Category: Tutorials

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Why Mouse Users Should Ditch Photoshop and Draw in Illustrator

Creating digitally gives amazing possibilities. You get so many colors, so many materials, every mistake can be fixed easily and it’s all in a friendly, clean environment – you just need to turn off your computer afterwards. All these advantages are the reason why so many artists try their hands at Adobe Photoshop. This software,… Continue reading Why Mouse Users Should Ditch Photoshop and Draw in Illustrator

30 Tutorials for Developing HTML5 Web Browser Games

Modern HTML5 specifications allow for a wide breadth of creativity. Web developers have always been toying around with JavaScript games. But nowadays it is so much easier to jump into the process and create something truly magnificent. This gallery is devoted to 30 tutorials you might use to learn about in-browser game development. These techniques… Continue reading 30 Tutorials for Developing HTML5 Web Browser Games

Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this awesome fiery portrait in Photoshop.This is a beginner-intermediate level tutorial aiming to give some practices on layer blending, selection and coloring techniques in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try! Note: The Photoshop tutorial… Continue reading Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

Android OS is used on a large number of devices with different screen sizes, processing power, memory, sensors, etc. There is also a high possibility that your intended user base will have different versions of Android installed on their devices. This means that you will have to be very careful when developing Android apps and… Continue reading Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

In my previous article, we covered some of HTTP’s basics, such as the URL scheme, status codes and request/response headers. With that as our foundation, we will look at the finer aspects of HTTP, like connection handling, authentication and HTTP caching. These topics are fairly extensive, but we’ll cover the most important bits. HTTP Connections… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Learning the fundamentals of the World Wide Web is crucial, especially if you are planning to build web apps. And, HTTP is at the heart of any web application you could build. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the life of the web. It’s used every time you transfer a document, or make an AJAX request. But HTTP is surprisingly a relative unknown among some web developers. This introduction will demonstrate how the set of design principles, known as REST, underpin HTTP, and allow you to embrace its… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

The Best Way to Learn Python

Wondering how to learn Python on your own? There are plenty of Python tutorials and resources on Envato Tuts+! What Is Python? Python is more popular than ever, and it’s being used everywhere from back-end web servers to front-end game development and everything in between. Python is a true general-purpose language and is quickly becoming… Continue reading The Best Way to Learn Python

How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS

A few days ago, I received my invite to Google Music. While browsing the app, I noticed a tiny, but neat trick they use to create tabs and diagonal borders with plain-old CSS. I’ll show you how to do the same in your projects today! Prefer a Video Tutorial? Step 1: The Markup We begin… Continue reading How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS

25 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments

HTML5 is the thing to talk about these days. Today, we have a collection of ridiculously impressive HTML5 canvas-based experiments that will make you say, “Wow!” Let’s take a peek at some of the latest, cutting-edge examples out there. Warning: The animations in some of these canvas experiments may potentially trigger seizures for people with… Continue reading 25 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments

20+ HTML Forms Best Practices for Beginners

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Working with HTML forms can be somewhat daunting. They not only use some niche HTML elements, but also blur the line between static content and user interaction. Let’s review some things to remember when creating your next form. Good HTML forms require attention on at least four… Continue reading 20+ HTML Forms Best Practices for Beginners

30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} PHP is the most widely used language for server-side programming on the web. Here are 30+ best practices for beginners wanting to gain a firmer grasp of the fundamentals. We have also written posts like these for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. HTML & CSS 30 HTML Best… Continue reading 30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

How to Create a PHP/MySQL Powered Forum From Scratch

In this tutorial, we’re going to build a PHP/MySQL powered forum from scratch. This tutorial is perfect for getting used to basic PHP and database usage. Step 1: Creating Database Tables It’s always a good idea to start by creating a good data model when building an application. Let’s see what we are going to… Continue reading How to Create a PHP/MySQL Powered Forum From Scratch

Top 20 Most Usable Content Management Systems

There are plenty of options when picking a content management system for a development project. Depending on how advanced you need the CMS to be, what language it’s built in, and who is going to be using it, it can be a nightmare trying to find the “perfect” CMS for a project. However, some CMSs… Continue reading Top 20 Most Usable Content Management Systems

What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

In this tutorial, let’s talk about the header.php file, an essential file for any WordPress theme. I’ll show you a  header file example and give tips about what needs to go in it and what doesn’t. Introduction It’s important for you to know what exactly the header.php file should contain in a WordPress theme. We… Continue reading What Needs to Go in It and What Doesn’t

Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

In this tutorial we will see how to add a new column to the WordPress Posts management screen and in this column we will show the Featured Image of each Post. This new column will also be added in the management screen of any active Custom Post Type. Step 1. Activate Featured Images In this… Continue reading Add a Custom Column in WordPress Posts and Custom Post Types Admin Screen

36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Here are some of our favourite free image galleries that you can quickly plug into a design. They’ve been built with everything from JavaScript to PHP to jQuery and more… A shout-out to all the developers involved in sharing their work with the community! JavaScript Galleries jQuery… Continue reading 36 Excellent Free Image Galleries: JavaScript, React, PHP, or CSS

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

If you run a multi-author website, you may want to consider adding an author template to your website. Author templates help present more information about writers and make it easier for visitors to find other articles the author have written. In this post we will be breaking the author template down and showing you how… Continue reading How to Create a WordPress Author’s Page Template

Using Color Psychology to Create an Effective Price Table

Whenever we start any new design project, we’ll usually sit down with the client and discuss all the relevant project details with the client. If you’re lucky, your client will have a relatively clear idea of what they want to achieve and perhaps even the functions and features they want for the site. However clients… Continue reading Using Color Psychology to Create an Effective Price Table

40+ Best CSS Galleries to Showcase Your Websites

Finding the Best CSS Galleries to Showcase Your Websites can sometimes be tricky if you don’t know where to look. Web design galleries offer designers and developers creative inspiration on their own designs. We have compiled this collection for the best css galleries out there. Now don’t get us wrong, we obviously know there are hundreds if not… Continue reading 40+ Best CSS Galleries to Showcase Your Websites

Photoshop Plugins you Won’t be Able to Live Without

To help make 2014 the most awesome year for you yet, here is a collection of amazing Photoshop plugins for you. I’m not saying you should download them all as they do a variety of things but browse through these to find some cool and, most importantly, time saving plugins to help you be that… Continue reading Photoshop Plugins you Won’t be Able to Live Without

50+ Pricing Table UI Element PSD Templates

50+ Pricing Table UI Element PSD Templates, these Pricing Table UI Element are all high quality PSD files which will help inspire you and help you learn how to edit and create your own Pricing Table UI Element PSD Files. These Pricing Plan Boxes are especially designed for the websites which are indeed of web… Continue reading 50+ Pricing Table UI Element PSD Templates