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Introduction to the AI Agentic World for Frontend Developers

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Sun, 04 May 2025 05:12:56 +0000

The web development world is evolving — fast. And right at the center of this transformation is a brand-new concept: AI agents.

If you're a frontend developer, you've probably already started hearing about how AI is reshaping the web — from design to code to user experience. But what exactly is the Agentic world? And how does it impact frontend development?

Let's dive in! 🚀

🤖 What Is an AI Agent?

At its core, an AI agent is a system that acts on behalf of a user, makes decisions, and performs tasks autonomously — often powered by models like GPT-4, Claude, or other advanced AI technologies.

Think of it like this:

A chatbot that schedules meetings without manual input? That’s an AI agent.

A website assistant that can design a basic landing page for you based on a few prompts? That's an AI agent.

A customer service bot that can escalate real issues but handle simple FAQs automatically? Yep, AI agent again.

In short, AI agents are proactive, decision-making systems — much smarter than the old rule-based chatbots.

🎨 Why Should Frontend Developers Care?

Frontend developers are on the frontlines of user interaction. As the web moves toward an AI-first future, users will expect smarter, more personalized, and more autonomous experiences.

Here’s why this matters for you:

UI + AI Integration: You’ll need to design interfaces that support dynamic, AI-driven responses.

New Workflows: Forms, buttons, and interactions won’t just trigger static responses — they could activate AI agents working behind the scenes.

Personalized UX: Frontends will become more conversational, adaptive, and user-specific.

Instead of building "pages," you might soon be building "smart experiences."

🧠 How AI Agents Work Behind the Scenes

A simple view of how a typical AI agent interacts with your frontend:

User Input: The user gives some input (typing, clicking, speaking).

Frontend Sends Request: The frontend captures this and sends it to an AI model or agent.

Agent Thinks: The AI agent processes the input, decides on the next best action (fetch data, book something, design something, etc.).

Response: The agent sends a response or triggers actions, which your frontend displays.

✅ Good frontends in an agentic world are fast, dynamic, and context-aware.

🛠️ Practical Examples for Frontend Developers

Here are ways you might interact with or build for AI agents soon:

Use Case

What It Looks Like in Frontend

Smart Form Autofill

Auto-suggest inputs based on user's past data

Conversational UI

Chat-like interfaces guiding users through complex flows

Dynamic UI Generation

AI creating parts of the page dynamically based on user needs

Personalized Dashboards

Dashboards that adjust to user behaviors without refresh

Intelligent Search Features

Search that understands context and natural language

⚡ Skills to Start Developing for AI Agents

Here’s what frontend developers should focus on in this new era:

Learn Prompt Engineering: Know how to craft effective prompts when interacting with AI APIs.

Understand API Integration: AI agents typically work via APIs — practice integrating them into your React/Vue/HTML apps.

Design Conversational Interfaces: UX matters! Users will expect natural, flowing interactions.

Stay Up to Date with GenAI Tools: Tools like OpenAI’s APIs, Anthropic Claude, HuggingFace models are the new "backend" for agents.

Think Adaptively: Build UIs that adapt and evolve based on real-time AI outputs.

🌐 Popular Libraries & Tools to Explore

OpenAI API – Easy way to add LLMs to your app

LangChain.js – Framework to manage complex agent workflows

React Chat UI Libraries – For building conversational frontends

Vercel AI SDK – Toolkit for building AI-native apps

🛤️ What the Future Looks Like

In the agentic world:

Users will expect apps that do things for them, not just show things.

Frontend developers will collaborate more closely with AI tools and agents.

Understanding AI UX principles will become as important as understanding HTML/CSS/JS.

Instead of simply asking “What should this page look like?”, the better question will be:

"How can this page think and act to help the user faster?"

📝 Conclusion

The AI Agentic era is not about replacing frontend developers — it’s about augmenting your abilities and making the web smarter for everyone.

The best thing you can do now?
👉 Experiment. Build. Integrate.
👉 Stay curious and flexible.

Front-end developers who embrace AI agents will be building the next generation of websites, apps, and digital experiences. 🚀

The agentic future is here — and you’re ready for it. 🌟

GenAI for Front End Developers: The Future is Now

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:07:00 +0000

The world of front-end development is evolving faster than ever — and at the heart of this change is Generative AI (GenAI). From generating code to automating design ideas, GenAI is opening up exciting new possibilities for front-end developers at every level, especially beginners.

If you’ve ever wished coding felt a little less intimidating or more collaborative, GenAI might be your new best friend.

In this post, we’ll explore what GenAI is, how it fits into front-end workflows, and how you can start using it to build faster, better, and smarter.

🧠 What is GenAI?

Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence that can create content — such as text, images, audio, or even code — based on the data it’s trained on. Tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Figma’s AI assistant use GenAI to help developers and designers generate ideas and solve problems quickly.

But this isn’t just about writing code for you — it’s about augmenting your creativity and productivity. For front-end developers, GenAI is becoming a supercharged sidekick.

🧑💻 How GenAI Helps Front-End Developers

Here’s how GenAI can assist you in everyday frontend work:

🚀 Rapid HTML/CSS Prototyping Instead of staring at a blank screen, you can ask ChatGPT to:

"Generate the HTML and CSS for a responsive landing page with a hero section, a signup form, and testimonials."
Within seconds, you'll have a basic structure to work with — which you can tweak, style, and expand on. It helps kickstart your ideas and saves hours of boilerplate coding.

🎨 UI Design Inspiration with Figma AI Tools like Figma AI and Uizard can turn plain text descriptions into wireframes or design mockups:

“Create a dark-themed dashboard UI with cards, charts, and sidebar navigation.”This empowers developers (even without a design background) to bring their vision to life — or collaborate more effectively with designers.

⚙️ JavaScript Component Generation GenAI can help you build interactive components like:

Accordions
Modals
Sliders
Form validations

For example, just prompt:

"Create a JavaScript countdown timer to a specific date with live updates."
And you’ll get code that’s not only functional but easy to understand and modify.

