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Aspect-Oriented Programming in PHP with Go!

The concept of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is fairly new to PHP. There’s currently no official AOP support in PHP, but there are some extensions and libraries which implement this feature. In this lesson, Patkos Csaba will use the Go! PHP library to teach you AOP in PHP, and review when it can be helpful.

April 16, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Benefit From CSS Generated Content And Counters

Generated content was first introduced in the CSS2 specification. For several years, the feature was used by relatively few Web authors due to inconsistent browser support. With the release of Internet Explorer 8 in 2009, generated content was rediscovered, and many interesting implementations were adopted for the first time. In this article, Gabriele Romanato will discuss some possible uses of generated content.

April 15, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Improve Mobile Support With Server-Side-Enhanced Responsive Design

n many ways, responsive Web design deserves a big share of the honor for making the Web more usable on non-desktop devices. This trend of letting the browser determine more about how a Web page should be displayed makes sense, especially now that mobile browsers are slightly more trustworthy than in the old days of mobile.

April 11, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

A Simple JavaScript Plugin for Responsive Navigation

There are several ways to make navigation responsive, and usually the solution we need is quite straightforward. But despite the apparent simplicity, there are many underlying factors which, when thought through and implemented properly, can make a simple solution even better without adding more complexity to the user interface.

April 9, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Getting into Ember.js: The Next Steps

In his introductory article, Rey Bango went over the basics of the Ember.js framework, and the foundational concepts for building an Ember application. In this follow-up article, we’ll dive deeper into specific areas of the framework to understand how many of the features work together to abstract the complexities of single-page application development.

April 8, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Present Adobe Fireworks Design Prototypes

With its structured approach to organizing assets, Adobe Fireworks can be a pleasure for designing and prototyping. But demonstrating your designs on a wide range of devices can be time-consuming and could even require some degree of coding. The Create Demo extension addresses some of these issues. It automatically converts your Fireworks documents into portable presentations, which can then be easily presented in any browser — desktop or mobile.

April 8, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

How To Create A Tab Widget In WordPress

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the Tabber widget, which is very useful for when multiple widgets need to fit in a sidebar. It saves space and streamlines the appearance and functionality of your WordPress-powered website. In the past, there were different methods of doing this, most of which were theme-dependent. As you’ll see in this tutorial, creating a tabbed widget that works on its own and with any theme is easily accomplished.

April 4, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Sliding PayPal Shopping Cart Manual

In this article we covered all the important topics regarding the Sliding PayPal Shopping Cart Dreamweaver extensions. Here, you will find everything from basic usage and how to implement it on your website, to combining it with other DMXzone extensions and working with behaviors. For your convenience, the tutorials are also available in video format.

April 3, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

Building Windows Store Applications With jQuery 2.0

With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft introduced Windows Store applications, which can be authored using traditional web languages that leverage the underlying engines powering Internet Explorer 10. This means that jQuery 2.0, engineered to work best in modern browsers, is right at home in a Windows Store application!

April 3, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes

How To Make Your Websites Faster On Mobile Devices

A recent study (PDF) found that more than 80% of people are disappointed with the experience of browsing Web on mobile devices and would use their smartphones more if the browsing experience improved. This isn’t surprising when 64% of smartphone users expect websites to load in 4 seconds or less, while the average website takes more than twice that amount, at 9 seconds. This article explains techniques you can use to make your websites faster on mobile devices.

April 3, 2013 Author: Lubov Cholakova Rating: Not enough votes