File uploads are generally a tricky area in web development. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will learn how to use Dragonfly, a powerful Ruby gem that makes it easy and efficient to add any kind of upload functionality to a Rails project. Become a P...
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How to Upload Files with Ease Using DragonFly: New on Premium
File uploads are generally a tricky area in web development. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will learn how to use Dragonfly, a powerful Ruby gem that makes it easy and efficient to add any kind of upload functionality to a Rails project. Become a P...
Rapid Application Prototyping in PHP Using a Micro Framework
Let’s face it: we all have great ideas for a web application. Whether you write them down on paper or remember them using your eidetic memory, there comes a point when you want test whether or not your idea is really viable. In this tutorial, we&...
Into the Ring with knockout.js: Part 2 – the Rematch
In the first part of this tutorial, we put together a basic example of a list of contacts. The view (the visible representation of the data on the page) was created using a template, along with some other elements bound to methods and properties of the...
Testing Your JavaScript with Jasmine
We all know we should be testing our code, but we don’t actually do it. I guess it’s fair to say that most of us put it off because, nine times out of ten, it means learning yet another concept. In this tutorial, I’ll introduce you t...
How to Create a jQuery Image Cropping Plugin from Scratch – Part II
Web applications need to provide easy-to-use solutions for uploading and manipulating rich content. This process can create difficulties for some users who have minimal photo editing skills. Cropping is one of the most used photo manipulation techniqu...
Uploading Files with AJAX
I can’t seem to reach the end of the fun stuff you can do with emerging web technologies. Today, I’m going to show you how to do something that—until the last while—has been almost unprecedented: uploading files via AJAX. Oh, s...
Innovative Uses of WordPress Post Types and Taxonomies
With the release of WordPress 3.0, two great ways to better organize and display content were introduced: post types and taxonomies. These two advances improve WordPress’ role as an all-around content management system, and they continue to prove that WP is not just a blog platform. When 3.1...
WordPress Shortcodes: The Right Way
One of the primary reasons why WordPress is the most popular CMS platform available is the sheer level of customizability that it brings to the table. Today, we’ll review the process of integrating one of those popular features, shortcodes, in the most user friendly way possible, into our...