Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course: “Learn jQuery in…

Whether we like it or not, more and more developers are being introduced to the world of JavaScript through jQuery first. In many ways, these newcomers are the lucky ones. They have access to a plethora of new JavaScript APIs,…

Regular expressions are easily one of the (initially) scariest aspects of programming. Particularly at the beginning, when you haven’t learned a single symbol, a large regular expression chunk can serve to be an incredibly intimidating force. However, once you dig…

Sublime Text 2 is one of the fastest and most incredible code editors to be released in a long time! With a community and plugin ecosystem as passionate as this one, it just might be impossible for any other editor…

In addition to producing various helpful apps for web developers, in 2012, we’ll also be commissioning and releasing smaller plugins and extensions. Today, I’d like to announce the first entry in this initiative: “Nettuts+ Fetch” – a Sublime Text plugin.…

In this week’s Premium screencast, I provide a brain-dump on all of the various tools I use for web development. Sometimes, simply watching another person work can be incredibly helpful. What tools do they use? How do they work with…

Good gosh; another year comes to a close. Sometimes, it feels as if every year passes by more quickly than the one before it. Nonetheless, 2011 was a great year for Nettuts+. Here’s why… Traffic Honestly, these days, I don’t…

Earlier this month, a new specification, Filter Effects 1.0, was released. It presents some exciting new Photoshop-like effects that we can use in the browser. Even better, Webkit has already landed support (in the nightlies)! According to the Spec… “A…

We’re pleased to announce the release of Version 2 of Nettuts+ Builder, a Mac app that handles the process of concatenating and compressing your assets, optimizing your CSS by running it through Prefixr.com, and uploading to your FTP server. What…

I’d imagine that I represent a large portion of the web development community. I’m very intrigued by CoffeeScript; I’ve even learned the syntax and used it in a few demos. However, I haven’t yet taken the plunge and used it…

Sometimes, you don’t require a high-quality templating solution, but still need to keep from mixing lots of nasty HTML into your JavaScript. In these cases, a simple, makeshift templating system can go a long way. Choose 720p for the best…

So you’ve wrapped your mind around the process of creating WordPress themes, and now you want to take things to the next level? In that case, it’s time to begin learning how to create plugins for WordPress. In this Tuts+…

This is that article you generally skip over. It’s the one where I don’t detail an ounce of code, but instead describe the important events that lead to what you now recognize as HTML5. Some of us find this stuff…

Hey, guys! For the last several months, I’ve had the pleasure of helping out, top-secret, on the relaunch of Tuts+ Premium. After months of work, it’s out in the wild! If you have a second, let me know show you…

We should get this out into the open. There seems to be a commonly held belief that jQuery users are ignorant, and, more often than not, designers. Where did this come from, and is it true? Roots The JavaScript community…

Ever been to a site like JSBin, where you can write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and then see the results in a panel to the right? An iframe is how we can accomplish this task. In today’s quick tip, I’ll…

One of my favorite new HTML5 tags, which has only recently been integrated into Chrome (as of version 12), is the details element. I’ll show you to use it in today’s quick tip. What Does the details Tag Do? It…