Coda 2 Launches May 24th!

May 21, 2012  |  Wordpress  |  , ,  |  No Comments

After years of speculation and anticipation, Panic is ready to unveil and release version two of their flagship product: Coda. Though the Nettuts+ team hasn’t yet dug into the editor, based upon the outline on the home page, Panic seems to have come through with the most requested additions by the community, including: Proper code folding New UI Improved CSS support (along with an integrated, real-time CSS editor) Built-in MySQL editor Auto-completion for custom classes and methods Portable Coda Air Preview (use your iPad as a dedicated live preview while coding) Improved clippings with multiple stop points, and keyboard shortcuts Refer to the tour video on the Panic homepage...

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Quick Tip: What Exactly is Web Hosting?

May 19, 2012  |  Wordpress  |  , ,  |  No Comments

Tired of the “techie” trying to explain to you what web hosting is all about from his bedroom-recorded Skype video? Ever get confused with all the funny terms they drop, like “Shared Hosting” and “Dedicated Servers”? We’ve all been there at one point or another! Well, the guys over at InMotion Hosting created a quick, visual guide that will get you up and running with the jargon in no time! By InMotion Hosting Conclusion If you’re still new to this world, and have questions about the hosting world, leave a comment below, and one of us will do our best to help! ...

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Meet Crockford’s JSCheck

May 16, 2012  |  Wordpress  |  , ,  |  No Comments

There are dozens of JavaScript testing frameworks, but most of them function in, more or less, the same way. However, Douglas Crockford’s JSCheck is considerably different from most. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how it’s different and why you should consider using it! Crockford describes JSCheck as a “specification-driven testing tool. Crockford describes JSCheck as a “specification-driven testing tool.” When using the frameworks you’re used to, you would write a test for a given piece of functionality, and, if that test passes, declare that the given functionality is working correctly. However, it’s possible that you might miss some of edge cases...

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How to Super-Scale Magento in the Cloud

May 15, 2012  |  Wordpress  |  , ,  |  No Comments

This tutorial will help you prepare a Magento install for high traffic, better load times, and simpler ongoing site management. Ready? Requirements You can download the finished code for this tutorial, or launch the “magento-basic” Quickstart from your Pagoda Box account to test a working site. A Pagoda Box Account (free) A functional local Magento Install Local Development Software (MAMP or WAMP) Git Installed (Can use SFTP) The Pagoda Terminal Client Installed Fair Warning: This tutorial may change your life. Pagoda Box is not traditional hosting. The teachings in this article will not only help scale Magento, but it alos lays the groundwork for a progressive development-to-production workflow....

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Lots Of New Premium Content!

May 14, 2012  |  Wordpress  |  , ,  |  No Comments

As Tuts+ Premium continues to sky-rocket, our ability to post better, more frequent, content has improved dramatically as well. This week, we have a variety of fun new things available to members! Course – How To Be A Terminal Pro In this fifteen-episode course, you’ll learn how to take advantage of that scary app you never touch: Terminal! We’ll begin with the obligatory “hello world” command, and work our way up to advanced usage. Course – JavaScript Testing With Jasmine Admit it: you say that you test your JavaScript, but, in reality, you…don’t. That’s okay; the idea of testing JavaScript is a relatively...

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