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![free-resources-]Some good things are free too!
\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!
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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?
\n![\"Apple](\"/19a1cce232eecdc839a68b902e3eb968/Apple-logo-248x300.webp\"){kind=logo}
Do you recognize this logo? Well, Of course you do! But have you ever wondered how come you recognized this logo without even a name? Well, you recognized it because the brand is so strong that without even a proper title, you are able to recognize it and that’s what branding do.
The 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.
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Stick to one topic, you are best at and select the blogging platform that suits you like Wordpress, Tumblr, Blogspot, etc. Post informative content on regular basis and soon you will have a huge audience waiting for your content and engaging with you. Posting two to three informative blog is enough to keep you in demand. Also there are some specific sites likewww.asp.net where you can submit articles to gain immense popularity.
Embrace Social Media :
\nYou might have heard that Facebook and Twitter are all about wasting time, but let me tell you this is not at all true. Social media provides you a great opportunity to build networks. It is must to get visibility on various social media networks if you want to be found by people who share same niche as you.
\n![\"social](\"/0bcf08775ca2ce3cfb3bb8dcc35e5bc2/Social-media-for-personal-branding.webp\")
\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.
\nWhat I’m trying to say is
\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.
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\n![](\"/1a7c1414ed0533bdd5e12eedce7b7780/CIPT-Q2-2016-Report-popout-600x900.webp\")
Why should you even worry about customer preferences? Because digital marketing starts with customer identity and ends with a great customer experience. Identity is how you connect to your customers and customer experience is how your customers feel about that connection over a period of time. Let’s think of some real world situations to elucidate this. If you have a prospective customer who is really fond of Twitter and wants to login to your website using his or her Twitter identity, but you don’t allow your end users to bring their Twitter identities, the customer is bound to be disappointed. A bad experience on the Web mostly ends in consumers bouncing off. That’s not exactly what you would want, right?
But why should you care if you have world beating products and services? Well, the problem is that businesses are increasingly being transacted on the Web and the competition is too heavy. Heavy competition does exist in the real world too but consumers can easily switch companies on the Web, which is not the case in offline stores. That’s exactly why world beating products and service are not enough on the Web. Businesses need more than that. Businesses need Connected Customer Experience. Every tiny thing needs to be optimized to the tastes of your customers. Every tiny bump needs to be roadrolled for a seamless experience on your web and mobile applications.
\nGreat businesses are built on great products and great service, and a great customer experience. Having the first two doesn't mean you automatically have the third.
\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.
\nIf 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.
\n![\"Fig1.-Preferred-identity-of-customers-on-websites.-\"](\"/4810a21bed388868d02fc989cb0c9515/Preferred-identity-of-customers-on-websites.webp\")
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.
\n![\"Fig2.-Customers’-social-identity-preferences-for-Social-Login\"](\"/0c2898f3ac89c2f87cd6ae13a64d826a/social-identity-preferences.webp\")
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.
\nAs 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.
\n![\"Fig21.-Social-sharing-patterns-on-major-social-networks.\"](\"/7595788449ccd4357a226318a5ca2eb7/Social-sharing-patterns-on-major-social-networks.webp\")
Some more critical insights you can obtain from the report are:
\nRead more detailed analysis and insights in LoginRadius’ Customer Identity Preference Trends report for Q2 2016. Go ahead, download it now.
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In an expansive article for Harvard Business Review, McKinsey and Company analysts have described Customer Experience as “cumulative experiences across multiple touch points and in multiple channels over time.” But if somebody asks for a mathematical definition of something as psychological as Customer Experience, one could blurt out: “Customer Experience is the integral from the beginning to the end of the customer-business relationship of the integral of individual user experiences across all touch points.” Why someone would ask for a mathematical definition is a discussion for another day.