4. 🧪 Automated Testing Suggestions

GenAI can even help you write tests for your components. For instance, you can ask:

"Write unit tests using Jest for a form component that validates email and password fields."
This makes it easier for beginners to adopt testing early and build more robust code.

🧭 How to Start Using GenAI Tools

Here are a few tools you can start using today:

🧭 How to Start Using GenAI Tools

Here are a few tools you can start using today:

Tool	What It Does
ChatGPT	Code generation, debugging, explanation
GitHub Copilot	Inline coding suggestions in VS Code
Figma AI	Turns text into design wireframes
Uizard	AI-based design to code platform
Codeium	Free AI coding assistant for multiple IDEs

All of these can help you build projects faster while learning more effectively.

🧱 Example Workflow with GenAI

Let’s say you’re building a To-Do App.

Start with a prompt in ChatGPT:
Refine the design with Figma AI to make it more visually appealing.
Use Copilot or ChatGPT to add input validation and animations.
Ask for help writing tests or fixing errors. This way, you’re not skipping the learning process — you’re learning by building, with a powerful assistant by your side.

⚠️ Ethical Considerations and Risks

As with any powerful tool, it’s important to use GenAI responsibly:

Double-check the code it generates. It may have bugs or outdated syntax.
Understand what you’re copying. Don’t paste blindly — read, debug, and learn from it.
Avoid over-reliance. GenAI should support your creativity, not replace it.
Watch out for bias and misinformation, especially in security-related tasks.

The goal is to grow as a developer while leveraging AI to speed up repetitive or boilerplate tasks.

📚 Learning Resources

🔍 Want to Dive Deeper?

Here are a few beginner-friendly tutorials and platforms that cover GenAI in dev workflows:

ChatGPT for Web Developers (freeCodeCamp)
GitHub Copilot Docs
Figma AI Tutorials
Uizard AI-powered Prototyping
GenAI for Front End Developers (GenAI Academy) – great for a structured, hands-on intro

🏁 Conclusion: GenAI is Here to Empower You

Whether you're just starting out in frontend or you’ve already built a few projects, GenAI is a powerful ally. It’s not about replacing developers — it’s about making development faster, smarter, and more creative.

As part of the next generation of frontend developers, learning how to collaborate with AI tools will give you a competitive edge — and help you build cooler things, faster.

Start exploring, stay curious, and let GenAI supercharge your frontend journey. 🚀

(Part 2) Let’s Build 5 Fun Frontend Projects (With Code!)

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:22:27 +0000

Hey again!

Ready to go from learning about web development to actually doing it? You’re in the right place.

This post is where the fun really begins — we’re going to build 5 beginner-friendly projects using only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Each project is designed to:

Be simple enough for total beginners
Teach you key frontend skills
Leave you with something cool you can share or use

📸 1. Random Meme Generator

What it does: Click a button to load a random meme from the internet.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Working with APIs
Updating images dynamically
Handling button clicks

🧱 Code: `index.html`

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>Random Meme Generator</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; padding: 20px; }
    img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-top: 20px; }
    button { padding: 10px 20px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Random Meme Generator</h1>
  <img id="meme" src="" alt="meme" />
  <br>
  <button onclick="getMeme()">Get New Meme</button>

  <script>
    async function getMeme() {
      const res = await fetch("https://meme-api.com/gimme");
      const data = await res.json();
      document.getElementById("meme").src = data.url;
    }
    getMeme();
  </script>
</body>
</html>

✅ What Just Happened?

We used fetch() to get a meme from meme-api.com
Got a JSON response with the meme URL
Updated the image source with data.url
Now a new meme loads every time you click the button

🎯 Extra Challenges

Add a loading spinner
Show meme title below the image
Let users download the meme
Add a “copy meme link” button

🎁 What You’ve Learned

HTML structure
Basic styling with CSS
Fetching data from an API
DOM manipulation with JavaScript

🎨 2. Color Palette Generator

What it does: Click a button to generate 5 random color swatches.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Working with colors in JS
Generating random hex codes
Styling boxes dynamically

🧱 Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>Color Palette Generator</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; padding: 20px; }
    .palette { display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 15px; margin-top: 20px; }
    .color-box { width: 100px; height: 100px; border-radius: 8px; cursor: pointer; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; color: white; font-weight: bold; }
    button { padding: 10px 20px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Color Palette Generator</h1>
  <div class="palette" id="palette"></div>
  <button onclick="generateColors()">Generate Colors</button>

  <script>
    function getRandomColor() {
      return "#" + Math.floor(Math.random() * 16777215).toString(16);
    }

    function generateColors() {
      const palette = document.getElementById("palette");
      palette.innerHTML = "";
      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        const color = getRandomColor();
        const box = document.createElement("div");
        box.className = "color-box";
        box.style.background = color;
        box.innerText = color;
        palette.appendChild(box);
      }
    }

    generateColors();
  </script>
</body>
</html>

🎯 Extra Challenges

Display color hex code inside the box
Add a “copy to clipboard” feature
Let users lock colors to keep them during refresh

🎁 What You’ve Learned

Loops and random numbers in JavaScript
Inline styles and creating elements
Color theory and user experience

⏳ 3. Simple Pomodoro Timer

What it does: A 25-minute productivity timer with start, pause, and reset.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Countdown timers
Buttons and events
Text updates in real time

🧱 Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>Pomodoro Timer</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; padding: 20px; }
    #timer { font-size: 48px; margin: 20px 0; }
    button { padding: 10px 15px; margin: 5px; font-size: 16px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Pomodoro Timer</h1>
  <div id="timer">25:00</div>
  <button onclick="startTimer()">Start</button>
  <button onclick="pauseTimer()">Pause</button>
  <button onclick="resetTimer()">Reset</button>

