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Question is which responsibilities Owners Should Never Delegate

Alex_Kucher — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:27:45 +0000

Hello to everybody!
My question is which responsibilities Owners Should Never Delegate?
What should delegate to team members and shouldn't?
Thank you for the answer.

UI/UX TIPS TO DESIGN FORMS IN WEB APPLICATIONS

Alex_Kucher — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:00:24 +0000

Hello to everyone!

Forms are one of the common ways the user interacts with applications, they are almost everywhere. While making a purchase, creating a profile, or signing up for newsletters, building forms the right way can easily boost your user interaction as the application becomes more friendly. I will be giving some minor and easy tips that can help you build better forms as a frontend developer or even as UI/UX designer.

In our article we've noticed some forms, I think you'll find it interesting, so you can click to the link.
You are welcome!

What are some things that only someone who has been programming 20-50 years would know?

Alex_Kucher — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:26:32 +0000

Programming in 1980: "Everything is a pointer to a contiguous buffer of values… because… C."
Programming in 1990: "Everything is an object, we care about business logic and databases.”
Programming in 2000: “Code readability and extreme use of design patterns is so much more important than performance. Hardware is cheap. Anyone can code.”
Programming in 2010: "Of course we are an agile team. We have daily scrums to find out which JavaScript framework our team will try today."
Programming in 2020: "Everything is a pointer to a contiguous buffer of values… because data-oriented-design and cache-misses…”

Don't forget to be grateful for what you do have

Alex_Kucher — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:09:22 +0000

A few useful resources that you may need when developing

Alex_Kucher — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:25:01 +0000

Hello to everyone!

As an interface developer, you've probably struggled to find images, svgs, or icons to add to your app, and sometimes the images you have are high-resolution, which takes a long time to draw when the website is rendered, making it difficult for the website to work, or can't find high-quality images.

Here are a few resources you may need when developing your app.

1. Free Icons
Icons are known to express some information while providing good UI. These are used in many websites and as a frontend developer you probably need them in any website you'll be making. Here are some free icons resources.

Font Awesome: Font awesome

Bootstrap icons: Bootstrap icons

2. Free High Quality Images
If you are wondering where to get free high quality images for your backgrounds, nature, people etc here are good sources

Unsplash: Unsplash

Pexels: Pexels

3. Free SVG illustration
Svg are essential part of modern websites and we no longer need to create them from scratch using html/css or other design tools like figma.
Undraw: Undraw
Freepik: Freepik

4. Free image resolution compressor
These tools will compress your images to reduce resolution and thus helps better your site's performance without affecting image quality.
tinyPNG: TinyPNG
Img2go: Img2go

5. Remove Background

Lets look at this image

I want to put it somewhere on my site where the green color will lead to a bad UI, Removing the green background and deciding to add my own or just put it without the background would be the best solution, but I don't know photoshop-that's where I'm going

Remove.bg: Remove.bg
Now I get this

Hope these resources save you a lot effort, happy coding!!

10+ useful REACT UI LIBRARIES for your project

Alex_Kucher — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:29:01 +0000

React is a very popular JavaScript library for building User Interfaces. Using React makes the process of building UIs very simple but you know what makes the process even easier? Using an already-made library.

Here are over 10 popular React libraries you might want to consider using for your project:

Blueprint

Blueprint is a React UI toolkit used to create and manage data-intensive user Interfaces for desktop applications.

Chakra UI

Chakra UI is a React library which offers you simple, modular and accessible components which you can use as building blocks you need to build your React applications. All components are also dark mode compatible.

Instead of spending hours to code and reinvent the wheel, you can easily use Chakra's components to build your app.

Search UI

Every content-based websites need some sort of search functionality for retrieving certain parts of content.

Search UI is a React-based search framework for implementing world-class search functionality without having to code from scratch or reinvent the wheel.

Ant Design

Ant Design is an enterprise-grade React UI framework containing a set of tools for creating beautiful and Intuitive User Interfaces for your web application.

Ant Design is a great choice for building websites targeted for high-end clienteles.

Material UI

The Material Design is an modern design language created by Google, which aid web designers create novel touch experiences in their websites via cue-rich features and natural motions that mimic real-world objects/materials in an immersive form.

Material UI includes a set of React components for faster and easier process of web design. You can either build your own custom design system or start with the Material Design.

Reactstrap

Reactstrap is a React-Bootstrap component library. It provides inbuilt Bootstrap components that make it very easy to create User Interfaces with its self-contained components that provides flexibility and inbuilt validations. Reactstrap is similar to Bootstrap, but with self-contained components. Hence, it's easy to use and support Bootstrap 4.

Smooth UI

As it's name implies, this library is focused on user experience and accessibility. Smooth UI makes it is easy to design beautiful websites and applications with clean and smooth features to make for a satisfactory experience for the end user.

