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April 2, 2015

Simple Autocomplete Widget with Zero Dependencies

Thursday, April 02, 2015 Teklinks

Awesomplete is an ultra lightweight, customizable, simple autocomplete widget with zero dependencies, built with modern standards for modern browsers. You can simply add awesomplete for it to be automatically processed (you can still specify many options via HTML attributes) Otherwise you can instantiate with a few lines of JS code, which allow for more customization. Awesomplete is released under the MIT License.

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Nginx Guide: Essentials

Thursday, April 02, 2015 Teklinks

The first part of this nginx article talked about the architecture and the main nginx configuration file. This article continues from there and talks about the nginx essentials: the modules that are needed and other advanced configuration techniques.

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April 1, 2015

Create Space Invaders with Swift and Sprite Kit: Implementing Classes

Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Teklinks

In the first part of this series, we explored the basics of the Sprite Kit framework and implemented the game's start screen. In this tutorial, we will implement the game's main classes. Swift is an object-oriented language and we will take advantage of this by separating all of the game's entities into their own classes. We'll start by implementing the Invader class.

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What Designers can Learn from Product Managers

Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Teklinks

Answer: how to pull off business formal. Part 1: how to color-coordinate your tie to your shirt… Just kidding. It’s obvious to state this, but there is a heavy overlap between great makers of products, regardless of their title. Great makers have vision. They think deeply about the audience they’re building for. They paint a compelling vision that inspires. They are follow-through people.

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Auto-formatting JavaScript Code Style

Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Teklinks

Today, we’re going to look at the powerful new auto-formatting feature in JSCS for automatically applying style guide rules in our scripts. This has been in-development for some time and is in my view, a game changer.

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