Internationalization and localization is more than just writing your content in multiple languages. You need a strategy to determine what localization to send, and code to do it. You need to be able to support not just different languages, but different regions with the same language.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/11/internationalization-localization-static-sites/

Do you have a hard time throwing away mockups, logos and other content you’ve created for clients? Suzanne Scacca explains four ways to repurpose your unused designs and give them new life.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/11/unused-designs/

We’re talking about Eleventy. What is it and how does it fit into your Jamstack workflow? Drew McLellan talks to David Darnes to find out.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/11/smashing-podcast-episode-28/

There is now a specification for native CSS masonry layout, as part of the Grid Layout spec. In this article, Rachel Andrew explains how it works with the help of a couple of demos you can try out in Firefox Nightly.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/11/native-css-masonry-layout-css-grid/

Give your desktop a makeover with this new collection of wallpapers. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers come in versions with and without a calendar for November 2020.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-november-2020/

We’re taught to communicate with words. We write essays, prepare speeches, and take written notes. But words aren’t always the best option for conveying information and ideas. Sometimes the best way to tell stories is through thoughtfully crafted visuals, not long paragraphs of text.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/principles-visual-communication/

This guide will teach you the basics of Next.js API Routes. We will start by explaining what they are and why API Routes are useful compared to REST or GraphQL APIs. Then, we will guide you through a step by step tutorial on how to build your very first GraphQL server with Next.js and the Github API.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/graphql-server-next-javascript-api-routes/

In this article, CEO and co-founder Vitaly Friedman shares how Smashing runs online workshops and online conferences these days, and the lessons learned along the way.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/how-we-run-smashing-online-workshops/

This article is aimed at beginner developers who want to learn about authentication in Vue. In order to be able to follow along, you’ll need to have a good knowledge of Vue and Vuex.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/authentication-in-vue-js/

Animations, when done right, are powerful. However, creating eye-catching animations with CSS can be tricky. In comes Framer Motion. With Framer Motion, you don’t need to be a CSS expert to make beautiful animations. Framer Motion provides us with production-ready animations and a low-level API we can interact with to integrate these animations into our applications.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/introduction-to-framer-motion/

Data onboarding with a custom-built solution can be a difficult and error-prone process. This article takes a closer look at how Flatfile Concierge deals with this particular problem.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/overcome-data-onboarding-challenges-software-products/

Next.js is a React framework that is bound to ease your life as a React developer by abstracting away the common and redundant tasks (such as routing) into relatively simpler and powerful APIs. That way, you can focus on writing your apps instead of reinventing the wheel.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/getting-started-with-next-js/

SmashingMag is running a lil’ giveaway among its Smashing newsletter subscribers until Tuesday, Oct. 27, with some exciting goodies to win. Make sure to join in and good luck!

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/smashing-newsletter-giveaway/

There are hundreds of Figma plugins available as of today, yet the Figma plugin search functionality is pretty basic and at times it can be very difficult to find the right plugin for a certain task. This article will take an in-depth look at several plugins that can speed up your design workflow.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/speed-up-workflow-figma-plugins/

We’re talking about TypeScript. What is it, and how can it help us write better JavaScript? Drew McLellan talks to expert Stefan Baumgartner to find out.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/smashing-podcast-episode-27/

In this article, Aleem Isiaka explains how you can deploy a basic NodeJS application to Heroku, automate and schedule a deployment to run at certain intervals of the day, and use other actions from the Github Actions community.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/handling-continuous-integration-delivery-github-actions/

It’s time for another monthly update! Join us as we share the latest news and highlight the things we have enjoyed reading over the past month.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/monthly-roundup-10-2020/

Ever had to switch your focus from your editor and to your terminal to see the results of your tests? This article will introduce you to Wallaby.js — a JavaScript productivity tool that supercharges your IDE by allowing you to get real-time feedback on your JavaScript tests in your code editor even before saving the file. You will also learn how to use Wallaby.js for testing React applications.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/supercharge-testing-react-applications-wallabyjs/

In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to use the Web Worker API to manage time-consuming and UI-blocking tasks in a JavaScript app by building a sample web app that leverages Web Workers.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/tasks-react-app-web-workers/

Netlify Forms is a form handling feature that receives submissions from HTML forms automatically. In this article, we’ll cover how to use it with Angular reactive forms and how to deploy the finished app on Netlify’s hosting platform, Netlify Edge.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/10/angular-feedback-netlify-forms-edge/