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The existing guide by Apple contains a lot of technical information, but doesn't specify the tools required to develop a Widget, nor the differences between a Widget and a webpage. This guide fills in the gaps and makes Widget development a breeze! Widgets are built using HTML and JavaScript and a special JS object.

This tutorial will show you how to build a version of the Google Android live wallpaper, Nexus. It comes with all of the sourcecode along with the Photoshop files for the moving "plasma" objects.

Spidering, in its simplest form is the act of transferring data from one database to another. Spidering requires the use of Regular Expressions, the cURL library (if POST data or cookies are used), and the cron libraries (if we need to download information with a schedule).

This article will explain the advanced topics of PHP classes, including polymorphism, abstract classes, and interfaces. The concepts are pretty simple to be honest. A must read for anyone serious about PHP programming.

This article will provide an introduction to CSS, which also requires an explanation of HTML (even if you know HTML you may want to read through it as it explains the relationship model). This article won’t explain every single CSS attribute, but will explain everything you need to know to fully comprehend the language.

This is an explanation of the box model theory, how it is treated differently in the big two (Firefox and IE), and how to overcome this problem using simple markup. Contains screenshots of both browsers for clarity.

Shows how to change the timezone of your server in PHP so that your time() based functions work properly. Includes a list of all supported timezones

This is a model for use in the CodeIgniter PHP framework. Handles all the hard stuff when interfacing with your users table. Highly configurable.

All new applications interfacing with the Amazon API will need to be signed to use the service. This is a function which makes the process of signing easy.

This is the TSA genetic algorithm developed in PHP