5 Steps to Improve E-Commerce Performance for Increased Sales: Backend Performance
In the previous post we presented problems encountered by our client TescaraHats (name changed for commercial reasons), a European market... more »
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Do’s and don’ts of typography
As so much of the content available on the web is text it’s essential for web designers to understand the basic principles of good... more »
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Overtime: NBA CIO Gives E2 More Answers
Overtime: The NBA CIO on Big Data, infrastructure, and what it takes to create happy basketball fans.
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A taste of CoffeeScript (part 1)
Let’s face it, JavaScript hasn’t always had the best reputation among developers, and since the foundation of CoffeeScript back in 2009... more »
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Raygun adds per-error activity feeds for all users
Raygun.io now includes an activity feed for each error group showing a complete history - when an error first occurred, the status... more »
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Apache JMeter - Setup
Load testing is aimed at putting demand on a system or device and measuring its response. It is performed to determine a system’s... more »
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Creating a Google Maps shortcode for WordPress
This week we’ll be extending WordPress by adding a custom shortcode. This shortcode will allow us to add a Google Map to a post using a... more »
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Simple Guide to HTML5 Drag and Drop Avatar Changer Along with Resizing and Cropping
Web Applications which make use of Avatars should have the privilege to change the Avatars. However you would definitely want to make the... more »
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In case of emergency, System.exit
Article covering the System.exit method and why it is advisable to avoid using it unless absolutely necessary.
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How to : Create a Website Using jQuery
Web developers that still believe in creating code manually can really benefit from using jQuery to develop a website. It’s not a web... more »
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5 Steps to Improve E-Commerce Performance for Increased Sales: Introduction
The saying “if it doesn’t exist on the Internet, it doesn’t exist“ is reigning truer every day. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine most... more »
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$200K for a computer science degree? Or these free online classes?
If you do the work, you can get a computer science education online rivaling that of the Ivy League. Here's a nice little curriculum for you
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Creating a simple to-do application – Part 4
This week in part 4 of creating our simple to-do application we’ll be learning how to send email notifications/reminders. To do this... more »
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Archive of Interesting Code
The Archive of Interesting Code is an (ambitious) effort on my part to research, intuit, and code up every interesting algorithm and data... more »
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What’s new for designers, May 2013
The May edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources,... more »
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Using Sharp Lines In Smartphone Interface Designs
These 20 absolutely gorgeous examples with make you understand why it’s better to use the sharp line approach.
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Creating a simple jQuery plugin for Pinterest
Plugins play a great part in the success of jQuery. There are hundreds of them out there, and having the ability to create your own is a... more »
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Adobe Flex Vs HTML 5
The World Wide Web nowadays is sprinkled with so many rich applications and to be frank they are a bitch to make. Here is a comparison... more »
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Ultimate Resources For Mobile Web Application Design
In this post, I have put together just over 70 resources for developing mobile websites and web applications. This collection is more... more »
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Web Design: The Forgotten Advantage
Within the development community there seems to be a subtle disrespect towards the web design profession. Programmers view designers as... more »
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Building a rock solid Mobile User Experience
A high level overview of considerations that should be made when developing a new mobile presence (be it mobile web, app, or... more »
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Test Monkeys and a Method to Madness
At the StarEast conference last week, I was introduced to a concept by John Fodeh that really intrigued me – it was a way to give random... more »
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Interface Builder's Alternative Lisp timeline
ExperTelligence introduced IB in 1986. We took it up to neXt to show Steve Jobs – the rest is history. In 1988, Denison Bollay built a... more »
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The Foundations of a Successful App [Infographic]
The app market is pretty saturated, making it hard for new apps to accumulate downloads. So how can app developers ensure their app is... more »
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