Join a design workout with Vitaly Friedman, and take on interface challenges, live, with other attendees! Sounds like fun, right? Well, that's because it is!

Kicking off the first day of SmashingConf Austin! Just some welcome words, guide to the platform and friendly chat. We can't wait to meet you!

Build a design system in less than an hour? That's crazy. But not entirely impossible. In this session, Brad will demonstrate how to use Pattern Lab to simultaneously build both a design system's front-end components and several screens of a real pilot project.

Throughout the talk, we'll discuss topics like front-end code architecture, designing in the browser, modular development best practices, designing with dynamic data, and more.

The Cascade makes CSS unique as a language – forcing us to revisit even the most common programming features: the variable. We might think that CSS variables (custom properties) simply replace Sass or other pre-processors, but the reality is much more interesting. Cascading variables open up a range of new possibilities, and can even be turned back on the cascade itself! We’ll look at how cascading variables work, and a full range of practical use-cases that are totally unique to CSS.

In this talk Zach will say words about building and maintaining web sites in the year 2020. As these words are being spoken aloud, I will occasionally simultaneously type text into a code editor and save the text to nonvolatile memory causing a web browser to refresh and show the updated page rendering.

You’ve done the research. Presented prototypes. Triple checked your color contrast. Everything’s coming together, until someone tries to create an account using the new site. “LOG IN ERROR! Operation Failed,” the field shouts, with no hint of a potential solution.

UX writing communicates what visuals cannot, adding clarity, credibility, and consistency. In this talk, we’ll discuss ways to think strategically about the words in your designs, from onboarding flows to field labels. You’ll learn what makes great writing great—and ultimately, how to design words that create a seamless experience.

Join Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert who will be recording Shop Talk Show, Live from SmashingConf Austin.

Don't leave us yet, we'll be hosting a little party! Join us for a little quiz, silly dance moves, and design & coding challenges.

Join a design workout with Vitaly Friedman, and take on interface challenges, live, with other attendees! Sounds like fun, right? Well, that's because it is!

Kicking off the second day of SmashingConf Austin! Just some welcome words, guide to the platform and friendly chat.

We know it's early, but please make sure you're there for our Mystery Speaker. You won't reget it ;-)

Since last year, Shopify launched in 18 new languages. In this talk, you’ll gain insight about how international is forcing us to fundamentally shift our way of thinking. In the same way mobile disrupted a once desktop-only internet, international is disrupting the way we think about commerce.

Learn about the UX principles and tooling we’re using to take on meaty challenges to drive forward a large scale product that was previously only supported in English.

Coding HTML emails is a beast of its own, often perceived as relying solely on outdated practices. And for a good reason, email client quirks can make even the most clever front-end developer crazy. Emails are still part of your user's journey, from commercial newsletters to transactional emails.

The first step to thinking like an email geek is to understand how email clients change our code and why this happens. From technical and security constraints to user experience enhancements, every quirk is there for a reason.

Those constraints then allow email geeks to invent new ways to use HTML and CSS. From building responsive layouts without media queries to creating interactive emails without any JavaScript—"Life finds a way" to quote my favorite mathematician.

We all know performance is big business, but how big? Let’s take a look at some of the numbers powering the web performance industry from both sides of the table. What do performance improvements mean for my clients, and how do we translate that into a working relationship?

User Centered Design In Large Organizations
Despite good intentions, lots of user-centered design isn’t actually user-centered. Learn what drives these gaps and how your organization can align business and customer needs to deliver the kind of user experiences we all want to have online. With data informed insights, “live” redesigns, and more Luke will give you the tools and information you need to for successful user journeys.