  <script>
    let seconds = 1500;
    let timer;
    const display = document.getElementById("timer");

    function updateDisplay() {
      let min = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
      let sec = seconds % 60;
      display.textContent = `${min.toString().padStart(2, "0")}:${sec.toString().padStart(2, "0")}`;
    }

    function startTimer() {
      if (!timer) {
        timer = setInterval(() => {
          if (seconds > 0) {
            seconds--;
            updateDisplay();
          }
        }, 1000);
      }
    }

    function pauseTimer() {
      clearInterval(timer);
      timer = null;
    }

    function resetTimer() {
      seconds = 1500;
      updateDisplay();
      pauseTimer();
    }

    updateDisplay();
  </script>
</body>
</html>

🎯 Extra Challenges

Add break timers
Play a sound when time ends
Change the background color as time passes

🎁 What You’ve Learned

Working with time and intervals
DOM updates every second
Clean UI for productivity tools

🎉 4. Event Countdown

What it does: You enter a date, and it counts down the days left.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Handling user input
Calculating dates
Updating text based on logic

🧱 Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>Event Countdown</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; padding: 20px; }
    input, button { padding: 10px; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 5px; }
    #countdown { font-size: 24px; margin-top: 20px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Event Countdown</h1>
  <input type="date" id="eventDate" />
  <button onclick="startCountdown()">Start Countdown</button>
  <div id="countdown"></div>

  <script>
    function startCountdown() {
      const inputDate = document.getElementById("eventDate").value;
      const targetDate = new Date(inputDate);
      const today = new Date();
      const diff = Math.floor((targetDate - today) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
      document.getElementById("countdown").textContent = 
        diff >= 0 ? `${diff} days left!` : "The date has passed!";
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>

🎯 Extra Challenges

Update countdown every day
Add hours, minutes, seconds countdown
Save and show upcoming events

🎁 What You’ve Learned

Working with Date objects
User interaction through input
Simple but powerful date logic

🎤 5. Lyrics Finder

What it does: Enter a song + artist and get the lyrics using an API.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Form handling
Fetching and displaying text data
Error handling

🧱 Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>Lyrics Finder</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: center; padding: 20px; }
    input { padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 200px; }
    button { padding: 10px 15px; margin: 5px; font-size: 16px; }
    pre { white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left; max-width: 600px; margin: 20px auto; background: #f5f5f5; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Lyrics Finder</h1>
  <input id="artist" placeholder="Artist" />
  <input id="song" placeholder="Song" />
  <br>
  <button onclick="getLyrics()">Get Lyrics</button>
  <pre id="lyrics">Type artist and song name, then click the button.</pre>

  <script>
    async function getLyrics() {
      const artist = document.getElementById("artist").value.trim();
      const song = document.getElementById("song").value.trim();
      if (!artist || !song) {
        alert("Please enter both artist and song name");
        return;
      }

      try {
        const res = await fetch(`https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/${artist}/${song}`);
        const data = await res.json();
        document.getElementById("lyrics").textContent = data.lyrics || "Lyrics not found.";
      } catch (error) {
        document.getElementById("lyrics").textContent = "Error fetching lyrics.";
      }
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>

🎯 Extra Challenges

Add “loading...” while fetching
Clear lyrics when inputs change
Let users copy lyrics

🎁 What You’ve Learned

Forms and inputs
Using an API with parameters
Handling no-result cases

📦 Bonus: Free Learning Resources

Want to go deeper? These resources helped me a lot:

🚀 What’s Next?

In the next post, we’ll look at:

How to host your projects online for free (using GitHub Pages)
Making your sites responsive (look good on phones!)
A gentle intro to design systems and components

💬 Let’s Stay in Touch!

If you tried even one project — I’m proud of you. Really.

Share your screenshots, show your friends, or tag me on socials. If you got stuck, that’s totally okay — just drop a comment and I’ll help out.

Until next time — keep coding and keep it fun!

Let me know if you'd like a downloadable PDF version, a series index, or a linked GitHub repo with all projects in one place.

Let me know if you want this exported as a .md file or styled for your blog layout!

👩‍💻 Ready to Build? 5 Fun Frontend Projects for Beginners (with HTML, CSS & JS)

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:03:50 +0000

Hi there, and welcome to your first step into the world of web development! 👋 If you're someone who’s curious about how websites are made but don’t know where to begin — you’re in the right place.

This blog kicks off a beginner-friendly blog series where we’ll build 5 fun and simple projects using just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — the building blocks of every website. No prior coding experience? No problem. I’ll walk you through everything step by step.

By the end of this series, you’ll have real projects you can show off on your resume, GitHub profile, or even just to wow your friends. Let’s get started!

🌐 What Is Frontend Development?
Every time you open a website — whether it's YouTube, Instagram, or Google — you’re looking at the frontend. That’s the part of the site you can see and interact with: buttons, colors, layouts, animations, and more.

In this series, we’ll be using three basic tools to build cool things you can run in your browser.

🧰 Meet the Tools: HTML, CSS & JavaScript

Let’s break these down super simply:

🧱 1. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
HTML is like the skeleton of a webpage. It tells the browser what to display — a heading, a paragraph, an image, a button, etc.

<h1>Hello, world!</h1> <p>Welcome to my very first website!</p>

HTML Tutorials

🎨 2. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
CSS is the styling part. It adds colors, spacing, fonts, and makes things look nice.

h1 { color: blue; font-size: 30px; }

CSS Tutorials

⚙️ 3. JavaScript
JavaScript is what makes the page interactive. It allows buttons to work, images to change, timers to count down, and much more.

alert("Welcome to my website!");

JS Tutorials

Together, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript make up almost everything you see on the internet.

💡 Why Build Projects?
Reading about code is great — but building things is how you really learn. And don’t worry — you don’t need to install anything fancy. You can do everything with a basic code editor (like Visual Studio Code) and your web browser.

🎉 The 5 Projects We’ll Build
Here are the 5 beginner-friendly, creative projects we’ll build together in this blog series. Each one will teach you new skills, boost your confidence, and be a lot of fun to make!

📸 1. Random Meme Generator
What it does: Click a button to see a new meme appear from the internet.

What you’ll learn:

How to connect to a meme API
How to update the image on the screen
How to use buttons and events

🎯 Why it’s fun: It’s memes. Enough said.

