Which Metric Should You Use to Measure Customer Satisfaction?

The “Net Promoter Score” and the “Customer Effort Score” are two ways of measuring customer satisfaction. Let’s look at the similarities and differences. In UX design, metrics are used to measure how something is performing, and the “Net Promoter Score” (NPS)  is recognised as being the gold standard of measuring satisfaction. Satisfaction may be a fairly… Continue reading Which Metric Should You Use to Measure Customer Satisfaction?

Kotlin From Scratch: Packages and Basic Functions

Kotlin is a modern programming language that compiles to Java bytecode. It is free and open source, and promises to make coding for Android even more fun.  In the previous article, you learned about ranges and collections in Kotlin. In this tutorial, we’ll continue to learn the language by looking at how to organize code using… Continue reading Kotlin From Scratch: Packages and Basic Functions

TypeScript for Beginners, Part 2: Basic Data Types

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} After reading the introductory TypeScript tutorial, you should now be able to write your own TypeScript code in an IDE that supports it and then compile it to JavaScript. In this tutorial, you will learn about different kinds of data types available in TypeScript. JavaScript has seven… Continue reading TypeScript for Beginners, Part 2: Basic Data Types

How to make a Hitchcock’s Vertigo poster tribute in Adobe InDesign

The Vertigo movie poster by Saul Bass used spiral graphics, a two-tone color palette and jaunty, unnerving text to create a feeling of unsettling instability for the viewer. Technically, vertigo is a symptom of acrophobia, which is an extreme fear of heights, so we’ve cheekily corrected Hitchcock’s original movie title!  Today we’ll be creating a Vertigo-inspired… Continue reading How to make a Hitchcock’s Vertigo poster tribute in Adobe InDesign

Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 1, The Basics

Installation and Setup First, we will set up our development environment so that we can run our code on our own computer. Alternatively, you can test code examples in an online editor like OneCompiler. The easiest way to do so would be to use your web browser. This is especially true if you have no… Continue reading Learn to Code With JavaScript: Part 1, The Basics

13 Best HTML5 Game Templates of 2023 With Source Code

HTML5 game templates come with ready-to-use designs and functionality. All the time-consuming programming has already been done for you, so you can focus on designing games that are fun to play.  Top-Selling HTML5 Game Templates for 2023 on CodeCanyon Grab one of these HTML5 game templates or engines. Whether you already have a game concept… Continue reading 13 Best HTML5 Game Templates of 2023 With Source Code

How to Create a Split-Screen Slider With JavaScript

In today’s video tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a “split-screen” slider element (or UI, whatever you prefer to call it) using JavaScript. Inspiration for this came from a page on the Corsair website; let’s see how we can build one for our own projects. What We’re Going to Build Let’s first… Continue reading How to Create a Split-Screen Slider With JavaScript

The 5 Best IDEs for WordPress Development (And Why)

I’ve been developing with WordPress for around ten years now and, during that time, have used my fair share of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). There’s certainly no shortage of choice these days, with literally dozens of different editors/IDEs available. (We’ll come to the distinction between an IDE and an editor shortly.) Some IDEs are free,… Continue reading The 5 Best IDEs for WordPress Development (And Why)

Extending HTML by Creating Custom Tags

In this tutorial I will show you how easy it is to extend the HTML language with custom tags. The custom tags can be used to implement various behaviors, so they are a very convenient way to write less code and keep your HTML documents simpler. What Is a Custom HTML Tag? With HTML you… Continue reading Extending HTML by Creating Custom Tags

How to Draw Bar Charts Using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas

In an earlier tutorial we covered how to draw a pie chart or doughnut chart using HTML5 canvas. In this tutorial I will show you how to use JavaScript and the HTML5 canvas as a means to graphically display data by using bar charts. There are easier ways to create charts than coding one from… Continue reading How to Draw Bar Charts Using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas

