Articles by TutsPlus - Code from August 2015

In my previous article I gave an introduction to how online store owners can track and manage orders placed by customers. What if you want to place any order manually? This is the topic of today's art...

In the previous part of this tutorial series, we added the Ladda loading indicator into our application to make it more interactive. We also saw how to filter the data result while fetching data from...

In the first tutorial of this series, we explored the CloudKit framework and infrastructure. We also laid the foundation for the sample application that we're going to build, a shopping list applicati...

WooCommerce is quite a versatile plugin which allows you to convert any ordinary website into an online store. With this plugin you can sell your products to customers in the best possible way. The re...

What You'll Be CreatingThe modern web demands faster and faster development cycles. With this greater demand, there is a need for tools to help meet these deadlines. Webknife is a web development fram...

The first two articles in the series have given an overview and also talked about the essential modules for Nginx. This tutorial will help you get started using Nginx by guiding you through some basi...

Robert Moog famously created one of the very first commercial modular synthesizers. His inventions consisted of banks of wires and knobs, allowing musicians to create sounds never heard before. These ...

When you are new to front-end development and start mastering HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, the obvious next step is to put your hands on tools that most developers use to stay sane in this complex space...

Ever since the release of Apple Watch, developers have been debating and presenting techniques to overcome the limitations of watchOS 1. Developers have wondered, for example, how to reliably communic...

This series was aimed at highlighting the features of Easy Digital Downloads to help you set up an online digital downloads store. I have reviewed a major portion of this plugin, and by now you must b...

You thought you'd never see the end of this series, didn't you? After all, there are thousands of great WordPress tools to talk about in the WordPress community! But as the wise Oracle in the Matrix o...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you like the elegance of the Python programming language, Django is the web framework for you! Django is a powerful but pragmatic framework, with an emphasis on getting work ...

In previous articles of this series about WooCommerce I have discussed different settings and their configurations, including the addition of products. Then we explored the addition of four different ...

Tuts+ Code is a very large platform, containing more than 5,000 tutorials or tutorial parts. Considering that the whole Tuts+ family has almost 20,000 posts as of summer 2015, we can say that Tuts+ Co...

Introduction Alongside all of the new features and frameworks in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, with this year's releases Apple also created an entirely new framework catered to game developers, Gamepla...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat Are Twitter Lists?Twitter Lists allow you to group individual twitterers and view their tweets separately from your timeline. For example, you can have a list of just your ...

In my previous article I shared some benefits of keeping records for transactions, and discussed some of the features which are exclusively a part of the reports section in the EDD plugin. In this art...

What You'll Be CreatingWe have our little app looking just the way we want, but it doesn’t actually do anything yet. So, let’s work on adding some JavaScript to make the app interactive. This par...

In the previous articles we added different types of products in WooCommerce. Images in an online store provide a visual treat to the customers and give them a better idea about any product. So in thi...

In the previous article we looked at how we can send emails programatically in Drupal 8. We also saw how other modules can alter these outgoing mails. Today, we are going to look at how we can use the...

In 2012, Apple introduced iCloud alongside iOS 5. At the same time, the company announced that developers would have access to iCloud through a number of APIs. Up until now, developers have had three ...

Analyzing your digital store's performance is important if you want to run a successful business. Being a digital store owner it's your responsibility to keep a strict record of your sales, earnings, ...

In the previous article we added an External/Affiliate type product. Let's talk about adding the fourth type, i.e. variable product. If you categorize any product as variable it means that this single...

It's Envato's 9th birthday! To celebrate, we've got two fantastic Tuts+ course bundles for you to sink your teeth (or rather, your brain) into! Each bundle is jam-packed with some of the best cou...

For the last few months I’ve been wanting to dive into this new JavaScript framework since I saw its launch event in October of 2014. Famo.us includes an open-source 3D layout engine fully integrate...

Name: Rose Pajaroja Location:  Manila, Philippines    Topics of Interest:  Graphic Arts, Data Visualization, Presentation Design ...

What happened to audio on the web? For a time the web was the platform to show off your taste in tunes. From MIDI versions of The Final Countdown bubbling in the background, to autoplaying MySpace m...

Do you own a (virtual or actual) server? Do you like command-line interfaces? Are you bored with the regular WordPress admin panel and longing for an exciting WordPress administration experience? Then...