🎨 2. Color Palette Generator
What it does: Shows you a set of random colors you can use for designing websites or art projects.

What you’ll learn:

How to create and style boxes with color
How to generate random colors using JavaScript
How to copy text to the clipboard

🎯 Why it’s fun: You’ll build something designers actually use!

⏳ 3. Simple Pomodoro Timer
What it does: A 25-minute timer to help you focus and take breaks (great for studying or working).

What you’ll learn:

How to build a digital timer
How to use start, pause, and reset buttons
How to update text on the page

🎯 Why it’s fun: It’s useful in your daily life — and you made it yourself.

🎉 4. Event Countdown
What it does: Enter a date (like your birthday) and see how many days are left.

What you’ll learn:

How to work with dates in JavaScript
How to take user input
How to show live countdown updates

🎯 Why it’s fun: It’s personal and super satisfying to see the countdown work.

🎤 5. Lyrics Finder
What it does: Type in a song name and artist — and get the lyrics using a free API.

What you’ll learn:

How to get data from the internet (APIs)
How to show results on the screen
How to handle errors if lyrics aren’t found

🎯 Why it’s fun: You’ll feel like a tech wizard pulling data from the web.

🧭 What Do You Need to Get Started?
Just a few things — and they’re all free!

✅ A web browser (like Chrome)
✅ A code editor (we recommend VS Code)
✅ A GitHub account (optional, but great for saving and sharing your work)
✅ A positive attitude and a love for learning!

🎁 What You'll Gain from This Series
By the end of this series, you’ll:

Understand the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Have 5 real, working web projects under your belt
Know how to make interactive, styled websites
Be ready to explore more advanced frontend skills like animations, responsive layouts, or frameworks like React

You’ll also have projects to add to your resume or portfolio — which is huge when you’re starting out in tech.

🚀 Coming Up Next...
Our first project: Build a Random Meme Generator using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript In the next blog post, I’ll walk you through the steps, explain the code, and show you how to make it your own.

🎯 Tip: Bookmark this series and come back when you’re ready to code. It’s okay to go slow!

💬 Let’s Connect!
Have questions? Want to share your progress or project screenshots? Feel free to comment or reach out — I love hearing from beginner developers!

✨ Follow the journey, learn at your own pace, and remember — you don’t need to be an expert to start building cool things.

You just need to start. 💻🌈

ECMAScript 2023 Highlights | The Features You Can't-Miss

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:01:37 +0000

ECMAScript, the scripting language that powers the web, is the standardized scripting language commonly known as JavaScript. It has consistently evolved to meet the ever-growing demands of web development. Each new version brings with it a range of new features and improvements that empower developers to write cleaner, more efficient code.

In the year 2023, ECMAScript 2023 made its grand entrance, introducing a slew of new features that left developers buzzing with excitement.

Features:

Let's dive into the world of ECMAScript 2023 and explore its groundbreaking innovations.

Array find from last
Hashbang Grammar
Symbols as WeakMap keys
Change Array by Copy

Array find from last

Finding an element in an array is a very common programming pattern. The .findLast() and .findLastIndex() are useful array methods that allow you to find the last element in an array that satisfies a given condition.

The .findLast() method returns the value of the last element in the array that matches the provided testing function. Here's an example:

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

const lastEvenNumber = numbers.findLast((number) => number % 2 === 0);
console.log(lastEvenNumber); // Output: 4

On the other hand, the .findLastIndex() method returns the index of the last element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function. Here's an example:

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

const lastIndex = numbers.findLastIndex((number) => number % 2 === 0);
console.log(lastIndex); // Output: 3

These methods are particularly useful when you need to find the last occurrence of a specific element or condition within an array.

Hashbang Grammar

Hashbang Grammar is a feature that allows JavaScript files to be executed as scripts in environments that support it, such as Unix-like operating systems. It enables the use of a special syntax called "hashbang" or "shebang" at the beginning of the file, followed by the path to the interpreter that should execute the script. Here's an example code snippet:

#!/usr/bin/env node

// in the Script Goal
'use strict';
console.log(1);

// in the Module Goal
export {};
console.log(1);

In this example, the hashbang #!/usr/bin/env node specifies that the script should be executed using the Node.js interpreter. When the file is run, the specified interpreter (in this case, Node.js) will execute the JavaScript code following the hashbang line.

Symbols as WeakMap keys

Symbols are unique and immutable values that can be used as property keys, providing a way to create non-enumerable properties. WeakMap is a built-in JavaScript data structure that allows objects to be used as keys. Unlike regular Maps, WeakMaps hold weak references to the keys, meaning that if there are no other references to the key objects, they can be garbage collected. This is useful for scenarios where you want to associate data with an object without preventing the object from being garbage collected.

Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates the usage of Symbols as WeakMap keys:

const wm = new WeakMap();

const key = Symbol('myKey');
const value = 'Some value';

wm.set(key, value);

console.log(wm.get(key)); // Output: Some value

In this example, we create a WeakMap instance called wm. We define a Symbol key and associate it with the value 'Some value' using the set() method. Later, we retrieve the value using the get() method and log it to the console.

Change Array by Copy

This proposal introduces the following function properties to Array.prototype:

Array.prototype.toReversed() -> Array
Array.prototype.toSorted(compareFn) -> Array
Array.prototype.toSpliced(start, deleteCount, ...items) -> Array
Array.prototype.with(index, value) -> Array

All of those methods keep the target Array untouched and returns a copy of it with the change performed instead.

toReversed, toSorted, and with will also be added to TypedArrays:

TypedArray.prototype.toReversed() -> TypedArray
TypedArray.prototype.toSorted(compareFn) -> TypedArray
TypedArray.prototype.with(index, value) -> TypedArray

const sequence = [1, 2, 3];
sequence.toReversed(); // => [3, 2, 1]
sequence; // => [1, 2, 3]

const outOfOrder = new Uint8Array([3, 1, 2]);
outOfOrder.toSorted(); // => Uint8Array [1, 2, 3]
outOfOrder; // => Uint8Array [3, 1, 2]

const correctionNeeded = [1, 1, 3];
correctionNeeded.with(1, 2); // => [1, 2, 3]
correctionNeeded; // => [1, 1, 3]

What can we expect in 2024?

