https://centralsoft.io/en/blog The latest stories and case studies from the Centralsoft en-5-ui-tips-to-take-your-website-to-a-higher-level User Interface (UI design), is the process of building interfaces in computerized devices, focusing on style and looks. The goal is to make user’s interaction super efficient and simple. The aim is for the users to find these interfaces pleasant to the eye and easy to use. Design aesthetics may influence the ability of users to use functions of the interface. By this process, technical functionality and visual elements must be balanced to create an operational, useable and adaptable to changing user needs. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/5-ui-tips-to-take-your-website-to-a-higher-level Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:01:00 GMT en-storing-images-for-your-reactnative-app Sometimes storing images might be challenging. There are a few cloud storage that can be used to store images such as: Cloudinary, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 Bucket etc. This article will cover how to use Cloudinary to upload images in a React Native app. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/storing-images-for-your-reactnative-app Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:31:56 GMT en-sentry-on-reactnative-app Choosing the best platform for error monitoring and track the performance of your software is likely to be difficult https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/sentry-on-reactnative-app Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:39:08 GMT en-bank-id-integration In one of the mobile app project in Centralsoft we had the need and the request to implement the authentication using the Bank ID service. Today we will talk and describe our journey to the success of BankID integration. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/bank-id-integration Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:47:35 GMT en-using-aws-lambda-functions-on-a-nodejs-app Lambda is a serverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for virtually without provisioning or managing servers. Lambda runs your code on a high-availability compute infrastructure and performs all of the administration of the compute resources, including server and operating system maintenance, capacity provisioning and automatic scaling, code monitoring and logging. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/using-aws-lambda-functions-on-a-nodejs-app Thu, 02 Jun 2022 21:23:25 GMT en-deploy-a-postgresql-database-to-heroku-on-a-nodejs-app-sequelize Heroku Postgres is a SQL database service that lets you utilize a relational database like PostgreSQL on the Heroku platform. Heroku provides a free PostgreSQL database hosting option. This might be useful if you're starting a new project or just quickly need a hosted database for experimenting, prototyping, or proofs-of-concept. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/deploy-a-postgresql-database-to-heroku-on-a-nodejs-app-sequelize Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:30:44 GMT en-programmatically-trigger-deployment-heroku Programmatically triggering a deployment to Heroku can be tricky. It's a process that for some reason is not documented in Heroku docs. This article will show exactly how to do it. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/programmatically-trigger-deployment-heroku Tue, 25 Jan 2022 22:47:34 GMT en-what-is-atomic-design The term “atomic design” was coined about five years ago by a guy called Brad Frost. Is an approach that is getting really popular, and if you’re a developer or if you’ve spent time during digital teams, you probably heard it at least once. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-atomic-design Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:16:19 GMT en-google-ranking-factor-amp-is-no-longer-important-in-2021 Since 2015, Google has been using an algorithm called AMP whose purpose was to accelerate the mobile web results. Now, Google has stopped showing AMP labels or icons in the mobile search results that includes the top stories carousel. Instead, it will employ a new update called Page Experience to determine the rankings. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/google-ranking-factor-amp-is-no-longer-important-in-2021 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:54:23 GMT en-flat-design-vs-material-design Let’s talk a bit about Flat Design vs. Material Design - which is better? We will discuss about these two design trends and talk about their similarities and differences. Both these design trends are minimalistic and they rule the internet. Both have their advantages and disadvantages which we will discuss further in this blog. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/flat-design-vs-material-design Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:34:38 GMT en-what-is-ux-research User Experience is a growing field and it has evolved rapidly in recent years. It’s one of the key things to run a successful business since it helps you understand your customer needs and likes. Combining right user experience research with market research you’ll find that key to those needs and likes. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-ux-research Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:12:30 GMT en-what-is-cumulative-layout-shift-cls Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is part of Web Vitals metric that measures layout stability of a website which is not caused by user interactivity but from shifting elements or ads. It is utilized by Google as a ranking factor from June 2021. In this blog, you will understand what CLS is, how it is measured and how to improve it. