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Team communication has always been a matter of concern for many of the employers. The major challenge is to keep all communication in one place while not affecting the productivity. This also gets very crucial if there are remote teams involved.
\nDisclaimer: Slack fanboy here. But it was not as the same before. I first heard about slack when it was being implemented at LoginRadius. Been using skype, hangouts in past for team communication, I was quite skeptical. But after using slack for an year, I must say that not only, it is one of the best tools for team communication but also it takes productivity to a whole wow level.
\nThere are enough reasons of why one should choose Slack over other communication tools.
\nSo, for people who are still struggling with Slack at their workplace, this article is going to help them to pick up some tips and tricks which can make them a real pro at Slack in 6 simple steps. Go ahead with the list:-
\nWell, there are two ways to access Slack: via browser and via app. But, everything gets faster and automatic with Slack desktop app.
\nSlack app launches itself automatically by default every time you start your system. Thus, no need to open your browsers to use Slack from now.
\nForemostly, explore Slack. Leave your mark on your desktop app by uploading your profile picture. Also, ensure that your job title, name and username are set. It is very important to mark your online presence when face to face meetings and phone calls are being replaced by digital communication. Co-workers will recognize “your name” much easier than any “synonymical name”.
\nAlso do not forget to pick your favorite theme for your Slack app.
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Note:- You can even customize your own theme and enjoy sharing it with others. The option is available on the same page.
\nFeel free to create your channels (all members can do that) on your Slack. And if you feel a channel remains unused, you can always delete it (team owners and admins can do that). Now, a wise way to create channels will be creating it according to teams (team-oriented updates) and locations (for location-oriented updates). Also, provide a channel for newsroom (general updates). Besides this, Slack starts off with common channels like #general and #random. Everyone is automatically added to #general as soon as he or she joins the team. Hence, #general can be used for important announcements for everyone. #random is created for random conversations (well, that’s obvious).
\nWell, now coming to joining/choosing channels, you can join any channel that seems relevant to you and you can control your notifications for those channels in Slack. Want to know how? Keep reading.
\nYou can also select ‘show any kind of activity’ for your favorite channel while you can select to show notifications only if it has your mention or highlighted words. Let’s see how to do it!
\nAbout Slackbot
\nSlackbot is your best robot friend in Slack. It can help you to add new apps, integrate setup, help to complete your profile and set reminders for you.
\nHow can Slackbot be useful?
\nUse Slack to set reminders
\nNeither you nor your team can forget a thing when Slackbot is here. Set reminders for your whole team or for you for an important event. Here are some examples for the commands:-
\nMethod :-
\nThe response will be exclusively for you. So, your little secret about you ‘forgetting things’ will always remain a secret with Slackbot :D
\nNote:- Now, if you want to see your list of reminders for today. Just type “/remind list” and press Enter. You can also alter your list by deleting reminders or marking them as complete.
\nSome examples on how to set reminders:-
\nRemind me to call Jessica at 3 pm
\nRemind @jessica to attend meeting after 4 hours.
\nRemind #seo-team to party at 6 pm
\nSlackbot is a witty bot but you can make it wittier by customizing its responses. Here is how you can make your Slackbot sound cooler:-
\nFor example I always forget where we keep our list of “top citation sites” to list our business. So to help me out, my team admin has set up the following Slackbot response whenever someone says “top citation sites”:
\nIntegrate your favorite apps like Google Calendar and Google Drive in Slack.
\nMethod
\nHere you’ll get a vast directory of apps which can be used with Slack.
\nFor example:-
\nYou can add Twitter from the list of apps in the Slack directory and dedicate a channel for tweets. Hence, now you can watch over your competitors’ tweets through the channel.
