WordPress Widgets to Watch in 2017
What kind of WordPress widgets will you need in 2017?If you're like me, the only time you find yourself looking for a new WordPress plugin is when you need it for something specific. The problem with...
View ArticleWhat Are the Three Trees in Git?
Git has become the most widely used system for version control and sharing code. If you want to help build open-source software, or if you want to work on a professional team, understanding Git is a...
View ArticleSupercharge Your Local WordPress Workflow With Gulp and Browsersync
In this screencast tutorial I’m going to show you how to work more efficiently with WordPress, specifically when developing locally. In order to follow along it’s recommended you have some experience...
View ArticleIntroduction to Ionic 2
In this article, we're going to take look at Ionic 2, the newest version of the Ionic cross-platform mobile app framework. For starters, we'll recap what Ionic is and what it's used for. Then we're...
View ArticleSwift From Scratch: Optionals and Control Flow
In the previous articles, you learned some of the basic concepts of the Swift programming language. If you've programmed before, I'm sure you saw a few similarities with other programming languages,...
View ArticleCoding an Android App With Flutter and Dart
What You'll Be CreatingIf you are looking for alternative approaches to Android application development, you should consider giving Google's Flutter, a framework based on the Dart programming language,...
View Article10 Best Android Game Templates
IntroductionIf you are familiar with the Android SDK, you probably know that using it to create a new game from scratch is no mean feat. Choosing the right game engine, supporting multiple screen sizes...
View ArticleErlang and Elixir, Part 5: Phoenix Framework
So far we have seen how to use the basic data types and coding principles of the Erlang VM via the Elixir language. Now we will go full circle and create a working web application using the Phoenix Web...
View ArticleUsing Faker to Generate Filler Data for Automated Testing
What You'll Be CreatingFaker is an open-source library created by Francois Zaninotto that generates artificial filler data for your application and its testing needs.Faker can be used in a vanilla PHP...
View ArticleNew Short Course: Essential Gulp Tasks
Gulp is a build system for JavaScript that makes it easy to automate repetitive tasks like linting, minification, and transcoding.In our new short course, Essential Gulp Tasks, you'll learn how to set...
View ArticleCode an Image Gallery Android App With Glide
What You'll Be Creating1. What Is Glide?Glide is a popular open-source Android library for loading images, videos, and animated GIFs. With Glide, you can load and display media from many different...
View ArticleAcuity Scheduling's Developer-Friendly Scheduling Service
What You'll Be CreatingIntroductionWelcome! Today, I'll be introducing you to Acuity Scheduling as the first of what will be a multipart series. Acuity is unique as an appointment scheduling and...
View ArticleBuilding Your Startup: Error Logging
What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial is part of the Building Your Startup With PHP series on Envato Tuts+. In this series, I'm guiding you through launching a startup from concept to reality using my...
View ArticleAuthorization With Pundit
Pundit is a tool that allows you to restrict certain parts of your Rails application to authorized users. It does this by providing you with certain helpers.In this tutorial, you will build a blog that...
View ArticleCustom Controllers in OpenCart 2
Today, we'll go through the concept of controllers in OpenCart 2.x. With the release of OpenCart 2.x version, they've introduced framework changes that require an upgrade if you've made any custom...
View ArticleAcuity Scheduling: Embedding and Developer Integration
What You'll Be CreatingAcuity Scheduling's Developer SolutionsToday, I'll be introducing you to Acuity Scheduling's developer platform for embedded booking and, separately, its API for customized...
View ArticleHow to Verify a Phone Number via SMS
What You'll Be CreatingIntroductionIn the prior episode, I wrote about preparing your application for SMS using Twilio, a commonly used texting service. In today's tutorial, I'll show you how to verify...
View ArticleBack-End as a Service for Mobile Apps
If you're a mobile developer, you may be wondering how to manage user data in your next app. Should you use a database, a dedicated server, or maybe you can manage only with a front-end? This article...
View ArticleHow to Program With Yii2: ActiveRecord
What You'll Be CreatingIf you're asking, "What's Yii?" check out my earlier tutorial: Introduction to the Yii Framework, which reviews the benefits of Yii and includes an overview of the changes in Yii...
View ArticleGet Started With RxJava 2 for Android
If you’re an Android developer, then you may have heard good things about RxJava, a popular open-source implementation of the ReactiveX library that brings reactive programming to the Java Virtual...
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