Articles by TutsPlus - Code from April 2013

In my previous article, we covered some of HTTP’s basics, such as the URL scheme, status codes and request/response headers. With that as our foundation, we will look at the finer aspects of HTT...

Writing shell scripts is very much like programming. Some scripts require little time investment; whereas, other complex scripts may require thought, planning and a larger commitment. From this perspe...

The concept of “Promises” has changed the way we write asynchronous JavaScript. Over the past year, many frameworks have incorporated some form of the Promise pattern to make asynchronous ...

The concept of “Promises” has changed the way we write asynchronous JavaScript. Over the past year, many frameworks have incorporated some form of the Promise pattern to make asynchronous ...

Testing controllers isn’t the easiest thing in the world. Well, let me rephrase that: testing them is a cinch; what’s difficult, at least at first, is determining what to test.Should a con...

Newcomers to NodeJS typically find its API difficult to grasp. Luckily, many developers have created frameworks that make it easier to work with Node. Connect is one such framework. It sits on top of ...

Writing shell scripts can be rather daunting, primarily because the shell isn't the most friendly of languages to use. However, I hope to show you in this tutorial that shell scripting is actually...

Reflection is generally defined as a program’s ability to inspect itself and modify its logic at execution time. In less technical terms, reflection is asking an object to tell you about its pro...

I hope that you’re starting to see that Ember.js is a powerful, yet opinionated, framework. We’ve only scratched its surface; there’s more to learn before we can build something trul...

How of many of your remember Compuserve? What about Prodigy? I'm asking because, back in the good ‘ole days, they were popular services that allowed you to communicate with other people from...

Rails 4 is rapidly approaching. In this article, let’s take a look at some of the new features that it offers, as well as the changes that may affect your current applications.Some BookkeepingCa...

In a previous lesson here on Nettuts+, you learn about PSR; however, that article didn’t detail the process of integrating that coding style into your projects. Let’s fix that!Note: t...

Perhaps it goes without saying that I’m fairly passionate about the Laravel framework (probably irritatingly so, for some of you). I liked it so much to the point of creating a massive course fo...

The concept of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is fairly new to PHP. There’s currently no official AOP support in PHP, but there are some extensions and libraries which implement this feature....

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed systems, and is the foundation of the modern web. As a web develop...

He brought us jQuery, the most widely used JavaScript library on the planet. Then he brought us Processing.js, a JavaScript port of the popular data visualization programming language. Now, John Resig...

In my introductory article, I went over the basics of the Ember.js framework, and the foundational concepts for building an Ember application. In this follow-up article, we’ll dive deeper into s...

We’re ready to announce something new and exciting the Tuts+ Hub beta!As you know, Tuts+ is all about helping people learn. With Hub, weve worked to deliver an experience that makes i...

Rockable Press is proud to present our latest release: Decoding the iOS 6 SDK. Written by five seasoned iOS experts and packed with almost 500 pages of essential iOS 6 development fundamentals, this g...

Knockout.js is a popular open source (MIT) MVVM JavaScript framework, created by Steve Sandersen. Its website provides great information and demos on how to build simple applications, but it unfortuna...

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...

Slim is a lightweight framework that packs a lot of punch for its tiny footprint. It has an incredible routing system, and offers a solid base to work from without getting in your way. Let me show you...