Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Integrating With the Hardware
In this article, we're going to explore how you can make use of the hardware capabilities of a Windows Phone device, such as geolocation, device sensors, Bluetooth, and NFC.GeolocationAll Windows Phone...
View ArticleNew Course: Functional Programming in JavaScript
Learn the basics of Functional Programming in JavaScript. In our new course, Tuts+ instructor Jason Rhodes will help you take a small, mostly imperative website and refactor it using practical...
View ArticleA Guide to Overriding Parent Theme Functions in Your Child Theme
If you've had any experience working with parent and child themes in WordPress, you'll know that the template files in your child theme override those in your parent theme. So for example if your...
View ArticleUsing the JobScheduler API on Android Lollipop
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the JobScheduler API available in Android Lollipop. The JobScheduler API allows developers to create jobs that execute in the background when certain...
View ArticleNginx Guide: Essentials
The first part of this nginx article talked about the architecture and the main nginx configuration file. This article continues from there and talks about the nginx essentials: the modules that are...
View ArticleHow to Use Android Media Effects With OpenGL ES
Android's Media Effects framework allows developers to easily apply lots of impressive visual effects to photos and videos. As the framework uses the GPU to perform all its image processing operations,...
View ArticleProgramming With Yii2: Localization With I18n
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 what's new in Yii...
View ArticleUsing HHVM With WordPress
Over the past few months HHVM has taken the PHP community by storm. Since WordPress 3.9 was released, HHVM is now 100% compatible with WordPress.Unfortunately, HHVM is not quite ready for use in...
View ArticleUsing CDNs, Compression, and Minification to Speed Up WordPress
In the first part of this series, we reviewed caching and database optimization. In this second part, we'll talk about compression, minification, and using a CDN.Let's begin!Compression and...
View ArticleCreate Space Invaders with Swift and Sprite Kit: Implementing Classes
What You'll Be CreatingIn the first part of this series, we explored the basics of the Sprite Kit framework and implemented the game's start screen. In this tutorial, we will implement the game's main...
View ArticleSpeed Up WordPress: Using CDNs, Compression, and Minification to Speed Up...
In the first part of this series, we reviewed caching and database optimization. In this second part, we'll talk about compression, minification, and using a CDN.Let's begin!Compression and...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8 Succinctly: Integrating With the Operating System
In this tutorial, we’re going to explore various ways to integrate our application with the features offered by the Windows Phone platform. We’ll explore launches and choosers, learn how to interact...
View ArticleCodeship: Continuous Integration and Delivery Made Simple
What You'll Be CreatingThis is the first of a sponsored two part series on Codeship, the secure, cloud-based continuous integration and delivery service. What's Codeship?Codeship is a hosted continuous...
View ArticleNew eBooks Available for Subscribers in April
Do you want to learn more about MongoDB? How about mastering Node.js design patterns? Our latest batch of eBooks will teach you all you need to know about these topics and more.What You'll LearnThis...
View ArticleMoving WordPress: An Introduction
When I attend WordPress meetups, WordCamps or any other tech event involving WordPress users, there's one question that I get asked more than any other: How do I move my WordPress site?For new users,...
View ArticleYour First WatchKit Application: User Interaction
In the previous tutorial, we explored the fundamentals of WatchKit development. We created a project in Xcode, added a WatchKit application, and created a basic user interface.The user interface of our...
View ArticleBuilding Your Startup: Access Control, Active Record Relations and Slugs
What You'll Be CreatingThis is part five of the Building Your Startup With PHP series on Tuts+. In this series, I'm guiding you through launching a startup from concept to reality using my Meeting...
View ArticleCustom Back-End Configuration in Magento
In this tutorial, I'm going to demonstrate custom module configuration in the back-end of Magento. It's always useful to provide a set of configurable options of the module in the back-end, which...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Using Butter Knife to Inject Views on Android
In this quick tip, you'll learn how to integrate the Butter Knife library in your projects to easily instantiate the views in your layout in your application's code.IntroductionIn every Android...
View ArticleHow to Use Gravity Forms as an eCommerce Solution
What You'll Be CreatingDid you know you can use Gravity Forms to sell items on your WordPress site? If you already have the developer's version of Gravity Forms, or if you were looking for a reason to...
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