Wow! eBook - Blog » JavaScript http://www.wowebook.be Great ebook, great site! Wed, 23 May 2012 21:39:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Node: Up and Running http://www.wowebook.be/book/node-up-and-running/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/node-up-and-running/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:57:43 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18792 Node: Up and Running

Book Description

This book introduces you to Node, the new framework written in . You’ll learn hands-on how Node makes life easier for experienced developers: not only can you work on the front end and back end in the same language, you’ll also have more flexibility in choosing divide application logic between client and server.

Written by a core contributor to the framework, Node: shows you how Node scales up to support large numbers of simultaneous connections across multiple servers, and scales down to let you create quick one-off applications with minimal infrastructure. Built on the V8 engine that runs Chrome, Node is already winning the hearts and minds of many companies, including and ! This book shows you why.

  • Understand Node’s event-loop , non-blocking I/O, and event-driven
  • Discover how Node supports a variety of database and data storage tools
  • Learn best practices for writing easy-to-maintain code for Node
  • Get concrete examples of use the various Node APIs in practice
  • Take advantage of the book’s complete reference

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. A Very Brief Introduction to Node.js
Chapter 2. Doing Interesting Things
Chapter 3. Building Robust Node Applications
Chapter 4. Core APIs
Chapter 5. Helper APIs
Chapter 6. Data Access
Chapter 7. Important External Modules
Chapter 8. Extending Node

Book Details

  • Paperback: 204 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly (May 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449398588
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449398583
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Book Description

With this digital Early Release edition of Learning Design Patterns, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

If you want to write beautiful, structured, and maintainable code, this shows you apply both classical and modern design patterns to the language. The patterns in this book provide reusable code solutions to common problems in software design, and give you a shared vocabulary for describing solutions to others.

You’ll explore several popular design patterns in plain JavaScript as well as and other abstracted libraries. If you’re familiar with concepts such as closures and prototypal inheritance, you’ll be able to determine why some patterns may be more suitable for your projects than others.

  • Learn the structure of design patterns and how they’re written
  • Examine basic pattern categories: creational, structural, behavioral, and anti-patterns
  • Get the basics of 15 JavaScript implementations of classical and modern design patterns
  • Dive into several popular JavaScript patterns in greater detail—including some less frequently used
  • Discover what design patterns look like when implemented with
  • Explore three formats for writing modular JavaScript: AMD, CommonJS, and Harmony
  • Learn popular design patterns for jQuery

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. What is a Pattern?
3. ‘Pattern’-ity , Proto-Patterns & The Rule Of Three
4. The Structure Of A Design Pattern
5. Writing Design Patterns
6. Anti-Patterns
7. Categories Of Design Pattern
8. Design Pattern Categorization
9. JavaScript Design Patterns
10. Flyweight
11. MV* Patterns
12. Design Patterns in jQuery Core
13. Modern Modular JavaScript Design Patterns
14. Bonus: jQuery Plugin Design Patterns
15. Conclusions
16. References

Book Details

  • Paperback: 150 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly (August 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449331815
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449331818
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Book Description

With this digital Early Release edition of Developing Applications, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

Get a complete run-down of the popular framework for structuring applications. This practical takes you through Model–view–controller () theory, and shows you build applications using Backbone’s models, views, collections and routers. You’ll also learn advanced topics such as modular with Backbone.js and RequireJS.

This detailed book provides an authoritative and centralized repository of information to help you develop real-world apps with Backbone.

  • Build applications using modern tech stacks, including Node and Express
  • Solve the problems with Backbone and
  • Get tips about scaffolding tools

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Basics
3. Applications
4. Advanced
5. Unit
6. Resources
7. Conclusions

Book Details

  • Paperback: 150 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly (July 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449328253
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449328252
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Book Description

Pro  with is all about work seamlessly with the two popular technologies to create rich and interactive parts, application pages, and more. In this book, author Phill Duffy provides complete, meaningful and realistic examples to really help you understand the key concepts and their integration points. Inside, you’ll find all the tools and resources you need to use to provide the next level of functionality.

Learn what it takes to get ready to use jQuery, create rich, responsive, and highly functional user interfaces, call the SharePoint and work with elements, and much more with Pro SharePoint with jQuery.

