Software Development

Let's dive into how you can brighten UX by generating a slew of color theme variations (a la Slack) to visitors, giving them the ability to instantly switch between them.

Let’s dive into an important product design principle: feedback. Also called “Visibility of System Status,” we’re talking about the communication between the system and the user. Learn the what, why, and how of feedback in UX.

For all of the developers out there who feel that their learning has begun to stagnate as their career has progressed. Get some creative tips on how to continue building and learning new skills to prepare for your next big career opportunity.

There are scores of lists that compare product management software, outline the essential features of coding pipelines, or rank hardware that promises to make our remote working experiences just a little bit smoother. This is a short list of physical tools about doing the work behind the work; it’s the work that makes the work, work.

One of the biggest challenges of paying attention to tech trends is that the world is constantly changing. How do you keep up? Here’s where we suggest you keep your focus. This is our list of the top 10 things you should be watching in 2021 to keep from becoming obsolete.

Hackathons and Game Jams have been a favorite event for programmers and designers. They present the opportunity to create amazing app experiences in a short amount of time while building bonds with the tech community. With the cancellation of big events, it can be hard to keep a community together when the biggest outlets are not available. Thankfully, these are events can be evolved to fit a remote setting.

Making experiences in Augmented Reality is fun; Crema decided to try our hand at a holiday-themed filter; we created a neat scene-switching mechanic; our project file got corrupted and our friend helped us solve it; we learned valuable lessons along the way.

At the beginning of this year, a few developers at Crema were chatting about development related books that we had read or wanted to read. As we talked more, we thought “why not include others in the fun!” so we came up with some structure and kicked off our book club. We’re currently on our third book and we thought we’d share with you some of the tips and tricks that can help you along the way if you’re interested in doing something similar.

Our software dev team has been using JavaScript frameworks for years to build digital products, whether for our clients or ourselves. One of the best ways for us to up our JavaScript productivity is by leveraging languages like TypeScript to help ensure that our code is quality. TypeScript offers a lot of benefits that we’ll break down in detail. Here are the benefits that we'll cover: reduces cognitive overhead, increases code quality, provides a single source of truth, frees up part of your mind to solve logic or UI problems.

Since they pulled the plug on our local developer conference, we threw our own internal dev conference remotely: Crema DevConf 2020! In this article, we'll share some details about the event as well as an outline of our process for planning and execution. Our steps can be easily modeled by other dev teams that are looking for ways to further their craft skills and knowledge.

In the summer of 2019, a few of our seasoned developers took on the hotly contested topic, “Will Flutter kill React Native?” One year & 250,000 YouTube views later and it’s still a battle for the two very strong contenders in the mobile space. But, in the end, which development framework reigns supreme as the "one code to rule them all?" Find out in this article.

It's important to understand how to use React hooks correctly. Crema developer Joel shares four simple rules to follow when you’re starting to create your own custom hooks with useEffect():