Today, I’d like to show you a neat trick. We’ll create a document icon with pure CSS3. Even better, this effect will only require a single HTML element.
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14 Ways you can be Sure you’ve Married a Geek
Everyone knows that when you get married, your life changes. When Jeffrey and I recently tied the knot, we were advised by the older and wiser that the first year of marriage is the hardest. But so far, it has been fantastic. Don’t get me wrong; just because married life is proving to be bliss does not mean there haven’t been any of those aforementioned changes. Recently, I realized that the “married life changes” that I am adjusting to are all coincidentally related to the fact that Jeffrey is a web developer, a.k.a Geek.
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Windows 8 Preview: A Developer Reflects
It’s finally here. In June, we were given a taste of what Microsoft had in store for users and developers in Windows 8. And finally, after three long months, we have the developer release bits in our hands. Being the geek and developer I am, I wanted to get into the new OS, play with it, develop for it, and get a feel for what is to come.
Disclaimer: These are my own opinions of the OS as it is today. Keep in mind the Windows 8 Developer Preview is pre-beta software. It is buggy. It is not feature complete.
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Into the Ring with Knockout.js
In the red corner, weighing in at just 29Kb (uncompressed), is knockout.js; a pure JavaScript library that simplifies the creation of dynamic user interfaces. Knockout is library agnostic, so it can easily be used with any of the most popular JavaScript libraries already available, but it works particularly well with jQuery, and uses jQuery.tmpl as its default templating engine.
The Best Way to Learn Ruby on Rails
I come from a PHP background, but these days, I’m a full-time Rails developer. The difficulty for most people who make the switch lies in the learning curve that’s involved. Once you’ve become proficient in a language or framework, switching to a new one feels like an unnecessary (and time-consuming) challenge.
However, learning Ruby and Rails is actually pretty easy! It’s an incredibly powerful framework, and has a huge community pushing it along. So that begs the question: what’s the best way to learn Rails? Here’s a lesson plan.
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The Essentials of Writing High Quality JavaScript
Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Nettuts+. This tutorial was first published in October, 2010.
The brilliant Stoyan Stefanov, in promotion of his book, “JavaScript Patterns,” was kind enough to contribute an excerpt of the book for our readers, which details the essentials of writing high quality JavaScript, such as avoiding globals, using single var declarations, pre-caching length in loops, following coding conventions, and more.
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Is Conference Pricing Out of Control?
You’ve surely experienced the letdown of registering for a conference, only to find that it costs $1,000 (or more) to attend (not including travel expenses). Isn’t that a bit extreme for two days worth of training? Then again, is that the only way the conference organizers can cover the high cost of planning such an event? Let’s see…
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Create Beautiful Administration Interfaces with Active Admin
Every web developer knows that creating an administration interface for their projects is an incredibly tedious task. Luckily, there are tools that make this task considerably simpler. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Active Admin, a recently launched administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.
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Nettuts+ Builder: Free to Premium Members
As we prepare Version 2 of our Nettuts+ Builder app, I’ve decided to make the initial release available free to all of our loyal Premium members.
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The Top 50 Stock Web Development Items
The Envato marketplaces are on the verge of reaching a massive milestone: a million users. One of the biggest reasons for our success is the steady stream of spectacular files that our talented authors craft.
Today, we’ll review only a handful of the top selling and most popular templates and plugins on sale at CodeCanyon and ThemeForest.
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Getting Good with JavaScript
Learn how to liven up your webpages, from start to finish. Veteran Nettuts+ author Andrew Burgess helps you Get Good with JavaScript.
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