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Do You Exclusively Use <code>webkit</code> Prefixes?

Do You Exclusively Use webkit Prefixes?

Jeffrey Way on Feb 10th 2012 with 50 comments

You’ve undoubtedly read about the vendor prefix web development drama of the week. If not, the W3C mailing lists have been on fire ever since it was discussed (and essentially announced) that Microsoft, Opera, and Firefox will begin to adopt and style webkit-prefixed properties. One of the reasons behind this decision is that we developers aren’t being responsible when coding our stylesheets; we’re applying too many webkit-specific properties, without considering other browsers.

Upon hearing this, I was left thinking to myself: is this really true?

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Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

David Appleyard on Feb 2nd 2012 with 3 comments

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

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Learn jQuery in 30 Days

Learn jQuery in 30 Days

Jeffrey Way on Jan 31st 2012 with 115 comments

Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course: “Learn jQuery in 30 Days”. If you’ll give me fifteen minutes a day for the next month, I’ll help you become a jQuery pro – and it’s free!

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Recently in Web Development (January ’12 Edition)

Recently in Web Development (January ’12 Edition)

Siddharth on Jan 30th 2012 with 20 comments

Web development is an industry that’s in a state of constant flux with technologies and jargon changing and mutating in an endless cycle. Not to mention the sheer deluge of information one has to process everyday.

In this series, published monthly, we’ll seek to rectify this by bringing you all the important news, announcements, releases and interesting discussions within the web development industry in a concise package. Join me after the jump for an extra dose of community content this month!

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24 Extremely Useful Ruby Gems for Web Development

24 Extremely Useful Ruby Gems for Web Development

Siddharth on Jan 26th 2012 with 17 comments

One of the nicer things about developing on the Ruby platform is the sheer amount of meticulously categorized, highly reusable code wrapped up in the form of aptly named ‘gems’.

I’m sure you’ve heard of popular frameworks like Sinatra or the super popular Rails that ship as gems but you’re missing an entire spectrum of others that handle issues at a much lower level. Start using these and watch your productivity shoot through the roof!

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.htaccess Files for the Rest of Us

.htaccess Files for the Rest of Us

Dan Wellman on Jan 23rd 2012 with 62 comments

.htaccess files are used to configure Apache, as well a range of other web servers. Despite the .htaccess file type extension, they are simply text files that can be edited using any text-editor. In this article, we’ll review what they are, and how you can use them in your projects.

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New Course: Introduction to Web Typography

New Course: Introduction to Web Typography

Ian Yates on Jan 19th 2012 with 2 comments

Web typography is accessible to everyone. If you’ve ever built or designed a web page, you’ve almost definitely turned your hand to web typography of some sort. As a discipline, typography has been practiced for hundreds of years, and as a result there are many lessons and conventions we can learn from.

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The Principles of Web API Usage

The Principles of Web API Usage

Janet Wagner on Jan 17th 2012 with 11 comments

Not too long ago, I wrote an article about “The Increasing Importance of APIs in Web Development.” As a follow-up, today, I’ll cover the basics of using Web APIs.

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Nettuts+ Quiz #9: The Absolute Basics of PHP

Nettuts+ Quiz #9: The Absolute Basics of PHP

Siddharth on Jan 16th 2012 with 110 comments

In 2012, we plan to take our quizzes to a whole new level with ones aimed at all languages and catering to all competencies and tastes. But what better language to start off the new year than PHP, the darling of the masses?

In this test, aimed at beginners, your knowledge of the absolute basics of PHP will be tested. Yes, we know PHP is a bit old school but it still powers a massive portion of the web and is a force to be reckoned with. And don’t get complacent with the difficulty level of this test either! More difficult ones are on the way — we just like to take it nice and slow. Or maybe we like lulling you into a false sense of security…

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This entry is part 9 of 9 in the The Official Nettuts+ Quizzes Session
Introducing “Regular Expressions: Up and Running”
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Introducing “Regular Expressions: Up and Running”

Jeffrey Way on Jan 9th 2012 with 18 comments

Regular expressions are easily one of the (initially) scariest aspects of programming. Particularly at the beginning, when you haven’t learned a single symbol, a large regular expression chunk can serve to be an incredibly intimidating force.

However, once you dig in and learn a handful of the symbols and sequences, you’ll quickly find that it’s not so bad. Truly learning regular expressions was one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made in my development career. I’d like to pass this learning on to you in my brand new Tuts+ Premium course, Regular Expressions: Up and Running.”

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