In this article, Matt Saunders offers some straightforward advice on how you can become a more business-savvy web designer and take your practice to the next level.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/rapport-web-design-clients/

There’s a lot of information out there — that’s a fact. In these monthly editions, Smashing’s senior editor Iris brings it all in one place because we know how hard it can be to stay on top of things. So with no further ado, here’s what was, what is, and what will be!

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/monthly-roundup-09-2020/

Among others, [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) has dubbed itself: *The React Framework for Static Websites*. But just like every other framework whose goal is to help you build what matters by abstracting common, redundant tasks, you’re often required to learn something new and opinionated. With Next.js, one of the things you need to know is how to integrate different CSS methods with its API, and that is the focus of this tutorial.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/comparison-styling-methods-next-js/

In this article, we will take a closer look at GraphQL and how we can integrate it into a Gatsby website by building and implementing advanced data sourcing and transformation in Gatsby.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/advanced-graphql-usage-gatsby-websites/

In this article, Victor Yocco covers specific tactics with supporting research that are bound to help you design for attention.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/designing-for-attention/

In this article, Blessing explains how GSAP plays well with the React library by integrating its functions into a React component in building an example landing page with a variety of animations.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/animating-react-components-greensock/

This week we celebrate the 14th birthday of Smashing Magazine. We didn’t quite have the year that we planned though! I took a look back at some memories from this year and previous years — with the help of the team and some Smashing friends.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/smashing-birthday-2020/

This article contains a brief introduction to Lighthouse, discusses the advantages of running it programmatically, and walks through a basic configuration.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/introduction-running-lighthouse-programmatically/

In this guide, we’re going to run through the potential of Craft CMS, setting up a local environment and creating a basic cat blog with an API endpoint to accompany it.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/craft-cms/

In this guide, we will be looking at Next.js, a popular React framework that offers a great developer experience and ships with all of the features you need for production.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/build-blog-nextjs-mdx/

Thanks to the wide support of the prefers-reduced-motion-media feature, we now have more advanced ways to design motion that can be creative and innovative while also being safer for those with motion sensitivities.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/design-reduced-motion-sensitivities/

We’re talking about SVG Animation. How can vector images, JavaScript and CSS all work together to provide engaging motion graphics? Drew McLellan talks to SVG expert Cassie Evans to find out.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/smashing-podcast-episode-24/

Meet our Smart Interface Design Patterns Checklist Cards, a deck of 100 cards with common questions to ask when tackling a common interface challenge — carousel, table, date picker, autocomplete, filtering, sorting, search, configurator, slider, timeline, map, web forms, reviews and testimonials, onboarding, pricing plan, authentication and many others. Get the PDF deck right away.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/checklist-cards-re-release/

In this article, we will learn how to write automated tests on web APIs with Postman. In order to follow along to this tutorial, you’ll need at least a fair amount of familiarity with Postman.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/automate-api-testing-postman/

A component library helps to keep a design consistent across multiple projects. It ensures consistency because any changes made will propagate across the projects that make use of it. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a component library, using Emotion in React to resolve inconsistencies.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/component-library-react-emotion/

Icons have long held an important place in the design of mobile apps. But beyond using them to create larger and more attractive touch targets, there are other ways mobile app designers can use these tiny elements to make an app more engaging. This post will explore four ways to do this.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/icons-mobile-apps/

Unlike most design software, Figma is free and browser-based so developers can easily access the full design files making the developer handoff process significantly smoother. This article explains everything they need to know to work with Figma.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/figma-developers-guide/

In this article, you will learn how to build and test react components in isolation using Storybook. You will also learn how to use the knobs addon to modify data directly from the storybook explorer.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/09/building-react-apps-storybook/

In this tutorial, we’re going to learn about some amazing features the Vue Router has and how we can make use of them in our app.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/08/vue-router-features/

New month, new wallpapers! In this post, you’ll find inspiring wallpaper calendars for September 2020. Created with love by the community for the community.

https://smashingmagazine.com/2020/08/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-september-2020/