Ian Yates of Webdesigntuts+ has posted a great Quick Tip explaining how you can use Dropbox or Google Drive as a simple, automated version control system....

What does var actually do, and why doesn't setting myObject = null actually remove the object? These questions tie in to a fundamental concept in coding,...

The newest Adobe Creative Suite has been announced. It'll be available to purchase on May 7th; let's take a look at what's new for Flash app and game...

For this Workshop, we're doing a Coding Challenge! It can be tricky to sit down and practise new coding techniques, so here's a fun exercise that'll help you...

Creating little browser extensions is a great way to learn JavaScript. You don't need to worry about cross-browser compatibility, you can make the project as...

If you, like many Flash developers, are looking into using HTML5 for your web apps, you'll almost certainly have come across jQuery. It's a very popular...

Stumped for what to put on your Christmas list? Or perhaps you're out of ideas for what to get that special web developer in your life? Let us help! This...

So far, we've got a never-ending stream of enemies that our avatar must avoid; one touch, and it's game over. But so what? Since there's no way to track the...

In the first part of this series, you learned the basics of using JavaScript and the canvas element to make a very simple HTML5 avoider game. But it's too...

In the first two parts of this series, we created two simple types of object, rendered using Flash's display list. In this part, we'll see how to extend this...

Last reminder: These courses start tomorrow! Artificial intelligence is a popular programming topic, with obvious applications in game development, and...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our best posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This week's retro-Active post is an interview with one of my...