Learning PHP & MySQL, 2nd EditionPHP and MySQL are quickly becoming the de facto standard for rapid development of dynamic, database-driven web sites. This book is perfect for newcomers to programming as well as hobbyists who are intimidated by harder-to-follow books. With concepts explained in plain English, the new edition starts with the basics of the PHP language, and explains how to work with MySQL, the popular open source database. You then learn how to put the two together to generate dynamic content. ...
Developing iOS Applications with Flex 4.5Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on iPhone and iPad apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application for iOS devices from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with iOS APIs, and get complete code examples for working with device components - including the accelerometer, GPS, camera, gallery, and multitouch display. This is an ideal resource for Flex developers of all levels. ...
Web Services EssentialsAs a developer new to Web Services, how do you make sense of this emerging framework so you can start writing your own services today? This concise book gives programmers both a concrete introduction and a handy reference to XML web services, first by explaining the foundations of this new breed of distributed services, and then by demonstrating quick ways to create services with open-source Java tools.
Web Services make it possible for diverse applications to discover each other and exchange data seamlessly via the Internet. For instance, programs written in Java and running on Solaris can find and call code written in C# that run on Windows XP, or programs written in Perl that run on Linux, without any concern about the details of how that service is implemented. A common set of Web Services is at the core of Microsoft's new .NET strategy, Sun Microsystems's Sun One Platform, and the W3C's XML Protocol Activity Group. ...
HTML5 and JavaScript Web AppsThis hands-on book shows you how to work with HTML5, JavaScript MVC frameworks, and the latest W3C specifications to build mobile and desktop web apps that are widely supported across all browsers and devices. You'll quickly master building client-side applications with a loosely coupled backend infrastructure that supports offline clients.
Learn how to incorporate web storage, web workers, geolocation, Device Orientation, and WebSockets into your application architecture, using real-world examples. If you're familiar with server-side programming and understand the basics of HTML5, this book is for you. ...
Even Faster Web SitesPerformance is critical to the success of any web site, and yet today's web applications push browsers to their limits with increasing amounts of rich content and heavy use of Ajax. In this book, Steve Souders, web performance evangelist at Google and former Chief Performance Yahoo!, provides valuable techniques to help you optimize your site's performance.
Souders' previous book, the bestselling High Performance Web Sites, shocked the web development world by revealing that 80% of the time it takes for a web page to load is on the client side. In Even Faster Web Sites, Souders and eight expert contributors provide best practices and pragmatic advice for improving your site's performance. ...
Sencha Touch 2: Up and RunningLaunch into Sencha Touch 2 with this hands-on book, and quickly learn how to develop robust mobile web apps that look and behave like native applications. Using numerous code samples, author Adrian Kosmaczewski guides you every step of the way through this touchscreen-enabled JavaScript framework - from creating your first basic app to debugging, testing, and deploying a finished product.
Learn how to craft user interfaces, build forms, and manage data, then deploy as either an HTML5 offline app or as a native app for Android, iOS, or Blackberry. ...
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 BiblePacked with more than one thousand pages of hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, the bestseller returns with everything you need to know to harness the power of Dreamweaver CS4. This comprehensive resource guides you through the ins and outs of Dreamweaver CS4 so you can quickly get started building dynamic, data-driven sites. The book demonstrates building interactive forms; creating client-side image maps; connecting to a live database; working with layers, style sheets, and dynamic HTML; inserting, deleting, and updating data from Web pages; designing with templates; and integrating with Photoshop, Bridge, Flex, Fireworks, and Cold Fusion, as well as CSS and Ajax. ...
Professional WPF ProgrammingIf you want to learn how to build killer user interfaces for Windows and the web, then this book is for you. It arms you with the tools and code you'll need to effectively utilize the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). From creating appealing graphics and animated structures to enhancing performance and security, you'll be programming in no time.
First you'll explore the WPF framework and learn how to develop basic applications with ASP.NET or Visual Basic. Next you'll discover how to build more sophisticated WPF interfaces using Microsoft ExpressionBlend and then progress to more advanced programming techniques. ...
HTML5 HacksWith 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples for specifications that include Canvas, SVG, CSS3, multimedia, data storage, web workers, WebSockets, and geolocation.
You'll also find hacks for HTML5 markup elements and attributes that will give you a solid foundation for creative recipes that follow. The last chapter walks you through everything you need to know to get your HTML5 app off the ground, from Node.js to deploying your server to the cloud. ...
FileMaker Pro 7 BibleUpdated to cover the latest program version, this comprehensive guide helps users make the most of FileMaker Pro, the sophisticated workgroup database application with nine million registered users. Offers complete step-by-step guidance on FileMaker Pro features and tasks, covering both the Mac and Windows versions. Features expanded coverage of ODBC, JDBC, and XML connectivity and includes a new chapter on the developer tools used to create more complex databases. Other topics covered include calculations and computations, data exchange, creating and using templates, linking databases, using FileMaker in workgroups, Web publishing, plug-ins, and advanced database connectivity. ...