Learn about Coding Tools

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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Windows Phone 8: Platform Overview

Tutorial • Beginner

Developing mobile applications for Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is a straightforward process with many tools available to developers. In fact, the...

Sani Yusuf • 20 Aug 2014
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Getting Started with Xamarin.Forms: Layout Options

Tutorial • Beginner

It's true that Xamarin.Forms makes creating cross-platform mobile apps much simpler. You now have the ability to not only share the logic of your application...

Derek Jensen • 18 Aug 2014
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Getting Started with Xamarin.Forms: Basics

Tutorial • Beginner

Over the last several years, developers have finally been trained how to handle building cross-platform mobile applications. The basic idea is to break the...

Derek Jensen • 13 Aug 2014
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10 Xcode Plugins for iOS Development

Tutorial • Beginner

A proper plugin architecture can mean all the difference for an integrated development environment. Sublime Text and TextMate are great examples. Did you...

Bart Jacobs • 11 Aug 2014
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Build a Custom Launcher on Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

If you're interested in personalizing your Android phone or tablet, you may already be using a popular launcher like Nova Launcher or GO Launcher. Have you...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 18 Jul 2014
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Google I/O 2014 Aftermath

Tutorial • Beginner

Google I/O is without a doubt one of the highlights of the year, for myself as well as many other developers. The event is always sure to inspire and...

Leif Johnson • 1 Jul 2014
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Taxonomy Archives: List Posts by Post Type

Tutorial • Intermediate

If your theme has taxonomy terms registered to multiple post types, it can be helpful to separate out those post types on the taxonomy archive pages. ...

Rachel McCollin • 23 May 2014
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Gulp as a Development Web Server

Tutorial • Beginner

Learn how to use Gulp.js for running your own local web server, complete with livereload.

Johannes Schickling • 30 Apr 2014
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Code Generation Using T4

Tutorial • Intermediate

Learn the advantages and disadvantages of using code generation via T4 templates.

Mehdi Khalili • 3 Mar 2014
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Check Out Atom, GitHub's New Development Editor

Tutorial • Beginner

It's been awhile since we've seen any updates in the editor space. The last big splash was made by Sublime Text which took the web development community by...

Rey Bango • 27 Feb 2014
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Creating Brackets Extensions

Tutorial • Intermediate

A little while ago I wrote about the recent updates to the Brackets editor. Brackets is an open source project focused on web standards and built with web...

Raymond Camden • 3 Feb 2014
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Working With LESS and the Chrome DevTools

Tutorial • Beginner

This is a complete tutorial to using LESS with Chrome's DevTools. If you've used Sass with Chrome's DevTools, you'll most likely already be familiar with the...

Umar Hansa • 21 Jan 2014