While the focus now is on the 2023 features, there are also important proposals for 2024. Although these are still in the early stages of approval, they promise exciting advancements for JavaScript.

Well-Formed Unicode Strings

The proposal is to define in ECMA-262 a method to verify if a given ECMAScript string is well-formed or not. In addition to improved performance, this method will also increase the clarity for readers of code where this test is being performed especially those without extensive Unicode or regular expression knowledge.

if (!someString.isWellFormed()) { 
    someString = someString.toWellFormed(); 
}

Atomics.waitAsync

Atomics.waitAsync, which an agent can use to wait on a shared memory location (to later be awoken by some agent calling Atomics.notify on that location) without waiting synchronously (ie, without blocking). Notably this API is useful in agents whose [[CanBlock]] attribute is false, such as the main thread of a web browser document, but the API is not restricted to such agents.

The API is promise-based. Very high performance is not a requirement, but good performance is desirable.

RegExp `v` flag with set notation + properties of strings

In ECMAScript regex character classes, this proposes to add syntax & semantics for the following set of operations:

difference/subtraction (in A but not in B)
intersection (in both A and B)
nested character classes (needed to enable the above)

// difference/subtraction
[A--B]

// intersection
[A&&B]

// nested character class
[A--[0-9]]

In conclusion, ECMAScript 2023 ushers in a new era for JavaScript development. Its new features and enhancements empower developers to write cleaner, more expressive code, and improve the overall performance of their applications. As the web continues to evolve, ECMAScript 2023 ensures that JavaScript remains a versatile and powerful language that will shape the future of web development.

Resources:

https://github.com/tc39/proposals/blob/main/finished-proposals.md

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Am I a loser?

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:24:55 +0000

Am I a loser? I think this is one question that every one of us often asks ourselves in a hushed tone.

This question is always in the back of our minds whenever we try to achieve something and face hurdles and of course, when we fail.

I have been asking myself the same question every day for the last few months. 6 months to be precise. Days that I spent on self-evaluation and self-doubt.

This all started when I decided to have a job switch from my previous organization. Nothing planned as such, to be honest. I received an interview invitation from one of my dream companies(Don’t ask me the name. Nobody gives that company’s interview unprepared). And I had a week to prepare. If you know me, then probably you are aware of my DSA phobia and that’s exactly what I was going to be evaluated on. I knew I was gonna fail. Yes, I did come to that conclusion without even facing it. And bummer, I did fail after facing it. It ain’t a fairy tale anyway.

Now, after that, I had a realization about where I stand in the crowd. I knew I had to prepare so I started preparing. But also I had one more realization. I had been refusing interview offers and opportunities for so long just because I wasn’t prepared. And it was a vicious cycle. I was never going to be prepared.

So the only way was to jump right in.

So yes, contrary to typical Anisha, I didn’t create notes and all (which I usually do for pretty much everything). I simply started applying for companies I wanted to get in and started giving interviews. Now, I already had a very decent job at a very popular organization and had almost 3 years of experience, I am passionate about programming and I love what I do. How difficult it might be for me to crack something! Turns out, a lot.

Yes, 15 interviews and didn’t even clear the first round of any of them. In some companies even got rejected twice a month. It wasn’t like those were very difficult to crack. Those weren’t even very big named companies and FYI, I was too afraid to apply to the big ones. I was out of touch. By that time I had already forgotten all the basics. Now not only DSA, but I also sucked at my domain too( Which is btw, frontend web dev).

So you can imagine the situation at this time, right? I was devastated, tired, and probably asking myself the same question 15 times a day, “Am I even a good developer?”. In my mind, everything was so depressing and so blurry that I couldn’t see even 1% of positivity in me anymore. But was this what really happening?

No, the real thing that was happening is, I was growing. I was learning more and more. I was educating myself. So I just thought, “let it be, I CAN NOT give a damn anymore. At least I am learning. So be it”. That’s it! Heard “let it go” in loop and kept going.

Remember a week’s DSA prep? That time I had solved more DSA questions than my entire career combined. And guess what I did stick to it for more than 2 months. Even did a month’s challenge on leetcode. How cool is that, huh!! While getting rejected from 15 companies, I pretty much finished the whole javascript.info tutorial and a full dairy with notes. And yes, I also owned a bunch of precious Web Dev questions which you might want to look at if you are preparing for a frontend dev role.

Now, why am I saying this? It’s very easy to fixate on the negative things while having this roller coaster journey. But the most important thing while losing is learning. And when you are learning, it ain't losing anymore.

Well, the story doesn't quite end here. Yes, after this much prep I was being able to crack interviews. But challenges weren’t over. I still had to figure out my worth in the market. I still had to figure out if I am worthy of what I am being offered. It looks like a luxury when you have options from outside but honestly, it’s not. It’s still stressful. It’s a lot of hardwork to figure out what’s best for you and whether or not you deserve it. At that time one of my mentors told me this, “Anisha, whatever you are asking for yourself, you deserve it.”

So whoever you are, let me tell you this,

“whatever you are asking for yourself, you deserve it.”

If you are working hard for it and if you are still struggling with it without breaking, you deserve it. Just make sure to choose the opportunity which is aligned with your career goals. And on that note, do have career goals. Think about what you would like to do in the next couple of years.

I found my place after 6 long months of struggle and I hope everyone finds theirs.

I still remember the night I cracked and cried in front of one of my mentors and he asked me “Anisha, what’s the worst thing that can happen?. My answer was, “Me giving up”.

So, the bottom line is,

“Don’t give up on your dreams” and “find good mentors”. :-P

In the end, I would like to thank all the uncelebrated heroes of my journey, my mentors. They probably deserve more credit than myself. Durga prasasd Kusuma, Prayash Mohapatra, Saurabh Badhwar, Avinash Kumar Dasoundhi, Imaanpreet Kaur, thank you so much 🙏.

