Back to the Future of Web Apps, London 2014
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Future of Web Apps 2014 in London.I'm certainly not a conference aficionado, but I've been to enough over the years to fully appreciate when it's done...
View ArticleNew Course: Linux Web Developer Setup
What You'll LearnIf you've ever wanted to get started developing with Linux, then our newĀ Linux Web Developer SetupĀ course is ideal for you. Get acquainted with the Linux system, understand its...
View ArticleGenerate Social Media Activity With Social Locker
What You'll Be CreatingGenerating income is the most difficult challenge in blogging, but it's easier once you've grownĀ your site traffic. So finding ways to generate traffic for your site from social...
View ArticleLaravel, BDD And You: Let's Get Started
Welcome to this series about developing Laravel applications using a behavior-driven development (BDD) approach. Full stack BDD can seem complicated and intimidating. There are just as many ways of...
View ArticleWooCommerce: Checkout, Shipping and Accounts Settings
In the first part of this tutorial, I showed you how to install WooCommerce and start setting it up. By now you should have the following settings configured on your site:GeneralProductsTaxIn this...
View ArticleWordPress Error Handling with WP_Error Class II
In the first part of this seriesĀ on handling errors in WordPress with theĀ WP_ErrorĀ class, we took a look atĀ an introduction of the PHP class, we examined the class properties and methods and their...
View ArticleIntroduction to Android Wear: Hands-On
In the first part of this two-part series, we explored what Android Wear is, how it works, and delved into the new user interfaceĀ the Android team developed specifically for Android Wear. I also shared...
View ArticleCreating Maintainable WordPress Meta Boxes: The Front-End
This series is focused on tips and strategies that we can employ to write WordPress plugins - specifically those that employ meta boxes - that are logically organized and easy to maintain.In the first...
View ArticleBuilding a Website by Progressive Enhancement
When building a website you have a few ways to do the fancy stuff. One way is to start by creating the most advanced version you want (with all of the scripts, styles, etc.) and then make it render...
View ArticleAn Introduction To The HTML5 History API
History is always interesting, isn't it? In older versions of HTML, we had limited control over browser history. We could go back and forth using the available methods, but that was itWith the HTML5...
View ArticleThe Theory Behind Progressive Enhancement
When building a website, you have a few ways to go about doing it.You can start by creating the most advanced version of the site with all of the scripts, styles, and so on, and then have it render in...
View ArticleBuilding a Website With Progressive Enhancement
When building a website, you have a few ways to approach doing so.You can start by creating the most advanced version of the site with all of the scripts, styles, and so on, and then have it render in...
View ArticleFactors to Consider in WordPress eCommerce Plugins
Setting up an online shop has never been easier, with so many options available, one can easily get lost in the maze of plugins that developers launch every single day.Ā So what WordPress options do you...
View ArticleiOS 8: Getting Started With Metal
This tutorial will show you how to get started with Metal, a framework introduced in iOS 8 that supports GPU accelerated 3D graphics rendering and data parallel computation workloads. In this tutorial,...
View ArticleUtilizing WordPress Shortcodes and Custom Fields for Footnotes
In terms of web design and development, the things you can do with WordPress are near limitless. You can run a news aggregator, create a crowdfunding platform, sell tickets for your band's first...
View ArticleConfiguring W3 Total Cache: Advanced Page Cache II
In the previous post, we started configuring advance settings of Page Cache in W3 Total Cache plugin and configured the GeneralĀ andĀ Cache Preload settings. In this article, we will be covering the...
View ArticlePublish an eBook From Your WordPress Site
What You'll Be CreatingAs a WordPress blogger, you've probably wondered whether to explore publishing an ebook from your content. How difficult would it be? How much would it cost? How much would I...
View ArticleCreating Maintainable WordPress Meta Boxes: Finish The Front-End
In this series of articles, we're reviewing a handful of tips and strategies that we can use in order to build more maintainable WordPress plugins, and we're going that all through the context of a...
View ArticleUnit Testing Succinctly: Why Unit Test?
The usual mantra we hear regarding any software methodology is that it improves usability and quality, reduces development and testing time, and brings the product to market faster and with fewer bugs....
View ArticleSignals and Microinteractions for Smartwatches: Concepts
History has shown that the majority of us tend to be a little slow to adapt our skills when designing and developing for new platforms. Instead, we frequently find ourselves trying to transfer the same...
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