\nNow let’s see how you can integrate Google Drive with Slack:-
\nOR
\nYou can install Google Drive through App directory. Follow these simple steps:-
\nYou can find potential team members, partners and mentors in these communities. Here are some communities in Slack which can be beneficial to every professional:-
\nFor a startup founder
\nAre you a startup founder? Join #Startup. You find more than 2100 members in #Startup. Discussions range from Q&As or “Ask Me Anything” questions. Well, traditional conversations are also encouraged in this channel. After joining, you can get feedbacks for your newly launched products, seek advice, expand your team and what more. Please note, there is an application process and fee applicable for joining the group.
\nFor a creative person
\nFor a marketer
\nJoin #CreativeTribes to grow your reach or business. The community has 300 entrepreneurs, marketers and other creatives and the group will help you to learn new techniques and experiences. The community does not have any membership fee but still you need to go through an application process.
\nFor an Internet marketer
\nJoin #OnlineGuinesses to discuss anything about online marketing. Professionals from different niche such as CRO, PPC, SEO and social media marketing represent the channel. The members come from Google, Macy’s, Amazon, Best Buy and Facebook. No application process or fee for this community.
\nFor a software programmer
\nJoin #CodeNewbie for hanging out with other coders who are mad about coding. You can discuss new trends, software updates, tough problems and anything about coding. The community is free but consists of an application process.
\nYou can use quick switcher to jump quickly from one channel to another. It can be performed by pressing “Ctrl + K” in windows.
\nNote:- Replace “Ctrl” with “COMMAND” for all commands in Mac.
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You can also adjust your sound alerts accordingly. Go to preferences, Click on notification > notification settings and ****select sounds or mute them all as per your preference.You can also change the display location and duration and of flash message from the same window.
\n**_Note:-** You can set “do not disturb” to disable notifications for a given time. Go to “do not disturb” option in the same window and set time according to your time zone._
\nOr else just click on the smiley face in message box section to select your favorite emoji.
\nNow, here I have discussed 10 simple steps to master Slack at your workplace but there are still plenty of things which we can do with Slack. Check out the custom Slack integrations to know more. Do you love our Slack hack or have your own set? Let us know in the comments below.
\nThanks, Stewart Butterfield!
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\nNow let’s say, you are lucky and you made the cut! Your emails are being opened and read as well! But do you think your work is done here? Well, it is not! You are still overlooking one important element that can make a big impact. Yes, I am talking about your email signature.
\nFirst impression is important! Agreed! But what about the last impression?
\nLeaving last impression is difficult especially at the end of an email! But at the end it is all worth it. An email signature is not just to tell about who you are, but is also an opportunity to brand yourself. Email signatures are another way to shine brighter. But the concept of email signature is like a two-way sword - if done right, can bring extra-ordinary results, but if made any mistake, might cause damage to your image.
\nFor most of the people, email signature is just the way of telling the recipient who they are but what they don’t know is with some smart tips, this email signature can prove for them a big branding or marketing opportunity as well. Email signatures are a part of personal branding and must encourage the recipient to respond, connect and do further contact with the sender.
\nNot convincing enough? Let’s discuss it a bit more!
\nThere are many people out there who in the process of creating a professional email signature end up creating a heavily cluttered email signature! I mean, yes, email signatures are a great way to promote your business but instead of pulling your hairs and chasing your readers with a creepy email signature design, you have to find out the right way!
\nNow at this stage, many of you might be thinking why can’t we just drop the use of email signature. But then my friend, you will lose an excellent opportunity as well. What most of us still don’t know is that a right email signature can make a huge difference to your emails. So guys, please wear your marketing hats and dig into the art of creating a perfect signature.
\nThe email signature rides along with all the emails you send, whether personal or professional but contrast to the importance of right email signature, here are some facts that will blow up your mind
\nThis data is enough to prove the unawareness lying around signature and that’s where we need this article.
\nWhile there are many who don’t have any email signature at all, there are some others as well who treat their email signature like the mini autobiographies, jamming all possible links, quotes, and tons of information. But what they don’t realize is that by adding excessive information, the signature loses its original charm and will seem bulky for readers to even look at it let alone clicking on the same.