Design Heuristics Evaluation

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:45:56 +0000

THE UX BASICS

Design Heuristics Evaluation

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface design.

Have you ever wondered how we get hooked to certain websites and spend hours without realising? Or, how it becomes so easy to navigate between some websites while with others it’s simply annoying even to identify the provided action items. So what makes these websites or products stand out? The answer to all these questions is a better User Experience Design. So grab a cup of coffee and let’s know, how, when and where we can use UX to make our products stand out by focusing on the User as the primary source of inspiration.

Design Heuristics Evaluation

Discount method:

Discount Usability Analysis, founded by Jakob Nielsen, is a cost-effective method of usability evaluation based on three techniques: scenarios, simplified think-aloud, and heuristic evaluation.

Inspection method:

Use of a *usability *inspection ***method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design. It specifically involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles (the “heuristics*”).

Does Not need Users:

Accessing Severity

Prioritizing Problems

Multiple Evaluators is Better
The sweet spot is around 3–5 people
Solove evaluation is also very valuable

Heuristic Evaluation vs User testing

Heuristic Evaluation: Cheap and Fast,
User testing: realistic, Find more issues, Assess UX better beyond usability

Evaluation (after prototyping ends)

Evaluation needs to be focused on:

Usability
Task completion efficiency
Learnability
Memorability
Mental effort
Emotional measures

Advanced

Analytic Evaluation

The goal of an analytical evaluation is to establish relationships between actual and benchmark data to determine whether variations exist.

Heuristic Evaluation

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface design.

Cognitive walkthrough

The cognitive walkthrough is a usability evaluation method in which one or more evaluators work through a series of tasks and ask a set of questions from the perspective of the user.

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Thumb rule for Designing UX

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:43:46 +0000

THE UX BASICS

Thumb rule for Designing UX

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design.

Design Heuristics (Rule of Thumb)

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design. It specifically involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles (the “heuristics”).

Before starting the designing process we need to follow a few rules to achieve a perfect system.

Must have knowledge:

How people perceive information
How do they remember it
How they decide to act on it

Guidelines for Design?

Drawbacks of having guidelines:

It might be a little overwhelming
The designs will be Platform dependent

Solution:

Make the rules specific to each scenario.
Make use of widely accepted guideline.

Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Heuristics

Know more about each rule here.

Features of Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Heuristics:

Small, complete and usable set to follow.
Time Saver
Well supported by theories of perception and cognition

Visibility of System Status

(Bridges gulfs and support feedback and signifiers)

Solves

Feedback for action by the user
Shows all the available actions and constraints
General status of an action/ reaction (buffer or loading gif)

How users react to delay

Less than 100 milliseconds of delay is instantaneous
Up to 1-sec delay is noticeable but tolerable
Up to 10-sec delay is annoying but willing to wait
More than 10 sec will turn into lose of focus

Solution

Strive for avoiding delay
Do stuff in the background
Give status indicator

Match system to the real world:

Follow layman language(not technical terms) to connect to the user
Uses user’s schema
Maintain consistency of design
Using the same flow as real-world action flow: Like while writing down something in a paper or doc

Solution

Use of Metaphor (Icons)
Match the real-world actions of users

User Control and freedom:

Freedom to do mistakes and redo or undo
Support 7 stages of action: For example, saving data while going back
Emergencies exist

Consistency and Standards

Be consistent with design (even with competitors)
Consistent with language, Layout and Behavior

Error Prevention

Help recognize, find the cause, diagnose and recover from errors

Prevent potential error
Provide constraint: Make it specific
Provide Feedback: Feedback in the process of action
Ask people to confirm the action
Prevent actions that are likely to fail

Error Recovery:

Give feedback
Speak the user’s language
Allow user to undo mistakes
Prevent and detect eros obviously
Give options for more relevant information

Recognition rather than recall wherever possible

Easily retrievable information
Make something recognisable with Match system to the real world

Where do recalls come up?

Terminal Commands
Passwords
Speech UIs etc.

The solution to recall fails

Suggestion
Re-setup
Backup information on the data (hint question)

Error Prevention

Prevent potential error

Flexibility and Efficiency of Use

Flexibility for both beginner and advanced user
Shortcut and bookmark
Personalize

Minimal Design

No extra information
Good use of colour, shape, motion
Reduce clutter
Gestalt principles for non-linear principles

Help and Documentation

Documentation is important

Easy to search for help
Contains a list of action
Best Practices
Self Explanatory

Generic help vs conceptual( help for a particular action) help

Searchable help
Task focused output on search
Concrete search result

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Designing actions flow in UX

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:42:21 +0000

THE UX BASICS

Designing actions flow in UX

Don Norman’s Psychology of Everyday Things covers a model of how people act when they’re acting in the world to pursue goals that they have.

Stages of Action by People

In 1986, Don Norman published a book called The Psychology of Everyday Things. It was later re-released under the title The Design of Everyday Things. But this book has had an enormous influence on the field of user experience, and many user experience professionals have read it and used it. One of the things that Norman covers in this book is a model of how people act when they’re acting in the world to pursue goals that they have.

How people act (7 stages)?

Deciding a goal
Deciding a specific intention to inch towards the goal
Selecting an action for the same
Executing the action => changing the world
Perceiving the changed state of the world
Interpreting the state of the world
Evaluation of the outcome and moving back to step -1 in a loop

Execution and Evaluation?

You see the 2nd,3rd and 4th steps are execution and the next 3 steps are Evaluation

Difficulty in bridging the gap between GOAL and EXECUTION? Try using Gulf of Execution.

The Gulf of Execution

Some specific Instructions to do
For example, intro.js to tell everyone what to do once enter the website

It provides….

Indication of action being done
**For example, **light glowing after button pressed

How to bridge the gap?

