Learn jQuery in 30 Days
Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course:...
View ArticleBest of Tuts+ in January 2012
Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to...
View ArticleJavaScript Testing From Scratch: New on Premium
This likely isn’t the first tutorial on testing that you’ve ever seen. But perhaps you’ve had your doubts about testing, and never took the time to read them. After all, it can seem like extra work for...
View ArticleTurbocharge your Website with Memcached
Your latest PHP/MySQL website is finally online. And it’s awesome. But it’s not as fast as you want it to be, because of the many SQL queries running every time a page is generated. And above that, you...
View ArticleEasy Script Loading with yepnope.js
Officially released by Alex Sexton and Ralph Holzmann in late February of 2011, the yepnope.js resource loader features asynchronous, conditional loading and preloading of both JavaScript and CSS...
View ArticleUsing JavaScript’s Prototype with MVC
In this article, we will review the process of using JavaScript, from an MVC-based perspective, to manipulate the DOM. More specifically, we’ll engineer our JavaScript objects, their properties and...
View ArticleDo You Exclusively Use webkit Prefixes?
You’ve undoubtedly read about the vendor prefix web development drama of the week. If not, the W3C mailing lists have been on fire ever since it was discussed (and essentially announced) that...
View ArticleWeb Dev PSA: Your Favorite Tools Have Been Updated
The last week was a bit of a whirl with many of our favorite tools receiving updates and tweaks. Usually, I’d save the announcement for our monthly “Recently in Web Development” piece, but considering...
View ArticleAttention Developers: NewRelic is your Secret Weapon
While the title of this article may sound like a cliche, hatched in the bowels of PR hell, I’m serious when I say that NewRelic is your secret weapon. In this article, I’ll talk about the common...
View ArticleHow to Customize Your Command Prompt
Lately, I’ve been getting this question a lot: “how did you get your terminal to look the way it does?” If you’ve noticed my terminal and are curious about how I set it up, this is the tutorial for...
View ArticleHow to Upload Files with Ease Using DragonFly: New on Premium
File uploads are generally a tricky area in web development. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will learn how to use Dragonfly, a powerful Ruby gem that makes it easy and efficient to add any kind of...
View ArticleNettuts+ Quiz #10: Basic CSS3 Techniques
In 2012, we plan to take our quizzes to a whole new level with ones aimed at all languages and catering to all competencies and tastes. This month, we’re covering some basic concepts and techniques in...
View ArticleThe Largest jQuery Class in the World
A couple weeks ago, Tuts+ Premium launched a free new real-time course, called “30 Days to Learn jQuery.” After signing up, each member receives an email, linking to a new video lesson for an entire...
View ArticlePDO vs. MySQLi: Which Should You Use?
When accessing a database in PHP, we have two choices: MySQLi and PDO. So what should you know before choosing one? The differences, database support, stability, and performance concerns will be...
View ArticleWrangle Async Tasks with jQuery Promises
Promises are an exciting jQuery feature that make it a breeze to manage async events. They allow you to write clearer, shorter callbacks and keep high-level application logic separate from low-level...
View ArticleThe Top 15 Mobile Apps and Tools from CodeCanyon
With the proliferation and popularity of mobile sites, it’s no wonder that CodeCanyon’s Mobile Apps section has been growing in a big way. From iPhone to Android, developers have put together some...
View ArticleEssential Sublime Text 2 Plugins and Extensions
Sublime Text 2 is a relatively new code editor that I’ve been trying out for a while now. While it’s still in public beta, it already offers a great mix of features and performance that has convinced...
View ArticleElevate Your PHP to the Cloud
This article will walk you through cloud hosting for your PHP application with Pagoda Box. It’ll detail how to handle PHP dependencies, get your MySQL databases up and running (and debug locally), and...
View ArticleEleven2 Reseller Hosting and Shared Hosting Giveaway + IPad Giveaway
Looking for a place to host your new website? If so, then we have a treat for you. The folks at Eleven2 are offering 1 year of free shared or reseller hosting to 10 lucky Nettuts+ readers. To enter,...
View ArticleWhy You’re a Bad PHP Programmer
We all have our bad habits. In this article, we’ll go over a list of bad practices that are worth examining, reevaluating, and correcting immediately. February of 2011 Who the Hell Do You Think You...
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