December 14, 2012 in Learn
Sending Email With PHPMailer and SMTP
Many PHP websites and web applications need to send transactional emails. A user may request a password reset that sends them an email, or you may need to notify a customer that their order has shipped. PHP does have a…
December 13, 2012 in Learn
Stylish Custom User Settings Dropdown Menu with CSS
You can find a lot of different menu styles on the web today. Similarly designers and developers are often more than happy to share their techniques with the world. And through these tutorials new designers can learn about trends and…
December 4, 2012 in Learn
A Quick Guide to Understanding AJAX
The term AJAX describes a methodology of loading data dynamically on a page without loading a new page. The browser makes a request that’s in the background, then a success or error callback is triggered when the request completes. The…
December 3, 2012 in Learn
A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks
CSS frameworks have gone responsive, squeezing content into a spectrum of desktop and mobile browsers with varying degrees of success. While any CSS solution for layout is preferable to nested tables, no single solution fits every website. But that hasn’t stopped…
November 28, 2012 in Learn
4 Ways to Go From a Boring to Amazing Website
Everyone wants to have an amazing website. We want to be able to ‘wow’ people when they come to our websites. We also want them to love the site so much they’ll come back or share it with their friends….
November 27, 2012 in Learn
CSS3 Substring Matching Attribute Selectors
In the CSS3 selectors module, the W3C introduced a new set of attribute selectors called substring matching attribute selectors for specifically targeting elements whose given attribute begins, ends or contains a certain value. In this article, we’ll learn how these…
November 26, 2012 in Learn
Thank You, Android!
2012 was a banner year for Android, and I’m very thankful to have been a small part of it. New apps, new operating system features, and a bunch of new and exciting phones and tablets have given us a lot…
November 21, 2012 in Learn
14 Handy jQuery Code Snippets for Developers
The jQuery dev team has been releasing code updates frequently since the project began. JavaScript developers have never had an easier framework to code on frontend interfaces. For anybody just getting started in web development you can be certain to…
November 14, 2012 in Learn
How to Choose the Right CSS Preprocessor
You’ve probably heard about CSS preprocessors by now, but haven’t quite plucked up the courage to try one because of the learning curve, or maybe because “preprocessor” just plain sounds intimidating. So let’s put those uncertainties at ease and go over…
November 14, 2012 in Learn
Java Basics for Android Development – Part 1
There are a number of ways to create apps for Android devices, but the recommended method for most developers is to write native apps using Java and the Android SDK. Java for Android apps is both similar and quite different…
November 13, 2012 in Learn
CSS Positioning: A Comprehensive Look
If you’ve come to grips with CSS-based layouts, then it’s likely that you’re using floats as the primary means to layout your pages. Maybe you’ve even started to experiment with some of CSS’s far-future layout techniques, in hopes that browser…
November 9, 2012 in Learn
HSLa Color Values in CSS – Quick Tip
In this CSS Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to define color values with the HSLa color model. HSLa stands for Hue, Saturation, Lightness, and alpha. This HSLa Color Values method is much more intuitive than RGBA or Hex values, allows…