  • Takes you through the different ways of integrating jQuery into your SharePoint environment
  • Provides various levels of projects to show off the extensive capabilities of jQuery within SharePoint
  • Teaches you how to provide rich, fluent and interactive jQuery-enabled user interfaces

What you’ll learn

  • The basics of jQuery effects, including styling elements, generating markup on the fly, and creating modal dialogs
  • How to debug your jQuery
  • How to create a task management application page that allows users to easily create, edit and move tasks across statuses
  • How to use JQuery’s built-in functions to dynamically load data into a part
  • How to work with the SharePoint to interact with your SharePoint data
  • How to work with the Client Object Model with jQuery
  • jQuery plug-in patterns to create modular, reusable jQuery plug-ins.

Who this book is for
Pro SharePoint with jQuery is for intermediate programmers interested in building rich, interactive web parts, application pages and more using the combined power of jQuery and SharePoint.

Table of Contents

  1. Introducing jQuery
  2. Integrating jQuery into SharePoint
  3. Common jQuery Features, Actions and Methods
  4. Debugging
  5. Viewing SharePoint Data using jQuery
  6. Building a Task List Viewer Application Page
  7. Adding Controls to Create, Edit, and Delete Tasks
  8. Enhancing SharePoint with jQuery
  9. Using jQuery to Enhance SharePoint
  10. Extending jQuery

Book Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430240989
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430240983
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Book Description

is the ubiquitous language of the , and for more than 15 years, : The Definitive has been the bible of JavaScript programmers around the world. This book is an all-new excerpt of The Definitive , collecting the essential parts of that hefty volume into this slim yet dense .

The first 9 chapters document the latest version (ECMAScript 5) of the core JavaScript language, covering:

  • Types, values, and variables
  • Operators, expressions, and statements
  • Objects and arrays
  • Functions and classes

The next 5 chapters document the fundamental APIs for using JavaScript with 5 and explain :

  • Interact with windows
  • Script documents and document elements
  • Modify and apply styles and classes
  • Respond to user input events
  • Communicate with web servers
  • Store data locally on the user’s computer

This book is a perfect companion to .

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Lexical Structure
Chapter 2. Types, Values, and Variables
Chapter 3. Expressions and Operators
Chapter 4. Statements
Chapter 5. Objects
Chapter 6. Arrays
Chapter 7. Functions
Chapter 8. Classes
Chapter 9. Regular Expressions
Chapter 10. Client-Side JavaScript
Chapter 11. Scripting Documents
Chapter 12. Handling Events
Chapter 13. Networking
Chapter 14. Client-Side Storage

Book Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly ; 3rd Edition (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449316859
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449316853
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Book Description

A complete, in-depth look at

If you’re looking for a single resource that completely encompasses and related technologies, then look no further. This authoritative dives right into exploring , the leading framework used for standards-based, client-side . You’ll discover how jQuery is structured so that it can be used to accomplish a wide range of tasks and you’ll learn integrate jQuery into your pages. The authors provide helpful lessons and valuable examples so that you can get a firm grasp on how best to maximize the capabilities of jQuery.

  • Begins with a look at where to access the latest version of jQuery and reviews a number of useful tools to help get started with this popular framework
  • Describes manipulate DOM elements, work with forms, and create visual effects
  • Covers working with AJAX and
  • Explains techniques for using and developing jQuery
  • Details developing jQuery for devices

You’ll quickly see for yourself why jQuery is rapidly growing in popularity as developers are looking to build sites that are fully functional today and can handle the technologies of tomorrow.

From the Back Cover
Learn the framework to create innovative, standards-based websites

If you want to create standards-based, interactive websites, you need to be able to take advantage of one of the hottest emerging technologies available. This book gives you the hard-core jQuery chops you’ll need to solve whatever problems the throws at you. It focuses on the core library and how to integrate jQuery into your pages. You’ll then dive into applying jQuery in the real world by learning how to use jQuery , plugin development, templates, design patterns and more. With this information, you’ll be able to simplify the critical tasks needed to build interactive websites.

