Quiz: Amazon Web Services, Do You Know the Right Tool for the Job?
Imagine that you're architecting the cloud services for a new web application. Test your knowledge of Amazon Web Services with this short quiz to see if you can pick the appropriate services to satisfy...
View ArticleImproved Ajax Techniques for WordPress: Procedural Programming
A few years ago, I wrote a series of posts discussing how to use Ajax in the WordPress Frontend. The purpose of the series is simple:We're going to give a very brief overview of what Ajax is, how it...
View ArticleCore Data and Swift: Relationships and More Fetching
In the previous article, we learned about NSManagedObject and how easy it is to create, read, update, and delete records using Core Data. However, I didn't mention relationships in that discussion....
View ArticleNew Course: Upgrade an App to watchOS 2
With the recent announcement of watchOS 2, many developers have been eager to learn all its new features and functionality. We'll be covering those features in other courses, but first, here's a quick,...
View ArticleEnter Your Laravel Scripts & Apps to Win a Share of $5,500
Attention, Laravel developers! Our parent company Envato is keen to offer more Laravel items for sale on CodeCanyon, and is putting up $5,500 in prize money for the best Laravel scripts and apps...
View ArticleLet Me Hear Your Browser Talk: Using the Speech Synthesis API
In 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. It famously featured HAL 9000, a supercomputer capable of a huge number of things: facial recognition, playing chess and even lip-reading. But the one thing...
View ArticleHow to Use New Relic Insights to Learn More About Your Customers
From day to day, a lot of the work of running a software business revolves around asking and answering questions and trying to make the correct decisions based on them.Some of the questions are...
View ArticleCore Data and Swift: NSFetchedResultsController
In the previous installments of this series, we covered the fundamentals of the Core Data framework. It's time we put our knowledge to use by building a simple application powered by Core Data.In this...
View ArticleTelerik Platform 2.0: Fast Forward Mobile Development
Telerik Platform is Telerik's answer to mobile, cross-platform application development. It's used by thousands of companies and developers to create robust, cross-platform solutions. Built on this...
View ArticleImproved Ajax Techniques for WordPress: Object-Oriented Programming
In the previous post in this series, we revisited the topic of working with Ajax in WordPress. Ultimately, the goal is to improve upon a previous series that was run on the site a few years ago.To...
View ArticleCore Data and Swift: More NSFetchedResultsController
In this tutorial, we continue our exploration of the NSFetchedResultsController class by adding the ability to update and delete to-do items. You'll notice that updating and deleting to-do items is...
View ArticleHow to Develop a Membership Site With WordPress: Part 2
What You'll Be CreatingIn the first part of this series, we covered customizing the registration and login forms. Today we’ll be covering how to add custom fields to the registration form. We’ll be...
View ArticleHow to Renice Processes With Top
What You'll Be CreatingWhenever your Linux server is running slowly, and you need to take a look at what's going on, the tool top will come to your aid. Windows / OSX users: This is the Linux...
View ArticleTroubleshooting WordPress in 60 Seconds
WordPress site problems can have many causes, but even so, a few basic steps will help you catch most of them. Here’s how to troubleshoot WordPress sites in 60 seconds!A Bit More DetailLearn more about...
View ArticleCore Data and Swift: Batch Updates
Even though Core Data has been around for many years on OS X and iOS, a feature that was added only recently are batch updates. Developers have been asking for this feature for many years and Apple...
View ArticleCreate a React Class in 60 Seconds
React is a JavaScript library built and maintained by Facebook that aims to make it easy to build user interfaces using, you guess it, JavaScript.In this video, we're going to take a quick look at how...
View ArticleA Beginners Guide to Titan Framework: Creating an Admin Panel With Titan
The WordPress admin panel is pretty open for modifications and web developers have made the most out of it. These modifications are more common in themes due to the extended level of functionality, but...
View ArticleNew Course: Learn Java for Android
Android is the world's most-installed mobile OS, running devices as different as phones, tablets, watches and TVs. By developing for Android, you can create apps for all these devices. But before you...
View ArticleCore Data and Swift: Batch Deletes
Core Data is a framework I really enjoy working with. Even though Core Data isn't perfect, it's great to see that Apple continues to invest in the framework. This year, for example, Apple added the...
View ArticleCyber Monday Creative Bundle
The ultimate Cyber Monday bundle is on sale today, featuring over 80 mock-ups, add-ons, actions, icons and more—all for just $39!We've picked a few of our favorite items from it.Laptop Mock-UpSandStorm...
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