Understand

User’s goals
How they think about accomplishing them

Make sure likely actions are

Visible when needed
Make sense

Make sure the results of actions

Are visible
Make sense

Design Principles for Discoverability :

User needs to be able to discover the action.
User needs to know how to operate the system.
Two things people need to discover. First is all the actions available and next is whether the action execution is successful or not.

Features of Good Design

Affordance:

**Possibility of an action: **The button is for pressing affordance or Doorknob for grabbing affordance

Conventions and Standards

Sometimes user knows what to do
or, they are habituated with it

Constraints

Unavailable actions should be disabled
Feedback on Action
Feedback on a particular action
Whether successful or not: Showing numbers while typing password and converting them to dots afterwards

Signifiers

A sign for the occurrence of an action

Conceptual Models

Where the user understand the whole action cycle to simulate future action
Use of Consistency Metaphors (like icons) *to *make a better conceptual model.
Remember that designer’s Conceptual model is NOT EQUAL TO Customer’s conceptual model

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How people perceive information

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:40:31 +0000

THE UX BASICS

How people perceive information

There are six individual principles commonly associated with gestalt theory: similarity, continuation, closure, proximity, figure/ground, and symmetry & order.

How do we see a webpage?

Jumping our eye around the webpage
We usually find most of the information at the centre
While looking for information, the sequence of eye fixation is usually in F pattern — the simpler the better: **Saccades *( Common eye fixation )*

Basically we can say that, just because you put something that doesn’t mean user gonna see it. We need to understan the visual perception of users to make the layout of the website in such a way that the content is visible.

🟌 The principal of Visual Perception?

Make important information and action **visible **don’t put it below the fold
Leverage ‘the read” *(People usually read in the F pattern)*.
So evaluation would be “Did they see it? Or they miss it entirely”

Making sense of the visual field

We can make sense of what we see by different characteristics like:

Color Recognition
Patterns or Shapes
Interprete object

Feature Detection

Our eye is most drawn to these features so we need to make use of these distinct features to detect a feature.

Colour
Value
Angles or Edges
Slope
Length
Texture
Motion

We can differentiate an object very easily if it is unique in terms of the above criteria. This is called Visual Search

Pattern Detection

We can detect patterns in different elements on the basis of the following criteria:

Proximity: Distance between two elements
Closure or continuation (like buffer circle)
Symmetry (Like a simple object symbolizing an element)
Similarity (Are all the things in a section similar)
Common Area (While grouping the element with a common boundary, it means the elements belong to this area?)
Common Action (if common actions are implemented in two elements fro 4 elements, they are likely to be grouped together)

🟌 Principal in UI

We can use pop out or Motion or Extreme Colours to attract attention to a specific element.

Use of the gestalt principle

There are six individual principles commonly associated with gestalt theory: **similarity, continuation, closure, proximity, figure/ground, and symmetry & order. **Know more here.
Associate Items in a group to help them recognise
Help user to understand what to skip

Memory

How to make the information into the memory? For that, we need to make sure to utilize 4 different segments of memory appropriately.

Sensory Register
Perception
Short term Memory
Long term memory

Short term memory

Short term memory has a very limited capacity
The “magic number” would be (7 +- 2) items (Miller’s law, 1956)
Or in some case, maybe more like (4 +- 1) items (Cowan, 2001)

**Information that is not retained(committed to long term memory) is lost or wasted. **That is what happens while learning before any exam

🟌 Principal in SHORT Memory

Keep the list of Options short
Give users tools(visual components) for reducing options/ information — If there is a huge number of information. Like sorting/raging/options to favourite and compare later
Don’t expect users to remember stuff

They won’t remember info from one screen to other
If something is useful, make it visible in the next screen

Long term memory

When the information is stored for more than a few seconds
How is the information transferred?

Principal in LONG Memory

Learning will work better if the learner isn’t forced to learn stuff

Like using metaphors: Like a PR or Cart or Items in Cart or Sign up or log in
**Being consistent throughout the website and using specific standards used in other websites or apps: **Same icons, cancel button is red. Like even different websites should be consistent with each other
Avoid asking to memorize stuff:

Recognition over recall or repetition

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Prototyping in UX [Sketching]

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:38:07 +0000

THE UX BASICS

Prototyping in UX [Sketching]

The best prototype is the one that, in the simplest and most efficient way makes the possibilities of a design idea visible and measurable.

The best prototype is the one that, in the simplest and most efficient way makes the possibilities of a design idea visible and measurable.

And this can be applied in the design process, by choosing the prototype that is most appropriate for the phase of design to answer the questions that are critical at that time.

Basically, US is how the end product gonna look like

Basic Types of Prototype:

There are a few different kinds of prototype making.

Verbal description
Sketch
Video
Navigation Flow
Storyboards: User story
Physical Model
Card-based: Sequence of interaction or Actions

But we can actually categorize these prototypes in different types:

Here is the feature list:

Lo-Fid prototype is quick, cheap and easy to use. It maximizes the possibility of refinement. Exp: Pen paper sketch
Mid-Fid prototype is more organised and gives a narrative of the whole system in a cheap and affordable way. Exp: Wireframes
Hi-Fid prototypes are more implementation focused and gives emphasis on interaction and functionality. Exp: Mocked Elements / Beta Prototype

4 steps to design the prototype:

**Reification: **Make the prototype real.
**Reflection: **Reflect if the prototype is gonna work.
Communication: Review the prototype
Assessment: Like assessing beta testers to understand if it’s gonna satisfy user needs

Features of Prototype:

A prototype can be either horizontal design or vertical design.

Horizontal (Design all in brief)

All of the features are designed in brief and the designs might not be very accurate.

Vertical (Design few in-depth)

A few features are designed in-depth and the designs need to be very specific

So the priority queue for designing any prototype will be:

We should always start with Lo-Fi prototype design. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money and effort. It will simply exhaust resources, cognitive and emotional commitments.

