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Rafael Soto

Rafael is a mexican marketer with a very weird hobby: he codes sites. He is a complete geek, he wants to make change in his community and thinks the web is a very good way to make it happen.

30+ Awesome CodeIgniter Tutorials for all Skill Levels

30+ Awesome CodeIgniter Tutorials for all Skill Levels

CodeIgniter is a fantastic framework, which caters to beginners, power users and everyone in between. As the best web development source on the web, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to provide extensive tutorials and screencasts on the subject. Today, we’ll take a look at over 30 of our most awesome CodeIgniter tutorials.

30 Kick-Ass Premium WordPress Plugins and Themes

30 Kick-Ass Premium WordPress Plugins and Themes

The WordPress platform is an integral part of the Envato™ ecosystem. Regardless of whether you need a hand with design or development, the Envato™ marketplaces have you covered! You can purchase premium WordPress plugins and templates to hit the ground running with each new project.

Today, we’ll review only a handful of the newest and most popular templates and plugins on sale at CodeCanyon and ThemeForest.

30+ Water-Inspired Websites: BAD 2010

30+ Water-Inspired Websites: BAD 2010

This year, Nettuts+ is taking part in Blog Action Day to raise awareness about clean water and water conservation. To tie that in with the web development world, we’ve compiled 30+ examples of websites, which make use of a water motif.

Updated: Who Needs University? The Best Nettuts+ Screencast Training Courses

Updated: Who Needs University? The Best Nettuts+ Screencast Training Courses

Education is expensive…very expensive! But, luckily, 95% of the tutorials and courses on Nettuts+ are free! And, should you require more training, a Tuts+ premium subscription is extremely cheap, at only $19 per month. Alternatively, you can purchase a wide selection of screencasts, eBooks, and tutorials on the Tuts+ marketplace. Whether you’re hoping to learn jQuery, WordPress, CSS, Tumblr, ASP.NET, PHP, CodeIgniter, or JavaScript, we’ve got you covered!

40+ Superb CodeCanyon Items you Must Check Out

40+ Superb CodeCanyon Items you Must Check Out

If you’ve been hanging around Nettuts+ for long, you probably know that it’s only one small piece of the huge Envato ecosystem. If you’re interested in becoming a more efficient developer, you’ll want to check out these incredible WordPress, CSS, JavaScript, .NET, and PHP components — all ready to drop into your latest project.

How to Authenticate Users With Twitter OAuth

How to Authenticate Users With Twitter OAuth

Beginning August 16th, Twitter will no longer support the basic authentication protocol for its platform. That means the only way to authenticate users will be through a Twitter application. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Twitter as your one-click authentication system, just as we did with Facebook.

How to Use CakePHP’s Access Control Lists

How to Use CakePHP’s Access Control Lists

If you’re building a CMS, you’ll probably need different user roles—superusers, admins, users—with different permission levels. Too complicated to code? Enter CakePHP’s ACL (Access Control Lists). With the right setup, you’ll be checking user permissions with just one line.

Using Twitter’s @Anywhere Service in 6 Steps

Using Twitter’s @Anywhere Service in 6 Steps

Last week, Twitter released @Anywhere, which, with only a few added lines in your code, can bring all of Twitter’s platform functionalities into your website. @Anywhere can allow for anything, ranging from converting a simple @username into a clickable link, to even creating new tweets directly from your personal site. I’ll show you exactly how to do so in this tutorial!