As browser capabilities continue to grow the websites that we are building are getting ever more complex. Fancy JavaScript UIs are great for showing off the latest technologies but they can cause a real problem for assistive technologies like screen …Continue reading
Markdown is a simple text-based markup language and conversion tool that allows writers to create great content for the web without having to worry too much about HTML. The syntax of the language is designed to be easy to learn …Continue reading
One of the funnest technologies to come to web browsers in the last couple years is the ability to access the webcam and microphone without the need for a third party plugin. When you combine these native media streams with …Continue reading
In this tutorial we will go over the process in coding a very basic CSS responsive navigation menu. We will transform a basic non-list style navigation to a drop down menu using media queries in our stylesheet. There’s no need …Continue reading
One of my favorite things about HTML5 video is how easy it is to create your own custom controls. This not only allows you to style the controls however you would like but also allows you to add new controls …Continue reading
As technology in the web moves forward we are offered new tools to build amazing web applications. Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG’s have been gaining traction in the past year or so as most browsers handle the image file extension …Continue reading
The Canvas API provides a way for developers to create graphics on-the-fly from directly within the web browser. This has a number of benefits. First it can help to reduce the number of HTTP requests that are needed to load …Continue reading
The performance of JavaScript applications running in the browser has increased considerably over the past few years. This is mainly due to continued work on the underlying JavaScript engines (such as V8) that actually execute the code. But as these JavaScript engines get …Continue reading
Until fairly recently web developers have been largely dependent on plugins like Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight when adding video content to their web pages. Whilst these plugins meet the requirements of the task at hand, the approach of having …Continue reading
The LocalStorage API gives front-end web developers access to a simple key-value datastore that can be used to save data on a users computer. Saving data on the client-side can help to speed up the performance of your web applications …Continue reading
To understand the concepts related to starting a business, we will use our online t-shirt store, Shirts 4 Mike, as an example. This includes the basics of marketing, finance, accounting, and the legal aspects of creating a company.
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