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PNotify is a JavaScript notification plugin, developed by SciActive. PNotify can also provide desktop notifications based on the Web Notifications spec. If desktop notifications are not available or not allowed, PNotify will fall back to displaying the notice as a regular, in-browser notice.”

PNotify @ GitHub

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  • All PayPal IPN data is saved and available in your WordPress admin panel.
  • Developer hooks are provided for triggering events based on the transaction type or payment status of the IPN.
  • Extend the plugin with your own plugins or theme functions

Author: Andrew Angell

BitBucket Repo

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“Home automation with Raspberry PI and Arduino using Node.js, MongoDB, HTML5 and Websockets”

  • Full access to the GPIO of the Raspberry Pi
  • Communication with an attached Arduino
  • Wake-on-LAN (not really hardware, but at least it wakes up hardware)
  • Stream your webcam via socket.io
  • Node.js, Socket.io, Expressjs, Requirejs
  • HTML5, CSS3 and Websockets
  • Jade templating
  • Responsive design

GitHub

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Favic-o-matic is a favicon generator, that transforms your png design into favicons and the required html to include them.

Favic-o-meter makes sure that every browser shows your favicon perfectly :)

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FavIconX allows you to use your favicon as progress indicator.

FavIconX @ Github

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Cylon.js is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things. It makes it incredibly easy to command robots and devices.

  • ARDrone
  • Arduino
  • Arduino YUN
  • Audio
  • Beaglebone Black
  • Bebop
  • BLE
  • Crazyflie
  • Digispark
  • Imp
  • Intel Galileo
  • Intel Edison
  • Intel IoT Analytics
  • Joystick
  • Keyboard
  • Leap Motion
  • M2X
  • MiP
  • MQTT
  • Nest
  • Neurosky
  • OpenCV
  • Particle
  • Pebble
  • Philips Hue
  • Pinoccio
  • PowerUp
  • Rapiro
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Salesforce
  • Skynet
  • Speech
  • Sphero
  • Sphero BLE
  • Tessel
  • WICED Sense

Cylon.js @ GitHub

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Nanoleaf is a green technology company that is currently specializing in LED lighting, reimagining how light and bulbs fit into our lifes.

The Nanoleaf Bloom is a dimmable bulb that doesn’t require a dimmer and can dim down using a regular on/off light switch.

The Nanoleaf Gem is an LED decor bulb made of shatter-resistant glass.

Nanoleaf

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In the past 2 years, the e-Learning market has been exploding. Online Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become very popular, to build e-learning platforms.

They not only offer text based content, quizzes, assignment management, course evaluation, social features, but also allow the integration of video, audio and other linked content.  Many support SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model), allowing the exchange of learning content and results.

THE LMS UNIVERSE

Over the past few years, I have been helping clients to build or transform their e-learning platforms.  Sometimes its better to build a customized LMS solution from scratch :), than tweak or customize an offered solution. It all depends on the features you want to see integrated and on the budget available ;)

In this article I want to share current solutions offered for WordPress.

I will divide them into themes and plugins for now. In the future I plan do some feature comparison as well :

  • Theme based or Standalone Plugin (standalone might be preferred)
  • Course functionality (course, units, quizzes sections …)
  • Course linking / Course Groups / Exclusive courses
  • Course categories
  • Course Evaluation
  • Course curriculum
  • Course timeline
  • Course reviews & ratings
  • Course Stats
  • Free courses
  • Variable pricing
  • Course notes / Comments
  • Course Admin area
  • Course Frontend creation
  • Assignment functionality
  • Certificates
  • Messaging
  • Custom Email Templates
  • Course Events
  • BuddyPress Integration
  • BBPress Integration
  • WooCommerce integration
  • Import & Export functionality
  • Login
  • Student profiles
  • Instructor frontend interface

 

PLUGINS

These are standalone plugins, that provide LMS functionality and integrate into your WordPress themes. Ease of integration and options differ.

  1. LearnDash
  2. Sensei
  3. LearnPress  (new – 2015)
  4. WP Courseware
  5. LifterLMS
  6. Namaste! LMS
  7. CoursePress

THEMES

These themes mostly dependent on one of the plugins above or offer only a simple subset of LMS functionality.

  1. eLearning WP (new – 2015 / LearnPress)
  2. Derrick
  3. Guru
  4. Academy
  5. LMS
  6. Clever Course
  7. LMS Press
  8. EduLMS
  9. Skillfully
  10. iKnow
  11. University
  12. Invent
  13. Sensei themes
  14. Clever Course

THEME & PLUGIN

Integrated solutions,  that are supposed to offer a tight integration of WordPress, theme and its own plugins.

  1. WPLMS (started the revolution at Envato)
    One thing that sets WPLMS apart from many of the above is the frontend interface. So instructor tasks happen on the frontend not in the WP Admin. Also when it comes to assignments, WPLMS is currently the best solution. Even if the assignment management is not yet perfect, its better than what many of the other solutions offer.

Enjoy coding …

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“Faraday Motion is accelerating open innovation within Personal Electric Vehicles.
We want to make Urban Transportation Intelligent, Personalized and simply Awesome.

For this to happen, we provide Hardware toolkits/components, Software API and host Workshops.”

They currently built two electric skateboards called the Spine and its successor the Hyperboard.

All source files are open source and provided online hardware and electronics.

Looking forward to build my own in the future :)

Faraday Motion

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IoT is the current buzz word and I will be doing some more tinkering with current solutions this year. I have done projects with ArduinoRaspberry Pi and looking into relayr / Wunderbar right now.

relayr provides a tech stack with Wunderbar, that easily connects included sensors with the cloud. They provide a wide range of API endpoints to collect data and even integrate hardware solutions like Arduino orRaspberry Pi.

“The WunderBar is built for software developers. It is a powerful rapid prototyping and product development tool that enables developers to immediately start creating products and solutions that utilise the Internet of Things, without any prior hardware knowledge. No soldering or electronic engineering experience is needed. Just choose what sensors you need for your project and start coding.”

relayrWunderbar

Starterkit should arrive next week …

Enjoy coding …

 

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