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  • Create a zoomable user interface

    David DeSandro reveals how to use CSS transforms to create a zoomable user interface similar to that of 2011.beercamp.com. In this tutorial, you’ll also learn how to use JavaScript to hijack scrolling to manipulate the zoom
    By David Desandro on | 2 comments

  • Building an immersive environment with CSS and JavaScript

    Technologist Benjamin Bojko and art director Dan Mall, on behalf of digital agency Big Spaceship, give us an exclusive look behind the creation of Activatedrinks.com and explain how they pulled off the loading process and added depth and fluid parallax motion to the particles effect on the site
    By Benjamin Bojko on | 1 comment

  • Building a parallax scrolling storytelling framework

    Stevan Živadinović, the brains behind multi-plane side-scroller web comic Hobo Lobo of Hamelin, walks us through the development of the Parallaxer platform and gives a crash course on turning pencil drawings into transparent-background assets
    By Stevan živadinović on | 3 comments

  • .net Awards 2011: top 10 online games

    This new category in the .net Awards recognises the year's best online games, where timewasting is positively encouraged. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Let the game play begin!
    By Oliver Lindberg on

  • Create fluid width videos

    CSS-Tricks' Chris Coyier talks us through different CSS and jQuery solutions to create responsive and fluid width videos that maintain aspect ratio and work with all major video hosts, including YouTube and Vimeo

  • Create a page flip effect with HTML5 canvas

    Web developer and creative programmer Hakim El Hattab shows us a new take on the ‘Flash page flip’ we all love to hate, using HTML5’s canvas and JavaScript. He explains how Fi built 20thingsilearned.com
    By Hakim El Hattab on | 7 comments

  • Use Paper.js to create HTML5 interactive vector animations

    Paper.js is an open source vector graphics JavaScript framework built on top of HTML5 canvas and developed by the incredible Jürg Lehni and Jonathan Puckey. Dr Woohoo, Claus Wahlers and Rasmus Blaesbjerg from HAUS create an example that explores Paper.js
    By Dr Woohoo on | 1 comment

  • Build your own HTML5 3D engine

    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
    By Mikko Haapoja on | 1 comment

  • Get started with WebGL: draw a square

    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!

  • Too much JavaScript

    Most design agencies use JavaScript for every project, says Line’s senior developer, Alistair Burns, and a lot of clients are perfectly happy with this. But how many consider users who can’t run it, such as government departments, public sector organisations and people with disabilities?

  • Use Backbone.js to speed up interactions

    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

  • Getting the most out of jQuery selectors

    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

  • Add a gesture-based image gallery to a mobile website

    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

  • Discover the F12 developer tools in IE9

    Katrien De Graeve, developer evangelist for Microsoft, explains how the F12 developer tools in Internet Explorer 9 make it a lot easier to hack your way through website issues
    By Katrien De Graeve on | 4 comments

  • 15 surefire ways to speed up your site

    Sam Quayle considers new developments, tools and, most importantly, the techniques you can use to improve page loading times and grasp your users’s diminishing attention

  • Five killer ways to use overlays

    Used incorrectly, overlays can be disruptive and act as barriers, but use them well and they can boost focus and minimise server calls. Matthew Smith explains
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