Making Isometric Social Real-Time Games with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScriptAnyone familiar with Zynga's Farmville understands how fun and addictive real-time social games can be. This hands-on guide shows you how to design and build one of these games from start to finish, with nothing but open source tools. You'll learn how to render graphics, animate with sprites, add sound, validate scores to prevent cheating, and more, using detailed examples and code samples.
By the end of the book, you'll complete a project called Tourist Resort that combines all of the techniques you've learned. You'll also learn how to integrate your game with Facebook. If you're familiar with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, you're ready to get started. ...
Supercharged JavaScript GraphicsWith HTML5 and improved web browser support, JavaScript has become the tool of choice for creating high-performance web graphics. This faced-paced book shows you how to use JavaScript, jQuery, DHTML, and HTML5's Canvas element to create rich web applications for computers and mobile devices.
By following real-world examples, experienced web developers learn fun and useful approaches to arcade games, DHTML effects, business dashboards, and other applications. This book serves complex subjects in easily digestible pieces, and each topic acts as a foundation for the next. ...
Introducing HTML5 Game DevelopmentMaking video games is hard work that requires technical skills, a lot of planning, and - most critically - a commitment to completing the project. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn step-by-step how to create a real 2D game from start to finish. In the process, you'll use Impact, the JavaScript game framework that works with HTML5's Canvas element.
Not only will you pick up important tips about game design, you'll also learn how to publish Impact games to the Web, desktop, and mobile - including a method to package your game as a native iOS app. Packed with screen shots and sample code, this book is ideal for game developers of all levels. ...
HTML5 MediaIf you're a web developer or designer familiar with CSS and JavaScript, this tightly focused introduction shows you how to add HTML5 media elements to your web pages, and how to provide custom controls for letting web visitors interact with the content.
You'll also learn how to provide subtitles and captions, using file formats that work in browsers now. This book includes code samples and downloadable examples to help you take full advantage of audio and video in your web pages. ...
Start Here! Build Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScriptReady to learn Windows 8 programming?
Learn the fundamentals of Windows 8 programming - and begin creating apps for desktops, laptops, tablets, and other devices. If you have previous experience with HTML5 and JavaScript - simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. ...
Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell CookbookAutomating server tasks allows administrators to repeatedly perform the same, or similar, tasks over and over again. With PowerShell scripts, you can automate server tasks and reduce manual input, allowing you to focus on more important tasks.
Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook will show several ways for a Windows administrator to automate and streamline his/her job. Learn how to automate server tasks to ease your day-to-day operations, generate performance and configuration reports, and troubleshoot and resolve critical problems. ...
HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design CookbookThe Internet is going mobile. Desktop computer sales keep falling as the mobile device marketplace burgeons. Web development methods are rapidly changing to adapt to this new trend. HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook, for all of today's wireless Internet devices, gives developers a new toolbox for staying connected with this on-the-run demographic.
HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook is the programmer's resource for generating websites that effortlessly interface with modern mobile devices. Using its clear instructions you can create responsive applications that make snappy connections for mobile browsers and give your website the latest design and development advantages for reaching mobile devices. ...
Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery MobileDreamweaver is the most powerful and industry-leading web design software that utilizes cutting edge web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery for web and mobile development. These technologies have radically reconfigured the process of designing web content and function in the widest possible range of browsing environments, ranging from desktops to mobile devices.
Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile is essentially three books in one: an introduction to building websites; Dreamweaver CS6: HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design; and an in-depth explanation of how to build inviting, accessible mobile sites with Dreamweaver CS6, responsive design, and jQuery Mobile. ...
HTML5 Web Application Development By ExampleHTML5's new features have made it a real application development platform with widespread adoption throughout the industry for this purpose. Being able to create one application that can run on virtually any device from phone to desktop has made it the first choice among developers. Although JavaScript has been around for a while now, it wasn't until the introduction of HTML5 that we have been able to create dynamic, feature-rich applications rivaling those written for the desktop.
HTML5 Web Application Development By Example will give you the knowledge you need to build rich, interactive web applications from the ground up, incorporating the most popular HTML5 and CSS3 features available right now. This book is full of tips, tools, and example applications that will get you started writing your own applications today. ...
Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012In the present day information-centric world we live in, the success of an enterprise depends enormously on how its information is generated, handled, and disseminated. With ample screenshots and over 65 hands-on exercises, this book will guide you effortlessly through creating cutting edge reports using SQL Server Reporting Services 2012, native and fully integrated with SharePoint Server 2010 including new features like Power View and Data Alerts.
Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 will get you started right from installation and then move on to configuration of SQL Server Reporting Services 2012. ...