language models like GPT-3 and GPT-4 from OpenAI, prompt engineering
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Learn about the anatomy of functional specs, why they’re helpful, and a few creative alternatives.
When building modern web applications, selecting the right UI library can make a significant difference in both development speed and user experience. For developers working with React, two of the most popular UI frameworks are Chakra UI and Material UI. Both offer extensive component libraries, robust customization options, and active community support, but they cater
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Creating a great website isn’t just about design – it’s also about getting seen by the right people. This is where SEO comes in. Search Engine Optimization involves optimizing your website so that search engines like Google can easily find and rank your site higher in search results. By combining React with effective SEO techniques,
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A React Hook is a special function in React that lets developers use state and other React features without writing a class. It makes code simpler and easier to manage by allowing functionality to be added directly within components. React Hooks makes the code easier to read and write. It simplifies state management, enhances performance,
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React is a powerful frontend library designed for building dynamic and interactive user interfaces, making it a popular choice for web development. It excels at managing the view layer of web applications, rendering components, handling user inputs, and updating the UI in real-time. However, to unlock its full potential, React needs to be paired with
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An art portfolio is a curated collection of an artist’s best work. It promotes the artist’s work and attracts potential employers, clients, galleries, or educational institutions. Most professional artists present their portfolio in form of an artist website and today we’re going to go through a couple of artist portfolios to help you build one.