20 Professional (HTML + PSD) Email Signature Templates

How does your email signature look right now? Is it basic—or is it beautiful? Try using PSD and HTML email signature templates for a more eye-catching signature. Professional Email Signature Templates: one of the best email signatures that are trending in 2024. Your email signature is part of your personal business branding, so it needs… Continue reading 20 Professional (HTML + PSD) Email Signature Templates

Get Started With Firebase for Android

Mobile applications need a back-end server in order to perform tasks such as authenticating users and synchronizing user data across multiple devices. Creating such a server, however, requires a skill set that most independent app developers lack. Fortunately, there are several back-end as a service platforms, often called BaaS, you can use today. Google’s Firebase… Continue reading Get Started With Firebase for Android

Rapid, Interactive Prototyping With Xcode Playgrounds

What You’ll Be Creating Introduction Since their introduction in Xcode 6 alongside Swift, to their current iteration in Xcode 7.3.1, playgrounds have come a long way. With new features and better stability, they are evolving into a viable tool for rapid prototyping or quickly hacking together a proof of concept. As a developer, sometimes you have… Continue reading Rapid, Interactive Prototyping With Xcode Playgrounds

WWDC 2016 Aftermath

Earlier this week, Apple officially kicked off their annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) event in San Francisco. As always, the event began with a keynote during which Apple announced updates for their iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms. In this article, I’ll tell you everything you need to remember from the keynote. 1. iOS 10 This… Continue reading WWDC 2016 Aftermath

New Coffee Break Course on CSS Keyframe Animations

CSS keyframe animations offer designers a powerful way to create animations in the browser without having to rely on external plugins or extensive programming.  If you’re not sure how to use them, our new Coffee Break Course, Up and Running With CSS Keyframe Animations, is the place to start. In just ten minutes, Envato Tuts+ instructor… Continue reading New Coffee Break Course on CSS Keyframe Animations

A Comprehensive Guide to Typography Basics

If you’re learning web design from zero and want to significantly improve your typography chops, then this article is written for you. We will cover typefaces, fonts, typographic anatomy, hierarchy and how to choose typefaces. You will learn enough to become dangerous in no time. Topics As is usual for these comprehensive guides, we’ll be… Continue reading A Comprehensive Guide to Typography Basics

How to Create a Realistic Creased Text Effect Using the Displace Filter

What You’ll Be Creating Adding text to a dynamic background can be a bit tricky, as it usually ends up looking flat and fake. This tutorial will show you how to use the Displace filter to apply the text to a dynamic surface correctly, and make it conform to that surface to get a more… Continue reading How to Create a Realistic Creased Text Effect Using the Displace Filter

What's New in Android Studio 2.2?

The last few months have been an exciting time for Android Studio. First came version 2.1 with support for Android N. Then Google I/O brought us a preview of the next major release in the form of Android Studio 2.2 Preview 1, only for this to be rapidly replaced by Preview 2, which contained some important bug… Continue reading What's New in Android Studio 2.2?

Creative Examples of Geometric Web Design Styles

Something making its presence known on the web these days is the use of common geometric patterns which we all learned in grade school. Polygons, diamonds, rectangles, triangles, and the occasional rhombus are all an integral part of modern web design. So how does this 10th grade math subject end up affecting the way website… Continue reading Creative Examples of Geometric Web Design Styles

Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn

What You’ll Be Creating Today we are going to learn how to animate a character turning his head. You’ll find that you will be animating head turns a lot when you do character animation. A head turn is challenging to animate because the mass and shape need to be consistent, as do the elements of… Continue reading Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn

Taking Control of the tvOS Focus Engine

Introduction On iOS, users normally interact with your apps via the device’s touch screen. On tvOS, however, user interaction is handled by moving the current focus between views on the screen. Luckily, the tvOS implementations of the UIKit APIs handle the changing of focus between views automatically. While this built-in system works very well, for specific… Continue reading Taking Control of the tvOS Focus Engine