Articles by TutsPlus - Code from August 2013

Our AgendaIntroduction to the topic.Downloading and installing Xdebug on your local machine (Mac OS X 10.6.6+, MAMP 2.1.1).Integrating with PhpStorm.Practice debugging.What You Will NeedA Mac running ...

In this series we’re going to build a web billboard application from scratch, we’re going to use CodeIgniter to handle the back-end service and BackboneJS for the web client. In the first ...

Were excited to let you know that were currently planning our first Tuts+ and Envato meetup in the UK! Well have a great venue, some exciting goodies to give away, and youll have the opportunity to me...

In this tutorial we will implement the Ribbit application in Scala. We’ll be covering how to install the Play web framework, a NetBeans plugin for it, and finally the code in Scala. If you are n...

If you don’t already know, GitHub is an incredibly effective way to collaborate on development projects. Providing a place for anyone with an internet connection to have an avenue where they can...

It’s Envato’s seventh birthday and, to celebrate, weve created another fantastic Birthday Bundle! With $500 worth of items available for just $20, it’s worth getting excited about. C...

Having people you can learn from is an essential part of being a successful developer. No amount of reading will ever fully prepare you for the ever-changing web landscape, so being able to look to se...

Bitcoin has definitely started to become more mainstream, and with its global reach and minimal fees, it is a payment method worth considering.In this article, we will take a look at what Bitcoin is, ...

In this article we’ll be building a complete website with a front-facing client side, as well as a control panel for managing the site’s content. As you may guess, the final working versio...

In this article we’ll be building a complete website with a front-facing client side, as well as a control panel for managing the site’s content. As you may guess, the final working versio...

In my last article about two-factor authentication, I created a screencast that outlined how to use the Authy two-factor authentication system to easily improve the login security of your website. Thi...

In many projects there comes a time when you’ll need to store some data off-line. It may be a requirement or just an improvement for your users, but you have to decide which of the available sto...

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft Corporation.Back in January, I walked you through the features of Internet Explorer 10's F12 Developer Tools. Microsoft's recent release of Windows 8.1 Preview...

You can only produce secure web applications by taking security into account, from the start. This requires thinking of the potential ways someone could attack your site as you create each page, form,...

Remember back to when we had to spend a lot of time optimizing our project’s assets (images, CSS, etc..)? Well today, users have a much faster Internet connection and it appears that we can affo...

In my previous article I talked about my joy of discovering the Express framework. Express is what makes me feel like I could really build something with Node and have fun doing it. And in fact ̵...

One of the most widely used tools in the web development process is surely the terminal. While you are working on a project, often you find yourself in the position of using the terminal with several ...

I’ve been working with ASP and ASP.NET for about ten years now, starting with ASP classic and settling on .NET 2.0 as my favorite. My new year resolution this year (2013) was to upgrade my .NET...