\nIn general, the basic information needed in email signature is as below :
PS.. To condense email signature in fewer lines, make use of pipeline (|) or colons (::) to separate links.
\nAdding email address to your email signature is nothing but the wastage of space, the reasons are:
\nYou must save this place for something more valuable like your social icons, CTA, your business blog, etc.
\nEver seen an overstuffed email signature? Here is what it looks like :
\nIt is a widely known fact that people remember visuals more than the plain text. But with that, I don’t mean you can put any kind of image in your email signature. There is always a certain kind of image that can make a difference to your email signature. You are more likely to remember a signature like this, won’t you?
\nSo you have created a great email signature that highlights all your important links and contains CTA too but ever wondered if anyone has really clicked on them? If you want to figure out if people are really clicking on them or not, make your links trackable. Adding UTM parameters to the links is a great way to do that. Check out this step by step guide to use UTM parameter by Neil Patel. Also test out multiple CTA formats to find out which ones are driving maximum clicks.
\nAs per the recent research, 68% of emails are getting opened on mobile devices and this figure keeps on rising every year. The stats clearly indicate the need to keep mobile users in top of mind while writing emails which includes email signature too.
\nThe best way to make your email signature mobile optimized is to choose the design that is easy to read and easy to click for mobile audience. Use font size, keeping mobile screens in mind and make sure the links have enough space in between.
\nMost of the brands these days are opting for the modern email signature approach. An email signature which is clean font, sleek and fresh never goes off air. Here are some things you need to look for if you are one of those creative professionals and want your email signature to indicate the same :
\n3. Newoldstamp :
\nWorld’s simplest email signatures creation tool- as they define it. If creativity and uniqueness are your traits, newoldstamp is the perfect place for you. The tool provides you the chance to choose among the 11 professional email signature templates that come in several design, color and formats.
\nOther tools that you can opt for :
\n\nIn the final words of advice, all that I suggest is be sure to maintain the balance, not only in the visual elements you have used but also in the other elements. Now that you have understood how to bring different pieces of information together to craft an email signature, go ahead and impress your email clients. Have you seen any extra-ordinary email signature or you have any other tip I have missed upon, let me know in the comments below.
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\nIt is said that every good thing comes with a price tag attached. Well, looks like this is not applicable to all good things.
\nHere are some things which are not that popular but are worth trying at least once.
\nSo here are my favorite free resources that make my everyday life easier! Have you tried these? Or do you know about any other free resources that can make my job easier, would love to know in the comments below!
\n\n","frontmatter":{"date":"January 23, 2017","updated_date":null,"description":"It is said that every good thing comes with a price tag attached. Well, looks like this is not applicable to all good things. The articles lists down some useful free resources you might not have heard of.","title":"Free Resources That You Might Not Have Heard Of","tags":["resources","article","cx"],"pinned":null,"coverImage":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"aspectRatio":1,"src":"/static/792bcbc6ab400ce98e7b9274a15394fb/6d161/free-resources-150x150.png","srcSet":"/static/792bcbc6ab400ce98e7b9274a15394fb/6d161/free-resources-150x150.png 150w","sizes":"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px"}}},"author":{"id":"Rakesh Soni","github":"oyesoni","avatar":"rakesh-soni.jpg"}}}},{"node":{"excerpt":"Gone are the days when learning coding or programming was reserved for the geeks or nerds. The case is exactly different nowadays. The…","fields":{"slug":"/engineering/learn-to-code-using-10-websites/"},"html":"Gone are the days when learning coding or programming was reserved for the geeks or nerds. The case is exactly different nowadays. The latest buzz of “How to code” is here to stay. Making sure that you have little coding knowledge under your belt is proving to be an incredible skill no matter whether you are a marketer or an entrepreneur or a member of any of business team. Talk to any entrepreneur, marketer or freelancer, you will get an idea about learning coding will help you get through. The reasons are more than one! Half of the 2016 is gone, so if you haven’t included this incredible skill in your 2017’s new year resolution, you need to reconsider. Here is why!
