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  • iPhone web design: a guide

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

  • CSS3 vs JavaScript

    Both are popular with developers, but which one is best? Sean Gaffney investigates the areas where the two overlap and which comes out on top
    By Sean Gaffney on | 2 comments

  • Create an image slideshow with MooTools

    Ryan Florence explains how to create a great-looking slideshow that's easy for the client to update using the incredibly extensible MooTools framework
    By Ryan Florence on | 1 comment

  • Embed your site on 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
    By Ste Brennan on | 9 comments

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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
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