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-cumulative-layout-shift-cls Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:55:15 GMT en-14-seo-tips-to-improve-your-website-traffic Search engine optimization (SEO) is often looked as some small modifications to parts of your website. However, these incremental improvements when combined with other optimizations could have a noteworthy impact on your site's user experience and performance in organic search results. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/14-seo-tips-to-improve-your-website-traffic Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:14:04 GMT en-what-is-seo-and-how-does-it-work If you want your content to increase traffic for your website, you need to optimize your site for search engines. That means improving your SEO on your site, but what does that really mean and how does it work. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-seo-and-how-does-it-work Sat, 05 Jun 2021 22:22:21 GMT en-ux-strategy Things like successful marketing, unique and cutting-edge products, etc. are some of the key touchpoints to be taken into consideration if you want your company/product to have a huge success. A solid UX product should be accessible to as many type of users as it’s possible and that’s why UX designers have often have a key role in a company’s growth process and nowadays more and more companies employ UX designers to create excellent experiences for their customers at every contact point along their journey. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/ux-strategy Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:29:33 GMT en-best-cms-platforms-and-their-features A CMS (Content Management System) platform provides all the tools that you need to manage content, manage users or to apply beautiful layouts to your web application. There are plenty of CMS options available and in this blog, we will share our top picks for the best CMS platforms and explain their features. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/best-cms-platforms-and-their-features Tue, 18 May 2021 21:58:00 GMT en-a-comparison-between-gatsby-and-nextjs Two of the most popular React frameworks are Gatsby and Next.js. They offer great features, possibilities and tools. Some of these features are that they can help build websites which are superfast, lightweight and SEO-friendly. These frameworks are great to build static and dynamic sites, are growing quickly and the developer community is expanding too. Both of them offer an easy way of communication for the back-end and front-end. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/a-comparison-between-gatsby-and-nextjs Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:35:36 GMT en-nextjs-different-data-rendering-modes-and-their-functions NextJS is a React framework for building production applications with a set of tools that allows to customize or extend them according to your needs. It supports four different data rendering modes which we will explain what they are and how they function. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/nextjs-different-data-rendering-modes-and-their-functions Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:56:16 GMT en-some-great-reasons-to-redesign-your-website Nowadays the digital marketing pace is moving at a rapid pace and having an outdated website can have a negative impact on your business. You often hear from businesses we consult with about digital strategy asking us whether we need a website redesign in order to rank better. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/some-great-reasons-to-redesign-your-website Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:45:17 GMT en-what-are-some-of-the-frameworks-that-follow-mvc-architectural-pattern MVC is a standard software design pattern that many developers are familiar with. In this blog, we are going to show some of the MVC frameworks and their workflow. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-are-some-of-the-frameworks-that-follow-mvc-architectural-pattern Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:53:58 GMT en-top-10-important-UX-principles-and-laws When it comes to User Experience, there are some certain laws that every designer should always follow. UX is a creative field and ever-changing field, but for sure, it has some of its fundamental principles that need to be understood. After all, some of these laws and principles have been written by user advocates, designers and psychologists who have experience on studying human behaviour and interaction. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/top-10-important-UX-principles-and-laws Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:32:43 GMT en-a-comparison-between-graphql-vs-rest-api If you are trying to build an API you can choose which kind of API you want to build. In this blog, we will show what are their similarities or differences by the way they are used. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/a-comparison-between-graphql-vs-rest-api Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:26:33 GMT en-things-you-should-know-before-start-using-webflow Webflow is really an amazing tool to build websites with and learning how to use it, can be sometimes a bit frustrating especially if you don’t have knowledge on some important concepts of HTML and CSS that would make your learning curve easier. Once you get things right and you really understand how they work, Webflow becomes all fun and… more fun. It’s so satisfying building things with it, but first you have to go through a rougher patch in order to get to that. I’ll show you some of the things you should know before you start using Webflow. