Use JavaScript, CSS and the Google Maps API to build a custom-themed, real-time Flickr visualisation like NET-A-PORTER LIVE. James Christian and web developer Ben Gannaway reveal the techniques they used

When Toronto agency Jam3 built www.bjork.com, a site that features an interactive real-time rendered 3D model, they decided to create their own engine to ensure it turned out the way they wanted. Here senior developer Mikko Haapoja explains how you can do the same with a little bit of help of JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas

So you've heard about WebGL? It’s become sort of a buzzword in the web development community. Some great 3D demos have been released, some security concerns have been raised, and a heated discussion started. This tutorial by interactive developer Bartek Drozdz takes you right to the heart of WebGL and will help you understand how it works. Prepare your favourite JS editor and buckle your seats!

Client-side JavaScript frameworks are not just for building big fancy applications. Lead software engineer Matt Kelly explains how ZURB used the lightweight JavaScript framework Backbone.js to build FlickrBomb, a tool for loading Flickr photos into placeholder images

Using the open source script PhotoSwipe, you'll learn how to add a gesture-based, fully interactive image gallery into your mobile website that replicates the "native" photo application bundled with iOS devices. Ste Brennan also gives a quick rundown of the events that are made available by mobile browsers

A lot of developers who are new to jQuery get hung up by jQuery selectors. In this tutorial Jay Blanchard, author of the forthcoming book Applied jQuery, covers jQuery's selector syntax, how to optimise jQuery selectors and how to apply more advanced selector combinations to your markup elements

Techlightenment's systems architect Chas Coppard gives us a rundown of the APIs and plug-ins available to connect your site to Facebook

Ste Brennan of Code Computerlove explains how to embed your site within Facebook, from initial set-up to sending invitations and posting to users’ walls

Ryan Florence explains how to create a great-looking slideshow that's easy for the client to update using the incredibly extensible MooTools framework

Tantalise users with a cool rollover effect on links. Mike Byrne of Fudge (madebyfudge.com) explains how to build it

Reducing the size of your JavaScript code with Google Closure Compiler will give your site a huge speed boost, explains Matt Kelly of ZURB

Craig Grannell reveals how to get into iPhone web design, and tweak your existing sites to work on Apple's smartphone in the process

We show you how you can collapse the body area of CSS tables, using a little JavaScript

Speed up your sites with these tips for slashing the time it takes to execute your code, particularly in older browsers, provided by Joe Angus from We Love

CoffeeScript helps generate readable code. Jonathan Barrett, of accounting software provider FreeAgent, walks you through validating an online form to demonstrate how

In this exclusive excerpt of Murach's HTML5 and CSS3, Zak Ruvalcaba and Anne Boehm explain how to use jQuery Mobile to create a mobile web site

Nathan Smith of Projekt202 explains how to use Handlebars.js to build lightweight HTML templates for JSON data

In this exclusive excerpt from his HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook web developer Shi Chuan, co-creator of the HTML5 Boilerplate, explains how to build pages with semantic markup, use dynamic loading, make buttons with instant response and more