Articles by TutsPlus - Code from October 2015

Faults are an essential component of Core Data. Even though the term sounds ominous, faults are inherent to the life cycle of a Core Data record. In this tutorial, you'll learn what faults are, how to...

What You'll Be CreatingAnimation is no longer an optional feature in web applications. Users expect it, so developers must oblige. If you're writing an AngularJS-based application, then you already ha...

For the first time in over a year, we're looking to add more instructors to our team. Specifically, we're looking for those who have strong skills in Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and more, all of which we...

In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to use PostCSS to make development of BEM/SUIT style CSS easier and more efficient.These two methodologies lay out a naming convention for classes that make...

In the first part of this two-part tutorial series, we saw to set up and control Supervisor to work with our web applications. In this part, we will see how we can programmatically control Supervisor ...

Most of us use open source libraries on a daily basis. With CocoaPods, managing dependencies in a Cocoa project is virtually painless. In some situations, however, a project depends on a library or ...

Do you understand objected oriented JavaScript with ES6? Take our quiz and find out.Object-Oriented JavaScript With ES6In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Jeremy McPeak will teach you everything y...

Welcome to the final part of the series—well, technically the final part will be "Series Finale", but you get the idea. In this part, you're going to learn about two sibling classes called WP_Meta_Q...

From day to day, a lot of the work of running a software business revolves around asking and answering questions and trying to make the correct decisions based on them.Some of the questions are techn...

If you’re interested in using PostCSS, but you still love your favorite preprocessor, don’t worry. You needn’t make a choice between the two–you can use them right alongside one another.There ...

IntroductionWith the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple introduced an entirely new way of interacting with our devices called 3D Touch. 3D Touch works by detecting the amount of pressure that you are applyi...

We're almost coming to the end of our series, "Mastering WP_Query", and it's time to introduce the siblings of the WP_Query class. In the previous part, we went over WP_User_Query, and in this article...

Why use test-driven development? In this short video from my recent course, I'll examine what test-driven development is and why you should use it.Also, testing in Angular is not the same as testing a...

IntroductionWith the release of Swift 2, Apple added a range of new features and capabilities to the Swift programming language. One of the most important, however, was an overhaul of protocols. The i...

Supervisor is a monitoring tool which controls various child processes and handles starting/restarting of these child processes when they exit abruptly or exit due to some reasons. It can be extended ...

Heroku is a cloud-based hosting provider that allows easy deployment of web applications. In this short, free course, you'll discover how easy it is to deploy a Rails application into Heroku.&nbs...

In the previous tutorial we went through how to use the excellent preprocessing pack “PreCSS”. In this tutorial we’ll be approaching PostCSS-based preprocessing in a different way; installing a ...

In the previous article, we went through the Simple Factory Pattern. Now in this article we will examine the Factory Method Design pattern. In the case of Simple Factory, it provides an interface to c...

After all those previous parts, we're done going through the WP_Query class—but that doesn't mean that we're done with the series! It's time to meet WP_Query's brother and sister classes: WP_User_Qu...

I have yet to meet a programmer who enjoys error handling. Whether you like it or not, a robust application needs to handle errors in such a way that the application remains functional and informs th...

In the last two tutorials we looked at ways to use PreCSS on completed stylesheets to enhance their cross browser compatibility and optimization, essentially as a post-processor. In this tutorial yo...

One of the biggest confusion and hindrance in setting any kind of business is to understand the tax structure which will apply on your dealings. Taxation is quite a sensitive issue as far as business ...

So far in this series you've learned how to use WP_Query to create custom queries for use in your theme or plugins.In most cases, you'll use WP_Query with a completely new set of arguments which are s...

Introduction Facebook’s React Native is a powerful framework that allows you to quickly and effortlessly build Android and iOS apps using just JavaScript and JSX. Apps built using React Native make...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the last session, you refactored your entire blog system. Now that everything’s cleaned up, you are ready to speed up for some new adventures. In this session, we are going...

Name: Natalie RogersLocation: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USATopics of interest: Graphic design, print design, movie posters, photo manipulations, concept artOccupation: Graphic Designer and Science...

WooCommerce provides a lot of power and flexibility for simple storefronts out of the box, but to build truly outstanding sites, we have to dig a little deeper. In this short video tutorial from ...

You don't know what you have until you lose it. We all know what it means, but we often forget that it also applies to our health. In no way is this article intended to lecture you or make you feel gu...

What You'll Be CreatingIntroduction to Our Imperva Incapsula SeriesThis is the third of a series of sponsored tutorials covering Incapsula Website Security and performance services. In this ...

Earlier this summer, we looked at a handful of organizations working to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math. In continuing with this trend, I thought it'd also be b...

In our last tutorial we discussed how to implement an import tool, in which we created an import button and its front-end template. Today we’ll learn how we can directly import the bulk data from ou...

Recently I wrote about the gender imbalance in the tech industry, and made some practical suggestions as to what we can all do to change that. One of the areas I covered was recruitment: if you're an ...

In the last tutorial you learned how to use PostCSS to help make your stylesheets more cross browser compatible, in particular dealing with issues arising from support for legacy versions of IE.In thi...

IntroductionCurrying is a feature found in most modern programming languages. It translates a single function with multiple arguments into a series of functions each with one argument. In essence, thi...

Now that we learned almost everything about the WP_Query class, it's time to try out some examples. In this part, we're going to work on 10 different scenarios to utilize the WP_Query class and relate...

