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Cherry-Picking Commits in Git
This article is part of our “Advanced Git” series. Be sure to follow us on Twitter or sign up for our newsletter to hear about the next articles!
In part 5 of this series, we looked at rebasing and merging. Although there are a couple of differences between git merge and git rebase, both commands h..
The Gap (Design Engineering)
Egor Kloos describes a situation where a (purely visual) designer asks for some changes to a component. There is a misunderstanding where the (code monkey) developer implements the change exactly as requested—but really what was required was both a bug fix and a new variation to the component. Becau..
How To Speed Up Your Bootstrap Development Process
Currently, Bootstrap is among the most popular frameworks in the developer community. One of the most straightforward solutions for front-end development methods available, Bootstrap allows users to access convenient CSS and HTML components for forms, typography, sliders, navigation, and everything ..
How WordPress Full Site Editing Could Impact the Design Process
The way we design and build WordPress themes is evolving. With the introduction of Full Site Editing (FSE), it is now possible to change every aspect of a site’s look and layout directly within the Gutenberg block editor.
Similar functionality has previously been available through the use of page b..
A Clever Sticky Footer Technique
Upon hearing “sticky footer” these days, I would think most people imagine a position: sticky situation where a footer element appears fixed on the screen while in the scrolling context of some parent element.
That’s not quite what I’m talking about here. “Sticky footers” were a UI concept before p..
Line length revisited: following the research
Mary Dyson produces nitty gritty research on the long-accepted notion that shorter line lengths are more legible than longer ones. The study finds that shorter lines do not necessarily lead to faster reading. If you’re looking for a definitive answer to use in your next design review debate, though,..
10 WordPress Plugins to Supercharge Advanced Custom Fields
I have to admit – I have a bit of a dev-crush on Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). The popular WordPress plugin allows you to build some incredibly powerful and user-friendly customizations. It takes WP’s already built-in ability to use custom fields and adds an attractive GUI for ease of use. But that’..
SaaS UX: 5 Ways to Improve the Scannability of the Plan Matrix
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Key Takeaways
During our large-scale SaaS UX testing, plan matrices contained on average 40 distinct features
Identifying specific features and comparing plans is needlessly difficult in a lengthy, disorganized plan matrix
Matrices can be made easier to scan with 5 key implementations
During large-scale testing of SaaS sites, the plan matrix was a primary destination for users considering a digital services subscription or SaaS.
Indeed, many users spent most of their time on the site considering the plan matrix — and ultimately decided on whether or not to subscribe to a service from the details provided.
Yet the layout and design of the plan matrix on a SaaS site greatly impacts users’ ability to identify the most suitable plan for their specific business needs and, therefore, their purchase decis..
Generate a Pull Request of Static Content With a Simple HTML Form
Jamstack has been in the website world for years. Static Site Generators (SSGs) — which often have content that lives right within a GitHub repo itself — are a big part of that story. That opens up the idea of having contributors that can open pull requests to add, change, or edit content. Very usef..
Jamstack TV
That’s the name of Netlify’s YouTube Channel. Love that. I linked up Rich’s talk the other day, which was a part of this past JamstackConf, but now all the talks are up on there. Rich got to talk about Svelte, but there are talks on Astro, RedwoodJS, Eleventy, Vue… all the cool kids really.
I’m su..