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HTML/CSS

Sencha Touch: The HTML5 Mobile App Framework

Tutorial • Beginner

Developing a mobile application requires many decisions to be made before the first line of code is even written. For instance, should you go with a web app...

Connor Zwick • 8 Jul 2010
Security

20 Steps to a Flexible and Secure WordPress Installation

Tutorial • Beginner

A comprehensive WordPress installation, albeit simple to produce, often requires multiple steps -- many of which can easily be omitted accidentally. How many...

Karthik Viswanathan • 26 Jul 2010
JavaScript

Simulate Projectile Motion with ActionScript 3.0

Tutorial • Intermediate

sup {font-size:xx-small; vertical-align:top;} In this tutorial I’m going to take you through the process of simulating basic projectile motion using...

Scott Langendyk • 24 May 2010
JavaScript

AS3 101: XML – Basix

Tutorial • Beginner

Well, hey there, hearty ActionScript Journeyman! You've traversed many a strange landscape so far over the last 6 months, but if all went according to plan,...

Dru Kepple • 6 Jan 2010
JavaScript

AS3 101: Loops - Basix

Tutorial • Beginner

Welcome back to AS3 101, the fifth edition! At this point, you should be comfortable with the concepts of variables, functions, conditionals (branching),...

Dru Kepple • 23 Sep 2009
JavaScript

AS3 101: Arrays - Basix

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this installment of AS3 101, we'll spend the entire tutorial exploring a single type of data available to most programming languages: the Array. ...

Dru Kepple • 28 Aug 2009
JavaScript

AS3 101: The Display List – Basix

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this sixth installment of AS3 101, we'll be studying topics related to the "Display List", Flash's rendering system. With a solid understanding of how...

Dru Kepple • 28 Oct 2009
Coding Fundamentals

30 More Helpful Video Tutorials For Web Developers

Tutorial • Beginner

You can find a good tutorial on just about any subject of web development, but great video tutorials are much less common. Here are a few great tutorials...

Glen Stansberry • 6 Aug 2009
PHP

Dynamic Sprite Framework with PHP

Tutorial • Advanced

In this Nettuts+ PLUS tutorial, you will learn how to create a dynamic "Image Sprite Framework" from an icon set of your choosing. The framework will consist...

Nikola Malich • 9 Sep 2009
JavaScript

AS3 101: Branching - Basix

Tutorial • Beginner

In our third installment of AS3 101, we meet the brains of the operation. All applications need to have at least a little logic built in, so that is what...

Dru Kepple • 15 Jul 2009
JavaScript

AS3 101: Functions – Basix

Tutorial • Intermediate

This is part 2 of the introduction to ActionScript 3.0 series. We'll be talking about functions. Just like last time, when we focused on variables,...

Dru Kepple • 17 Jun 2009
Tools

18 Wonderful IDEs for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Tutorial • Beginner

Last week we looked at 22 Neat Editors for Windows. But sometimes, a code editor simply isn't enough, especially when you're working with things like...

Andrew Burgess • 3 Jun 2009