\nWith softwares ruling the digital world, the demand of learning coding is becoming must for every professionals in every field whether it is marketing, technology, commerce, finance and what not. As the digital age is making us more and more dependant on computer softwares for business, learning to code has become helpful here. Learn to code is already in the must have technical skills list of 21st century and this demand of technical skills is growing like never before.
\nCoding is problem solving. Coding is no different than the way you can fuel up your car, check the oil and get it serviced by reading the manual you are provided with. But coding takes you a long way ahead. It is beyond these simple things. It teaches you to repaint your car, customize the engine to make it work in the way you want. Hope you got an idea why coding is important and why you should also learn it.
\nYeah, yeah, I know this coding thing is not the only factor behind their success (or should I say making them billionaire), but it didn’t hurt either.
\nBut unlike them, most of us were not gifted with this kind of exposure to the digital world and most of us are still naive to how the world of programming works. Many of the people around are still wondering how to write and combine the long string of code to create a beautiful website, app and more! And trust me you are not alone!
\nBut don’t worry because with so many information available online, you can also master the same. No need to spend a lot of money or put yourself in debt in coding learning, as these resources are definitely going to help you to get through this.
\nPrice - Free but pro-version also available at $19.99/moPro for $19.99/moPro for $19.99/mo
\nCodecademy - Teaching the world how to code, definitely tops my list while talking about the top resources for how to learn programming. Currently owning around 25 million users, one can start learning as soon as he registers himself on the website. They can learn to design websites with HTML, CSS and also customize it with Javascript.
\nThe courses provided are not lecture style but the students actually get to do hands on coding and witness changes real time. Sims, the owner of Codecademy says that the website allows students to learn the coding by providing preview for every line they write immediately instead of watching an instructor. Apart from that, Codecademy also provides students access to QnA forums and groups to learn on topics like Python, Ruby on Rails, Etsy, etc.
\n2. W3schools :
\nPrice : Free
\nW3schools - the largest web developer site, as they define it, provides free tutorials on JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQuery and what not along with lot of references. So if you want to know what
The website provides tiered subscription plan that allows users to download multiple ebooks too along with the course. The ebook comprises of a huge catalog that comes with different code specifics like Jekyll, Sass, SVG, etc. I should definitely not forget to mention that even professionals can take the ongoing education courses to brush up their programming skills. The website provides learner tutorials in the form of write-ups about various topics.
\nPrice : Free but pro version available at $29/mo
\nThe famous e-learning course provider offers a wide range of courses in several types of programming languages, web tools and designing. The website offers both free as well as paid versions. With free version users can get access to the 10 introductory courses that include topics like SQL, Objective C, jQuery which are great for getting started. While with the paid version, users can get access to 200 videos and 50+ interesting courses. The website basically works on learn, practice, win and track model which means first the users can learn via watching videos and then challenges are placed in front of them to track their learning experience.
\nPrice : Free
\nThe academy is best for those who prefer short videos to learn things. Started in 2006, by Salman Khan, the idea of this website was generated after creating and sharing video tutorials on Youtube. One of the original e-courses providers, the Khan Academy has become widely popular over the years and offers courses in numerous programming languages, both for beginners as well as experts. Relying heavily on videos, users can learn to code animations, games, drawings and a lot more. For those who are planning to start their coding career, or are beginners at coding, the Khan Academy is the best place.
\nPrice : Free trial for 2 weeks, Basic version at $25/mo and pro version at $50/mo
\nThe online technology courses provider, Treehouse provides programming courses for both beginners as well as experts. The website works on learn, practice and earn model. With 222+ courses, videos, challenges, the website makes sure that the learners are kept busy. Apart from that, it also helps you learn new business strategies to make the best out of your knowledge. But unlike above mentioned options, for this one, you need to spend some cash before you go ahead. The basic version comes at $25/mo with which you get access to around 1000+ videos and can take interesting challenges. While if you go for the pro version at around $50/mo users can unlock the bonus content and download videos to watch offline too.
