Earlier this month, a new specification, Filter Effects 1.0, was released. It presents some exciting new Photoshop-like effects that we can use in the browser. Even better, Webkit has already landed support (in the nightlies)!
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Create a Scalable Widget Using YUI3: Part 2
In part one of this series, we reviewed some of the necessary constructs to use when creating a widget with YUI3. We looked at the static properties we needed to set, the class constructor and namespacing, and briefly looked at the extend() method.
In this part of the tutorial, we’ll review the prototype methods we can override or create in order to make our widget function.
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Dig into Dojo: Dijit
Maybe you saw that tweet: “jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction. In this episode, we’ll take a tour of Dijit, Dojo’s UI library.
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This entry is part 3 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
Create a Scalable Widget Using YUI3: Part 1
In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how easy it is to create scalable, robust and portable widgets using the latest version of the Yahoo User Interface library. YUI3 provides a Widget class for us to extend in order to create widgets in a consistent way that leverage the power of the library.
The widget that we’ll create today is a Twitter search client that will query Twitter’s search API and consume the JSON response in order to display tweets that contain the configured search term. We can also add additional functionality such as allowing the visitor to choose another term and do a new search, and viewing paged results. Join me after the jump!
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Build an Admin Panel with the Fuel PHP Framework
In the first part of this series, we took a look at the basics of the FuelPHP framework. In this second-part, we’ll be stepping it up a gear and move onto some more advanced topics! We’ll be creating an admin panel for our application, cover the common uses of the ORM and use the Authentication package to restrict access.
Join me after the break to get started!
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Quick Tip: Create a Makeshift JavaScript Templating Solution
Sometimes, you don’t require a high-quality templating solution, but still need to keep from mixing lots of nasty HTML into your JavaScript. In these cases, a simple, makeshift templating system can go a long way.
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Create a Sticky Note Effect in 5 Easy Steps with CSS3 and HTML5
Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from through out the history of Nettuts+. This tutorial was first published in August, 2010.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to transform an HTML list into a wall of “sticky notes” that look and work like the following…
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This entry is part 14 of 14 in the HTML5 and You Session
WordPress Plugin Development Essentials: New Premium Course
So you’ve wrapped your mind around the process of creating WordPress themes, and now you want to take things to the next level? In that case, it’s time to begin learning how to create plugins for WordPress. In this Tuts+ Premium course, we start from the absolute basics, and work our way up to more advanced topics and techniques.
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Dig into Dojo: NodeList Modules and Ajax
Maybe you saw that tweet: ”jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript addiction.
In this second episode, we’ll be discussing loading modules and using some of the DOM-enhancing modules.
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This entry is part 2 of 4 in the Dig into Dojo Session
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