Creating an App from Scratch Part 9

Creating a Web App from Scratch Part 9
Bugs, Security, and Other Tweaks

There were supposed to be only eight parts to this series, but as we started releasing them, Chris and I realized that there was going to need to be a follow-up post to address some of the bug fixes... read more

Creating an App from Scratch Part 7

Creating a Web App from Scratch Part 7
Where We're At

Now that we've got a set of AJAX controls mostly assembled, we can start building our PHP class to handle list interactions. This class will be called ColoredListsItems and it will reside in the file class.lists.inc.php in the inc folder.
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JSON: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Use It

My apologies for the lapse in posting; I'm in the midst of finishing my first book for Apress (it's called PHP for Absolute Beginners, and should be out later this year), and it's been consuming most of my attention.

This week, however, I want to cover a topic that I feel has become an important part of any developer's toolkit: the ability to load and manipulate JSON feeds from other sites via AJAX.

Many sites are sharing data using JSON in addition to RSS feeds nowadays, and with good reason: JSON feeds can be loaded asynchronously much more easily than XML/RSS.

This article will cover the following:

  • What is JSON?
  • Why does JSON matter?
  • How do we load JSON into a project?
We'll also use our... read more

ITT #9: Build a jQuery Content Slider

I'm under some pretty tight deadlines, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone this week: first, I told Brenelz I'd write a guest post for his blog almost a month ago, and second, I've been meaning to write up a content slider tutorial as an Instant Tip Tuesday post.

So in order to keep myself sane and on top of my ever-growing mountain of work, I'm remotely posting this week's ITT post on Brenelz's blog.

Learn How to Build a jQuery Content Slider

Share Your Instant Tips!

For the next month or two, I've got some really big projects I'm working on, so I'm still interested in working with any of you and having you write an ITT post for me. If you've got some ideas, or even if you don't... read more