Hey guys. As a follow up to HTML5 in Under 5 Minutes, in this week’s screencast I’m going to show you how to create a useful piece of jQuery code for making your own graphical tooltips and the I’m going to show you how to turn it into a fully customizable jQuery plugin. Click on the preview above to go to the dedicated micro-site for this screencast or here to start watching it now. You can also download the sources from that page. I hope it helps!
After a few weeks away in the US, I’m back with a brand new jQuery post – this week taking a look at a new style of navigation menu. jQuery has made it simple for developers to define an idea or wireframe for a component and then implement it reasonably quickly, which has certainly helped it become the most popular JavaScript Framework out there at the moment. I feel like some of the navigation options out there right now don’t provide you with enough information about the sections of a site you can visit, so today we’re going to learn how to create a menu that solves this problem.
Click here to read more »
This week I’m going to show you to make the best use of jQuery’s amazing animation features using just a few lines of code for each our examples. Did you know that you can use jQuery’s animation functions to create your very own progress-bar in less than 3 lines? or that you could use it to make your very own accordian in under 9 lines? Well, today I’m going to go through some examples of how to do these and a whole lot more.
Click here to read more »
Having developed web applications for a few years now, I’m always interested in helping people get their own apps up and running whether it be coders or small businesses. In this article you’ll learn 5 of the most important things to help deliver a successful web application to the market.
The key to success isn’t in having the most expensive website or the best animations in your UI, but in fact understanding your users and what they might want from your service. Once you’ve understood this, developing a great web application is as simple as following these 5 steps.
Click here to read more »
Hi everyone and welcome to part 2 of my "Learn in 10 Minutes" series. Last week I showed you how to learn everything about CSS Sprites and this week I thought we’d take a look at some JavaScript. In this article you’ll learn how to create your very own JavaScript Carousel from scratch in under 10 minutes so without further delay, let’s begin! Click here to read more »
Like me, if you’ve ever wanted to use a Web Service from a site that doesn’t have that many code examples or a solid API, chances are you may have considered using cURL – a great extension to PHP that allows you to authenticate with websites just like a normal user would. The benefits of doing this are that you’re able to gain access to rich data sources like contact lists, email, statuses and a whole lot more. In this post I’m going to provide you with 20 code examples that’ll help you do some pretty cool things using everything from Bit.ly to Las.fm. Sites covered are Yahoo.com, Last.fm, Amazon, WordPress, Facebook, TwitPic, PayPal, Bit.ly, Twitter, GMail, MySpace, is.gd and IMDB.
Click here to read more »
