Your website reaches the whole world. Which makes the whole world, potentially, your marketplace. But translating your content into other languages may not be enough. Putri Hapsari explains how to effectively use your site to gain new markets in different cultures.
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Human-Readable JavaScript: A Tale of Two Experts
JavaScript gives us many ways to do things, but deciding which way can be tricky. Laurie Barth gives us a story of two experts who solve this problem in different ways, giving some insight into how to make these decisions for your team.
Now THAT’S What I Call Service Worker!
If you’re looking to achieve the single-page app level performance without the overhead (and boot time) of a huge JavaScript library or having to completely rewrite your website in a new technology, Jeremy Wagner shares a clever approach combining Service Worker and streamed web page partials you’re sure to love.
Keeping Your Design Mind New and Fresh
When we design for ourselves, we exclude anyone who is not like us. We know that, but breaking out of our experience bubbles is hard. In this excerpt from Volume 2 of RECOGNIZE, Regine Gilbert reminds us that successful, inclusive design comes from watching, observing, questioning, and exploring.
How to Get a Dysfunctional Team Back on Track
Everyone’s a good manager when their team is functioning perfectly. But what do you do when your team screws up? Liam Nugent tells how to face reality when work goes poorly, and shares practical steps to get your team back on track.
The Future of Web Software Is HTML-over-WebSockets
The future of web app development is taking shape, and it’s changing the way we think about server-side app architecture. In this article, Matt E. Patterson shows why a new WebSockets-driven approach is catching developers’ attention, and how it can mean faster, easier development that results in an experience just as rich as client-side SPAs.
Designing Inclusive Content Models
You may not realize it, but your site might be actively discouraging user engagement because your content models are shaped by bias. Daniel Carter and Carra Martinez are here to help you to understand this phenomena and the steps you can take to address it.
The Never-Ending Job of Selling Design Systems
You didn’t start your web career to be a politician or salesperson. But if you want to work on design systems, you have no choice. Ben Callahan shows you how to convince executives to fund the initial design system push and KEEP funding it.
Navigating the Awkward: A Framework for Design Conversations
We’ve all been there: a client or coworker shows you something they’ve worked on for hours or weeks, and your brain screams because their idea sucks. Author Ksenia Cheinman shows how the right conversational framework can help you navigate these all-too-frequent design interactions.
Webwaste
In this excerpt from World Wide Waste, Gerry McGovern examines the environmental impact of bloated websites and unnecessary assets. Digital is physical. It seems cheap and free, but it’s not—it costs the Earth.
