8 Awesome and Free PHP Books

PHP is one of the most popular scripting language for web development. It has an approachable and easy to learn syntax, works on all operating systems, and can be used for building classic web sites and applications, mobile app backends, REST APIs and more. In this article, we’ve collected some of our favorite free PHP… Continue reading 8 Awesome and Free PHP Books

Learn AngularJS With These 5 Practical Examples

By now you’ve probably heard of AngularJS – the exciting open source framework, developed by Google, that changes the way you think about web apps. There has been much written about it, but I have yet to find something that is written for developers who prefer quick and practical examples. This changes today. Below you will… Continue reading Learn AngularJS With These 5 Practical Examples

Recreate Google Nexus Menu

Recently I stumbled upon Codrops’ tutorial regarding the recreation of Google Nexus navigation menu. That was inspiring and such a creative navigation system from Google. So, I decided to create a jQuery version to challenge to myself. I have been playing with the original Google Nexus Menu for a while. Based on my observation, I summarised its… Continue reading Recreate Google Nexus Menu

Create a slide-out footer with this neat z-index trick

In this short tutorial, we are going to create an interesting slide-out footer with a bit of CSS. Grab the zip from the download button above, open it in your favorite code editor and read on! The Idea The effect we are after, is to give the impression that the page lifts up to reveal… Continue reading Create a slide-out footer with this neat z-index trick

Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

VIEW DEMO DOWNLOAD SOURCE In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create circular navigations using CSS transforms. I’m going to take you through the steps for creating these styles one by one, and explain the math (yikes!) and simple logic behind them so you get a clear understanding of the technique. Like I… Continue reading Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

App Showcase with Grid Overlay

Today we will be creating a little app showcase with a neat effect. The idea is to show a mobile device with a screenshot of an app and when clicking on the device, a grid appears, showing some more screenshots. The effect is very subtle: the device moves back and the grid fades in and… Continue reading App Showcase with Grid Overlay

Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview

If you have searched images on Google recently, you might have noticed the interesting expanding preview for a larger image when you click on a thumbnail. It’s a really nice effect and it is very practical, making a search much easier. Today we want to show you how to create a similar effect on a… Continue reading Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview

Page transitions with CSS3

MARKUP The HTML will contain five main divisions: a header and the four content sections. Each of the content sections is going to have an ID and the class panel. Moreover, we will add another division inside which will have the classcontent. The first content section which is #home will only have the content class and will not… Continue reading Page transitions with CSS3