--- title: UX: best practices for developers | daily.dev description: User experience (UX) is a critical component of web development that can make or break the success of a website or application. UX refers to the user’s overall... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ux-best-practices-for-developers-hqayfexed twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: UX: best practices for developers | daily.dev og:description: User experience (UX) is a critical component of web development that can make or break the success of a website or application. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@eo4wellness** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for sharing. **@muel** · 1 upvotes > Nice article, there's a new tool for user testing from Microsoft, https://clarity.microsoft.com/ > > It says _user behavior analytics tool that helps you understand how users are interacting with your website through session replays and heatmaps._ **@villexcode39** · 0 upvotes > I love such big articles **@dilan** · 0 upvotes > Great article! **@devwise** · 0 upvotes > Great article. Thanks for taking the effort to write this detailed one. 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