\nPrice : Free
\nAnother player in the field of online coding courses, the website’s mission is to provide more and more people opportunity to learn programming. The website works more like games with drag & drop tiles. Learners can see the code both during challenge as well as when it is completed.
\nThe next three in the list are massive open online courses provider ie MOOC. These websites provide courses related to not only coding but other fields too like life science, engineering, health habits, etc.
\nPrice : Both free and paid
\nDespite of being founded just 4 years ago, Coursera has become a major Major Open Online Courses provider that offers around 1990 courses from 119 well known institutions. Though there are certain programs that require you to spend money to get certified, there are hundred of other free introductory courses that provide specializations from well known universities like University of Toronto and Vanderbilt, etc. One of the widely popular MOOCs provided by Coursera is “Programming for everybody (Getting started with Python)
\nPrice : Free to hundreds of dollars
\nAnother MOOC provider, Udemy is one place you can find resources for just anything. It is a great place to develop your coding skills with courses like Complete Java Developer Course. Though the courses fee varies from free to hundreds of dollars, Udemy has created its own position when it comes to learning programming. Another feature that it brings along is to allow user to sign up as an instructor and create his/her own course.
\nPrice : Free
\nSimilar to above, this one is also a MOOC provider, serving millions of students around the globe. But this one is a non profit and open source which means anyone can build his own tools and contribute to the edX platform. Some of the most popular edX course is “Fundamentals of Computer Science” by IIT Bombay. Most of the courses I found here were free, but to get a verified certificate you need to spend some cash which differs between the type of courses you are enrolled with.
\nThough there are hundreds of other websites that help you to enhance your coding skills, these are the top ten sites I found to be the best. Have you tried any of these? How was your experience? I would love to know about it in the comments below.
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\nIn this article I am going to focus on why as a developer you should focus on personal branding, how it is going to help your job and career and finally, will guide you on how you can also create a personal brand. First thing first, let’s start with what is personal branding.
\nWhat is personal branding?
\nThe concept of personal branding is quite similar to that of company branding. Personal branding is all about thinking yourself as a brand. It is about showing people who you are and what is your passion. When you think about some specific programming language, your mind goes back to some specific names associated with that language, who are either the father of that language or have done some amazing work in that field, right?
\nTo get the more clear idea, here is what Paul Irish, the front end developer of Google Chrome team, has to say on the concept of personal branding -
\n“Personal branding is the art of consistently presenting, online and offline, the essence of how you stand out from the crowd.”
\nPersonal branding is all about you and only you :
\nand more! Personal branding is basically about everything that defines you from the languages you are expertize to the blogs you write.
\nWhy you should focus on personal branding?
\nPersonal branding is no longer an option, but it has become crucial for everyone. After all we are living in the digital world where it is simpler to reach to the next level. So it’s not exactly about being the rockstar but maybe it is. May be it is about becoming popular! May be it is about getting that power. Here I am presenting you three key reasons why personal branding is important for you-
\nNo job is permanent!
\nAnother harsh reality! No matter how much your company loves you but you know no job is forever. So be prepared! You don’t know when the situation changes. As a developer personal branding matters when you are looking to change your job. You want your employers to hire you not only as a good developer but also as an innovative leader. To make that possible, you need to cultivate a personal brand that can highlight your value to your potential employers.Sky's the limit!
\nThe process of learning has no end. While creating personal brand, you meet many people from your niche. You interact with them, share your knowledge, learn from them, discuss ideas and all this will give you the level of expertise that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Doesn’t matter how you want to improve your career, personal branding is the key!How to manage your personal brand?
