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  • Use Paper.js to create HTML5 interactive vector animations

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    Use Paper.js to create HTML5 interactive vector animations

    Create an example that explores open source JS framework Paper.js

    4 Aug 2011

    By Dr Woohoo on | 1 comment
    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
  • Create an interactive bubble chart with HTML5 canvas

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    Create an interactive bubble chart with HTML5 canvas

    Josh Marinacci on how to build an interactive chart with HTML5 canvas

    27 Mar 2012

    By Josh Marinacci on | 2 comments
    Josh Marinacci, software engineer, researcher, part-time designer, and general miscreant, explains how to use HTML5 canvas to build an interactive chart that works on desktop mobile and then populate it with real data
  • Animated CSS effects with fallbacks

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    Animated CSS effects with fallbacks

    Chris Mills demonstrates some CSS3 effects that work on older browsers

    12 Feb 2013

    By Chris Mills on | 1 comment
    New CSS3 modules enable cool effects, but what about browsers that don’t support them? Opera’s Chris Mills demonstrates a few examples – and styling alternatives via Modernizr
  • Craft cleaner, more concise HTML with Haml

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    Craft cleaner, more concise HTML with Haml

    Nick Walsh shows you how to get started, with or without Ruby

    6 Mar 2012

    Parallel to the ideas behind Sass and CoffeeScript, Haml turns your markup into veritable haiku. Nick Walsh of Envy Labs shows you how to get started, with or without Ruby
  • Build a notched tab system with jQuery

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    Create a jQuery tab system

    Build a simple, semantically clean and extensible jQuery tab system

    9 Mar 2011

    Ben Bodien and Marc Roberts, co-founders of Neutron Creations, explain how to build a simple, semantically clean and extensible jQuery tab system
  • 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
  • Getting WordPress to play nice with responsive images

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    Getting WordPress to play nice with responsive images

    David Smith finds an alternative way to deal with images in WordPress

    13 Apr 2012

    Frontend designer David Smith responds to Jesse Friedman's article on responsive design with WordPress and presents an alternative way to deal with images
  • Get more out of your CSS transitions with jQuery

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    Get more out of your CSS transitions with jQuery

    Get better control over your CSS transitions with the help of jQuery

    20 Mar 2012

    CSS3 transitions alone don’t always quite cut it. We can use a little help from jQuery to get better control over them and push them just a bit further. Val Head shows us how
  • Create an address book with PHP

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    Create an address book with PHP

    Use PHP and MongoDB to build a flexible address book

    26 Dec 2012

    By Lorna Jane Mitchell and Steve Francia on
    Lorna Jane Mitchell and Steve Francia explain how to use PHP and MongoDB to make an address book that’s flexible enough to keep different kinds of contacts in order
  • Create progressively enhanced 3D CSS rollovers

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    Create progressively enhanced 3D CSS rollovers

    Christian Heilmann on progressively enhancing CSS rollovers

    15 Dec 2011

    By Christian Heilmann on | 4 comments
    Christian Heilmann, principal evangelist for HTML5 and the open web at Mozilla, explains how to progressively enhance CSS rollover effects into the 3D space
  • Get to grips with shortcodes in WordPress

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    Get to grips with shortcodes in WordPress

    Paul Maloney shows us how shortcodes work and offers a few examples

    26 Jun 2012

    WordPress has a fantastic feature called shortcodes. Paul Maloney shows you how they work and offers up a few examples of shortcodes you can use in your WordPress install
  • Add a gesture-based image gallery to a mobile website

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    Add a gesture-based image gallery to a mobile website

    Learn how to add an iOS-style image gallery into your mobile site

    13 Jul 2011

    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
  • 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
  • Faster button styling with Sass

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    Faster button styling with Sass

    Ryan Taylor on how to implement different buttons with Sass

    10 Jan 2012

    Everybody loves a nicely styled CSS button but Ryan Taylor explains how he used Sass and Compass to create a mixin to implement a variety of buttons in no time and also covers browser support fallbacks
  • Optimise your ExpressionEngine site

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    Optimise your ExpressionEngine site

    Christopher Imrie on how to streamline your ExpressionEngine sites

    18 Aug 2011

    By Christopher Imrie on | 15 comments
    Moresoda's lead developer Christopher Imrie explains how to streamline your ExpressionEngine sites and shares some practical tips to help you get every drop of performance out of EE
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