React DatePicker

Something for event-based websites.
React DatePicker is a simple, reusable and highly customizable React Component that allows you include date selection functionality to your websites.

It's very easy to use as well.

React Select

Many websites have some sort of checkbox or select control for collecting simple information from the user. React Select houses a beautiful set of select input control with multiselect, autocomplete and other nice features.

React toggle

Toggles are an essential part of user Interfaces. A lot of websites use toggles to switch some feature on or off. React toggle is an elegant, accessible toggle component for React which also acts as a glorified checkbox.

Wysiwyg

All modern content management platforms must have a modern text editor interface for users to type into. This is where wysiwyg comes in.

This library is a multifeature text editor build on top of ReactJS and DraftJS.

Halogen

One of the most popular ways of keeping users in a website happily waiting while a page or resources is getting fetched from the backend is with the use of spinners.

Halogen houses a huge collection of loading spinners made with React.js.

I hope you will find something interesting in this collection. Thank you for reading and have a nice day!)

5 BEST node.js frameworks

Alex_Kucher — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:39:05 +0000

It takes experience to select the fitting framework for a particular task. Read this article to the end to learn about the six best Node.JS frameworks we prefer using on our projects. As a software development company, we share our tips and industry insights.

WHAT IS NODE.JS?

Node.js is an open - source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime that manages JavaScript code outside the browser.
Mostly JavaScript is used to create client-side scripts are embedded in the HTML of a website page and run by the JavaScript engine in the browser. With Node.js, developers can use JavaScript to get command-line tools. On the server-side, it runs the necessary scripts to process the dynamic content of the web page before it is available in the user's browser. Thus, Node.js embodies the concept of “JavaScript everywhere,” allowing you to develop web applications in the same language for both server-side and client-side scripting.

Features such as better performance, functionality, high speed, and scalability make Node.js the number one choice for developing enterprise-grade applications for large companies.

Developing in Node.js, you can use the same language for both the frontend and backend. This will save you the trouble of learning and applying new languages.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST FRAMEWORK?

We consider the following criteria:

Scalability. The framework shouldn't limit us in possible ways of executing the project.
Ecosystem. A framework with an actively contributing community and educational materials
Functionality. This point is subjective for each project.

We appreciate such functionality as support of declared programming, middleware support to optimize the app functionality, cluster management, and batch support.

To make a list of the best Node.js, we analyzed their functionality, advantages, and use cases.

EXPRESS.JS

Express.JS is the most popular one. It makes it much easier to reuse code to process data in web applications, store user sessions, manage cookie files, and handle payloads. If you’re not using Express.Js, Node.js requires you to rewrite many processes from the ground.

Express is well known to evolve, unlike other frameworks that rely heavily on Rails and borrows a lot from another Ruby framework called Sinatra. The concept is simple: the framework provides enough capabilities to launch and work without requiring a lot of preparation time.
This is why Express is a clear favorite for dynamic content. It has a fast response to users’ requests, uploads text, photos, videos, and other content to the page.

Sites built with Express.js:

Uber;
Twitter;
BlaBlaCar.

Advantages of Express.js:

Open-sourced, has a vast and vital community;
Easy to learn;
A developer can install helpful tools for speed, response, and performance improvement;
Ability to define with URLs and HTTP protocol;
Supports multiple template engines;
Allows creating both static and dynamic content;
Integration with SQL and NoSQL databases.

METEOR.JS

Meteor is an open-source MVC framework that allows you to create real-time Web applications. One of the platform’s essential features is using the same code on both the server and client sides. It is data that is usually transferred between the server and the client, but not HTML code. The framework supports OS X, Windows, and Linux. Its reactive programming model allows you to build applications with less JavaScript.

Sites built with Meteor.js:

Mazda;
Accenture;
Deloitte;
Brainhub.

Advantages of Meteor.js:

Suitable for MVP development and prototype;
Smart packages: you may use a single command to connect multiple features;
You don’t need huge blocks of code: it’s simple and elegant.

KOA.JS

The Express.js development team has created another framework called Koa.js: a futuristic next-generation Node.js framework that promises to be more concise and colorful than Express.js.

Koa.js focuses on building web applications and APIs. Its main advantage is generators, which are a great way to avoid callbacks and help developers fix bugs.

Sites built with Koa.js:

Brainhub;
Bulb;
GAPO.

Advantages of Koa.js:

A lightweight approach to development;
Easy error handling using try/catch command;
There’s no built middleware, so nothing makes the application havier or slows down;
Rich Express ecosystem supports Koa and provides a lot of its translated packages and libraries;
Koa allows simply writing functions instead of spamming middleware.

