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A collection of 21 posts

Fluidbox for the Ghost Blogging Platform
Web Development

Fluidbox for the Ghost Blogging Platform

What is this? This is a fluidbox integration for the Ghost.org Blogging Platform that I've developed. By adding a single line to the footer section in the Ghost Admin Panel, it adds

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
2 min read
Angular2React - How to make $injector globally available using ReactJS Context API.
ReactJS

Angular2React - How to make $injector globally available using ReactJS Context API.

How to use ReactJS Context API to make an object globally available?

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
3 min read
AngularJS

Getting open in new tab with CMD+Click to work with ng-click

I got a bug card which detailed that at some point CMD+Click stopped working on one of our pages. The culprit ended up being when we switched from using a standard <

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Development Tools

Converting into HTML5/JS games

Want to convert your games into HTML5 & JavaScript? Check out some of the resources below. https://github.com/kripken/emscripten http://www.mandreel.com/ https://developers.google.com/playn/ http://phonegap.com/

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game Development

My Team's game gets 137 Million Taps in 24 hours!

The first project I was thrown into when joining my new PINK Nation team was to develop the front-end for a tapping game called The Amazing Tap Race. It was the final stage

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
CSS3

IE8 drops fonts after iframe closes

Today I had to triage an IE8 bug related to font's going screwy after iFrame overlays are opened and then closed. Upon further investigation here's what I've found.. Problem You launch an iframe

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
JavaScript

Shorthand Javascript "if this do that" blocks.

Often times when writing JavaScript I constantly run into blocks like below: if(shouldDoThis){ doThing(); } Recently I've seen a different implementation of the same logic which looks like... shouldDoThis && doThing(); The way the

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
CSS3

iOS Safari Web Crashes & Fixes Part 1

This week I was tasked with figuring out why certain pages on our site crash on iOS Safari on iPad OS 7.1+. The page I started on was a product listing page.

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
2 min read
Development Tools

JavaScript algorithms I commonly use

Arrays: 1. Randomly Select X items from an array with no duplicates. So let's say I have a row of barrels I want to randomly blow up, and they are represented in a

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
google

Why doesn't my custom marker show up on the map?

When working with Google Maps v3 I recently found myself asking: "Why doesn't my custom marker show up on the map?" Watch out for these gotchas: 1. Your markers must be

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

A simple game of Pong using HTML5 & JavaScript

This code is a result of a talk I gave at Manta on how simple it is to create a game using HTML5 Canvas & JavaScript. I wrote the code in an object-oriented

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
CSS3

Memory in Motion with KnockoutJS and 3D CSS Animations

My goal yesterday was to get some one-on-one time with KnockoutJS as well as try out using 3D CSS effects. Since the whole 3D Flipping animation reminds me of flipping playing cards, and

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
4 min read
Development Tools

What I learned releasing my first game.

I recently released my first iOS & HTML5 game Zombie Holiday. Along the way I learned quite a bit and I wanted to share what I learned with anyone else who may be

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
7 min read
Development Tools

Impact Engine first impressions

Two weeks ago I purchased the ImpactJS Engine written by Dominic Szablewski. It was $100. I'm usually not the type to spend money on something like this but I really needed something to

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
2 min read
Development Tools

HTML5 Development Link Dump (6/28/2012)

Informational: The Open Web - and what it means - A slidshare presentation Noroff - An ImpactJS driven tutorial on how to get started making a game. Tips/Tricks Awesomeness: BeerCamp - A

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Development Tools

HTML5 / Game Development Editors/IDE

If you're getting into Game Development using HTML5 & JavaScript you might be looking for an IDE or Editor to speed up development and make your life a lot easier. I'll use this

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

HTML5 Game-Development Link Dump 4/1/2012

Games: BrowserQuest - HTML5 Browser Based MMO Tron - Done in 219 Bytes. WeaveSilk - An awesome art generator Ro.me - A music video using WebGL to render in the browser Tech

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

Slingshot Cannonball!

I decided to take my cannon ball game and switch it up a little by swapping the cannon out with a sling shot, similar to Angry Birds. I really liked the dynamics of

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

Bouncing Ball

Bouncing Ball is kind of tech demo I did to play around with HTML5 Canvas and Javascript. It was my first attempt at creating "Physics". It's simply a ball that bounces

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

Craps!

Craps is a game I created while following along with the book "The Essential Guide to HTML5". It's a simple dice game which shows how to draw and manipulate basic objects

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
1 min read
Game-Dev

Cannon Ball Game

Cannon Ball! is a game I created that stemmed from a tutorial found in the book "The Essential Guide to HTML5". It's your typical Cannon shoots target game play. You control

  • Corey Snyder
    Corey Snyder
3 min read
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