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3 Best Tools For the Most Effective UX/UI Heuristics Evaluation

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Have you ever heard of a UX/UI audit? Heuristics evaluations may be the best tool for this. The heuristics evaluation of UX/UI is an examination of not just how users respond to using a website or software but also of the entire system. Thankfully, for UX/UI designers, there are tools available for UX/UI heuristics evaluations. […]

20 Web Developer Portfolio Examples

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Being a web developer these days is akin to being an artist. Much like art, web development has psychology to it and a style that’s very much unique to the artist. Hence, no two websites are the same today (unless intended, of course) and developers would do well to showcase their skills with web developer […]

9 Best Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency Plugins For WordPress

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Cryptocurrency has changed the vertical of currencies with maximum impact. Specifically, Bitcoin has managed to garner all the attention and market favoritism in recent times. Providing a new edge to currency exchange, Cryptocurrency is no more a hit and miss for the experts. With a lot of people getting on board with the idea of […]

7 Basic Usability Heuristic Designers Live By

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There are basic usability heuristics all designers know and live by. Why? Because designing for usability takes up more complicated planning processes than it looks. Contrary to most people’s thinking, UI and UX design is NOT about the aesthetic. It’s about creating a workable, and successful, path for users on an interface from the moment […]

How to Make Your Web Developer Portfolio Stand Out

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The rise of the internet has changed how we interact with the rest of the world. We are constantly connected to one another and have access to vast resources for education, entertainment, and business. Yet, the continued practicality of these technologies relies on the talents of web developers to provide interfaces and structures.

24 Free Thanksgiving Banners You Could Use For Your Website

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As a designer, we always need to have seasonal design elements on our archives for whenever our clients want design updates for holidays. It is always so fun to design our websites for fall and autumn, especially now that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Fortunately, there are great sources of free Thanksgiving banners on […]

35 Autumn and Fall Design Elements For Your Next Project

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Second only to spring, the fall is a super popular time of the year. As everyone below the Mason Dixon line asks what this “autumn” thing is all about, the folks in the Northern parts of the world cozy up in flannel button-downs and drink tea. For about three weeks, that is, and the bone-chilling […]

27 PHP/MySQL Tutorials for Building Web Applications

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One of the most adaptable web development languages has to be PHP. An enormous number of open source projects are built on the PHP/MySQL database stack. Spending a bit of time learning these languages will help tremendously when customizing a WordPress or Pligg CMS project. But it’s difficult to pinpoint where you should start.