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Markdown: The Ins and Outs
Markdown is a shockingly simple markup language that allows you to write, using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write, plain text format. This format can then, in...
Dan Harper
15 Jun 2012
Web Design
Singing With Sinatra: The Recall App
Welcome to Track 2 of Singing with Sinatra. In part one, we reviewed Routes, how to work with URI parameters, working with forms, and how Sinatra...
Dan Harper
28 Mar 2011
Code
Singing with Sinatra
Welcome to Track 1 of "Singing with Sinatra." In this mini-series we'll be taking a look at Sinatra; a small, yet incredibly powerful DSL for quickly...
Dan Harper
17 Mar 2011
Code
How to Sell Digital Goods with CodeIgniter
In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to create a small web app to sell digital items (eg. eBooks) securely and accept payments from PayPal.
Dan Harper
15 Sep 2010
Code
Bringing the Magazine to the Web
The rise of blogs on the web has brought a quick and easy way for anyone to publish their thoughts online without having to get down and dirty with HTML....
Dan Harper
23 Jun 2010
Code
The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design: Part 2
In part two of this series we're going to create a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) file to edit the appearance of our HTML webpage. Web designers keep the...
Dan Harper
16 Jun 2010
Web Design
The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design: Part 1
Throughout this series you will learn how to create a website using the latest in web design techniques (HTML5 & CSS3). This series is aimed at those...
Dan Harper
16 Jun 2010
Web Design
The Beginner’s Guide to Web Design: Part 3
In the final installment of the series we'll add a new page to our website where we will experiment with a few HTML elements, and expand on our CSS knowledge.
Dan Harper
16 Jun 2010
Web Design
Learn How to be a TextMate Champion
TextMate is, by far, the preferred text-editor for most web developers on the Mac. In today's screencast we'll be taking a look at some of the features most...
Dan Harper
2 Sep 2009
Code
Essential Learning for Ruby and Rails
Ruby is rapidly becoming the preferred programming language for many developers. With that said, let's look at some of the best tutorials, videos and books...
Dan Harper
25 Aug 2009
Code
From CodeIgniter to Ruby on Rails: A Conversion
Today, we'll be creating a simple shoutbox using the CodeIgniter PHP framework. We'll then port this exact application, piece-by-piece, to Ruby on Rails!
Dan Harper
30 Jul 2009
Code
Create a Basic Shoutbox with PHP and SQL
In this tutorial, we will be creating a basic 'Shoutbox' system with PHP. Aimed at beginners to PHP development, this allows you to get your feet wet...
Dan Harper
3 Oct 2008
Code