\nAs a developer, breaking through the glass ceiling demands much more than excellent programming skills. Cultivating a strong personal brand can really help you out. GET VISIBILITY is all I want to say!
\nYou might have the best expertise in certain technology, you might have designed an amazing product but all this is meaningless if nobody can see you. Here are some tips on how you can get visibility :
\nTry your hand at blogging :
\nBlogging is an amazing way to tell people who you are. Blog about anything you hold expertize in, whether it is a programming language or it is some kind of technology, let people understand who you actually are. There are many developers out there who have some awesome technical blogs where they share their knowledge and write about their specialities.For inspiration you can have a look at the blog of John Resig, the creator and founder of jQuery. Another tech blog champion is Scott Hanselman. Make sure to have a look on his popular blogs www.hanselman.com, hanselminutes, etc.
\nThere are various ways how you can track your brand on social media. My personal favorite is Google Alert which notifies whenever people are talking about me or my projects. While some times they are talking about the work I have done, sometimes they also complaint which helps me understand where I am wrong. There are many others, like on Twitter, you can use Tweetdeck . Apart from that, create a strong persona on Linkedin, Facebook, Google+, etc. Interact with people, reply to their queries and become social media champion.
\nSome popular developers who are social media champions as well include Scott Hanselman, John Resig, etc
Participate in Communities:
\nCommunities like Quora, Stackoverflow, Warrior Forum, etc can be your best friends if you are intending to create brand online. Join these communities and try your best to solve the queries of users from your niche. It will not only help you interact your kind of people but will also improve your problem solving skills. Sites like Stack Overflow, GitHub allow users to work together on projects, that can open a wide opportunity to learn.
\nContribute to Open source or start Open source :
\nAnother great way to cultivate personal brand is to contribute to open source or start open source. While contributing to an open source can be an amazing experience it will earn you recognition among your fellow community. Also you can start open source. If you are getting difficulties to start open source, have a look at this interesting article.
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\nMaybe you don’t want to become a rockstar developer or you are happy with your current job, but still there is a huge difference between doing the job and doing the job in excellent way. After all, you have worked hard to be where you are today and you deserve to get recognized for it. So why tomorrow, start now and reach the next step.
\n","frontmatter":{"date":"September 23, 2016","updated_date":null,"description":null,"title":"Personal Branding For Developers: Why and How?","tags":["Branding"],"pinned":null,"coverImage":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"aspectRatio":1,"src":"/static/ce6fe2aec02784b1878d1ea52335b1c6/aabdf/Personal-Branding-For-Developers-150x150.jpg","srcSet":"/static/ce6fe2aec02784b1878d1ea52335b1c6/aabdf/Personal-Branding-For-Developers-150x150.jpg 150w","sizes":"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px"}}},"author":{"id":"Sreekant","github":null,"avatar":null}}}},{"node":{"excerpt":"It’s that time of the quarter again when we get to some number crunching and put out our data for the world to analyze, think and act. It’s…","fields":{"slug":"/identity/customer-identity-preference-trends-q2-2016/"},"html":"It’s that time of the quarter again when we get to some number crunching and put out our data for the world to analyze, think and act. It’s that time when you can think whether social login is still working and how many consumers actually use social login against traditional email registration. It’s that time when you evaluate customer identity preferences to understand what’s best for you.
