In this post, we’re going to be creating a simple Employee database using Node, Express and MongoDB. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to save a new employee and display all saved employees. Getting Started MongoDB Installation and configuration of MongoDB is beyond the scope of this post. You can download […]
A Sample App with Node.js, Express and MongoDB – Part 1
- March 30, 2013
- JS Frameworks, Tutorials
- 86 comentarios
Getting Started with Node.js on Mac OS X
- March 19, 2013
- JS Frameworks, Tutorials
- 19 comentarios
This is a step-by-step process on installing Node.js on Mac OS X. There are several “getting started” tutorials online but I didn’t find much on Mac OS X. The ones I did find were a little confusing since I had no previous experience with Node.js. At the time of this tutorial, I’m running OS X […]
Creating Components with Angular.js
- March 14, 2013
- JS Frameworks, Tutorials
- 1 comentario
One of the great things about Angular.js is the ability to create reusable components. Components are created using directives which are only available in Angular. Directives let you invent new HTML syntax, specific to your application. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps of creating a <contactform> component. The first thing we’ll do […]
A RESTful Client with Angular.js
- March 4, 2013
- JS Frameworks, Tutorials
- 6 comentarios
In my last post, I showed you how how to create a RESTful API in PHP. In this post, I’ll show you how to implement that API using Angular.js. Angular.js is a JavaScript framework developed by Google, designed to make your front-end development as easy as possible. Angular follows the MVC (model-view-controller) pattern of software […]
REST API – A Simple PHP Tutorial
- February 24, 2013
- PHP, Tutorials
- 60 comentarios
A REST API allows your users to interact with your website from anything that can send an HTTP request. The Twitter feed displayed on the right side of this blog is using a REST API from twitter. It allows me to pull my latest tweets and display them. REST-style architectures consist of clients and servers. […]
HTML5 – Canvas Element
- February 17, 2013
- HTML5, Tutorials
- 1 comentario
The HTML <canvas> element is a new element added in HTML5. It is used to draw graphics, on the fly, usually with Javascript. The <canvas> element is only a container for graphics. You must use a script to actually draw the graphics. The markup is simple: <canvas id=”canvas” width=”800″ height=”400″></canvas> As you can see it’s […]
A UIButton Subclass – Creating Glossy Buttons Without Images
- February 3, 2013
- iOS, Tutorials
- 3 comentarios
In my latest iOS app, I created a simple subclass to add a glossy effect to UIButtons. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps of creating that subclass and implementing it in your code. Getting Started First create a new project using the Single View Application template and call it GlossyButtons. Make sure […]