Professional jQuery:

  • Explains how to manipulate DOM elements and work with data
  • Covers steps for working with forms, AJAX, and
  • Provides you with the skills to animate elements and properties to create eye-catching effects
  • Demonstrates how to extend jQuery using battle-tested best practices for jQuery plugin development
  • Provides you with best practices for writing effective jQuery code, optimizing your site, and extending ® Objects

Table of Contents
Part I: jQuery Fundamentals
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter 2. JavaScript Primer
Chapter 3. The jQuery Core
Chapter 4. DOM Element Selection and Manipulation
Chapter 5. Event Handling
Chapter 6. HTML Forms, Data, and Ajax
Chapter 7. Animations and Effects

Part II: Applied jQuery
Chapter 8. jQuery Part I—Making Things Look Slick
Chapter 9. jQuery UI Part II—Mouse Interactions
Chapter 10. Writing Effective jQuery Code
Chapter 11. jQuery Templates
Chapter 12. Writing jQuery
Chapter 13. Advanced Asynchronous with jQuery Deferred
Chapter 14. Unit Testing with QUnit

Book Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Wrox (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118026683
  • ISBN-13: 978-1118026687
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Book Description

You’re designing a , which is going to become a work of art, with snappy response times – do you want to slow it down with lots of extra, unwanted functionality? Tools can provide you with just the functionality you need, that appears on most websites around the world, and which you can customize to your heart’s content.

Tools Library will show you add useful functionality to your , using the compact but powerful jQuery Tools library. You will get stuck into simple yet powerful projects that you can implement straightaway, and which will give you inspiration for developing your own versions in future projects.

You will go on a whirlwind tour through jQuery Tools, beginning with best practices that should be used, through to detailed projects on each tool in the Library, that you can copy from the book, or download from Packt’s website. The book will include tips and comments on alter elements, or ideas on what can be included to extend the functionality you want to include in your websites.

Begin with a short explanation of the origins of jQuery Tools, followed by some of the best practices that should be used, as well as some detail on how to use its and event capabilities.

When you have finished reading “jQuery Tools Library”, you will have learnt all about the library, using clear, practical examples that you can take into your own projects and use, or develop into your own designs for future use.

What you will learn from this book

  • Discover the power and versatility of the Tools, despite only requiring a few lines of code
  • Learn to use jQuery Tools’ Overlay UI Tools to produce exciting websites using Overlays, Tabs, Scrollables and Tooltips
  • Set up forms that can be validated correctly, either with standard validators, or with custom-built additional functionality
  • Combine several tools together to produce exciting, useful effects
  • Develop your own versions of each function, using the examples provided in the book, that you can customize to your own liking
  • Combine various tools with additional jQuery code and provide extra functionality to your website
  • Use the accompanying PDF to learn how to use jQuery Tools within content management systems, such as

Approach
A practical tutorial with powerful yet simple projects that are quick to implement.

Who this book is for
This book is aimed at developers who have prior jQuery knowledge, but may not have any prior experience with jQuery Tools. It is possible that they may have started with the basics of jQuery Tools, but want to learn more about how it can be used, as well as get ideas for future projects.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849517800
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849517805
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Book Description

: Novice to Ninja, 2nd Edition is the perfect book to jump-start your journey into . You’ll learn all the basics, so you’ll be able to truly appreciate the power of this framework. Then you’ll move on to more advanced techniques, such as plugin and the creation of almost every conceivable widget.

  • A practical, hands-on to using jQuery
  • Ready-to-use best practice solutions
  • Includes complete working code
  • Fully updated for jQuery 1.6

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Falling in Love with jQuery
Chapter 2. Selecting, Decorating, and Enhancing
Chapter 3. Animating, Scrolling, and Resizing
Chapter 4. Images and Slideshows
Chapter 5. Menus, Tabs, Tooltips, and Panels
Chapter 6. Construction, , and Interactivity
Chapter 7. Forms, Controls, and Dialogs
Chapter 8. Lists, Trees, and Tables
Chapter 9. , Themes, and Advanced Topics

Appendix A. Reference Material
Appendix B. Tidbits
Appendix C. Plugin Helpers

Book Details

  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: SitePoint; 2nd Edition (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0987153013
  • ISBN-13: 978-0987153012
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Book Description

Would you like to build one application that works on iPad and as well as and smartphones? This introductory guide to jQuery shows you how. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the best ways to use this framework’s many interface components to build customizable, multiplatform apps. You don’t need any skills or previous experience with jQuery to get started.

