Vuex is the go-to state management library for Vue applications, and the Vue core team has some big plans to make it better than ever. Here’s a preview of where they are looking to take it.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/vuex-library/

Progressive web applications are proven to raise user engagement and keep the costs down effectively. Building a modern PWA requires more than just the core setup to keep up with the user’s expectations. Therefore, let’s take a first-hand look at adding contemporary characteristics to PWAs, from functioning offline to user-friendly permission requests.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/progressive-web-apps/

When you’re working on a new project, what is more crucial than choosing the right features to develop? However, the exercise often turns into a spectacle of team voting. As a result, decisions change many times down the road. Let’s talk about the pitfalls of popular prioritization techniques and approaches to reducing bias and disagreement.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/feature-prioritizing-ways-reduce-subjectivity-bias/

In this article, we’ll learn how to build an event-based application and send a web-push notification when a particular event is triggered. We’ll set up database tables, events, and scheduled triggers on the Hasura GraphQL engine and wire up the GraphQL endpoint to the front-end application to record the stock price preference of the user.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/stocks-price-notifier-app-react-apollo-graphql-hasura/

We know how difficult it can sometimes be to stay on top of things. In this monthly edition, you can read more about what’s cookin’ at Smashing and explore some of the most popular resources featured in our newsletter in the past few weeks.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/monthly-roundup-12-2020/

It can be a daunting world for folks who aren’t familiar with SEO (and even those who are at times), so we’ve decided to publish a checklist that breaks down the key factors when stumbling upon those tedious search engine optimization issues. You can even download it as a PDF and print it out whenever you like!

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/search-engine-optimization-checklist/

Today, we’re going to look at “The Website Dilemma”. In other words, is it possible to build an authoritative, lead generating, high converting website without manipulating visitors into doing what you want? If you follow social media’s lead, they’re one and the same. If you’d prefer not to trade your customers’ well-being for profit, keep reading.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/websites-consumer-health-issues/

In this episode, we’re talking about GraphQL. What is it, and how does solve some common API problems? Drew McLellan talks to expert Eve Porcello to find out.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/smashing-podcast-episode-31/

If you have used Redux at any point while developing an application to manage `state`, you will most definitely have come across reducers. This tutorial will explain the concept of reducers and how they work specifically in Redux.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/how-redux-reducers-work/

Software and apps often solve very complex problems for businesses and consumers in the way of sales, marketing, finances, and so on. But offering a product that solves your users’ problems isn’t enough. If the UI is just as complex as the original problem, user churn is going to be high. Today, we’re going to look at some tips for designing a simple UI regardless of your solution’s complexity.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/design-simple-ui-complex-solution/

Modern websites aren’t inseparable from screens any more. Between phone assistants, home speakers, and screen readers, more and more people are using the web without even looking at it. Websites need to evolve in kind.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/making-websites-accessible/

Research is an essential part of creating good UX. In this article, Victor Yocco discusses areas of ethical consideration for UX practitioners when conducting UX research, and explores potential solutions to preventing research from venturing into unethical territory.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/ethical-considerations-ux-research/

The 2019 Capgemini research institute’s report published after a research on the use of chat assistants showed a drastic 76% increase in customer satisfaction from organizations where chat assistants where built and incorporated into their services. But how does Dialogflow, a product from Google’s ecosystem, aid developers in building chat assistants and contribute to this quota?

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/conversational-nlp-enabled-chatbot-google-dialogflow/

How can we combine the flexibility of MDX with the power of a headless CMS like Sanity? Learn how to render MDX from Sanity in Next.js in this tutorial!

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/mdx-stored-sanity-next-js-website/

Do you like building relationships and exploring creative options? At Smashing, we are looking for a team member who’ll take good care of advertising and sponsorships across the range of everything we do at Smashing — from the magazine to our conferences. Interested? We’d love you to join us.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/digital-advertising-and-partnerships-coordinator/

Meet our new friendly online meet-up, Smashing Meets, with three wonderful speakers, the entire Smashing family and plenty of truly smashing cats. As always, free for Smashing Members.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/smashing-meets-december/

If you’re a designer or developer with intermediate knowledge of HTML and JavaScript, and know your way around GitHub and the command line, this tutorial is for you. We’re going to walk step-by-step through converting a WordPress site into a static site generated from Markdown.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/wordpress-eleventy-static-site-generator/

Markdown has a declarative syntax that is both powerful and easy to learn for technical and non-technical folks. However, due to the consequential ambiguities in its original specification, there have been a number of distinct flavors (or custom versions). This has led to a steep divergence from what can be parsed and what is rendered. Find out how CommonMark provides a standardized specification of Markdown that reflects its real-world usage.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/commonmark-formal-specification-markdown/

Even though the development of a data importer is a complex matter, you don’t want your users’ experience with it to be just as complex or complicated. The second they experience any friction or fault in data onboarding, the chances of them bailing from the software will skyrocket. So, in this post, we’re going to focus on how best to present your data importer to users.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/designing-attractive-usable-data-importer-app/

In this episode, we’re talking about Product Design. What does it mean to be a product owner, and how can you learn the skills required? Drew McLellan talks to expert Chris Murphy to find out.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/smashing-podcast-episode-30/