The Art of Code
By Ted Forbes
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Podcast Description
The Art of Code is a podcast for web designers or anyone interested in programming for the internet. Topics covered include CSS, xhtml, Javascript, AJAX, php and flash. New episodes are released approximately on a weekly basis. All videos are optimized for iPod/iPhone so you can view at the computer or on the go.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoSoftware and Setup for Web Development | Probably time I gave a rundown of my software and development setup for web design. | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoCode Editors | Its been a while but we're back! Thought we'd kick off a new season of the Art of Code by talking about code editors | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPHP Includes Revisited | Setting up your website for templates and rapid prototyping by using PHP includes. | 5/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoGrid Systems in HTML | In this episode we'll look at grid systems and frameworks for prototyping - specifically 960 | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoBringing CSS and PHP together | Using PHP to determine a class for CSS | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoArrays | Using arrays in PHP | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSetting up the CSS in our example | Setting up the CSS in the example so that we can manipulate the class via php. | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoUsing Passed Variables in your script | Using passed variables in our example site | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoPassing Variables Using GET | Using the GET method to pass variables to PHP | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoPHP - Setting up includes | Using the includes function to pull content into your document. | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoPHP Variables | What are variables and how are they used? | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoPHP Functions | In this episode, we'll look at some basic PHP functions and how they work. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoPHP Overview and Installation | In this episode we do a brief overview of PHP and talk about installing what you need locally on your development machine. | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoStyling Lists for Navigation | In this episode we look at styling an unordered list to function as a navigation menu. | 12/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoAJAX requets part 4 | Part four in our series of using Mootools to dynamically load HTML content | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoAJAX requets part 3 | Part three in our series of using Mootools to dynamically load HTML content | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoAJAX requets part 2 | Part two in our series of using Mootools to dynamically load HTML content | 12/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoAJAX requets part 1 | Part one in our series of using Mootools to dynamically load HTML content | 12/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoColor and Adobe | Working with color and Adobe's Kular web app... | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 7 | This is the final installment in a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - finishing touches - some final notes on the custom CSS stylesheet. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 6 | This is part 6 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - setting up the thumbnails to work with the Slimbox script. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 5 | This is part 5 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - installing the Slimbox files into your web page. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 4 | This is part 4 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - the Slimbox script and where to find it. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 3 | This is part 3 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - creating the background gradient. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 2 | This is part 2 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - using Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop to optimize the gallery images. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoSlimbox Gallery Part 1 | This is part 1 is a series of 7 podcasts detailing how to put together this simple AJAX photo gallery. In this episode - what is slimbox and what will the gallery look like? | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoAJAX Frameworks :: Mootools | In this episode we discuss what a framework is, how it works, and take a look at Mootools.net. | 10/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoAJAX | All things AJAX - How Javascript and CSS are used together to create web application type interfaces. | 10/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoLayout Walkthru | In this episode, we put it all together by building a news feed layout. | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoContain It | Controlling layouts with "container" div's. | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoMargin - Auto | Centering elements using the margin attribute. | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoSimple Floats | This episode introduces the concept of relative positioning and introduces the "float". | 10/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoJavascript Primer | Basics of Javascript and how to code your first script. | 9/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoReview :: Base Font Size | Just a quick re-overview on using Base Font sizes. | 9/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoStyling Links with CSS | How to manipulate link states using Cascading Style Sheets | 9/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoImage Files in CSS | Bringing in graphics with CSS as background-images. | 9/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoMargin, Padding and Borders | Learn how to control margin, padding and borders for block elements in Cascading Style Sheets | 9/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoUsing Photoshop for Color | In this episode, I explain how you can use Photoshop to get hexadecimal color values. I also explain here how to avoid color shifts when saving graphics. | 9/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoLocalized CSS | Learn how to use CSS locally inside an xhtml document. | 8/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoAttaching Stylesheets | Learn how to attach external stylesheets to an xhtml document. | 8/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoTextExpander | How text edit makes web development on the Mac much faster. | 8/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoXHTML | Rules and regulations for coding XHTML. | 8/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 42 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The Best Intro Podcast I've Found
Been trying to find a decent introductory podcast.Much more difficult that you might imaging. Why I like this podcast: 1. Brief, but not too brief - quick enough to not get boring and too indepth, not so fast that you're in and out before you know it (like Mr. Excel - who I love, but too fast) 2. Plain instruction 3. Visuals are great! You see enough of the screen to follow along. I've seen podcasts that NEVER zoom out so you cannot see what the speaker is doing. I hope they they keep this one going. I've actually managed to learn something!
Great for starters
Great Podcast for anyone wanting to get into the web technologies like CSS, AJAX etc. Video and pace are excellent.
Great instruction!
I've learned a lot from this podcast. The pace is good, and everything is explained well. Plus, it plays on the iPhone/iPod, so I can watch them anywhere! Keep them coming, please!
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