\n![](\"/315f9fee85b85360882d50c123194bc2/Q1_2016_featured.webp\")
You can choose the definition you like (we bet you will go with the McKinsey guys) but the point here is about what customers want and what satisfies them. Often the seemingly simpler things matter the most, particularly when these things figure quite a number of times. For instance, let’s say you provide the means for your customers to sign in using their social identities. Owing to obvious constraints, you can only provide for direct links to login with two or three social identities. If your customers choice of identity doesn’t figure in your top two or three list, they are forced to go to another page to look for their choice of identity. It’s a simple thing made difficult because of the lack of knowledge of what your customers preferences are.
To know what your customers like and prefer only makes things simpler and clearer. Customer preferences don’t just alter minor things but can also influence long term strategy. Analysis of customer preferences is critical to businesses.
\nBut don’t worry. We got you covered.
\nThe LoginRadius Analytics team analyzed customer behavior data from over 160,000 websites, powered by our Customer Identity Management (CIM) platform, and compiled analysis about what customers preferences are and how those preferences vary with specific demographic characteristics. Our Customer Identity Preference Trends Report for Q1 2016 is now available for download here. And while you download the report, we will give you a sneak peek into what customers generally want.
\nOnce again, Facebook held its forte and emerged as the most preferred social identity for logging into websites. Google+ followed in second place but with a much smaller share in the social identity space. About 94% customers use their Facebook or Google+ identities to sign into websites which is mammoth number telling you these two networks should be the top on your list.
\n![\"2016-Q1-Social-Login_Preference-Users\"](\"/997e6d80fc23a206096c8c005449c147/2016-Q1-Social-Login_Preference-Users.webp\")
But if your target audience is above 35 years, you will have to think again because only a third of all the customers who used their social identity to sign into websites were aged above 35 years. If that is not all, Social Login from desktop computers (both Windows and Mac) ran up to a mammoth 80% of all which should tell you that if you are targeting mobile, it should be the mobile app.
\n![\"2016_Q1_Social-Login_Preference-Age\"](\"/44dc065cce28d92bed6ba91fcb620f8c/2016_Q1_Social-Login_Preference-Age.webp\")
Facebook did lose some ground to Google+ in Q1 2016 but not by an amount that would worry the social giant. Nevertheless, Google+ will be heartened by its performance. Sharing, however, is a different story and not one that the search giant would be really happy about. More than half of the social content on the Web is hosted on Facebook while, like in Q4 2015, Twitter comes in second with 16%. Email is not be discounted again as it has notched up the third place and is expected to go strong in the coming quarters too.
\n![\"2016_Q1_Social-Sharing-Global-Popularity\"](\"/ff2cf5540adddbfb5c2cfdb1580c10f3/2016_Q1_Social-Sharing-Global-Popularity.webp\")
Some more critical insights provided by the analysis are:
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I often come across people and clients who would like to build their custom login, registration, and lost password form in WordPress instead of using the default wp-login.php page. It's probably because it's too wordpress-y.
\nIn this tutorial, I will demonstrate how to build a custom login form using the default functionality that wordpress gives us.
\n\nThis is what WordPress gives us out of the box.
\n![\"wp-login\"](\"/4992e4990e00d35677ba5119762882c4/wp-login.webp\")
\nThere are quite a few different options available to make a custom login page. You can build a shortcode so that you could simply put [wp-login] or something you like on any page/post, make a page theme file and use that page to attach to a post/page, a widget could be a good solution too, or maybe you'd like to simply edit the existing form and add some pizzazz to it.
I am going to show you all of this tutorial using the page-theme method because it is probably the easiest to implement for beginners. This will also give you an intro into page themes, if your not familiar with it.
\nTo start our theme, you will need to do the following:
\n<?php\n/*\nTemplate Name: Login\n*/\n \nget_header(); ?>\n \n<div id="primary" class="content-area">\n<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">\n \n</div><!-- #content -->\n</div><!-- #primary -->\n \n<?php get_sidebar(); ?>\n<?php get_footer(); ?>To initialize this page template, make sure to activate the theme you've selected in \"Appearance/Themes\" in your admin dashboard and then navigate to a page or post. On the right hand side of your page/post editor you should now see a dropdown available for template under \"Page Attributes\". Change your template to \"Login\" or to the name that you specified in \"Template Name:\" and that will attach that page theme to this page/post.
