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Sufyan bin Uzayr (18 Articles)

Sufyan bin Uzayr writes for multiple publications and has also authored a book named Sufism: A Brief History. His primary areas of interest include open source, mobile development, web CMS and vector art. He is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of an e-journal named Brave New World. You can visit his website or friend him on Facebook.
10 Essential Sublime Text Extensions for WordPress Developers

10 Essential Sublime Text Extensions for WordPress Developers

In this collection, we share ten Sublime Text WordPress extensions that will help when developing for everybody’s favorite CMS.

10 Free Material Design Web Frameworks Worth Considering

10 Free Material Design Web Frameworks Worth Considering

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We have collected the best free web design frameworks that will allow you to quickly create your next Material Design styled web and mobile app project.

User-Centric Website Design

User-Centric Website Design

Website design is a complex process. When I say “complex,” I’m not just referring to the design and development part. Overall, the thought process and the decision taking stages are…

Tools, Tips and Tricks for a Blazing Fast Website

Tools, Tips and Tricks for a Blazing Fast Website

Who does not want a fast website? After all, most Internet users are an impatient lot. If your website does not load at a satisfactory rate, you will end up…

Helvetica Superheroes – A Minimalist Alphabet of Superheroes

Helvetica Superheroes – A Minimalist Alphabet of Superheroes

Let’s admit it: typography is awesome, isn’t it? If you really are serious about making the internet (or anything with written words for that matter) better and more beautiful place,…

15 Free and Professional Drupal Themes

15 Free and Professional Drupal Themes

Drupal has perhaps one of the most misunderstood reputations within web design. It is generally thought of as an overblown and hard to learn CMS that is aimed only towards…

20 Addons, Extensions and Applications for Discussion Forums

20 Addons, Extensions and Applications for Discussion Forums

Discussion Forums are a great way of ensuring active participation from your website’s visitors. Of late, many established blogs and websites have been running forums wherein their users can interact…

The Disappointment of Writing on Medium.com

The Disappointment of Writing on Medium.com

Of late, a new writing service has taken the blogosphere by a storm. This one pitches itself as “a better place to read and write”. Yes, I am talking about…

Good vs. Great Web Design: The Difference

Good vs. Great Web Design: The Difference

While there are no rigid rules when it comes to web design, there do exist certain metrics that can distinguish a bad design from a good one, and even more…

Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

Flat design is nothing but simplicity put into practice. The fact that simple shapes such as rectangles and circles are being preferred over gradients and drop shadows shows that the…

Android Studio: The IDE built to help make the life of Android developers easier

Android Studio: The IDE built to help make the life of Android developers easier

If you are an Android developer, life has so far offered a rather straightforward approach: you would probably use Android Developer Tools atop Eclipse, and that is pretty much it!…

Brackets by Adobe: An Open Source Code Editor in the Making

Brackets by Adobe: An Open Source Code Editor in the Making