Yii Rapid Application Development HotshotA series of projects to help you learn Yii and Rapid Application Development. Learn how to build and incorporate key web technologies. Use as a cookbook to look up key concepts, or work on the projects from start to finish for a complete web application. ...
Python Geospatial DevelopmentBuild applications for GIS development using Python. Analyze and visualize Geo-Spatial data. Comprehensive coverage of key GIS concepts. Recommended best practices for storing spatial data in a database. Draw maps, place data points onto a map, and interact with maps. A practical tutorial with plenty of step-by-step instructions to help you develop a mapping application from scratch. ...
Panda3D 1.6 Game EnginePanda3D is a game engine, a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs. It includes graphics, audio, I/O, collision detection, and other abilities relevant to the creation of 3D games. Also, Panda3D is Open Source and free for any purpose, including commercial ventures. This book will enable you to create finished, marketable computer games using Panda3D and other entirely open-source tools and then sell those games without paying a cent for licensing. ...
Professional Plone 4 DevelopmentPlone is a web content management system that features among the top 2% of open source projects and is used by more than 300 solution providers in 57 countries. Its powerful workflow system, outstanding security track record, friendly user interface, elegant development model and vibrant community makes Plone a popular choice for building content-centric applications. By customising and extending the base platform, integrators can build unique solutions tailored to specific projects quickly and easily. ...
Ember.js Application Development How-toEmber.js is a frontend web development framework that organizes your JavaScript into clean, reusable code. With its powerful tools and concepts at your disposal you can create large scale web applications that rival native applications. No matter how big your application gets, Ember.JS makes your code manageable.
Instant Ember.js Application Development: How-to - is a practical guide that provides you with clear step-by-step examples. The in-depth examples take into account the key concepts and give you a solid foundation to expand your knowledge and your skills. ...
PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application DevelopmentDo you want to create mobile apps that run on multiple mobile platforms? With PhoneGap (Apache Cordova), you can put your existing development skills and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge to great use by creating mobile apps for cross-platform devices.
PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot - covers the concepts necessary to let you create great apps for mobile devices. The book includes ten apps varying in difficulty that cover the gamut - productivity apps, games, and more - that are designed to help you learn how to use PhoneGap to create a great experience. ...
Magento 1.4 Development CookbookMagento is the fastest growing PHP-based e-commerce solution based on the Zend Framework. It is a robust CMS that provides developers the ability to enrich their store with extra functionalities using custom modules. Developing a Magento store to get the desired look and feel is not as easy as you might believe and may take hours due to the wealth of features available for you to use.
Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook provides unparalleled guidelines to develop a much faster and more captivating Magento store by writing powerful custom modules. The book covers everything from common development tasks to integrating social networking plugins into Magento. ...
OGRE 3D 1.7 Application Development CookbookOGRE (Object-oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) 3D is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.
Graphics application development with OGRE 3D may start small, but may soon balloon into monstrously complex beasts, which just can't be all understood at once. This book will help you to easily develop applications using OGRE 3D. ...
Visual Studio 2010 Best PracticesVisual Studio 2010 best practices will take you through the practices that you need to master programming with .NET Framework. The book goes on to detail several practices involving many aspects of software development with Visual Studio. These practices include debugging and exception handling and design. It details building and maintaining a recommended practices library and the criteria by which to document recommended practices.
The book begins with practices on source code control (SCC). It includes different types of SCC and discusses how to choose them based on different scenarios. Advanced syntax in C# is then covered with practices covering generics, iterator methods, lambdas, and closures. ...
Socket.IO Real-time Web Application DevelopmentThe expectations of users for interactivity withweb applications have changed over the past few years. No more does the user want to press the refresh button to check if new messages have arrived in their inbox; people expect to see updates in their applications in real-time. Mass multiplayer online games have given up the requirement of plugins and are built entirely in JavaScript. Socket.io enables you to build these highly interactive applications that work cross-browser.
Socket.io Real-time Web Application Development - is a guide to building, deploying, and scaling highly interactive real-time web applications using socket.io. This book will guide you through the building of a chat system using Node.js and socket.io, helping you get familiar with various features of the framework. Going further it will empower you to deploy and scale your applications in production. ...