7 Popular React Courses for JavaScript Developers
React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces that has taken the web development world by storm. React is known for its blazing-fast performance and has spawned an ecosystem of thousands...
View ArticleRSpec Testing for Beginners, Part 2
The second article in this short series teaches you how to use various matchers that come with RSpec. It also shows you how to slice your test suite through tagging, how callbacks work, and how to...
View ArticleRSpec Testing for Beginners, Part 1
Are you new to Rails? New to coding? Curious about RSpec and how you can start testing? If so, this article should be a good starting point for you to get into test-driven development. It will explain...
View ArticleTake a Free Course on JavaScript Refactoring Techniques
We all read more code than we write. Naturally we should be doing something to optimize the reading experience. Refactoring is the process of improving the structure and readability of code without...
View ArticleCreate Your First NativeScript App
In the last article, I introduced you to NativeScript. There you learned the basics of NativeScript and how it differs from other mobile development frameworks. This time you'll be getting your hands...
View ArticleBuilding a WordPress-Powered Front End With the WP REST API and AngularJS:...
In the introductory series about the WP REST API, we learned to use the basic functionality provided by the API and the flexibility it offers when building apps with the WordPress back end. We looked...
View Article20 Best WordPress Membership Plugins on CodeCanyon
One of the great things about a CMS like WordPress is the ability to sculpt it into whatever kind of online solution you need. Gone are the days when something like WordPress is only a blogging...
View ArticleEditing Images in CSS: Blend Modes
In the previous tutorial of this series we discussed how to use CSS filters to edit images. While filters can produce great results, they are limited to just a single layer.Let's say you have an image...
View ArticleQuick Tip: How to Make Changes to Multiple Files Within a Directory Using Python
Say that someone is familiar with British spelling and has decided to complete his degree in the US. He is asked to write a paper about Python for the class. He is well versed in Python and has no...
View ArticleGet Early Access to Envato Elements—and Lock in a Lifetime Discount
Do you often find yourself needing access to high-quality digital graphics for your creative projects? Would you like access to a library of ready-to-use icons, fonts, illustrations, brushes and more,...
View ArticleHow to Use Map, Filter, & Reduce in JavaScript
Functional programming has been making quite a splash in the development world these days. And for good reason: Functional techniques can help you write more declarative code that is easier to...
View ArticleAndroid From Scratch: Creating Styles and Themes
As Android developers, we tend to focus primarily on the functionality of our apps. Functionality alone, however, is rarely enough. On Google Play, which hosts well over a million apps today, looks are...
View ArticleWooCommerce Grouped Products and Product Attributes: Deciding Which to Use
WooCommerce gives you a sometimes bewildering array of choices when it comes to categorizing your products, and it can be difficult to identify exactly which one is right for which products. I know...
View ArticleHow to Become a Web Developer: Learn PHP
In a recent course, I took you through the process of learning PHP from scratch. In this short video from the course, you’ll learn to write your first line of PHP code. I’ll show you how to mix HTML...
View ArticleAdding Custom Hooks in WordPress: Custom Actions
One of the cornerstones of building custom solutions in WordPress is having an understanding of hooks. In and of themselves, they aren't terribly difficult to understand, and we'll be covering a short...
View ArticleGoogle Play Services: Awareness API
Making an application context-aware is one of the best ways to offer useful services to your users. While there are still multiple ways to do this—including geofences, activity recognition, and other...
View ArticleBuilding a Simple Shopify App
Shopify is a fast-growing eCommerce platform, adding thousands of new merchants every month.The great thing about the Shopify platform is that Shopify has openly said they aren't concerned with solving...
View ArticleNew eBooks Available for Subscribers
Do you want to learn more about building web apps with React? How about learning Go, mastering Git, or using D3 for data visualization? Our latest batch of eBooks will teach you all you need to know...
View Article20 Awesome WordPress Social Media Plugins—For Social Sharing
Looking for some WordPress social media plugins for social sharing?I am always on the lookout for something new for my next project. Sometimes it's about looking good in a particular theme, other times...
View ArticleAndroid From Scratch: Google Play Services
The Google Play Services library allows Android developers to easily connect to and use Google-powered features, and provides backwards compatibility for new features. There are two main parts to using...
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