Articles by TutsPlus - Code from April 2015

IntroductionCloudKit is an Apple framework that was introduced alongside iOS 8 in 2014. It's purpose is to provide a simple solution for storing your application's data in the cloud using iCloud, maki...

For a while now, Magento has been the benchmark set amongst the e­-commerce frameworks available in the market. Credit goes to the plethora of ­rich built-in features it comes with and the extendabi...

We’ve been looking at how to create a simple CRM system in WordPress. In the last part of this series, we explored how to use Roles to restrict User access to parts of the WordPress Administration i...

Design patterns are often considered a more advanced topic and therefore ignored or overlooked by people new to iOS or OS X development. However, there are a number of design patterns every aspiring i...

What You'll Be CreatingUpdate: I first pitched this series to Tuts+ because I thought it was an interesting, under-reported topic. After completing the first two episodes, I learned that I had a treat...

In this article you will see how you can use gulp to automate several tasks that you usually do by hand or for which you rely on tools developed by others.What Is Gulp Gulp is a streaming build syste...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is part three of a tutorial series for Running Your Own Open Source Email Server. In this tutorial, I'll guide you through customizing iRedMail's chosen web-based email cli...

In this tutorial, we're going to create a dating application for iOS similar to Tinder. For voice and messaging, we will leverage the Sinch platform, making use of its powerful SDK.In the first part, ...

We wanted to make you aware of some changes to our Privacy Policy. We’re committed to ensuring that our Privacy Policy clearly sets out how we manage your identifying information (“personal inform...

When we talk about mobile applications, development isn't the only aspect we need to consider. If we want to be successful, we also have to distribute and promote our application. In this tutorial, we...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is the third of our sponsored series on CloudBerry's cloud backup, storage and synchronization services. In this episode, we'll dive into CloudBerry Explorer, a Windows app...

In the previous part of the series, we designed and implemented an interface to create a blog post with a title and post. In this part, we'll see how to fetch the blog posts saved in Firebase and rend...

Even though dependency injection is a topic that is rarely taught to beginners, it is a design pattern that deserves more attention. Many developers avoid dependency injection, because they don't know...

Controllers are often the eyesore of a Rails application. Controller actions are bloated despite our attempts to keep them skinny, and even when they look skinny, it is often an illusion. We move the ...

For a while now, OpenCart has been a popular e­-commerce framework for small to medium level online stores. Recently with the release of the 2.0 major version, it has reached a new milestone. In this...

In our new course, Introduction to Git and GitHub, you'll learn all about the excellent source control management system Git. Tuts+ instructor Dan Wellman will show you h...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is the second of a three-part sponsored series on CloudBerry's cloud backup, storage and synchronization services. In this episode, we dive into CloudBerry Box, a data and ...

We’ve been looking at how to create a simple CRM system in WordPress. In the last part of this series, we added code to our plugin which allowed us to search our contacts based on the data stored in...

When you're developing a theme or a plugin, you'll often find that you have to include a URL in your code. For example, in a plugin you might need a link to a stylesheet bundled with the plugin, whil...

When you're developing a theme or a plugin, you'll often find that you have to include a URL in your code. For example, in a plugin you might need a link to a stylesheet bundled with the plugin, whil...

What You'll Be CreatingDocumenting a project can be a nuisance, but it needn’t be. There are quite a few tools out there to get the job done–I often use Daux.io because of its flexibility.In thi...

One of the features that makes Android so special is the ability to customize every aspect of the user experience. When Android Wear first launched at Google I/O 2014, many developers and users found ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial is part of the Building Your Startup With PHP series on Tuts+. In this series, I'm guiding you through launching a startup from concept to reality using my Meeting...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is part two of a tutorial series for Running Your Own Open Source Email Server. In this tutorial, I'll guide you through configuring and customizing iRedMail's administrat...

Introduction If you are creating a custom IME (Input Method Editor) or a language processing app, you can use Android's spelling checker framework to quickly add spell check functionality to your app ...