\nNow we're ready to start editing this page-login.php template file. So first open this file in your favorite editor and Let's get a login page started.
\nTo quickly show you how to get this login on the page Let's paste the following code between the div with id of content.
\n<div id="primary" class="content-area">\n<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">\n<?php wp_login_form(); ?>\n</div><!-- #content -->\n</div><!-- #primary -->Look at what that small piece of code do
\n![\"custom-login\"](\"/e55ab397626a02a30c4277d670ff7f89/custom-login.webp\")
Now we need to set some arguments that we can provide to this form to customize it. Let's take a look at the documentation for wploginform()
\nIn that document, it explains all the uses and arguments of wploginform(). Let's use those arguments section and see what happens. Paste the $args section shown in the wordpress doc right above our login form.
\n<?php $args = array(\n'echo' => true,\n'redirect' => ( is_ssl() ? 'https://' : 'http://' ) . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],\n'form_id' => 'loginform',\n'label_username' => __( 'Username' ),\n'label_password' => __( 'Password' ),\n'label_remember' => __( 'Remember Me' ),\n'label_log_in' => __( 'Log In' ),\n'id_username' => 'user_login',\n'id_password' => 'user_pass',\n'id_remember' => 'rememberme',\n'id_submit' => 'wp-submit',\n'remember' => true,\n'value_username' => '',\n'value_remember' => false\n); ?>\n<?php wp_login_form( $args ); ?>It will look the same as the one we did earlier but, by customizing the arguments above, you can customize elements of the login form.
\nTo handle the Login Form response we need to grab the $_POST parameters and login the user. You can create this as complex as you like, but I will demonstrate a simpler but effective method.
\nFor this action, we'll be using the aftersetuptheme and wp_authenticate. I have added the following two functions within the functions.php file. The first function optionalemailaddress_login searches for a users email address based on their username, with this functionality you can log in using your email address or the username.
\nThe second function, login_user, handles the actual functionality of the login by receiving the $POST parameters and passing them into the wpsignon method.
\n/**\n* optional_email_address_login allows the user\n* to log in with a email address as well as a username\n* @param string &$username username or email\n* @param string &$password password\n*/\nfunction optional_email_address_login( &$username, &$password ) {\n$user = get_user_by( 'email', $username );\nif ( ! empty( $user->user_login ) )\n{\n$username = $user->user_login;\n}\n}\n// Allows the use of email logins\nadd_action( 'wp_authenticate', 'optional_email_address_login', 1, 2 );\n \n/**\n* login_user handles the $_POST array and logs in users\n*/\nfunction login_user() {\nif ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {\n$creds = array();\n$creds['user_login'] = isset( $_POST['log'] ) ? $_POST['log'] : '';\n$creds['user_password'] = isset( $_POST['pwd'] ) ? $_POST['pwd'] : '';\n$creds['remember'] = isset( $_POST['rememberme'] ) ? true : false;\n$user = wp_signon( $creds, false );\n \nif ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {\nerror_log( $user->get_error_message() );\n}\n}\n}\n// Run login_user before headers and cookies are sent\nadd_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'login_user' );In this example I have used the default WordPress login form that you could customize and style to your desire. In the next blog, I will be demonstrating how to build a login form that is fully customized. We won’t be using the provided wordpress functions!
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\nWe’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.
\nThe goal? Having them spend less time searching and more time building.
\nLoginRadius’ 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.
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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.
\nThe 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.
\nSo, 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.
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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:
\nThis structured layout ensures you can quickly understand each capability and how it integrates into your identity ecosystem.
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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.
\nThe 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.
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Developers now have a clear view of the tech stack available with LoginRadius, designed to support diverse business needs.
\nOur platform offers pre-built SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and more, making CIAM integration seamless across popular programming languages and frameworks.
\nCheck out our revamped LoginRadius website and see how the improved experience makes it easier to build, scale, and secure your applications.
\nDo 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!
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