Front End News

• Build a Custom HTML5 Video Player: Free Premium Tutorial September 4, 2010
  Much like the other various Envato marketplaces, our newly launched Tuts+ marketplace will offer a free file each month. For September, that free file/tutorial just so happens to mine! I’ll show you how to build a custom HTML5 video player with Flash fallback support. Be sure to grab this one for free for the entire [...] […]
• A Periodic Table for HTML September 3, 2010
  Josh Duck has put together a fun and useful list of the 104 elements currently in the HTML5 working draft but organized like a periodic table of elements: When you click on one of the tags more information appears: Who says chemistry can't be fun? [via Jackson Harper] […]
• Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design September 3, 2010
    The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and their own trial and error. In light of this, we can draw a number of parallels — some philosophical, to a certain extent — between Web professionals and one of the oldest and mo […]
• Quick Tip: Getting Offline Access with HTML5 Application Cache September 3, 2010
  Just when you thought you’d seen all the cool features of HTML5, I’m here to bring you yet another one. The internet is no longer about just websites; it’s about web applications. Often, our users are on portable or mobile devices, and they won’t always have access to a network. With HTML5’s Application Cache, you [...] […]
• 10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins September 2, 2010
  When it comes to adding JavaScript functionality to a website, jQuery has become the solution of choice for web designers and developers. With it’s ease of use and ever-growing selection of plugins, there’s really no point to look elsewhere. Awesome jQuery plugins are popping up everyday, and we’re always on the look out. So for [...] […]
• HTML, CSS, and Javascript from the Ground Up September 2, 2010
  I’ve done my own The VERY Basics screencast, but this full series from Google, targeted at just-starting-out beginners, would be a good place to go directly after my intro, to take things further along.Direct Link to Article — Permalink […]
• Quick Tip: What you May Not Know About JavaScript’s Logical AND Operator September 2, 2010
  In today’s video quick tip, we’ll be reviewing JavaScript’ logical AND operator. Those of you who are just beginning to get into JavaScript, or even a library like jQuery, might not realize that they can even be used as micro if statements! Subscribe to our YouTube page to watch all of the video tutorials! Example [...] […]
• iCandies Icon Set: 60 Free Icons For Your User Interfaces and Apps September 1, 2010
    Today we are glad to release iCandies Icon Set, a set with 60 high quality icons in 64×64px, 48×48px and 32×32px, available in .EPS, .AI and .PNG. The set is designed by the talented folks from IconEden on a sole purpose of giving your projects a sleek and geeky style or provide crisp, attractive icons for your modern and fashionable-looking interfaces. Al […]
• JavaScript Fundamentals: Basic Types and Tools [Video Tutorial] September 1, 2010
  By Keir WhitakerIn this video Jim looks at some of the tools that are essential in any JavaScript programmer’s toolkit. We also introduce some of the basic types in JavaScript, and how to create them. runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience593380655001', 'anId'); brightcove.createExperiences(); For more videos be sure to check out Thin […]
• 50 Amazing Free Icon Sets September 1, 2010
  There are a lot of free icon sets out there for you to use. In this collection, we rounded up a few icon sets from all over the web that you can use in your design projects. The hundreds of featured icons here are diverse in their styles: glossy, hand-drawn, realistic, textured are [...] […]