Show your work in context with photo overlay, iframe and 3d css

Creating digital sites and apps is very satisfying. However it's difficult to imagine/explain the context of where the user would use the app or site and who they are. Lets take a look at how we can imitate a real user using your app.

Responsive magazine using Turn.js

Creating a page turn effect is hard...very hard! There are lots of solutions that exist, but many of them miss the small details which make the turn animation look good. Here is a look at how to achieve it using the Turn.js plugin.

Converting YouTube Playlists to Spotify using JavaScript

YouTube is a great platform for music. It has a wealth of content, including official tracks, remixes and versions of songs. It also has lots of unofficial remixes, mashups, live, cover and original songs which you can't find on other music platforms such as Spotify.

Detect device, browser and version using javascript

The best way to decide which functionality to use is feature detection. If the feature exists then that  functionality is allowed to run. Libraries such as Modernizr give you feature detection out of the box or you can write your own.

Full page site with vertical centering using css only

One of the big trends on the internet is the full page site. It consists of a single page site with multiple sections which you can scroll through. The trick of this is to have each section fill the screen and to centre the content inside.

Internationalisation & Localisation in AngularJS

Set up AngularJS projects to be translated using html template tags. This post looks at how you can use the Angular libraries plus a custom filter to ensure content is contextualised to the user.

Automated Testing using JavaScript

How to run automated tests and take screenshots using JavaScript libraries such as PhantomJS and DalekJS.

Create your own Google Plus embedded timeline

Google Plus doesn't have an easy to use embeddable timeline. Here we look at how to make your own!

Did Apple invent anything?

After reading my previous post about why Apple didn't invent the smartphone, I came across some more evidence of how blatant the Apple copying is in design and features across nearly every product they have created. Here I've attempted to compile those infringements into one place.

iPhone jailbreak & unlock yourself using free tools

There's a lot of false information out there about how to reset your iPhone and/or jailbreak unlock it. Many of the sites and guides tell you to pay money or go through other unusual steps which simple aren't needed.