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Which tools do you need as a developer? This part of our Coding Fundamentals section introduces you to some essential coding tools and explains how to use them.

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Essential Sublime Text 2 Plugins and Extensions

Tutorial • Intermediate

Sublime Text 2 is a relatively new code editor that I've been trying out for a while now. While it's still in public beta, it already offers a great mix of...

Siddharth • 25 Feb 2012
Tools

How To Customize Your Terminal

Tutorial • Intermediate

Lately, I’ve been getting this question a lot: “how did you get your terminal to look the way it does?” If you’ve noticed my terminal and are curious about...

Andrew Burgess • 24 Feb 2012
Tools

Sublime Text 2 Tips and Tricks (Updated)

Tutorial • Intermediate

Sublime Text 2 is one of the fastest and most incredible code editors to be released in a long time! With a community and plugin ecosystem as passionate as...

Jeffrey Way • 6 Jan 2012
Python

How to Create a Sublime Text 2 Plugin

Tutorial • Intermediate

Sublime Text 2 is a highly customizable text editor that has been increasingly capturing the attention of coders looking for a tool that is powerful, fast...

Will Bond • 14 Nov 2011
Tools

Essential TextMate Shortcuts, Tips and Techniques

Tutorial • Intermediate

Even after six years, TextMate is still considered by many to be the best code editor available for Mac. The reason why is simple: it's incredibly powerful,...

Jeffrey Way • 1 Aug 2011
Terminal and CLI

Vim Essential Plugin: Surround

Tutorial • Intermediate

Surround.vim, by Tim Pope, is easily one of the most useful plugins available. As the name suggests, it allows you to surround, update, and delete wrapping...

Jeffrey Way • 23 Mar 2011
Terminal and CLI

Vim Essential Plugin: EasyMotion

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this first episode of Vim Essential Plugins, we'll be reviewing the helpful EasyMotion plugin, which allows us to be much quicker when traversing our...

Jeffrey Way • 19 Mar 2011
Tools

Quick Tip: Create a Flash Flipping Book From any PDF in Seconds

Tutorial • Beginner

In this Quick Tip we'll take a look at a really useful online utility that will help us convert any PDF to a SWF virtual book with just a few clicks. Read on...

Carlos Yanez • 1 Mar 2011
Tools

Quick Introduction: Flash CheckBox and RadioButton Components

Tutorial • Beginner

In this Quick Tip on the Flash Professional Components, we will be taking a look at the CheckBox and RadioButton Components.

James Tyner • 29 Nov 2010
Tools

Quick Tip: How I Personally Create Screencasts with Camtasia

Tutorial • Intermediate

Despite my meager screencasting skills, you wouldn't believe how frequently I'm emailed about the process of creating web development video tutorials. Often...

Jeffrey Way • 14 Oct 2010
Tools

How to Create a Safari Extension from Scratch

Tutorial • Beginner

Safari 5, the latest version of Apple's web browser, introduces extensions. Safari extensions are small add-ons that you can use to expand Safari's...

Jon Shamir • 7 Oct 2010
Tools

Quick Introduction: Flash Text Input and Text Area Components

Tutorial • Beginner

In this Quick Tip on Flash Professional CS5 tools we are going to look at the Text Area and and Text Input components.

James Tyner • 6 Oct 2010