IntroductionPrior to the M release, the Android permissions model has been an all-or-nothing decision for users at install time. This meant that if a user wanted to use an app, they first had to accep...

Offering discounts is a way of rewarding your customers. In my opinion it helps you to make your existing customers happy and attract new customers to purchase different products from your digital sto...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is an extension to our series on secure messaging with public key encryption. In that series, I guided you through using PGP privacy to encrypt and decrypt your email. In t...

During the keynote at the recent //BUILD 2015 conference, our team at Microsoft released Vorlon.js, a tool to debug your website.Vorlon.js is mainly composed of a dashboard which displays data coming ...

With a tool as powerful as Pivotal Tracker, it can sometimes be tough to wrap your head around how to use it to your best advantage. And while we don’t pretend that we have all the answers, the time...

In this tutorial, I will show you how to implement a real-time chat application with Node.js, Socket.IO and MongoDB, and then we will deploy this application to Modulus together.First of all, let me s...

In the previous article we added a grouped product as a parent of a simple product and then linked the child with its parent. Today I plan to walk you through the process of adding an External/Affilia...

What You'll Be CreatingAuthentication is a critical part of almost every web application. Today our users expect more than simple local authentication. They want support for third-party authentication...

Ever tried to build metaboxes in WordPress? It's a mess, not only for beginners but even for advanced WordPress developers. Luckily for the WordPress community, the community itself can come up with e...

What Is Quartz 2D?Quartz 2D is Apple's 2D drawing engine, an important component of the Core Graphics framework. You may often see Quartz 2D referred to as Core Graphics or simply CG.Quartz 2D uses th...

The basic purpose of running a digital store with EDD is to provide a platform where you can exclusively sell downloadable products. To get more profit it is important to attract more customers and en...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat's OwnCloud?OwnCloud provides a free, open source file sharing and application server and platform with desktop and smartphone applications, allowing you to create a persona...

As we all know by now, WooCommerce allows you to add products which can be categorized as Simple, Grouped, External/Affiliate and Variable. In the previous article I explained in detail the procedure ...

In this two part series we are going to explore the Mail API in Drupal 8. In doing so, we are going to cover two main aspects: how to use it programatically for sending emails and how to extend it for...

At one point or another, you will run into a crash caused by EXC_BAD_ACCESS. In this quick tip, you will learn what EXC_BAD_ACCESS is and what it is caused by. I will also give you a few tips to fi...

Maintaining and managing your business's financial details is tiring yet the most important process of all, especially when the money is being transacted through the internet. A quick and handy framew...

In the previous articles we discussed how WooCommerce allows you to add four different types of products, i.e. Simple, Grouped, External/Affiliate and Variable products. Associated with every type of ...

Do you want to master jQuery? How about Laravel 5, Backbone.js, or Node.js? Our latest batch of eBooks will teach you all you need to know about these topics and more.What You'll LearnIn the...

Creating a mobile application for multiple platforms requires a different approach than, for example, creating a desktop or web application. What does it take to go from an idea to a mobile applic...

The Creative App Bundle, by Envato Bundles, features six beautiful Mac apps to help inspire your designs and streamline your workflow. Plus it also includes two unlockable games and a stack of super d...

Don’t worry, it’s here! An API that will not only whiten your teeth and improve your posture, but will add sound to your website in a wonderful way*. It’s the Web Audio API! Never heard of it? D...

Remember the times when we needed to create Options pages for our themes? Of course you do, because we still need them! When the Customizer of WordPress falls short in handling you're theme's function...

Want to get started with ES6 and Babel? Take our quiz and find out if you're ready.Start Coding ES6 With BabelJavaScript has evolved a lot over the years. The latest version of the language, ECMAScrip...

IntroductionAt WWDC 2015, Apple officially announced iOS 9. In addition to many new features and improvements, this update also gives developers the opportunity to make the content of their apps more...

In my previous article I discussed the first set of basic settings which you will find at the time of creating a new download, or should I say downloadable product, in Easy Digital Downloads. Let's st...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is the latest tutorial in our series focusing on encrypting your email. In the first tutorial, we introduced the general concepts of encryption and how they can b...

Many Windows users like me find it hard (or extremely boring) to develop locally. I mean, you can't even go full screen with the command line—sorry, the Command Prompt window. Why, why is it so over...

In the previous article we discussed how WooCommerce allows you to add four different types of products, i.e. Simple, Grouped, External/Affiliate and Variable products. Associated with every type of p...

