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Form and Function – A Guide to the Top Wireframe Tools

Wireframes at various fidelities are an important deliverable that facilitate the UX design process as it moves through its phases. This guide provides an overview of the top tools most designers use.

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Shane Ketterman

Shane Ketterman

Shane comes from a background in architecture, information technology, customer experience, and UX design.

How to Approach Modern WordPress Development (Part 1)

It’s no secret that the WordPress codebase is a mess. Many developers use its legacy code as an excuse for writing sloppy code themselves, even if its newer additions follow best practices. If this is you, it’s time to level up your skills!

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Andrey Shalashov

Andrey Shalashov

Andrey is a full-stack web developer and WordPress expert. Lately, his focus is on serverless computing and JAMstack.

A Look at JavaScript’s Future

In the past few years, we’ve seen the introduction of a lot of new technologies in JavaScript, but we needed time to see how the market was going to adopt them.

In this article, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Alejandro Hernandez takes a look at how popular JavaScript is becoming and the factors that may have affected this popularity, and he tries to predict what the future of JavaScript will look like.

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Alejandro Hernandez

Alejandro Hernandez

Alejandro is a full-stack architect working on JavaScript projects, where his experience and understanding of architecture is most impactful.

Product Management Empowered by the Entrepreneurial Mindset

Successful product managers channel their inner entrepreneur to deliver outstanding products. Sometimes referred to as mini-CEOs, product managers can learn valuable lessons from entrepreneurship.

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Steve Pomroy

Steve Pomroy

With 22+ years as an entrepreneur, Steve combines business & technical excellence to create winning solutions for pressing customer problems.

The Power of Choice: Bootstrapping vs. Venture Capital

As a founder, how should you decide how to fund your start up and think about bootstrapping vs. venture capital? Each comes with advantages and limitations. A framework can help compare the two and decide how to get funding for a startup.

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Pala Kuppusamy

Pala Kuppusamy

The author is a serial entrepreneur turned investor and advisor who built, bootstrapped, and fundraised startups, leading to strategic exits.

Approaching the Website Design Process from the Browser

Some designers are bypassing traditional design tools, going straight to code, building and adjusting designs in-browser, and testing their designs as they would appear to people in real-time.

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Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan has 10+ years of experience planning, prototyping, designing, and coding standards-compliant, responsive websites, and interfaces.

What Is PMO? A Guide to Project Management Office

Ever wondered how to successfully improve the delivery of projects in your organization? Using PMO best practices, business can drive consistent delivery of projects in today’s competitive environment.

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Simone Theeboom

Simone Theeboom

Simone is a seasoned agile product manager boasting 15 years of experience delivering digital journeys that delight online customers.

HorusLP-Gurobi: High-level Optimization Architecture for Gurobi

Commercial solvers such as Gurobi are playing an increasingly important role in optimization, and they tend to boast more features than open-source solutions.

In this article, Toptal Python Developer Sean Wang explains how you can integrate the HorusLP package with Gurobi’s API to harness its most advanced features.

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Shanglun Wang

Shanglun Wang

Sean is a passionate polyglot developer with extensive experience in full-stack web development, system administration, and data science. He has developed everything from machinery interfaces to market intelligence software.

Triggering Productive Behavior: Motivation Tips for Work

When productivity wanes, the most effective solution is to get motivated. However, this is easier said than done. Motives might be deep-rooted, but once uncovered, they can trigger productive behavior. Neuroscientific research links motivation to self-sustaining productivity.

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Jordan DeVos

Jordan DeVos

Jordan is a strategic designer who uses behavioral economics, cognitive science, and information design to create engaging experiences.

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