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  • Build a login form for your mobile app with DHTMLX Touch

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    Build a login form for your mobile app with DHTMLX Touch

    Alexandra Klenova on creating a login form for a mobile app

    6 Dec 2011

    By Alexandra Klenova on | 7 comments
    In this introduction to open source JavaScript framework DHTMLX Touch web developer Alexandra Klenova explains how you can implement a login form for a mobile web app and send form values to the server with Ajax
  • Share your open source project via GitHub

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    Share your open source project via GitHub

    Scott Chacon explains how to successfully interact with GitHub

    1 Dec 2011

    By Scott Chacon on | 1 comment
    As GitHub brings the power of social networks to the open source coding community, Scott Chacon explains how to successfully interact with it
  • User interface design for Android apps

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    User interface design for Android apps

    Use XML and image files to add a fresh look and feel to your app

    29 Nov 2011

    By Richard Leggett on | 1 comment
    Android apps can be just as beautiful as their iOS counterparts. Richard Leggett, co-director of Bitmode Ltd, digs deep into the styling and theming and explains how to use just XML and image files to add a fresh look and feel to your app
  • Master version control with Git

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    Master version control with Git

    Now’s the time to get to grips with Git. Scott Chacon explains

    25 Nov 2011

    By Scott Chacon on | 1 comment
    With Git creeping ahead as the version control software of choice, now’s the time to get to grips with it. Github’s Scott Chacon explains how
  • Getting started with PhoneGap

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    Getting started with PhoneGap

    Nitobi's Andrew Lunny explains how to install PhoneGap and build apps

    24 Nov 2011

    By Andrew Lunny on | 4 comments
    In this excerpt from the PhoneGap Beginner's Guide, Nitobi/Adobe's Andrew Lunny goes over the biggest roadblock developers find with the mobile development framework: getting started and building simple apps for iOS, Android and BlackBerry
  • Get to grips with CSS3 multiple background images

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    Get to grips with CSS3 multiple background images

    Prisca Schmarsow explains how to add a number of separate images

    22 Nov 2011

    By Prisca Schmarsow on | 17 comments
    What if you could keep your HTML clean and still add a number of separate images to your design? Freelance front-end designer Prisca Schmarsow shows you how you can do this with CSS3 multiple background images
  • How to make a super simple animated background

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    How to make a super simple animated background

    Mike Kus explains how he created the animated GIF for our 404 page

    17 Nov 2011

    Designer, illustrator and .net Awards nominee Mike Kus explains how he built our latest 404 page and how you too can make a very simple background with an animated GIF using Photoshop and a sprinkle of CSS
  • Create amazing WebGL effects with shaders

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    Create amazing WebGL effects with shaders

    Bartek Drodz explains how to create WebGL effects with shaders and J3D

    15 Nov 2011

    By Bartek Drozdz on
    Bartek Drozdz explains how to create stunning WebGL effects with shaders and his open source WebGL engine, J3D. You will build a lit, textured monkey head and the light should change its position as you move the mouse
  • Create a mobile version of Snake using HTML5 canvas and JavaScript

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    Create a mobile version of Snake with HTML5 canvas and JavaScript

    Eoin McGrath brings the classic Snake game to smartphones

    10 Nov 2011

    By Eoin McGrath on | 6 comments
    Eoin McGrath, co-founder and lead developer at boutique web studio Starfish, explains how to bring mobile game classic Snake into the brave new world of smartphones using HTML5 canvas and JavaScript
  • Create a set of beautiful social media buttons

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    Create a set of beautiful social media buttons

    Rob Hampson explains how to create a set of social media buttons

    8 Nov 2011

    By Rob Hampson on | 7 comments
    With huge attention to the subtle details, Rob Hampson (lead designer at Slipstream) takes you through the stages of using Photoshop to create a set of beautiful social media buttons and their fellow rollovers, with plenty of tips along the way
  • Switching from Google Translate to Microsoft Translator

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    Switching from Google Translate to Microsoft Translator

    Paul Tero on how to migrate from Google's Translate API to Microsoft's

    4 Nov 2011

    Google is shutting down its free Translation API on 1 December, while Microsoft's remains free. Here Paul Tero explains how to implement both solutions and migrate from Google to Microsoft
  • Build an ecommerce store with LemonStand (part 2)

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    Build an ecommerce store with LemonStand (part 2)

    Phil Schalm explains how to set up the content sections of your store

    3 Nov 2011

    By Phil Schalm on | 1 comment
    In the concluding part of this tutorial, Phil Schalm explains how to set up the content sections of your LemonStand ecommerce store, including the product page, shopping cart and checkout
  • Quickly build a prototype to test on any device

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    Quickly build a prototype to test on any device

    Jonathan Smiley shows us how to use the Foundation framework

    1 Nov 2011

    By Jonathan Smiley on | 2 comments
    ZURB design lead Jonathan Smiley shows you how to use Foundation, a new, responsive open source framework, to quickly build a prototype you can test and build onto for any device
  • Build an ecommerce store with LemonStand (part 1)

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    Build an ecommerce store with LemonStand (part 1)

    Phil Schalm on the installation, setup and basic theming of LemonStand

    27 Oct 2011

    Freelance developer Phil Schalm talks us through the installation and setup of new PHP ecommerce platform LemonStand and explains the basics of building a theme
  • Improve your responsive design workflow with Sass

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    Improve your responsive design workflow with Sass

    Ryan Taylor on how to use Sass in your responsive layouts workflow

    25 Oct 2011

    Sass does not just help you maintain your style sheets. It can actually improve your responsive layout workflow and you don't even have to worry about the maths! Here Ryan Taylor explains how to build a reusable framework
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