Free Mac Utility App: Structurer (New Version)
At the end of 2010, we released an exclusive Mac utility app, called Structurer. This app allows you to rapidly create file/folder structures for your new projects. Less than a month later, the...
View ArticleMastering Sass: Lesson 1
After numerous requests, we’re launching a 3-part quick tip video mini-series on mastering Sass. To begin, in this introductory eight-minute screencast, I’ll teach you how to install Sass, and then...
View ArticleWhy Cloud9 Deserves your Attention
IDEs are a pretty divisive topic among developers – and rightly so. We’re are creatures of habit, creating our entire workflow around the tools we use. Today, I’d like to talk a bit about Cloud9, the...
View ArticleNew from Rockable Press: Freelance Confidential
We’re very proud to announce the release of Freelance Confidential, Rockable Press’s newest book on freelancing. This book aims to provide the hard numbers on the biggest issues of freelancing and...
View ArticleVim Essential Plugin: Surround
Surround.vim, by Tim Pope, is easily one of the most useful plugins available. As the name suggests, it allows you to surround, update, and delete wrapping characters and tags with ease! Download the...
View ArticleQuick Tip: What The Heck Is A Hex Value Anyway?
In today’s video quick tip, Adam, editor of the awesome Aetuts+, explains the history and logic behind a color’s hex value. Enjoy! Press the HD button for a clearer picture. Download Tutorial .flv
View ArticleVim Essential Plugin: Sparkup
The sparkup plugin, inspired by the popular ZenCoding, allows you to rapidly create HTML structures. It’s an essential tool in your Vim handbag! Download the Sparkup Plugin Usage Sparkup is incredibly...
View ArticleMastering Sass: Lesson 2
In lesson one of our quick tip series, we learned how to install Sass, and how to use variables, nesting, and compression in our stylesheets. Today, we’ll review mixins and selector inheritance, which...
View ArticleCreate a Comic Book Themed Web Design, Photoshop to HTML + CSS (Part 2)
A couple weeks ago, we learned how to create a comic book theme web design over at our sister-site, Webdesigntuts+. Today, we’ll tackle the second part: it’s time to slice the design and turn it into...
View ArticleVim Essential Plugin: SnipMate
The SnipMate plugin aims to mimic the popular snippets feature in TextMate, which allows you to type a sequence of characters, and then automatically expand to a full block of code or html by pressing...
View ArticleThe Ins and Outs of Amazon EC2: New Premium Series
In this epic 6-part screencast series, we’ll explore Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) — a highly scalable, reliable, and cost effective means of cloud computing. Whether you’re an absolute...
View ArticleSinging with Sinatra – The Recall App
Welcome to Track 2 of Singing with Sinatra. In part one, we reviewed Routes, how to work with URI parameters, working with forms, and how Sinatra differentiates routes by the HTTP method they were...
View ArticleTop 15+ Best Practices for Writing Super Readable Code
Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Nettuts+. Code readability is a universal subject in the world of computer programming. It’s one of the...
View ArticleTuts+ Solid Gold Bundle!!!
The first Tuts+ bundle is finally here! An exclusive bundle of eleven fabulous items for an astonishingly low price! Get a load of all the Solid Gold Bundle has to offer. Vectors, PS Brushes, Stock...
View ArticleFirefox 4: A Developer’s Perspective
Right on the heels of Internet Explorer 9 arrives the much vaunted, latest iteration of Firefox 4. The release has been a success so far, with over 7 million downloads in the first 24 hours and over...
View ArticleMastering Sass: Lesson 3
In this final lesson in our Sass mini-series, we’re going to review the excellent Compass stylesheet framework, why you should be using it, and how it connects to Sass. Subscribe to our YouTube page...
View Article$41,000 Web Developer Competition
After months of planning, I’m pleased to introduce our $41,000 web developer competition on Nettuts+ and CodeCanyon. Officially launching today, we want you to…build something! Do a kick-ass job, and...
View ArticleKick-Ass Sponsors
When planning events and competitions, we have a rule that we don’t allow sponsors who offer services that we personally wouldn’t use. That’s misleading, and can often times do more harm than good....
View ArticleSinging with Sinatra – The Encore
Welcome back to Singing with Sinatra! In this third and final part we’ll be extending the “Recall” app we built in the previous lesson. We’re going to add an RSS feed to the app with the incredibly...
View ArticleVim Essential Plugin: Markdown to HTML
We’re cheating a bit in this episode. Rather than installing an actual plugin, we’ll be using a couple tools to allow us to write and convert Markdown to HTML. It’s really a simple process, and can...
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