By the time you finish this book, you’ll know create responsive, -based interfaces that work on a variety of smartphones and tablets, using jQuery Mobile and semantic code.

  • Understand how jQuery Mobile works with , 3, and
  • Work with components to format content and create forms, lists, navbars, and buttons
  • Create dynamic content with , , and the jQuery core framework
  • Customize your entire user interface with themes and 3
  • Enable users to install your app from the and work with it offline
  • Distribute through app stores by packaging your creation as a native app

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Mobile Platform
Chapter 2. Starting with the Framework
Chapter 3. Components
Chapter 4. Lists
Chapter 5. Form Components
Chapter 6. The Framework and JavaScript
Chapter 7. Creating Themes
Chapter 8. Installation and Offline Access
Chapter 9. A Complete Webapp
Chapter 10. Extending the Framework
Chapter 11. Packaging for Stores

Book Details

  • Paperback: 270 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449397654
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449397654
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Book Description

jQuery is one of the most popular and powerful libraries available today. It’s widely used to create rich user experiences and to simplify website and application . It is the tool of choice for developers everywhere and sets the standard for simplicity, flexibility and extensibility.

In Pro jQuery, seasoned author Adam Freeman explains get the most from jQuery by focusing on the features you need for your project. He starts with the nuts and bolts and shows you everything through to advanced features, going in depth to give you the knowledge you need. Getting the most from jQuery is essential to truly mastering .

What you’ll learn

  • Understand the capabilities of jQuery and why it is special
  • Use the core of jQuery to enrich , including tables, forms and data displays
  • Use jQuery to create rich and fluid user experiences
  • Use rich interactions such as drag and drop, sortable data and touch sensitivity
  • Use jQuery to create touch-enabled interfaces for devices and tablets
  • Extend jQuery by creating custom and widgets

Each topic is covered clearly and concisely, and is packed with the details you’ll need to learn to be truly effective with jQuery. The most important features are given a no-nonsense, in-depth treatment, and chapters contain examples that demonstrate both the power and the subtlety of jQuery.

Who this book is for
This book is for working developers who want to learn about jQuery in detail. Quick refreshers of and are given to help you get up to speed, but a good working knowledge of the basics is assumed.

Table of Contents

  1. Putting jQuery In Context
  2. HTML Primer
  3. Primer
  4. Primer
  5. The jQuery Basics
  6. Managing the Element Selection
  7. Manipulating the
  8. Manipulatng the Elements
  9. Working with Events
  10. Using jQuery Effects
  11. Refractoring the Example: Part I
  12. Using Data Templates
  13. Working with Forms
  14. Using : Part I
  15. Using : Part II
  16. Refractoring the Example: Part II
  17. Setting Up jQuery
  18. Using the Button, Progress Bar, and Slider Widgets
  19. Using the Autocomplete and Accordion Widgets
  20. Using the Tabs Widget
  21. Using the Datepicker Widget
  22. Using the Dialog Widget
  23. Using the Drag & Drop Interactions
  24. Using the Other Interactions
  25. Refactoring the Example: Part III
  26. Getting Started with jQuery
  27. Pages and Navigation
  28. Dialogs, Themes, and Layouts
  29. Buttons and Collapsible Blocks
  30. Using jQuery Mobile Forms
  31. jQuery Mobile Lists
  32. Refactoring the Mobile Example: Part IV
  33. Using the jQuery Utility Methods
  34. The Effects & CSS Framework
  35. Using Deferred Objects

Book Details

  • Paperback: 1016 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430240954
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430240952
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Book Description

If you know use in the , you already have the skills you need to put to work on back-end servers with Node. This hands-on book shows you use this popular JavaScript platform to create simple server applications, communicate with the client, build dynamic pages, work with data, and tackle other tasks.

Although Node has a complete library of developer-contributed modules to automate server-side , this book will show you program with Node on your own, so you truly understand the platform. Discover firsthand how well Node works as a , and how easy it is to learn and use.

