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The Largest jQuery Class in the World
Posted on 20. Feb, 2012 by Jeffrey Way.
A couple weeks ago, Tuts+ Premium launched a free new real-time course, called “30 Days to Learn jQuery.” After signing up, each member receives an email, linking to a new video lesson for an entire month.
I’m pleased to announce that…
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Do You Exclusively Use webkit Prefixes?
Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by Jeffrey Way.
You’ve undoubtedly read about the vendor prefix web development drama of the week. If not, the W3C mailing lists have been on fire ever since it was discussed (and essentially announced) that Microsoft, Opera, and Firefox will begin to adopt and …
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WordPress Plugin Development Essentials: New Premium Course
Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
So you’ve wrapped your mind around the process of creating WordPress themes, and now you want to take things to the next level? In that case, it’s time to begin learning how to create plugins for WordPress. In this Tuts+ Premium course, we start fr…
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Are jQuery Users Fools?
Posted on 27. Nov, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
We should get this out into the open. There seems to be a commonly held belief that jQuery users are ignorant, and, more often than not, designers. Where did this come from, and is it true?
Roots
The JavaScript community wasn’t nearly as vibra…
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Quick Tip: How to Keep the Count with CSS
Posted on 02. Nov, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
Did you know that, with CSS, you can create a counter? This can be especially useful for instances where the count is purely needed for presentational purposes. I’ll show you how to use counter-increment in this useful quick tip.
Screencas…
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The Magic of WordPress Custom Post Types: New on Premium
Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
In this in depth Premium video tutorial, I’ll teach you how to use custom post types, taxonomies, and meta boxes to extend your WordPress application into CMS-like territory.
Become a Premium member to read this tutorial/screencast, as well as h…
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Do You Suffer From the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
Charles Darwin once noted, “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” We all know the modern man to whom Darwin refers: the unemployed “musician” who must inform all new acquaintences that he is, in fact,…
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Quick Tip – jQuery Newbs: Stop Jumping in the Pool
Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
As editor of Nettuts+, I get to review a lot of code from tutorial submissions. Despite the fact that jQuery has been available for years now, there is still one frequent mistake that I see more than anything else.
Example #1
Consider the following …
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Build Ajax Data Grids with CodeIgniter and jQuery
Posted on 22. Sep, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
In this lesson, we will create a CodeIgniter library that allows us to generate data grids automatically for managing any database table. I’ll explain each step required to create this class; so you’ll likely learn some new OOP techniques/c…
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Cross-Browser CSS in Seconds with Prefixr
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
A couple weeks ago, as I began to manually update update my stylesheet with all of the various browser prefixes for the new CSS3 properties, I thought to myself, “This is such a waste of time. Surely, there’s an easier way.”
Video…
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How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS
Posted on 30. Jun, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
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A few days ago, I received my invite to Google Music. While browsing the app, I noticed a tiny, but neat trick they use to create tabs and diagonal borders with plain-old CSS. I’ll show you how to do the same in your projects today…
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Vim Essential Plugin: Markdown to HTML
Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
We’re cheating a bit in this episode. Rather than installing an actual plugin, we’ll be using a couple tools to allow us to write and convert Markdown to HTML. It’s really a simple process, and can save great deals of time.
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Kick-Ass Sponsors
Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
When planning events and competitions, we have a rule that we don’t allow sponsors who offer services that we personally wouldn’t use. That’s misleading, and can often times do more harm than good. That’s why I’m pleased…
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$41,000 Web Developer Competition
Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
After months of planning, I’m pleased to introduce our $41,000 web developer competition on Nettuts+ and CodeCanyon. Officially launching today, we want you to…build something! Do a kick-ass job, and you’ll win everything from cash,…
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Mastering Sass: Lesson 3
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
In this final lesson in our Sass mini-series, we’re going to review the excellent Compass stylesheet framework, why you should be using it, and how it connects to Sass.
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Vim Essential Plugin: SnipMate
Posted on 25. Mar, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
The SnipMate plugin aims to mimic the popular snippets feature in TextMate, which allows you to type a sequence of characters, and then automatically expand to a full block of code or html by pressing Tab. It’s incredibly helpful.
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Mastering Sass: Lesson 2
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
In lesson one of our quick tip series, we learned how to install Sass, and how to use variables, nesting, and compression in our stylesheets. Today, we’ll review mixins and selector inheritance, which can provide us with a great deal of convenie…
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Vim Essential Plugin: Sparkup
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
The sparkup plugin, inspired by the popular ZenCoding, allows you to rapidly create HTML structures. It’s an essential tool in your Vim handbag!
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Usage
Sparkup is incredibly easy to use. Let’s review a hand…
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Vim Essential Plugin: Surround
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
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 characters and tags with ease!
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Usage
Let’s say you ha…
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New from Rockable Press: Freelance Confidential
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Jeffrey Way.
We’re very proud to announce the release of Freelance Confidential, Rockable Press’s newest book on freelancing. This book aims to provide the hard numbers on the biggest issues of freelancing and advice on how experienced freelancers can …