10 Tips for New iPhone WebApp Developers

10 Tips for New iPhone Developers

Jul 1st in Other by Paolo Ranoso
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Making a webapp for the iPhone is a lot like making a normal web site, but with a few quirks to abide by. In this article, I’ll give you a wide variety of tips, covering things such as: “must-haves”, usability guidelines, testing/debugging, pitfalls, and performance issues. I hope you enjoy it!

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Getting the most out of Firebug

10 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Firebug

Jun 18th in Other by Marius Ghita
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Firebug is one of the most popular tools used by web developers. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at ten of its most attractive features.

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Building a Forum with Ruby on Rails

Building a Forum From Scratch with Ruby on Rails

Jun 8th in Other by Alex Coomans
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Today, we will be building a simple forum using Ruby on Rails, and we will be working up from the basics covering things like authentication and more advanced database techniques.

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10 Essential SQL Tips for Developers

10 Essential SQL Tips for Developers

Jun 4th in Other by Eric Shafer
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SQL is yet another essential language for developers wishing to create data-driven websites. However, many developers are unfamiliar with various aspects of SQL; so in this article, we’ll analyze ten essential tips.

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How to Create a Bubble Chart in Flex

How to Create a Bubble Chart in Flex

May 26th in Other by Pallav Nadhani
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Flash components have always been the most visually gratifying components on the web. With Flex, Flash has reached a whole new level of interface design, and have made it considerably easier. However, Flex lacks the array of customization options, styles, and animations that are provided by several 3rd party components. Notable among them is FusionCharts, who provide a module just for Flex. For this example, we will use this suite to create a bubble chart in Flex.

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Creating a Google Map with ExpressionEngine

May 13th in Other by Trevor Davis
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As Richard Tape has begun to show in his part 1 and part 2 articles on Becoming an ExpressionEngine Superstar, EE is a flexible and easy to customize CMS. Now that everyone has some understanding of how EE works, I thought I would take this opportunity to show a relatively real world example of creating a dynamic Google Map powered by EE.

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The Ultimate Guide to Learning About .htaccess Files

The Ultimate Guide to .htaccess Files

May 11th in Other by Joseph Pecoraro
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Apache’s .htaccess configuration files have baffled countless developers. This tutorial aims to break through this confusion by focusing on examples and thorough descriptions. Among the benefits of learning .htaccess configuration is automatic gzipping of your content, providing friendlier URLs, preventing hotlinking, improving caching, and more. First, the basics.

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Rapid Development with ColdFusion and CFML

Rapid Development with ColdFusion and CFML

May 6th in Other by Matt Gifford
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Experience the speed, versatility and sheer joy of developing your web applications in ColdFusion 8. All you need is some space on your PC, and 45 minutes. Continue Reading

How to Play Video Online Using an Open Source Player

How to Play Video Using an Open Source Player

Apr 27th in Other by Michael Garcia
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Today, I will teach you how to display video on the web using an open source flash player. We will cover all steps, including converting a video into the flv file format, and embedding a customized player using SWFObject. The best part is that the retail Adobe Flash is not required.

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Become an ExpressionEngine Superstar in 5 days

Become an ExpressionEngine Superstar in 5 Days: Part 2

Apr 21st in Other by Richard Tape
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Continuing on from part 1 in this series — where we briefly looked at why we would consider paying for a CMS, then went on to install EE and have a look around — we will now delve much deeper into what makes ExpressionEngine such a powerful CMS. Many people are put off by its steeper learning curve; today’s tutorial will try and alleviate some of those worries.

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