UX

As UX strategy and design become increasingly important, the challenge of incorporating UX specialists into Agile methodologies becomes equally important. In this article, Toptal Freelance UX Designer Debbie Levitt explains how UX designers and creative teams can be effectively incorporated at all stages of Agile development.

There's no question that user experience is impacted by perceived load times. With today's heavier front ends, client-side rendering doesn't feel very fast. In this article, Toptal Freelance Front-end Developer Guillaume Breux compares client-side, server-side, and pre-rendering strategies to help you choose the best option for your own app.

UI and UX designers must work in tandem in order to create a finished product that delights users both visually and functionally.

The most progressive and interesting designers steer clear of visually stale design solutions and ditch restrictive rules by learning UI design best practices and avoiding common design mistakes.

Despite having four times as many pixels per inch on a 4K display, there are still legacy applications that do not look good. Learn why this happens and what to do in order to make improvements.

Despite the advances in displays, increasingly larger smartphones feel like a triumph of cunning marketing over sensible engineering. Meant to improve user experience, the opposite may be happening.

Mastering CSS is an absolute necessity for any solid web designer or developer. This tutorial walks you through the fundamentals of CSS layout principles, from classic CSS2 techniques to the latest approaches in CSS3. Learn more about how to leverage all that CSS has to offer in order to optimize both the user’s experience and the quality of your code.

For some people, front-end design and development can sometimes start to seem like a chore, and can be monotonous and time consuming. Through a modular design approach, it is possible to both save time and streamline the design and development process.

With an ever-growing device landscape, it is becoming increasingly difficult to design consistent user interfaces across all devices. Learn how the web browser can be used to solve such design issues.