  • Set up Node and learn how to build scaffolding for a application
  • Work with Node natively to see how it functions as a
  • Understand how Node receives client data from GET and POST requests
  • Use the Socket.IO to facilitate realtime client-server communication
  • Choose from among several Node templates to create dynamic pages
  • Learn how to connect to a database, and store data in files
  • Implement the Model-View-Controller pattern, and share Node modules with server and client

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Node Set Up
Chapter 2. Serving Simple Content
Chapter 3. Interaction with the Client
Chapter 4. Server-Side Templates
Chapter 5. Data Sources and Flow Control
Chapter 6. Model-View-Controller and Sharing Code
Appendix. Postscript

Book Details

  • Paperback: 58 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449318835
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449318833
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Book Description

This bundle includes three eBooks that will help you master the various areas of , and . Get the full hang of : be it layouts, !important declarations, advanced selectors, specificity and inheritance, media queries or experimental properties. The eBook is a full compendium of advanced techniques for professional developers.

Improve your knowledge with valuable lessons from practice and learn your way around the new techniques. Of course, all three eBooks are available in PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket formats.

“Mastering ” (eBook, 365 pages)
Are you stumped by the rather sophisticated nature of CSS? Getting a grip on this still dewy technology isn’t quite as hard as you might think. Connecting the dots is easier when you have all the vital facts within reach. And that’s what “Mastering CSS” is all about. This eBook offers 15 hand-picked articles that overflow with professional advice and that reflect the deep experience of the Magazine authors you trust — authors who know exactly what they’re writing about.

Stop hiding behind cross- compatibility issues, and launch a counterstrike. Tame those advanced CSS selectors; learn your way around media queries; pioneer the field of keyframe animations. Get in the game, and learn use advanced CSS typography, pseudo-classes and modern CSS layouts, while devising back-up solutions for older browsers.

  • Why We Should Start Using and Today
  • CSS Three: Connecting the Dots
  • Modern CSS Layouts: The Essential Characteristics
  • Modern CSS Layouts, Part 2: The Essential Techniques
  • Use CSS3 Pseudo-Classes
  • Taming Advanced CSS Selectors
  • !important CSS Declarations: How and When to Use Them
  • An Introduction to CSS3 Keyframe Animations
  • CSS Specificity and Inheritance
  • How to Use CSS3 Media Queries
  • Responsive Design: What It Is and How to Use It
  • The Future of CSS: Experimental CSS Properties
  • Technical Web Typography: Guidelines and Techniques
  • Future of CSS Typography
  • Using CSS3: Older Browsers and Common Considerations

“JavaScript Essentials” (eBook, 142 pages)
It’s not always easy for Web developers to make the right decisions when having to choose the right solution. Either while building a complex Web application or even by improving a , there are countless pre-built solutions available and picking one of them can be a burden sometimes. In this eBook we explain the most important issues that you should pay attention to by all means when selecting a solution, i.e. how stable, easy to customize, usable and accessible it is, whether it can be maintained in the future, what exactly is supported and how you can extend the functionalities on your own.

One of the many important issues considered in this book is the importance of reviewing your code and what to avoid when you are implementing in JavaScript. Maintaining strong coding standards and withdrawing your away from common errors should be the basic requests for the general quality of your solutions, and the articles we have selected will explain exactly how you can achieve this. One of the sections also advises to have your code reviewed by experts and check whether they may provide other solutions to the problems you’re experiencing.

Last but not least, you’ll get to know the guidelines for basic JavaScript animations better, as well as get along with the native JavaScript functions (Math, Array, String), shortcut notations etc.. Of course, we couldn’t leave out JavaScript events, implementation of anonymous functions, module patterns and interaction with the back end.

  • Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career
  • Lessons From A Review Of JavaScript Code
  • Find The Right JavaScript Solution With A 7-Step Test
  • Ten Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript
  • The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation
  • A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript
  • Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

“Mastering jQuery” (eBook, 122 pages)
The explosion of JavaScript in the front-end development scene has opened up the power of jQuery to a far wider audience than ever before. A script to find all links of a certain CSS class in a document and bind an event to them requires one single line of code instead of ten. Also, jQuery brings to the party its own API, featuring a host of functions, methods and syntactical peculiarities.

In this eBook, you will learn how to combine JavaScript and jQuery with PHP’s GD library to create an image manipulation tool to upload an image, then crop it and finally save the revised version to the server. You will also be able to create your own bookmarklets, which are small JavaScript-powered applications. Typically used to extend the functionality of the and to interact with Web services, bookmarklets allow you to post onto your own WordPress or Tumblr blog, submit any selected text to ’s search function, or modify a current CSS code within a — just to cite a few!