Pen Paper (Lo-Fid)

“Sketching in the broad sense is an activity not just a byproduct of design. It is central to design thinking and learning. Sketches are a byproduct of sketching. They are part of what both enables and results from the sketching process but there’s more to the activity of sketching than making sketches.” *— Bill Buxton*

Why do the pen-paper sketch??

Why should we sketch and do not go into prototype development? Simple isn’t it?

Cheap
Quick
Timely
Inexpensive
Disposable: can dispose when of no use
Plentiful: can make as much as we want
Minimal detail
Allows ambiguity

How does it help us?

Help reflect the idea better
Helps explore more designs
Helps communicate with others about the idea

How to design??

Very simple, pen and paper (Do not use Softwares. It will just intimidate you with all the detailing). And most importantly, you don’t have to be good at drawing.

Sketches Generate Possibilities and Prototype converge the possibility to fix a design

Build, don’t stop. If intimidating? Brainstorm in the team.

The layout matrix thinking might help with speeding up ideation

Ideation techniques: If you can’t think a good idea, think bad ones (Take inspiration from bad products)

Designing Improvement:

The designs will even be better if we keep a few more things in mind. Like:

Improving the prototype for individuals or a group
Keeping in mind the cultural and social value

Designing Alternatives:

It is very important to keep alternative designs in mind to make the prototype more advanced. Often it’s difficult to bring more new ideas into the canvas so keeping a few points into consideration while designing will help create more and more ideas. For example:

The explicit need of user (as they say)
The implicit need of the user
What system should do: Functional Requirements
Constraints on the system and its development: Non Functional Requirements

Other prototyping

Wizard of OZ: Human pretending to be computer
Proof of Concept: Producing video featuring the features and applications
Metaphor Technique: Build a mental model- linking the design with something already existing

Tools for prototyping:

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UX Design Process Overview

ANISHA SWAIN | The UI Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:36:29 +0000

THE UX BASICS

UX Design Process Overview

In UI Design process the whole system needs to be designed by keeping the interactive experience of the user in front of the scenario.

A very nice example: https://50problems50days.com/

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer, that the designers are handed this box and told ‘Make it look good’, but that’s not what we think the design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs

“ Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as to best accomplish a particular purpose.” — Charles Ames

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I’ve finished, if the solution isn’t beautiful, I know it’s wrong.”** — Buckminster Fuller**

What is Design

Design is about solving any problem in any field. Often we mistake a design to be a website or product solution but the design also might refer to a plan to solve a certain issue. The only thing is it should be convenient, fast and unique. While designing we often arrange different elements together in order to provide flexibility to the user while fulfilling a purpose. It explains how the system works in terms of functionality.

General Design Process

The designing is an iterative process which starts with understanding the problem and accessing the prototype again and again.

🟌 UI Design Process

In UI Design process the whole system needs to be designed by keeping the interactive experience of the user in front of the scenario.

Just remember, “Experiences are interactive”. To emphasize on interaction-based experience, we need to take care of a few things:

Decide Time-Based Interaction

What all actions are available.
What all responses are possible.

2. Complex system behaviour

Designing the navigation flow of a complex system
Designing the layout of the whole system

3. Context is crucial

Decide beforehand that why, when and how the user needs to interact with the system
Knowing who else is a competitor? (Figure out other systems or software which are used simultaneously)
Other activities that user might use the system for.

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Introduction to the AI Agentic World for Frontend Developers

GenAI for Front End Developers: The Future is Now

🧠 What is GenAI?

🧑💻 How GenAI Helps Front-End Developers

4. 🧪 Automated Testing Suggestions

🧭 How to Start Using GenAI Tools

🧭 How to Start Using GenAI Tools

🧱 Example Workflow with GenAI

⚠️ Ethical Considerations and Risks

📚 Learning Resources

🔍 Want to Dive Deeper?

🏁 Conclusion: GenAI is Here to Empower You

(Part 2) Let’s Build 5 Fun Frontend Projects (With Code!)

Hey again!

📸 1. Random Meme Generator

🧠 What You’ll Learn

🧱 Code: index.html

✅ What Just Happened?

🎯 Extra Challenges

🎁 What You’ve Learned

🎨 2. Color Palette Generator

🧠 What You’ll Learn

🧱 Code

🎯 Extra Challenges

🎁 What You’ve Learned

⏳ 3. Simple Pomodoro Timer

🧠 What You’ll Learn

🧱 Code

🎯 Extra Challenges

🎁 What You’ve Learned

🎉 4. Event Countdown

🧠 What You’ll Learn

🧱 Code

🎯 Extra Challenges

🎁 What You’ve Learned

🎤 5. Lyrics Finder

🧠 What You’ll Learn

🧱 Code

🎯 Extra Challenges

🎁 What You’ve Learned

📦 Bonus: Free Learning Resources

🚀 What’s Next?

💬 Let’s Stay in Touch!

👩‍💻 Ready to Build? 5 Fun Frontend Projects for Beginners (with HTML, CSS & JS)

ECMAScript 2023 Highlights | The Features You Can't-Miss

Features:

Array find from last

Hashbang Grammar

Symbols as WeakMap keys

Change Array by Copy

What can we expect in 2024?

Well-Formed Unicode Strings

Atomics.waitAsync

RegExp v flag with set notation + properties of strings

Resources:

Am I a loser?

Am I a loser? I think this is one question that every one of us often asks ourselves in a hushed tone.

Design Heuristics Evaluation

THE UX BASICS

Design Heuristics Evaluation

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface design.

Design Heuristics Evaluation

Accessing Severity

Prioritizing Problems

Heuristic Evaluation vs User testing

Evaluation (after prototyping ends)

Advanced

Thumb rule for Designing UX

THE UX BASICS

Thumb rule for Designing UX

A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design.

Design Heuristics (Rule of Thumb)

Must have knowledge:

Guidelines for Design?

Drawbacks of having guidelines:

Solution:

Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Heuristics

Features of Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Heuristics:

Visibility of System Status

🧱 Code: `index.html`

RegExp `v` flag with set notation + properties of strings

Information that is not retained(committed to long term memory) is lost or wasted. That is what happens while learning before any exam