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Web Scraping: Getting Data from Awfully Complex Websites

June 3, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Intro In this article, you will learn about some tools for scraping and parsing data from websites with Ruby, Capybara, Nokogiri, Firefox, and PhantomJS. We will then try out a script that does site scraping by launching a separate web browser. Next up, we’ll launch a headless browser to do the same thing. Finally, we’ll wrap it up in a server side sinatra app for Heroku. Challenge Find active health professionals teaching recent classes Practice scrapping data from websites Search by studio ID on MindBody Online Prereqs Command Line Script using an automated browser instance Let’s check out Kali Yoga Studio in Columbia Heights. We want to see classes that are posted and click on….

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Web Scraping: Getting Data from Awfully Complex Websites

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Friendlier HTML Form Controls with CSS Magic

May 14, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Friendlier HTML Form Controls with CSS Magic Forms, MIT License Leave a Comment WTF, forms? provides friendlier HTML form controls with a little CSS magic. Designed for IE9+, as well as the latest Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. The file input is the most gnarly of the bunch. They wrap the input; in a label; so the custom control properly triggers the file browser. They use :after to generate a custom background and directive. It’s an entirely custom element, all generated via CSS. Requirements: CSS Demo: http://wtfforms.com/ License: MIT License Share Tweet Sponsors subscribe to our newsletter – weekly free resouces for web developers Subscribe follow us on social sites – rss, facebook, google+, Twitter Related Resources Ajax or Flash Version of Yahoo…

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Friendlier HTML Form Controls with CSS Magic

Git for Beginners

May 14, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

It is a general tendency of human beings to resist change. Unless Git was around when you started with version control systems, chances are that you are comfortable with Subversion. Often, people say that Git is too complex for beginners. Yet, I beg to differ! In this tutorial, I will explain how to use Git for your personal projects. We will assume you are creating a project from scratch and want to manage it with Git. After going through the basic commands, we will have a look at how you could put your code in the cloud using GitHub. We will talk about the basics of Git here – how to initialize your projects, how to manage new and existing files, and how to store your code …

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Git for Beginners

Making Your Own Mobile App is Now Super Quick and Easy

May 14, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Look, making an app that will run on your iPhone is hard. Luckily, adsy.me just made it chimp simple for normal folks like you or I to make a mobile app right on your iOS, Android or computer. You donâ€™t need to download anything, learn to code, or even leave your touchscreen. Make an app to show off your disco band, complete with links to Soundcloud, or share recipes with your friends, linking them to your favorite chef sites. Explain your passion project and connect your Twitter followers to a wealth of knowledge that you can curate on your very own mobile app. Seriously, if you want to make a mobile app and have no clue about C++ or Xcode compilers or other such fooferaw…

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Making your own mobile app is now super quick and easy

Getting Started With WordPress Customization

May 8, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

What are you doing to make your WordPress site stand out? As of July 2013, WordPress accounted for 18.9 percent of sites on the internet, or more than 70 million sites. If you haven’t customized and enhanced your WordPress site, the time is now. Simple tweaks to add advanced coding will help create a unique experience for the user. The time and money you spend to increase traffic will be wasted if you don’t have an optimized theme that is unique and memorable. Here are some steps to improve your web design skills. WordPress Customization Learning to Code If you’re afraid of making changes to code, get over it. Your website won’t collapse (though you should save a version of your coding before you begin making changes). There are too …

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Getting Started With WordPress Customization