In the last tutorial we wrapped up our “Quick Start” section of this series, and we’re now ready to move onto using PostCSS to generate stylesheets, employing different kinds of plugins for vari...

Do you understand WebSockets? Take our quiz and find out.Connect the Web With WebSocketsWebSockets make it possible to have interactive, two-way communication sessions between the user's browser and a...

What You'll Be CreatingYou may have used the audio tag to play sound in the past. While that works fine for simply playing a sound, it doesn't give us much control over the quality or timing of the pl...

Running an online store can put you in situations when you have to go through tough times. This happens especially when you run “out of stock” and your customers are dying to buy a particular prod...

1. IntroductionWhile the standard features of Google Maps are incredibly useful, there will be times that you want to do a little bit more. Luckily, Google has created an open source library containi...

So far in this series you've learned about a selection of arguments you can use with the WP_Query class, to select posts by post type, category, tag, metadata, date, status and much more.In this final...

Ever since the publication of our first tutorial in 2007, Tuts+ has always been part of the broader Envato (then called Eden!) community. Our content and approach has grown hand-in-hand with...

Customers are the backbone for any business especially when you run an online store. As in this case the contact with your customers is a virtual one so, it's critical to be able to monitor, track and...

IntroductionWatch Connectivity is a new communication framework released alongside iOS 9 and watchOS 2. It's main purpose is to easily and seamlessly transfer information between an Apple Watch applic...

So far in this series, out of four I have discussed the first three sub-sections which an online store owner finds in the Orders reports. The fourth and last option deals with the reports which are ca...

Want to get started with Python? Take our quiz and find out if you're ready.Introduction to PythonPython is well known as a programming language that is easy to learn. With a simple, expressive syntax...

An Update to Our Imperva Incapsula SeriesThis is the second of a sponsored, three-part series covering Incapsula performance and security services. In part one, I introduced you to Incapsula Website ...

Suppose you have a list of products for your store which prices needs to be updated on site. But you hate manual jobs? You want a solution where you can directly import that list and all of your produ...

IntroductionOne of the most useful features for users is maps integration. In the previous installment of this series, we discussed how to set up Google Maps for Android using the Google Developer C...

Do you want to learn more about the Swift programming language? How about Laravel, Android Wear, or Javascript promises? Our latest batch of eBooks will teach you all you need to know about these topi...

As you will have gathered from the previous entries in this series, PostCSS is all about the plugins. The plugins you choose will completely define your experience with PostCSS. Given that they are s...

In this part of the series on Mastering WP_Query, you'll learn about some of the arguments you can use with the WP_Query class, namely those for: status order pagination You can use these arguments to...

If you've just started your creative career or you're considering starting one, then this article may help you on your journey. In this post, I will give you some tips to kickstart your creative caree...

IntroductionDocker is one of the fastest-growing new technologies at the moment. A solution for deploying software and building scalable web service architectures, it allows you to split your appl...

The first tab of reports in WooCommerce is for the "Orders" which an online store owner receives during a particular duration of time. This section is further divided into four sub-sections which prov...

IntroductionLast year, Google introduced Material Design and it became clear that motion and animation would be two of the most eye-catching features in modern Android applications. But Google didn't...

In this series on WP_Query, you've been learning how to use the WP_Query class to create custom queries in your theme files or plugins.This part of the series will take you through the arguments you c...

In the last tutorial we went through how to setup a PostCSS project with Gulp. In this tutorial we’ll achieve the same ends, by using Grunt. By the end of this tutorial you’ll know how to setup a ...

IntroductionAlongside iOS 9 and watchOS 2, Apple introduced on-demand resources, a new API for delivering content to your applications while also reducing the amount of space the application takes up ...

Introducing RaygunRaygun is a powerful new crash reporting service for your applications. Raygun automatically detects, discovers and diagnoses errors and crashes that are happening in your software...

Cron is an important utility which allows you to execute scripts at certain regular intervals. It has become an important aspect for web­-based applications as well. There are lots of ways in which c...

ES6 is the future of JavaScript and it is already here. It is a finished specification, and it brings a lot of features a language requires to stay competitive with the needs of the web of now. Not e...

In the last tutorial we covered how you can get started with PostCSS instantly using CodePen or Prepros. These options are great, but restrictive in that you don’t get to control which plugins are a...

What You'll Be CreatingIntroduction to Imperva IncapsulaThis is the first of a sponsored, three-part series covering Incapsula performance and security services, brought to you by Imperva. Incapsula p...

I think it's safe to say that if you're a blogger, you want to highlight the most recent content on your blog so that people will spot it and read it. There are a few ways you could do this, including...

What You'll Be CreatingIntroductionIn this tutorial, I will explain you step by step how to create a modern, hybrid, mobile application (iOS and Android) of your WordPress website using the latest t...

What makes Tuts+ so special is our community. At a meetup of Tuts+ readers and contributors in London, I had the chance to speak to some of our readers about how they use Tuts+ and what it m...

In this second and final part of the series, we’ll be taking a look at the Jenkins Workflow plugin as a solution for setting up more complex Jenkins pipelines. We’ll be picking up where part one ...

In this tutorial, we're going to be taking a look a the history of containerization, Docker, its components, and how to get started using it in our day to day work. But before we dive too deeply into ...

If you've been following this series, you'll have an understanding of how WP_Query is structured and how you use it to write custom queries. To be able to define what WP_Query fetches from the datab...

There's a basic problem in the world of mobile app development. Developers invest a lot of time and money in creating a great app, and they deserve to be rewarded for that. But consumers are unwi...