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• Apple launches a new Mac app to help you learn programming basics

  Apple has brought its Swift Playground app to Mac to help you learn to code in Swift. The company originally launched the app on iPad in 2016 with an aim to encourage kids learn programming. As 9to5Mac noted, the app is made in Catalyst — Apple's program to make it easier for ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• GitHub launches an Indian subsidiary to boost its developer community

  GitHub announced today that it's opening a subsidiary in India called GitHub India Private Limited. The company said the country has a third-largest number if active developer community on GitHub following the US and China. Over the coming months, the Mircosoft-owned company ll ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• What UX from 1989 can teach us about product design

  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full 'Sprint' program here. Let me take you back to a time before iPhones, Game of Thrones, and Netflix. The year is 1989. The hairstyles are big and curly. The earrings ...

  • Dina Zuko

• I fixed the infamous Iowa Caucus app in 30 minutes

  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full 'Sprint' program here. Last week everyone was talking about Iowa. I usually wouldn’t bother covering the controversy here if not for two things. First of all, ...

  • Michal Malewicz

• How deceptive UX patterns trick you into doing what companies want

  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full 'Sprint' program here. In this article, I’ll describe what a dark pattern is, how they work, the difference between bad UX & dark UX and, take a look at ...

  • Tania Vieira

• How to make your app's 'Settings' menu more user-friendly

  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full 'Sprint' program here. You might not think it, but we rely heavily on our devices' Settings page. Maybe you're not loving the look and feel? Go to Settings and change ...

  • Vivek Karthikeyan

• Machine learning for everyone: How to implement pose estimation in a browser using your webcam

  The 20th century turned out to be an era of exponential growth in the field of machine learning. The 3000-year-old ancient game of 'Go' that computer scientists predicted will take another decade to crack was made possible by Google Brain teams AlphaGo AI, defeating multiple-time ...

  • Kartik Nighania

• A brief history of UX design and its evolution

  When you think about user experience design it's a term we instantly associate with apps and websites. And especially when considering a typical job description of a UX designer, it can trick you into thinking that it’s a modern concept. The term was first coined in 1993 by the ...

  • Tania Vieira

• This free font was designed to make it easier for devs to read code

  JetBrains Mono is a font specifically designed for developers. It's easy on the eyes, open-source, and it's entirely free ...

  • Mix

• What designers have to gain by thinking like social workers

  “I’ve got a soul that can’t sleep at night when something ain’t right.” These are the song lyrics to “Power ...

  • Lindsey Cochran

• Instagram's decision to hide photoshopped images is a disservice to art

  In a controversial turn of events, Instagram has begun hiding photoshopped images on its platform — even in the case of ...

  • Mix

• How developers will work in 2020

  Software development is perpetually in a state of flux. Coders are constantly fighting a battle to keep their skills relevant. ...

  • Matthew Hughes