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  • Automate your Android app testing

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    Automate your Android app testing

    Don’t trust humans to do all of your testing – not even experts

    12 Jan 2012

    By John Senner and Koa Metter and Emory Myers on
    Don’t trust humans to do all of your testing – not even experts. John Senner, Koa Metter and Emory Myers of MokaSocial reveal how to delegate the dirty work
  • Faster button styling with Sass

    Tutorial

    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
  • Going mobile with ExpressionEngine

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    Going mobile with ExpressionEngine

    Garrett Winder on the process of going mobile with ExpressionEngine

    6 Jan 2012

    By Garrett Winder on | 3 comments
    Follow along as Garrett Winder of Erskine Design talks us through the process of going mobile with ExpressionEngine using a dedicated approach
  • Create an awesome cinemagraph in Photoshop

    Tutorial

    Create an awesome cinemagraph in Photoshop

    Heehaw Digital's Robbie Dickson on creating a cinemagraph

    4 Jan 2012

    Robbie Dickson, senior editor at Heehaw Digital, takes you step by step through the process of creating a cinemagraph, the next generation of web based animated photography
  • Code a real-time survey with HTML5 WebSockets

    Tutorial

    Code a real-time survey with HTML5 WebSockets

    Use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application

    29 Dec 2011

    By Phil Leggetter on
    Phil Leggetter explains how to use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application, plus how to layer a user experience on to an app using progressive enhancement
  • Getting started with HTML5 geolocation

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    Getting started with HTML5 geolocation

    How to access the W3C Geolocation API and what to do with this data

    27 Dec 2011

    By Christopher Deutsch and Marc Grabanski on | 5 comments
    In an exclusive excerpt from The HTML5 Cookbook Christopher Deutsch and Marc Grabanski explain how to access the W3C Geolocation API and what you can do with this data using Google Maps and other third-party libraries like SimpleGeo
  • Create progressively enhanced 3D CSS rollovers

    Tutorial

    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
  • How to structure your CSS

    Tutorial

    How to structure your CSS

    Developer Mike Byrne explains how he structures his CSS and why

    8 Dec 2011

    Freelance interface and frontend developer Mike Byrne, also part of the Area 17 technical team, explains how he structures his CSS and why
  • Build a login form for your mobile app with DHTMLX Touch

    Tutorial

    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

    Tutorial

    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

    Tutorial

    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

    Tutorial

    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

    Tutorial

    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

    Tutorial

    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
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