'starter' tutorials

All 'starter' tutorials:

  1. Getting Started with Intel XDK

    Getting Started with Intel XDK

    Tutorial Beginner

    Mobile development with web technologies is nothing new. Thanks to tools like PhoneGap and Appcelerator Titanium, web developers can create hybrid apps that...

  2. IRC is Back: Here's Your Starter Guide

    IRC is Back: Here's Your Starter Guide

    Tutorial Beginner

    How of many of you remember Compuserve? What about Prodigy? I'm asking because, back in the good 'ole days, they were popular services that allowed you to...

  3. An Introduction to Xamarin: Part 1

    An Introduction to Xamarin: Part 1

    Tutorial Beginner

    Just a few short years ago, we as C# developers had very limited options when it came to creating mobile applications. We could take the path of least...

  4. Full Text Search in Rails

    Full Text Search in Rails

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Using simple SQL queries to retrieve data is, at times, not the most efficient and scalable way of performing search operations in an application. Using a...

  5. Exploring the Multipeer Connectivity framework: Game Logic

    Exploring the Multipeer Connectivity framework: Game Logic

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a simple, multi-player game using the Multipeer Connectivity framework that was introduced in iOS 7. In the...

  6. Surviving GDC: Tips for Game Conference Success

    Surviving GDC: Tips for Game Conference Success

    Tutorial Beginner

    My first GDC was a terrifying mess. Four years later, I've learned a few things about attending game conferences, and hopefully the following tips will help...

  7. Getting Started with Lua and the Corona SDK

    Getting Started with Lua and the Corona SDK

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of the Lua programming language and I will help you getting started with writing applications for iOS and...

  8. Ember Components: A Deep Dive

    Ember Components: A Deep Dive

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Ember.js is a JavaScript MVC framework that allows developers to create ambitious web applications. Although pure MVC allows a developer to separate...

  9. The WordPress Theme Frameworks Starter Guide

    The WordPress Theme Frameworks Starter Guide

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article, I will go through the best known WordPress frameworks, analyzing them from a handful of benchmarks. The idea here is to help you sort out...

  10. Statamic 101

    Statamic 101

    Tutorial Beginner

    Statamic is a modern PHP CMS which really makes an effort to be easy and intuitive to use. From its flat-file design to its use of technologies like Markdown...

  11. Make a Megaman-Inspired Game in Construct 2

    Make a Megaman-Inspired Game in Construct 2

    Tutorial Intermediate

    I am going to walk you through the creation of a Megaman-inspired shooter/platformer game. We will be more focused on the shooting aspects of the gameplay...