RESOURCES
DAVE
FOLAN
Development director, Redweb
redweb.comWe’ve been using Microsoft Azure
DevOps to manage and run projects.
It benefits both agency and clients to have
the workflow in one system. Previously,
we had tools for our Git repos (Bitbucket),
deployment pipelines (Jenkins) and
project management (Jira) but with
DevOps they’re built in and work together.
For each client, we have one place for their
documentation, deployments, codebase,
tests and user story backlogs. It also
means we can include clients in our
deployment process quality gates.
BAS VAN
GINKEL
Lead developer, EsperantoXL
esperantoxl.nlTwo years ago, I was introduced to the ‘no-code’
app development platform Betty Blocks
(bettyblocks.com). With it, I’m able to build custom
applications for our customers without the overhead
associated with code-based software development.
The platform has shortened the development cycle
dramatically. We now operate in sprints of a single
week and I love to amaze our clients every Friday with
new functionality that they can play with as soon as
the meeting is over. Using Betty Blocks, I can even
deliver changes while the customer is watching,
ensuring I provide software they’ll actually use.OLIVER
PICTON
Head of technical, Enjoy Digital
enjoy-digital.co.ukWe’re using Azure Front Door with a number of clients that have multi-
region websites. Among other things, it enables you to route users to the
most performant application, ensure users get routed to a working application
(so fail over to a working endpoint when one fails) and protect your application
against DDoS attacks. You can also use Azure Front Door to rewrite URLs, route
users based on URL (https://contoso.com/product goes to one website and https://
contoso.com/jobs goes to another) and filter traffic to your application based on
country. It’s an incredibly powerful service and we love it.
52 WEB DESIGN TOOLS TO HELP
YOU WORK SMARTER
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With new web design tools being released
all the time, the bar is continually rising.
This post rounds up the best web design tools
currently available to help you become more
streamlined, inventive and creative in your work.
20 BEST WIREFRAME TOOLS
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Finding the best wireframe tools can take
time as there are now more on the market
than ever before. In this post, Nathan Foster
takes the hard work out of sifting through the
masses of wireframe tools out there and
showcases the best ones around right now.INAYAILI
DE LÉON
Senior designer,
Microsoft
yaili.comThe tool that’s had the most
impact on me in the past year or
two is Figma. It democratises access to
design files that used to be closed off
to people like engineers, product
managers and other stakeholders. It
means we can discuss concepts where
everyone is looking at the same thing,
regardless of their software or OS. It
also means files don’t end up
abandoned in someone’s computer.
And I love how responsive the Figma
team is at listening to users and
improving the product.22 BEST UI DESIGN TOOLS
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With so many UI design tools out there,
which ones should you use? While Sketch
and InVision are popular choices, there are many
other tools offering competitive features and
options. In this post, Carl Cahill rounds up 22 of
the best and explains what each has to offer.