Developer relations is an integral part of many software companies that hope to win the hearts and minds of developers. You may refer to it as developer evangelism or community outreach but ultimately...

Introduction Developing a complex Android app that has lots of network connections, user interactions, and animations often means writing code that is full of nested callbacks. Such code, sometimes ca...

Think you understand web audio? Find out in our quiz.Add Sound to Your Site With Web AudioWant to explore web audio and learn how to get started with the Web Audio API? This course is an introduction ...

By now you are aware of the fact that with EDD you can set up a digital store for downloadable products. So far, I haven't discussed the process of adding downloadable products. In this article let's ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is part three of our series exploring the open source file synchronization and sharing application OwnCloud. If you need to catch up, read part one, Introduction to OwnClou...

Whenever we talk about any online store, products work as a backbone for its foundation. Store owners are always looking for an easy way to manage and add products on their eCommerce website. Sadly, i...

In this series, we're working on how to create a custom payment method extension in Magento. In the previous two parts of this series, we created a basic module to provide the back­-end configuration...

IntroductionWith iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, Apple introduced a great new feature for developers to take advantage of, Handoff. Handoff allows apps to transfer data and application state information from...

My last two articles of this series covered a major portion of the settings which digital store owners find in the tab of Misc settings. This part of the plugin offers additional features which can br...

So far in the Email Settings we have configured various email options along with some individual email template ones, which store owners can edit to generate templates similar to their store's theme. ...

What You'll Be CreatingIntroduction It doesn’t take a genius to understand that an app that makes new users feel welcome and comfortable is likely to enjoy a lot more popularity than one that leave...

In this short video tutorial from my recent JavaScript Fundamentals course, we look at one of the most fundamental units of JavaScript: the humble variable. We'll see the different ways that a variabl...

Don't want to host your plugin in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory? Of course, you can decide not to—it's a free community after all. But you must host it somewhere so the plugin can be found, and...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you want to learn how to add sound to your website using the Web Audio API, but have a busy life and a limited budget, our new course is for you.Our new short course, Ad...

Directives are one of the most powerful components of AngularJS, helping you extend basic HTML elements/attributes and create reusable and testable code. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use A...

In the present tutorial we are going to create a simple web application to handle video manipulation for the web, we will upload a video file to the cloud and perform live transcoding and transformati...

In my previous article, I discussed how to configure the first few Misc settings in Easy Digital Downloads. The purpose of these options is to allow you to add some additional features in your digital...

Recently at //BUILD/ 2015, Microsoft announced manifoldJS—the simplest way to build hosted apps across platforms. While John Shewchuk, Technical Fellow and the CTO for the Microsoft Developer Platfo...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is the next tutorial in a series focusing on encrypting your email. In the first tutorial, we introduced the general concepts of encryption and how they can be us...

In the introduction part of this series, I mentioned that "WordPress tools" can't be defined in one specific medium: A WordPress tool can be in the shape of a WordPress plugin, a single PHP file, a we...

In our previous article I explained how WooCommerce facilitates its users by providing easy to configure email settings. Now that we're done with generic settings, let's start with the individual emai...

One of the most rewarding feelings of writing for Tuts+ is the feeling of educating others. More specifically, it's the feeling of teaching others how to learn a new skill such that they can apply it ...

IntroductionCocoaPods is a great tool to help with dependency management when building iOS or OS X applications. Having been around and well supported for years, CocoaPods' maturity is evident. While...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat's OwnCloud?OwnCloud provides a free, open source file sharing and application server and platform with desktop and smartphone applications, allowing you to create a persona...

Until now in this series of tutorials I have explained the settings and configurations which can help online store owners to set up up their eCommerce website with a few clicks. Today's article is abo...

Welcome to the series finale of "The Tuts+ Guide to Template Tags"! It's been a long but great journey, as I said it would be in the first part. And in this last post, we're going to review what we've...

Mobile apps and viewing content on the web are ubiquitous now. For years, iOS developers have been charged with either creating their own web viewing experience inside their app or handing off the URL...

So far in this series, The Beginner's Guide to Easy Digital Downloads, I have discussed how to configure various settings of this plugin. I have covered the tabs for General, Payment Gateways, Emails,...

JavaScript has evolved a lot over the years. The latest version of the language, ECMAScript 6 (ES6 for short) was recently finalized, and it brings a lot of improvements for developers. Of course, bro...