July 18, 2013 in Learn
Working with Shadow DOM
As developers, we often need to create widgets for interfaces that make it easier to accomplish certain tasks. These might be sliders for controlling video playback, calendar pickers for selecting dates or any other number of other useful widgets. The…
July 18, 2013 in Learn
CSS Tip: A Better Clearfix with Sass
The CSS clearfix has been a must-have in our web design toolkit for quite some time and, until new layout features like flexbox become more stable, we’ll always need some form of clearfix in float based layouts. There are several…
July 8, 2013 in Learn
CSS Tip: Better Rounded Borders
We’ve all used border-radius in our designs to round the corners of images, divs, navs, etc. But have you ever noticed what happens when a thick border is added to an element with a border radius? As we learned in…
July 3, 2013 in Learn
Triggering CSS Animations with Sibling Selectors
Combinators describe the relationship between CSS selectors, and they’re commonly used to combine two or more selectors into a more specific selector. Examples of combinators are the greater-than sign (>), plus sign (+), and tilde symbol (~). If you’ve ever worked with descendant selectors,…
July 2, 2013 in Learn
Creating Packaged Apps for Google Chrome
Creating Packaged Apps for Google Chrome In this tutorial you are going to use the To-Do application that you created in ‘Create Your Own To-Do App with HTML5 and IndexedDB‘. If you haven’t already built this application you might want…
June 25, 2013 in Learn
Creating Something Out of Nothing
The reason I got into programming in the first place was to be able to build my own things. I had an itch to scratch and I went from there. I created something out of nothing with nothing more than…
June 5, 2013 in Learn
Mini-Icon Settings Menu with the jQuery Toolbar Plugin
Some dynamic user profile layouts have been implementing more complicated JavaScript features. Notably the dropdown settings menu has been a staple of social networking websites. This is a great method for allowing easy access to updating the user profile, or…
May 28, 2013 in Learn
Sometimes You Just Have to Work
It can be hard to admit how much I’m driven by the pursuit of fun. I’ve been conditioned by American culture to think life, work, marriage, and kids should all be fun. I look for things that are fun, satisfying,…
May 22, 2013 in Learn
Developing over the YouTube API with JSON
The process to understand API development is generally complicated but should become easier with practice. Social networks like Twitter and YouTube offer XML/RSS/JSON feeds without the requirement of an API key. However, other smaller networking websites like Instagram and Etsy…
May 13, 2013 in Learn
WordPress Plugins for Custom User Voting Functionality
The open source WordPress CMS is typically installed to fill the void as a blogging platform. Many webmasters also choose WordPress for handling static pages with a backend interface. But the additional library of free WP plugins can only add…
May 7, 2013 in Learn
5 Reasons Sketching Wireframes in Groups is So Important
When we take that first step in building a new web app we quickly forget about the simple things. We get so immersed in the features and functionality of the application, when we should be focusing on the layout and…
April 10, 2013 in Learn
Best jQuery Date Picker Plugins for Input Fields
When building a web form you need to consider a number of factors for your particular application. Many developers will need to handle special data such as the user’s birthday, invoice date, or subscription trial period. These examples could all…