Articles by TutsPlus - Code from May 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...

Web development is an industry that’s in a state of constant flux with technologies and jargon changing and mutating in an endless cycle. Not to mention the sheer deluge of information one has t...

Building a gem used to be a complex task that would require either a precise knowledge of the gem format, itself, or some dedicated tools to generate a suitable boilerplate. These days, we can use the...

So youve learned the basics HTML and CSS and are now ready to dig into building your own dynamic websites. Congratulations for getting this far; now its time for the fun part! In my new Tuts+ P...

This is part two of a three part series that will teach you how to build a contacts manager application in JavaScript using CanJS and jQuery. When you’re done with this tutorial, you’ll ha...

For eight months, I had the opportunity to intern with the YUI Team at Yahoo, while I was completing my engineering degree. Today, I’d like to share the top ten things that I learned from my exp...

Well, it happened; Panic finally released the long-awaited version two of their popular code editor, Coda. But does it live up to the hype? Well, that depends on what type of coder you are. Read the f...

If you’re in software development, new techniques, languages and concepts pop up all of the time. We all feel those nagging doubts every now and then: “can I keep up with the changes and s...

Many web developers use SSH (“Secure Shell”) on a daily basis to manage their servers, back up files, work remotely, and a myriad of other tasks. Today, I’ll explain what SSH is, do ...

After years of speculation and anticipation, Panic is ready to unveil and release version two of their flagship product: Coda. Though the Nettuts+ team hasn’t yet dug into the editor, based...

If you haven’t heard, there’s a new kid in town: CanJS. What better way to dive into what this new framework offers than to build a contacts manager application? When you’re done wit...

Tired of the “techie” trying to explain to you what web hosting is all about from his bedroom-recorded Skype video? Ever get confused with all the funny terms they drop, like “Shared...

When I started designing and developing themes and templates for the ThemeForest marketplace five years ago, customer support was easy. Id get an email or two a day, answer them, and move on.But as sa...

This tutorial will cover the basics of CSS regions, which allow us to flow content within various sections of the page. Confused? You probably are; read on! Demo View It Online CSS Region SupportA...

There are dozens of JavaScript testing frameworks, but most of them function in, more or less, the same way. However, Douglas Crockford’s JSCheck is considerably different from most. In this tut...

This tutorial will help you prepare a Magento install for high traffic, better load times, and simpler ongoing site management. Ready?RequirementsYou can download the finished code for this tutorial, ...

As Tuts+ Premium continues to sky-rocket, our ability to post better, more frequent, content has improved dramatically as well. This week, we have a variety of fun new things available to members...

This tutorial will cover the process of creating a basic Joomla module from an existing widget. We’re going to take a widget from Mixcloud, learn how to convert it into a Joomla module and, fina...

There’s a new player in town, and he brought new toys: The PHP World welcomes FLOW3, an enterprise application framework written and backed by the community of the TYPO3 CMS. FLOW3 can be used a...

We’re planning our next few Tuts+ sites, and would love your opinion and advice on which topics you think we should cover next! We’d be really grateful if you could take a minute to a...

When you define a function within JavaScript, it comes with a few pre-defined properties; one of these is the illusive prototype. In this article, I’ll detail what it is, and why you should use ...

With so many folks developing jQuery plugins, it’s not uncommon to come across one that just plain – for lack of better words – sucks. There’s no examples or documentation, the...

With so many folks developing jQuery plugins, it’s not uncommon to come across one that just plain – for lack of better words – sucks. There’s no examples or documentation, the...

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...

Over the course of these last two weeks, I had the pleasure of attending an Envato meetup/conference in Malaysia. As you might expect, Envato is composed of ridiculously smart and talented folksfolks ...

Ready for a revelation? A concept that you’ve never considered before? Well here it is: never ever, ever pour a glass of wine into your Macbook keyboard. Or, more practically put, be extremely c...

Web development is an industry that’s in a state of constant flux with technologies and jargon changing and mutating in an endless cycle. Not to mention the sheer deluge of information one has t...