December signals the start of ‘holiday mode’ for a lot of people, but there are no holidays for TUTS! Throughout the month we released dozens of new tutorials and informative articles. Here is a selection of the best — just in case you were too busy eating Turkey and chocolate!
jQuery for Absolute Beginners: The Complete Series
Jan 6th in Web Roundups by Jeffrey WayHi everyone! Today, I posted the final screencast in my “jQuery for Absolute Beginners” series on the ThemeForest Blog. If you’re unfamiliar - over the course of about a month, I posted fifteen video tutorials that teach you EXACTLY how to use the jQuery library. We start by downloading the library and eventually work our way up to creating an AJAX style-switcher. I’m very proud of this series; possibly more than any other that I’ve done for Envato.
10 Most Bizarre Programming Languages Ever Created
Jan 6th in Articles by Glen StansberryThere is nothing more frustrating for a web developer than spending hours at a time fixing a bug that should just work. Often I’ll get stuck in a programming state that feels like I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing, as if the language I’m using (CSS, PHP, whatever), is actually a foreign language.
If what I’ve described sounds familiar to your, then this article will provide comfort and humor.
Esoteric programming languages don’t really serve any purpose other than providing a bit of fun or proving a proof of concept. But boy, do they provide a chuckle for the rest of us!
The Definitive Guide to Creating a Practical jQuery Plugin
Jan 5th in Javascript & AJAX by Dan WellmanIn this article we’re going to be building our very own jQuery plugin step-by-step from scratch; jQuery makes this task exceptionally easy for us, giving us a simple method of packaging up our scripts and exposing their functionality, and encouraging the use of scalable and reusable object-oriented techniques.
The Best Tutorials and Freebies of 2008
Jan 2nd in Web Roundups by Drew DouglassIt’s hard to believe that 2008 has already come and gone. However, the year was not without some fantastic articles, tutorials, tips, and freebies spread throughout the Internet. Today, we will take some time to reflect on the most outstanding development related articles of 2008. So hurry up and review these before the Langoliers get them!
5 Techniques to Acquaint You With CSS 3
Jan 1st in HTML & CSS by Daan WeijersCSS is a well-known, widely used language to style websites. With version three in the works, many time-saving features will be implemented. Although only the most modern browsers currently support these effects, it’s still fun to see what’s around the corner! In this tutorial I’ll show you five techniques.
The $3000 New Year Competition!
Dec 31st in Competitions by Jeffrey WayIt’s contest time! ThemeForest is starting 2009 with a bang! We have $3,000 cash to give away to ten brilliant designers. The authors of the top ten site template submissions in January will each receive a $300 bonus!
How to Open Zip Files with PHP
Dec 30th in Screencasts by Jeffrey WayThemeForest has a nice feature; It allows the authors to upload zip files containing screenshots of their themes. A script then extracts these files and displays the images accordingly. Though I doubt that the developers used PHP to accomplish this task…that’s what we’re going to use!
The Ultimate Guide to Building a Wordpress Plugin
Dec 29th in Articles by Glen StansberryWhen it comes to adding extra functionality to a Wordpress blog, Wordpress users typically go and search for a plugin that might suit their needs. There are often plugins created for basic extended functionality, but what happens when you can’t find the perfect plugin for your needs? It might be easier to just create the plugin yourself.
Wordpress has an excellent plugin framework that makes extending the core Wordpress functionality quite easy. In fact, making a simple plugin is surprisingly uncomplicated, thanks to the excellent Wordpress documentation and other helpful articles around the web.
If you think you’d like to take the plunge into writing a Wordpress plugin, here are some essential resources and tips to guide you on your way. This will carry you from the earliest stages of plugin creation to promoting your newly-created plugin, and everything in between.
The Golden Ratio in Web Design
Dec 29th in Other by Jarel RemickMath is beautiful. Does that sound a little strange? I sure thought so when I first started designing. Math is so rigid and often times boring, or so I thought. You would be surprised to find out that most aesthetically pleasing designs, works of art, objects and even people have math in common. Specifically the Golden Ratio, also known as the divine proportion, which is designated by the Greek letter Φ (phi). This tutorial will cover the anatomy and layout of a website and how the Golden Ratio relates.