Special attention is also given to jQuery plugins, which help save time and streamline development as well as allow developers to avoid having to build every component from scratch. A good plugin saves countless development hours, whereas a bad plugin leads to bugs that must be fixed and so takes more of of your time than actually building the component from scratch. With the help of this eBook, you will get the best hints on how to choose which plugins are really worth considering for your projects and which ones you should avoid.

  • Commonly Confused Bits Of jQuery
  • Image Manipulation With jQuery And PHP GD
  • Make Your Own Bookmarklets With jQuery
  • jQuery Plugin Checklist: Should You Use That jQuery Plug-In?
  • Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns

Book Details

  • Paperback: 365 + 142 +122 pages
  • Publisher:  Media GmbH (2011)
  • Language: English
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Book Description

4 is a framework that provides resources to build Rich Internet Applications with great performance. 4 has been packed with many new features and it is difficult to master, even for seasoned experts in 3.

4 First Look teaches you the main functional areas of 4 that have significant new features, explains the new features and use them, while highlighting the differences between Ext JS 4 and the previous versions.

This book will give you the knowledge to make the required changes to Ext JS 3 application to build a complete Ext JS 4 application.

This book provides examples of load Ext JS components by demand, charts, grid, tree, forms and panels, new data model, themes and .

Ext JS 4 First Look provides full examples and illustrations to help you easily learn the new features of Ext JS 4.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn the major changes in Ext JS 4 and its compatibility with Ext JS 3, including how to load components by demand.
  • Understand how to use the new Data package, including new features such as Model, Associations, Validations, new Proxies, etc.
  • Organize Ext JS 4 components into containers using upgraded and new Layout engines.
  • Create bar, pie, radar, scatter, gauge, line, and area charts without using Flash and customize them.
  • Learn what has changed in Ext JS 4 components such as Grid, Tree, Form.
  • Change and create new themes using Sass and Compass.
  • Build a complete application using the new Ext JS .
  • Compare Ext JS 3 with Ext JS 4 class names.

Approach
This book is a practical step-by-step tutorial which guides you to migrate from Ext JS 3 to Ext JS 4. There are examples backed with explanations and plenty of code and illustrations to look forward to.

Who this book is for
This book is written for developers who are familiar with Ext JS 3 and want to have detailed insights into the new features of Ext JS 4.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849516669
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849516662
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Book Description

With , you can add interactivity, , and other tricks to your pages quickly. But this isn’t just a book of scripts for you to cut and paste into your , only to find out later that nothing works as you’d expected. Using real-world examples as the starting point, author thau! walks you through various scripts and explains how they produce the effects you want.

Because no discussion of today is complete without coverage of , this thoroughly updated second edition includes new chapters on , so you can get up to speed with this valuable method for creating truly dynamic pages. This second edition of the best-selling The Book of JavaScript also features revised appendices and new examples throughout to reflect today’s web environment. Inside, you’ll learn to:

  • Work with frames, forms, cookies, and alarms
  • Use events to react to a user’s actions
  • Perform image swaps and rollovers
  • Program your own functions to produce customized solutions
  • Store user preferences and build a shopping cart
  • Use Dynamic to turn web pages into multimedia applications

If you need to spruce up tired-looking pages, The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition will help take your site from bland to brilliant.

BONUS: Includes a complete reference to all JavaScript objects and functions, including examples, properties, methods, handlers, and compatibility!

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Welcome to JavaScript!
Chapter 2. Using Variables and Built-in Functions to Update Your Web Pages Automatically
Chapter 3. Giving the Browsers What They Want
Chapter 4. Working with Rollovers
Chapter 5. Opening and Manipulating Windows
Chapter 6. Writing Your Own JavaScript Functions
Chapter 7. Providing and Receiving Information with Forms
Chapter 8. Keeping Track of Information with Arrays and Loops
Chapter 9. Timing Events
Chapter 10. Using Frames and Image Maps
Chapter 11. Validating Forms, Massaging Strings, and Working with Server-Side Programs
Chapter 12. Saving Visitor Information with Cookies
Chapter 13. Dynamic HTML
Chapter 14. Basics
Chapter 15. in JavaScript and Ajax
Chapter 16. Server-Side Ajax
Chapter 17. Putting It All Together
Chapter 18. Debugging JavaScript and Ajax

