Articles by TutsPlus - Code from July 2017

React is an awesome way to create interactive UIs. This open-source JavaScript library “allows developers to create large web applications that use data which can change over time, without relo...

Android was introduced to the world back in 2005, and during those 12 years of existence the platform has achieved amazing success, becoming the most-installed mobile OS. During that time, 14 differen...

In the third tutorial of the series, you learned about different methods and properties of the Body module in Matter.js. The Body module enables you to manipulate simple bodies like circles, rectangle...

Firebase is a cross-platform real-time mobile database platform that allows coders to focus on what they do best—coding their apps—without having to worry about DevOps concerns like server infrast...

In the previous tutorial of the series, you learned about the World and Engine modules in Matter.js. The methods available in these two modules are meant to control the behavior of multiple bodies or ...

 If you want to work with other developers, you'll need to understand Git—the most widely used system for version control and sharing code. In a series of quick Coffee Break Courses on Envato Tuts...

In the introductory tutorial of this series, you were briefly introduced to different modules in Matter.js. The library contains a lot of modules, so it was impractical to write in detail about each o...

As some of you may know from my previous articles Shopify is a theme-based hosted commerce platform which enables you to build online stores. It’s been steadily growing over the last few years and t...

Matter.js is a 2D rigid body physics engine written in JavaScript. This library can help you easily simulate 2D physics in the browser. It offers a lot of features like the ability to create rigid bod...

Without a doubt, HTML5 has established itself as the best way to build applications in a multimedia rich world. In so doing it has brought about several huge advancements in web technology. For exampl...

If you want to code a mobile app, you need to know a programming language. But it can be hard to choose the best language (or languages) for a project. There are a lot of options out there, and in thi...

What You'll Be Creating Love using emojis? Now you can learn to make your own!We all use emoticons/emojis (emotion icons) in our messenger chats, apps, and online comments. Emojis are a very fun way ...

In this article, we'll dive deep into the Laravel framework to understand the concept of middleware. The first half of the article begins with an introduction to middleware and what it's actually used...

Launching an online business can prove to be seriously complicated. Although on paper, it's way easier to create an online business than a bricks-and-mortar one, an entrepreneur can get lost in the mu...

In the previous part of this tutorial series, you saw how to implement the add and display post functionality. In this part of the tutorial series on creating a blogging app in React, you'll impleme...

Go's object-oriented model revolves around interfaces. I personally believe that interfaces are the most important language construct and all design decisions should be focused on interfaces first. I...

In early 2011, a natural language understanding computer system called IBM Watson was able to beat all human contestants in a quiz-like game show called Jeopardy! It was an historic event and was perh...

What You'll Be CreatingLong shadow design is a variation of flat design to which shadows are added, creating the illusion of depth and resulting in a design that looks three-dimensional. In this tutor...

What Is the Singleton Pattern?The Singleton Pattern is a software design pattern that guarantees a class has one instance only and a global point of access to it is provided by that class. Anytime m...

If you've ever come across the Laravel framework, it's highly unlikely that you haven't heard of service containers and service providers. In fact, they're the backbone of the Laravel framework and do...

As a freelancer and someone who works with a small business, I have experienced the pain points of project management. The solution is usually an ever-changing mix of various apps and services th...

What You'll Be CreatingThe much-anticipated version 2 of the JavaScript module loader and bundler Webpack is now available, so why not learn all about it in our new course, Instant Webpack 2.In this ...

In this tutorial, you'll learn about the cool new SMS token feature in Android O. You'll learn how to generate an app-specific token that will fire up a pending intent when the device first receives a...

Numeric is a package that was originally developed by Jim Hugunin. It is considered the ancestor of NumPy, a Python library and an open-source project created by Travis Oliphant which stands for Nu...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this post we'll build a simple game from scratch. Along the way, we'll touch on some of the most important aspects of the SpriteKit library.This post builds on what we've lea...

Last month, we made a big announcement: unlimited stock photos on Envato Elements. Now, to celebrate the launch, we're giving away 16 free images and design assets, to give a small taste of what Eleme...

 In my course on Unit Testing React Components, I showed you how to use Enzyme, the Airbnb unit-testing library, to unit test React components.Enzyme gives us a couple of different types of ways to...

Working with the file system in Elixir does not really differ from doing so using other popular programming languages. There are three modules to solve this task: IO, File, and Path. They provide func...

If you are developing an Android application that needs to interact with your back-end server, it is important that you take steps to defend it against bots—automated scripts that try to pass for hu...

The new WPCOM.js library lets you harness the power of WordPress to build a free and easy-to-update back-end for your web or mobile apps. In our new short course, Get Started With the WPCOM.js WordPre...

Building an app used to be the domain of hardcore developers only, but with over 1,400 app templates for sale at CodeCanyon, even complete beginners to coding can build an app. But what is an app temp...

From routing HTTP requests to accessing the database and rendering the user interface, most web applications have a lot in common with each other. Many of them allow their visitors to sign in, and it'...

The Meteor project is an open-source web app development platform that enables you to create apps written entirely in JavaScript. Meteor provides development tools for essential web app needs, making...

Pickles in Python are tasty in the sense that they represent a Python object as a string of bytes. Many things can actually be done with those bytes. For instance, you can store them in a file or data...

Have a great idea for an iOS game but are turned off by the hours of tedious work involved in bringing your concept to life? Well, that’s what templates are for. Why waste time reinventing the wheel...

As a web application developer, form validation is a crucial part of your work, and it should not be underrated as it could lead to security flaws in your application. You should consider it a must ...

In the previous part of this tutorial series, you saw how to implement the sign-up and sign-in functionality. In this part of the tutorial, you'll implement the user home page and the functionality to...

What You'll Be CreatingHow would you like to build mobile apps with an easy drag-and-drop interface? In our new short course, Easy Mobile Apps With Ionic Creator, you'll learn exactly how to do that.W...

Android Things allows you to make amazing IoT devices with simple code. In this post, I'll show you how to put the pieces together to build a more complex project!This won't be a complete top-to-botto...

Go is a special language. It is very refreshing in its approach to programming and the principles it promotes. It helps that some of the language inventors were early C pioneers. The overall feeling o...

Over the past several years, we have seen HTML5 used to create many great online solutions. We have also seen it used to create some great fun! With the vanishing of Flash, HTML5 quickly became the un...

NativeScript is a framework for building cross-platform native mobile apps using XML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this series, we're trying out some of the cool things you can do with a NativeScript app: ...

What You'll Be CreatingPassword AutoFill in iOS 11Logging in is the first step that a user has to take when they start with an app that requires an account. This usually takes several seconds if the ...

In the first part of this tutorial series, you saw how to implement the sign-in functionality. In this part, you'll learn how to implement the sign-up functionality and modify the sign-in functionalit...