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  • JavaScript Prototypical Inheritance Explained

    In this tutorial, we're going to learn more about prototypical inheritance and its ramifications in writing OO code. The eventual goal is to note how it differs from classical inheritance to determine whether or not the two can't meet somewhere in the middle.

  • Use Hyperlinks Now in Adobe Edge Preview 3

    Adobe released their Preview 3 for Adobe Edge yesterday. I had a chance to download and install it this morning. This latest preview build boasts some impressive new features, like adding in loops and hyperlinks, as we will discuss in this article.

  • Aptana Studio 3 Guided Tour and Tutorial: Create a Web Project Using the HTML 5 Boilerplate Framework

    Aptana Studio is one of the most comprehensive tools in the free web editor market. In this tutorial, we're going to get better acquainted with Aptana Studio 3 by creating a hypothetical newsletter subscription page.

  • How To Add a YouTube Video to Your Web Site

    Embedding a video from YouTube in your website is quite simple these days. In this tutorial we'll show you how to do it, and how to use the more advanced embedding features that YouTube now provides to web developers. Updated with YouTube's new iframe embedding functionality.

  • HTMLGoodies Sponsored Content

  • Transform Your Website into a Web Application

    For anyone looking to build a Web application or turn their existing websites more into Web applications, the varying features of each browser has potential to reach your users in ways you never had before. But it also means fragmenting your code base to take advantage.

  • Make Your Site Faster with Hardware Accelerated HTML5 and the Cloud

    HTML5 brings a whole new set of possibilities for the Web and a growing set of new devices connected to the cloud. But it also means a faster site experience for your users —if you take advantage of it. Learn how here.

  • How to Embed Video Using HTML5

    Embedding video on site using HTML5 is simple. Getting it to work for everyone viewing your site is the hard part. Learn about HTML5’s <video> tag and how to work with competing video formats. You’ll also discover how to build code that works in any browser, even pre-HTML5.

  • Experiment with the Latest HTML5 Technologies

    HTML5 is more of a series of projects than a completed standard.  Learn how to experiment with this collection of technologies as they evolve and discover what’s best to use for your site. 

  • Make Your Website More like a Native App

    Browsers have a new lineup of features that can make your website behave more like a native application: more social, easier to use, a better experience and new ways to reach users. That means developers have a new set of tools at their disposable (and more opportunities to make money). Whether you want to make your site more social or you’re merely seeking inspiration, these examples and ideas will help you transform your website to be more app-like with minimal effort.

  • Featured Goodies

  • Getting Started with Joomla!

    If you've never heard of Joomla!, it's known as a CMS (content management system), which allows you to build complex web sites and run various applications. In this article we'll look at the many options for setting up Joomla! and how to configure the software.

  • Quick HTML Reference

    All HTML Tags and Commands

  • How to Build Asteroids with the Impact HTML5 Game Engine

    In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to build a simple space-based asteroids game using the Impact HTML5 game engine, one of the more robust engines out at the moment.

  • Web Developer Daily News

  • HTML5 and Flash Equally Important to Adobe

    This week Adobe discussed the future for its Flash platform, as well as the use of HTML5 for creating rich applications. One thing was very clear--Adobe is not leaving Flash in the dust to rush to HTML5. As far as Adobe is concerned, the two technologies are both vital, current and viable for web development.

  • Online Book SMACSS Tames the Wild CSS Beast

    The organization of CSS code has been a thorn in many developers' sides due to the complexity of CSS selectors, changing projects and redesigns. Although ugly CSS can still be functional CSS, it makes life more difficult down the line for developers who have to continue to work with the code. An online book called SMACSS claims to help tame the wild CSS beast.

  • Drupal or WordPress: Which Is Best For Your Website?

    Online businesses that are considering a content management system (CMS) often have the same goals: to be able to provide timely content to their visitors, update their site regularly, and stay current with CMS software updates. Often, however, they select different CMSes to accomplish those goals.

  • Adobe's CSS Shaders Bring 3D Graphics To Websites

    The Adobe Max conference this week has highlighted Adobe's commitment to web standards. The latest example of their focus on standardized technology is a newly proposed standard called CSS shaders, which add 3D graphics functionality to CSS.

  • Adobe Adds To Web Design Tools With PhoneGap and TypeKit Acquisitions

    This week it was announced that Adobe is acquiring Nitobi, the maker of PhoneGap, and TypeKit, a web-based typography company. By making the acquisitions, Adobe is continuing to position itself as a leader in the web development space, even without Flash.

  • New Advanced HTML Features Added to Adobe Edge

    This week Adobe announced new advanced HTML features for its Edge web design software, including interactivity. The release, which is in its third public preview release, will be available for download on the Adobe Labs website.

  • Beyond HTML

  • How To Create Custom Select Menus with CSS

    Of the three elements that can't be styled using CSS, radio buttons and checkboxes are easy to simulate. Select menus however are harder to handle, but in this tutorial, we're going to show you how to do just that.

  • Web Design Class: Animated Menu Buttons with CSS3

    Hover effects are an effective way to let the visitor know their mouse is positioned over a button. In this tutorial we'll show you how to create animated menu buttons with hover effects using CSS3.

  • HTML and Graphics Tutorials

  • From Camera to Browser: Optimizing Images for the Web

    Over the years, the world has seen a change in the way that cameras are made and how they store image data. In the past, it was film. Now, for the most part, it's digital information. In this article, we'll look at the ways that images make it from the camera to the web.

  • Working with Images in HTML and CSS3

    You’d be hard pressed these days to find a website that doesn’t use images. However, not all sites use images in the best possible way. In this article we'll show you how to properly use images on your site, as well as a couple of CSS3 tricks that you might want to experiment with.

  • Primers

  • Fetching CSV File Data using Microsoft Data Access Components

    Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is a framework of technologies that provides programmers with a uniform and consistent way to develop applications that can access almost any data store. In this tutorial we're going to write an SQL query to extract data from a CSV file.

  • Work with Text File Data using the Microsoft Text Driver: Creating a CSV Data File

    Microsoft has an ODBC text driver that allows you to interface with a flat file database just as you would any ODBC database. This provides the advantage that it scales quite well. In today's article, we will learn more about flat file formatting and how to create a CSV Data File from an MS Access table.

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