In the high-tech digital UX design world, pen and paper can still be the preferred choices for fast low-fidelity prototyping. Contrary to assumptions, UX teams spend a lot of time away from the computer, writing on sticky notes, whiteboards, notepads, and adding annotations to paper prototypes. The more planning and preparation designers can do before
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10 UX UI Design Trends that Dominate 2024
AI in design, animated icons, cross platform UX are some of the most exciting 2024 UX and UI design trends. Our research has also noticed an interesting UX UI trend toward larger screens, with Instagram improving its desktop experience to accommodate the growing demand. Create high-quality, fully functioning prototypes to test your UI design ideas
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11 Best Material UI Alternatives
Material UI, developed and maintained by MUI, is a popular React component library that implements Google’s Material Design guidelines. It offers a comprehensive set of reusable and customizable components, such as buttons, cards, menus, form elements, predefined styles, and themes. The library promotes a modular and structured approach to building user interfaces, enabling developers to
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7 Best Code Editors for Your Development Needs
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and with it comes the need for skilled developers who can efficiently write and manage code. A significant aspect of coding is having the right tools to maximize productivity and streamline the development process. This is where code editors come in. In the vast and ever-evolving world of
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Join our Free Webinar: “Removing Friction from Design System Workflows”
Collaboration doesn’t end at the design handoff stage, right? Yet, seldomly is it discussed what happens next. We’re inviting you to a webinar that will show you how enterprise teams like Porsche, IBM, and Salesforce collaborate to boost their design system adoption and scale consistency. Spoiler alert! You can replicate those strategies to amplify collaboration
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The Benefits of Dark Mode and Why You Should Also Dim the Lights in Your Product
On its most basic level, dark mode turns white backgrounds with black text into black backgrounds with white text. The more you explore dark mode, though, the more design opportunities you will discover. Why should you bother learning about dark mode designs? Here are a few important reasons to get you motivated. Discover the power
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5 Amazing Blog Layouts for a Beautiful Blog Design
A blog layout refers to the structure and organization of content on a blog — a webpage that features various types of content, from paragraphs of text to high-quality images or eye catching graphics. Blog content can be about company updates, how-to manuals, personal stories, and more. From a design perspective, a blog is often
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DesignOps – How to Improve Your Design Workflow and Operations
With the fierce competition on the market, hiring top design talent is no easy feat. However, bringing a group of experienced, skilled people into one place is only part of success. Among others, to build a thriving product design team you must also invest in design operations (also known as DesignOps). We’ve written a whole
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What is React and why use it for your app?
Designing an app is complicated at the best of times, so anything that will make it simpler is always welcome. That’s where React comes in. What is React? It is a library of JavaScript code and components designed to make the creation of user interfaces easier. As an open-source framework, it has been used to
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Four persona examples for UX/UI design
As UX/UI designers, we have to keep in mind that we’re creating a product for real people. A user persona is a perfect tool to humanize our research data. We’ll look at some UX persona examples later. When we say the target user is women 35-60 years of age, our brains read it as numbers
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15 Timeless Prototyping Articles for UX Practitioners
Prototyping is one of the most useful UX practices available. Rather than showing your static design, prototypes are the living design. Luckily, there’s no shortage of advice online, so if you’re looking for some quick reads on prototyping, check out our favorites below. Still reading articles without practicing prototyping? Start creating with one of the best
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Angular vs React vs Vue – Which Framework You Should Use
As a developer, you definitely heard about Angular, React, and Vue and the constant discussions and comparisons around which one is better. Of course, all three of them are used for building web, mobile apps, and fast development of UI through the use of components. However, that doesn’t mean they are the same as Angular
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What is a Front-End Engineer?
Front-end engineers play a crucial role in shaping the visual and interactive aspects of software applications, contributing to the overall success of the product. They are the ones who develop the user interface and user experience of websites and web applications, ensuring they are visually appealing, interactive, and optimized for performance across various devices and
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Engineering KPIs — Key Performance Indicators for Your Engineering Team
Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, in engineering are essential metrics used to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of development processes, projects, and teams. By paying close attention to those indicators, engineering teams can assess their performance, identify areas for improvement, and deliver robust, scalable, and secure products that meet user needs and business objectives. Meet
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NextJS vs React — Which One is Better for Web Development?
Next.js and React are related but serve different purposes and have distinct features. React in the context of Next.js is the foundational library used to build the user interface components, while Next.js provides a framework with added features and conventions for building React-based web applications. Design interactive interfaces without pushing pixels. Bring your coded components
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