\nWell, let’s get to the business end now. Like every quarter since about 13 quarters, the LoginRadius Analytics team has analyzed data from over 160,000 websites which are using LoginRadius’ Customer Identity and Access Management (cIAM) platform. The analysis brings out what customers in different industries and regions prefer in terms of their social identities, choice of social networks and choice of devices to register and login to various business websites. You can access this in depth analysis in Loginradius’ Customer Identity Preferences Trends report for Q2 2016 which is now available for free download. Before you download the report, let's get you a preview of what our data is saying this time. If you are expecting majority of website customers to be bringing their own social identities, you are spot on. In Q2 2016, almost 93% consumers preferred social login over traditional email registration on websites. If you are expecting Facebook to be the default choice of social identity for majority of the customers, you are right. But where you could be wrong is that majority is not very much. Only 53% customers logged in with their Facebook identities. So, who ate their share? Google, obviously. More and more people are preferring to use their Google identities to sign into websites for reasons that could be varied. The most apt, as per our understanding, is the ease of using Google identities and the fact that consumers don’t really have to worry much about their privacy while using Google identities to login on other websites. This is because most people don’t have a lot of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored on their Google accounts, unlike Facebook. But, technically, this is still the minority view, though the difference between majority and minority is as thin as a straight line. Both of them together account for 98% social logins so the question of which network to provide for social login on your web or mobile applications is a no-brainer. Social networks are not the only things that matter. People’s devices, too, play a role important enough not to be ignored. Once again in Q2 2016, majority of web browser based social login was from websites leading to the same inference as earlier that if you are targeting consumers on their mobile phones, get a mobile app for your business instead of optimizing your website for mobile. As far as social sharing is concerned, it seems Facebook is scoring where it needs to. Though its usage as a social identity reduced in Q2 2016, content sharing on Facebook increased giving credence to the theory proposed here. Some more critical insights you can obtain from the report are: Read more detailed analysis and insights in LoginRadius’ Customer Identity Preference Trends report for Q2 2016. Go ahead, download it now. Identity is evolving, and developers are at the forefront of this transformation. Every day brings a new learning—adapting to new standards and refining approaches to building secure, seamless experiences. We’re here to support developers on that journey. We know how important simplicity, efficiency, and well-structured documentation are when working with identity and access management solutions. That’s why we’ve redesigned the LoginRadius website—to be faster, more intuitive, and developer-first in every way. The goal? Having them spend less time searching and more time building. LoginRadius’ vision is to give developers a product that simplifies identity management so they can focus on building, deploying, and scaling their applications. To enhance this experience, we’ve spent the last few months redesigning our interface— making navigation more intuitive and reassuring that essential resources are easily accessible. Here’s a closer look at what’s new and why it’s important: Developers spend long hours working in dark-themed IDEs and terminals, so we’ve designed the LoginRadius experience to be developer-friendly and align with that preference. The new dark mode reduces eye strain, enhances readability, and provides a seamless transition between a coding environment and our platform. Our new design features a clean, modern aesthetic with a consistent color scheme and Barlow typography, ensuring better readability. High-quality graphics and icons are thoughtfully placed to enhance the content without adding visual clutter. So, whether you’re navigating our API docs or configuring authentication into your system, our improved interface will make those extended development hours more comfortable and efficient. We’ve restructured our website to provide a straightforward breakdown of our customer identity and access management platform capabilities, helping you quickly find what you need: This structured layout ensures you can quickly understand each capability and how it integrates into your identity ecosystem. We’ve been analyzing developer workflows to identify how you access key resources. That’s why we redesigned our navigation with one goal in mind: to reduce clicks and make essential resources readily available. The new LoginRadius structure puts APIs, SDKs, and integration guides right at the menu bar under the Developers dropdown so you can get started faster. Our Products, Solutions, and Customer Services are also clearly categorized, helping development teams quickly find the right tools and make informed decisions. Developers now have a clear view of the tech stack available with LoginRadius, designed to support diverse business needs. Our platform offers pre-built SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and more, making CIAM integration seamless across popular programming languages and frameworks. Check out our revamped LoginRadius website and see how the improved experience makes it easier to build, scale, and secure your applications. Do not forget to explore the improved navigation and API documentation, and get started with our free trial today. We’re excited to see what you’ll build with LoginRadius!\n
\nWhat’s New and Improved on the LoginRadius Website?
\nA Developer-Friendly Dark Theme
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Clear Categorization for LoginRadius Capabilities
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\nDeveloper-First Navigation
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Quick Understanding of Integration Benefits
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Over to You Now!
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