NEST.JS

Nest. JS architecture was inspired by Angular. This is the framework created to make life easier for the developer, using the right architectural approaches and dictating its own rules.
Therefore, NestJS is not only a backend framework but also an opportunity to enter the world of advanced concepts such as DDD, Event sourcing, and microservice architecture. Everything is packaged in a lightweight and straightforward form, so the choice is yours - whether you decide to use the entire platform or just use its components.

Sites built with NEST.JS:

Adidas;
Autodesk;
Neoteric.

Advantages of Nest.js:

Angular style syntax for the backend
NodeJS ecosystem;
Integration with Express;
Fast development;
You would quickly switch to Nest if you used Angular or Express before.

HAPI.JS

We consider Hapi a security focus Node.JS framework. Code quality and verification are prioritized over extensive functionality.

Unlike Express and Restify, it has a slightly different approach, providing more functionality out of the box. The cons include full control over requests getting and detailed help with generating documentation.

Sites built on Hapi.Js:

BrainHub;
Gozova;
Boodle.

Advantages of Hapi.js:

Powerful input validation;
Functionality;
Caching Implementation;
Improved error handling system;
Suitable for microservice development;
Flexible RSS memory.

Although Node.js frameworks are not necessary for the back-end in terms of functionality, they make a big difference in development, product performance, and code quality.

Accessing predefined models, libraries, and middleware enables developers to save time writing the same code, passing through thousands of callbacks, and struggling with front-end frameworks to implement Node.js.
Our developers use all the frameworks above and can’t say which one is better. Some frameworks are ideally adapted for managing dynamic content, while others are best suited for creating MVP. Also, we always base our decision on the product’s requirements and features when a Node.js project comes along. It’s very important to pay attention to business needs.

5+ Best frontend and backend frameworks for developers

Alex_Kucher — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:30:57 +0000

Hi guys, if you want to become a full stack developer, you have a great choice between frontend and backend frameworks. While frontend frameworks are dominated by JavaScript, the backend has many features for building server-side applications, such as Java, Python, Ruby, and even JavaScript.

The tech world is changing as fast as technology is changing, and so are tech jobs. Gone are the days when you could get a job just by knowing one technology or programming language, and somehow survive in that position for years without learning new things.
In today's competitive world, more and more people are looking for full-stack software engineers, that is, those who know both front-end and server technologies and can independently develop a full-featured web application.

If you look at the job description of any full-stack software engineer in internet companies, you will find that a full-stack software engineer needs to know front-end technologies like ES-next, Babel, React, Redux, Bootstrap, LESS, etc., as well as basic skills like Python, Django, Graphene (GraphQL), REST, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Docker, etc. In other words, expectations have become very high.

If you are a full-stack software engineer or someone aspiring to become a full-stack software engineer, then you should be familiar with several front-end and back-end website development frameworks like React and Node, but it also depends on your background, such as whether you are primarily a Python background or a Java/JavaScript background.

In this article, I am going to share some of the best and most popular web development frameworks, which I think a full-stack developer should be familiar with.

I have included both front-end and back-end frameworks for your reference. Depending upon your background, you can choose the related set of technologies to enhance your profile.

TOP 5 open source development tools

Alex_Kucher — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:04:14 +0000

Software is eating the world, and there are not enough developers to fulfil demand.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for software developers, which includes software engineers, will grow 22%, substantially faster than the 4% average for all careers.

As developers and IT professionals, this demand results in pressure. We are often given impossible deadlines, velocity goals and expected to deliver at breakneck speeds, with zero bugs. This is exactly why we need the support and acceleration of good development tools.

What makes for a good development tool? Although the term "developer tool" is very general and can apply to a wide range of services, there are a few key features that your top developer tools should have.

It saves you time;
Good documentation;
It integrates well with other tooling;
Good community;
Regular releases and updates.

Below we'll cover the top open-source development tools you should be using in 2021. Without these tools, the work we do, the deadlines we hit, the bugs we find and squash before release would be impossible.

VS Code

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go).

Budibase

Budibase is an open source low-code platform, bringing together everything required to build internal tools and custom business apps, such as; dashboards, admin panels, approval apps, customer portals, and everything in between. Within minutes, transform data and processes into powerful internal tools.

Posthog

PostHog is a product analytics platform built for the enterprise, with the differentiators of being open source and having a broader view of the tools needed to make a product successful.

Snyk

Snyk is a developer-first platform for building cloud-native applications securely. In addition, it helps and encourages developers to remediate open source vulnerabilities during the development process.

Storybook

Storybook is a tool for UI development. It makes development faster and easier by isolating components, allowing developers to work on one component at a time. As a result, you can develop entire UIs without needing to start up a complex dev stack, force specific data into your database, or navigate around your application.

Open source development tools come in many shapes and sizes, and it's often a complex process when choosing the right tool for a new project. I hope that my list will help you in your development. In the comments, you can add your favorite open source tools. Thank you for reading and have a nice day))