CategoryUI (User Interfaces)

September 12, 2022 — Meet “Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklists”, a deck of 166 checklist cards to help you design and build better interfaces, faster. With accordions, mega-drop-downs, data tables, carousels, and everything in-between. Read more…

September 1, 2022 — In this article, Zara Cooper provides a rundown of some popular data grid libraries that would be a great addition to any data-heavy application and shares recommendations on what factors to consider when choosing a suitable data grid library. Read more…

August 29, 2022 — The problem of how to design an effective toggle button that shows the selected option clearly is a long-term open question among UI/UX designers. In this second part, Eduard Kuric explains a complex list of visual cues used by toggle buttons to communicate which of their options is active. Read more…

August 22, 2022 — In this first part of a two-part article, Eduard Kuric analyzes the characteristics of effective toggle buttons that make it error-proof and prevent confusion and frustration of users. Read more…

August 15, 2022 — Christine highlights some of Figma’s features and possibilities to help you build a design that aligns with code as much as needed and improve your team work. Read more…

August 12, 2022 — The power of framework-specific UI libraries, such as Skeleton, can lead to more productivity using the combined ability of Svelte and Tailwind to build modern web-based apps. Read more…

July 28, 2022 — How to organize their testing between unit, integration, and E2E testing and how to test their UI components? Testing is not just about tools and processes. It’s about architecture. In this article, Noam Rosenthal will share his experience on how to organize testing and find the right balance between front-end and subsystems and between different strategies. Read more…

July 12, 2022 — Although Angular Material is one of the most popular component libraries which also offers a table, it lacks some crucial data handling features. In this article, Zara Cooper will examine some of the features of the Kendo UI for Angular Data Grid in comparison to those offered by the Angular Material Table. Read more…

June 17, 2022 — User interface designers work with tables on a daily basis. The table is often a complex combination of text components, lines, rectangles, and icons which could be very difficult to work with, especially if you also need to support different screen resolutions, change the order of columns, and use real-life content. In this article, Andrii shares his approach to managing tables in Figma with a bit less pain. Read more…

May 3, 2022 — Developers often reach for UI frameworks like Bootstrap or Material UI, hoping that they’ll save a bunch of time and quickly build a professional-looking app. Unfortunately, things rarely work out this way. In this article, Josh Comeau is going to make his case for why you probably don’t need these tools. He’ll also share some of his go-to strategies for building professional-looking applications without a design background. Read more…