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/things-you-should-know-before-start-using-webflow Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:45:57 GMT en-the-best-remote-working-tools Choosing the right tech-stack while working remotely helps to make the team stay productive and synchronized. In this blog, we are going to show what are the best remote working tools through their features, ease of use and good security. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/the-best-remote-working-tools Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:00:39 GMT en-react-vs-svelte-a-comparison-between-them Svelte and React.js are two common JavaScript frameworks that provide developers a productive approach to the creation of web applications. In this article, we’ll show how they differ and how they work. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/react-vs-svelte-a-comparison-between-them Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:58:49 GMT en-nextjs-3rd-party-css-namespacing How to deal with 3rd party css on your Next.js project. In this post we explain how we solved this problem with included code snippets. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/nextjs-3rd-party-css-namespacing Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:59:41 GMT en-ui-ux-conding-and-webflow On this blog we will elaborate the difference between UI and UX in short points, and then we will talk about whether you should develop coding skills in order to bring your products to life or web builders can do the work for you. So, in case you’re interested on doing all this by yourself, then this is the right place for you to be. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/ui-ux-conding-and-webflow Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:11:31 GMT en-the-importance-of-big-data-and-its-usage If you search over the internet, the term data is defined as qualities, characters or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer which may be stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical or mechanical recording media. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/the-importance-of-big-data-and-its-usage Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:46:38 GMT en-what-is-iot-and-why-does-it-matter The Internet of Things (IoT) denotes everything connected to the internet including billions of physical devices worldwide embedded with sensors, software or other technologies that collect and share data about the environment that surrounds them. In simple words, IoT is the concept of connecting any device to the internet or other connected devices. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-iot-and-why-does-it-matter Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:16:48 GMT en-benefits-of-remote-work-advantages-and-tips Working remotely was a worldwide movement before coronavirus pandemic. However, the latter increased even more the rates of working remotely from a number of worldwide companies. The majority of people who worked previously in office found it challenging but also as a new opportunity to lots of positive aspects. Additionally, this sudden rush of switching to this working style came also with some advantages such as: productivity, cost-efficiency, staff motivation and freedom. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/benefits-of-remote-work-advantages-and-tips Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:50:04 GMT en-data-structures-introduction-to-heaps Data Structure means different ways of storing data on your computer while algorithms are operations that we can perform on different data structures and the set of instructions for executing them. Without data structures, you can't use algorithms. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/data-structures-introduction-to-heaps Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:28:37 GMT en-explication-of-cloud-computing-types-and-models Cloud Computing refers to the delivery of on-demand computing services over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis. In simpler words rather than managing files and services on a local storage device, you will be doing the same over the internet in a cost-efficient manner. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/explication-of-cloud-computing-types-and-models Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:14:16 GMT en-diving-into-kubernetes-containers-and-components Kubernetes is a tool that allows you to manage containerized deployment solutions and inherently Kubernetes is a tool that is really a next level maturity of deployment. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/diving-into-kubernetes-containers-and-components Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:33:41 GMT en-what-is-jamstack In the field of development there are many stacks used by developers. Some of them are: MEAN stack, which stands for: MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node, or MERN stack for: MongoDB, Express, React and Node. And now, it is the JAMstack technology which comprises Javascript, API’s and Markup components. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/what-is-jamstack Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:23:37 GMT en-a-comparison-between-react-native-and-flutter Releasing an application simultaneously for both iOS and Android is a great opportunity which React Native and Flutter offers. These frameworks are adopted by hundreds of worldwide known companies. However, when it comes to using them, it may depend on the powerful features that they offer. This article shows the difference between them through pros and cons. https://centralsoft.io/en/blog/posts/a-comparison-between-react-native-and-flutter Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:08:45 GMT