How to Use Service Workers to Communicate Across Browser Tabs
Web
By Adam Roberts, Tim Evko,
Front-end lead Tim Evko discusses things he's focused on lately, including a new use for service workers. Part of a Versioning interview series.
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Embedded Signing with the HelloSign API
Web
By Angela Molina,
We'll walk you through a live embedded signature demonstration. Watch as we embed a signature request from our own example site using HTML and PHP.
Using the HelloSign API Dashboard and Test Mode
Web
By Angela Molina,
We demonstrate how HelloSign’s dashboard can help you manage and provide overviews into your API calls, callbacks, requests and more!
Making Your First API Call with HelloSign
JavaScript
By Angela Molina,
In just 5 minutes, we’ll show you how to start signing documents on your own website using the HelloSign API.
How to Connect Your Api.ai Assistant to the IoT
Web
By Patrick Catanzariti,
Patrick Catanzariti explores how to connect an Api.ai assistant to Jawbone Up's API via a Node.js server as an example of IoT connectivity.
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: the State of the Art
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
Maria Antonietta Perna digs into performance issues when loading custom web fonts. She discusses file size and FOIT and shows some cutting-edge solutions.
How To Create a Twitter App and API Interface Via Python
Programming
By Michael Grogan,
Michael explains how to use a Python API to connect to Twitter, and download tweets, follower lists, multiple tweets at once, and customize searches.
How to Modernize a Booking System with Acuity Scheduling
Web
By Lukas White,
Lukas White shows you how to bring a driving instructor's booking system into the 21st century using the Acuity Scheduling API.
Embedding Virtual Reality Across the Web with VR Views
JavaScript
By Patrick Catanzariti,
Patrick Catanzariti explains how to use Google's new VR Views to embed VR content on your website.
How to Empower the Amazon Echo with IFTTT
Web
By Patrick Catanzariti,
Patrick Catanzariti explores pairing the Amazon Echo with IFTTT recipes. He looks at triggering LIFX lights, SMS, email and Google Spreadsheets.
API Building and Testing Made Easier with Postman
Programming
By Shaumik Daityari,
Shaumik examines the purpose of APIs, and how Postman can help with the critical task of testing them for functionality, exception handling and security.
Empowering Your Api.ai Assistant with Entities
Web
By Patrick Catanzariti,
Patrick Catanzariti explores the concept of custom Api.ai entities and how these can be used to customize your personal assistant.
Google Maps Made Easy with GMaps.js
Programming
By Shivam Mamgain,
Shivam Mamgain explores ways to utilize and customize Google Maps with GMaps.js, a library that makes it much easier to harness the Google Maps API.
Using the Battery Status API to Optimize Your Development
Programming
By Simon Codrington,
Simon presents the Battery Status API, used for determining the battery levels of an end user's device and tailoring your app to optimize performance.
13 Tips on Designing and Building Apps More Efficiently
Web
By Zack Wallace,
Zack Wallace shares 13 tips that will help you design and build apps more efficiently.
How to Solve Caching Conundrums
Web
By Craig Buckler,
You need rarely worry about caching — until you're hit by bizarre behavior, such as pages returning JSON data on the live app but not the test versions ...