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Exploring Storage Options on AWS (S3, EFS, EBS)

TL;DR In this tutorial, I’m going to explore the different storage options on AWS. We’ll look into the acronyms like Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, and Amazon S3 (that…

Raneto Google OAuth login

TL;DR Raneto allows only basic username/password authentication, so I added Google OAuth support. This option can be turned on by setting the googleoauth option in the config.default.js file…

Build an Ionic app for searching gifs using Giphy API

Last week I held the first Ionic framework meetup in Čakovec. Hereby I would like to thank Goran Levačić, the leader of incubation and education in TICM, for…

Introduction to TDD in Ionic framework

TL;DR In this rather long post, I’m going to give you an introduction to Test Driven Development in Ionic. First ,I’m going to cover some basic theory concepts…

Wrap your web application into an executable with nativefier in a single command

In this post I’ll show you how you can quickly turn any website into an executable with nativefier in a single command. I just stumbled upon an awesome…

How to Manage Front-End JavaScript and CSS Dependencies with Bower on Ubuntu 14.04

I recently wrote a tutorial for DigitalOcean titled How to Manage Front-End JavaScript and CSS Dependencies with Bower on Ubuntu 14.04. You can view the tutorial published on their site,…

Check network information change with Ionic framework

TL;DR In this tutorial, I’m going to quickly show you how to get network information change with Ionic framework. What do I mean by network information change? Well,…

How to add excerpts to your WordPress blog homepage in a TwentyThirteen theme and not break the Codeproject importer

As you may know, CodeProject has a thing called Technical blogs which lets you publish your post on their site too, and thus widening the range of potential…

How to add a comment field to MEAN.js Article example

If you happen to like the image above, and you’re thinking to yourself how cool it would look like as a sticker, take a look at a few…

How to get your MEAN stack up and running in less than a minute

Over the past year I’ve tried lots of options for hosting my MEAN applications, and finally I’ve settled for DigitalOcean. It’s true what they advertise – that you…

Adding AdMob to Ionic framework application step by step

In case you’re looking for a way to implement Google AdMob ads in Ionic framework 3, then check out this tutorial: How to make money with Google AdMob…

Posting data from Ionic app to PHP server

TL;DR This is the simplest example which shows how to POST data from an Ionic app to a PHP server. The tutorial covering the Ionic version 2 can be…

Using PM2 to run your Node.js apps like a pro

Previously I wrote about running Node.js apps with Nodemon and Forever but nowdays I’m using the ever so slightly more professional PM2. Running your Node.js application by hand is, well,…

Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual by John Sonmez

[18.09.2015] edit: I honestly can’t believe it! This awesome book is now also available as an audiobook! Now I’ll be able to listen to this ever so slightly awesome…

Share a web service on your local development machine with Localtunnel

I was testing Jenkins and as it doesn’t support localhost addresses I found Localtunnel, which, and I qote, allows you to easily share a web service on your local development…

Quick tip on how to use custom fonts in Unity3D

In this post I’m going to show you how to use custom fonts in Unity3D.    Create a new project Save scene (CTRL + s) and name it…

How to create a countdown timer and show current time in Unity3D

In this post I’m going to show you how to create a countdown timer and show current time in Unity3D.    Create a new 2D project: Optionally download…

How to build an advanced space shooter in Unity3D

Followed this official tutorial on how to build an advanced space shooter in Unity3D, my own version on GitHub, and you can see it in action here (WSAD to move, mouse click to…

How to create a Unity3D Brick shooter step by step

Followed this official tutorial, my own version on GitHub, and you can see it in action here (WSAD to move, mouse click to shoot). Steps on how to create this: Create a new…

Unity3D scene changing with fade effect

Followed this official tutorial, my own version on GitHub, and you can see it in action here (click the cube to see the effect). Steps on how to make this: Create…

How to create bouncing balls in Unity3D step by step

Followed this official tutorial: http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/physics/assignments/bouncing-ball My own version on GitHub, and you can see it in action here (watch for 10 seconds to see what happens with the balls…

How to build a 2D Space shooter with efficiency calculation in Unity3D

In this blog post I’m going to show you how to build a 2D Space shooter with efficiency calculation in Unity3D. I followed these two blog posts: post…

How to make a Unity3D Ball Roller game

I followed http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/roll-a-ball, and updated the steps for the newest Unity3D currently available (4.5). You can try the game and download the project on GitHub. Create a new 3D…

How I built my own testable The Answer To Life The Universe And Everything npm module

TL;DR: In this short tutorial I’ll show you how I built my own testable (Jasmine) npm module which I then published to npm repository. The npm module is here,…

Custom YES/NO dialog with DialogResult in WPF

A simple example of how to make a custom YES/NO dialog with DialogResult in WPF. Freely (as in beer) available code is on Github: https://github.com/Hitman666/CustomYesNoDialogWPF. The breakdown is that you…

How to build a font viewer application in WPF without writing any C# code

TL;DR You can download from Github the demo application (zipped exe) or the whole source code project (Visual Studio project solution), or continue reading to see how it…

Simple official Spritz API usage

TL;DR: See it in action here or here, and official site here. Spritz – change the way people read and make communication faster, easier, and more effective. So, there has…

POST JSON Data With PHP cURL wrapper class

PHP biceps cURL 🙂 Following is the PHP cURL wrapper class which I use to make GET and POST requests. The examples are below. Disclamer:  be sure that…

Deploying MEAN.io to Nodejitsu from Windows machine

Disclaimer: I’m in no way affiliated with Nodejitsu or MEAN.io. I’m just documenting my experience with them – problems (and solutions) I’ve faced while trying these new technologies…

Deploying MongoDB and Node.js application on OpenShift

This is a post about getting started with OpenShift Online on a Windows machine by deploying a MongoDB, Node.js and RockMongo application for free. The reason why this…

Getting started with Nodejitsu on Windows by deploying a MEN framework

Disclaimer: I’m in no way affiliated with Nodejitsu or any of the frameworks that I listed below in the post. I’m just documenting my experience with them –…

Using CasperJS on Webfaction to automatically send emails with attached images via Gmail

Why? Recently I had to make a script which runs once per week and gathers images of an admin interface (login required) and sends it to its manager…

Simple caching with Cache_Lite without having to install it through PEAR

Sooner or later everyone has to make use of some kind of caching of their content. Below is the simplest possible code demonstration on how to implement caching…

Using prepared statements in PHP with MySqli

So, as most of you know PHP 5.5.x has deprecated the original MySQL extension, and instead we should be using  MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extensions. Here I will show you how to use…

Building a really simple PHP templating engine

Recently I had to make use of templates in PHP, and as a lot of people on StackOverflow ([1], [2]) suggested “you don’t need another templating engine like…

Carcassonne scoring board application

tl;dr: The link to the application and the link to source code on GitHub. Welcome First of all – hi all!, this is my first post so go…