Appendix A. Answers to Assignments
Appendix B. Resources
Appendix C. Reference to JavaScript Objects and Functions
Appendix D. Chapter 15′s Italian Translation Script and Chapter 17′s To Do List Application

Book Details

  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: No Starch Press; 2nd Edition (December 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1593271069
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593271060
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Book Description

This little book shows developers build superb applications with , the remarkable little language that’s gaining considerable interest. Through example code, this demonstrates how abstracts , providing syntactical sugar and preventing many common errors. You’ll learn ’s syntax and idioms , from basic variables and functions to complex comprehensions and classes.

Written by Alex MacCaw, author of JavaScript Applications (O’Reilly), with contributions from creator Jeremy Ashkenas, this book quickly teaches you best practices for using this language—not just on the client side, but for server-side applications as well. It’s time to take a ride with the little language that could.

  • Discover how CoffeeScript’s syntax differs from JavaScript
  • Learn about features such as array comprehensions, destructuring assignments, and classes
  • Explore CoffeeScript idioms and compare them to their JavaScript counterparts
  • Compile CoffeeScript files in static sites with the Cake build system
  • Use CommonJS modules to structure and deploy CoffeeScript client-side applications
  • Examine JavaScript’s bad parts—including features CoffeeScript was able to fix

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. CoffeeScript Syntax
Chapter 2. CoffeeScript Classes
Chapter 3. CoffeeScript Idioms
Chapter 4. Compiling CoffeeScript
Chapter 5. The Good Parts
Chapter 6. The Little Conclusion

Book Details

  • Paperback: 60 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449321054
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449321055
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Book Description

A significant update to a bestselling book

As the key scripting language for the , is supported by every modern and allows developers to create client-side scripts that take advantage of features such as animating the tag and enabling client-side storage and application caches. After an in-depth introduction to the JavaScript language, this updated edition of a bestseller progresses to break down how JavaScript is applied for using the latest technologies. Veteran author and JavaScript guru Nicholas Zakas shows how JavaScript works with the new 5 as well as other significant advances in web as it relates to JavaScript.

  • Begins with an introduction to JavaScript basics and then moves on to more advanced topics regarding JavaScript and advances in web technologies
  • Describes how JavaScript is implemented into 5
  • Covers /feature detection in scripts, event-driven JavaScript development, error reporting and debugging, offline application and data storage, and more

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 3rd Edition is an authoritative JavaScript resource that every web developers should have.

From the Back Cover
Get up to date on the latest ways to use JavaScript in web development

If you want to achieve JavaScript’s full potential, it is critical to understand its nature, history, and limitations. To that end, this updated version of the bestseller by veteran author and JavaScript guru Nicholas C. Zakas covers JavaScript from its very beginning to the present-day incarnations including the , , and HTML5. Zakas shows you extend this powerful language to meet specific needs and create dynamic user interfaces for the web that blur the line between desktop and internet. By the end of the book, you’ll have a strong understanding of the significant advances in web development as they relate to JavaScript so that you can apply them to your next .

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers:

  • Offers a detailed discussion of the components that make up a JavaScript implementation
  • Zeroes in on new and emerging APIs such as the Selectors , Web Workers, and Cross-Document Messaging
  • Explores in JavaScript
  • Shows implement drag and drop file upload with and the File
  • Highlights the new core language features introduced in ECMAScript5
  • Explains how to work with data formats such as and
  • Looks at what’s coming in ECMAScript Harmony
  • Walks you through creating offline-capable web applications

Book Details

  • Paperback: 960 pages
  • Publisher: Wrox; 3rd Edition (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118026691
  • ISBN-13: 978-1118026694
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Book Description

Over the past few years, all the major internet or enterprise applications are developed or migrated to Rich Internet Application to support all the features that are provided in the desktop applications. This helps organizations keep the end users happy and also improves application deployment and maintenance. is a stable, open source framework. If you are waiting and watching for the right time to migrate your application to , this is the right time!

This book explains in detail about the rich user interface in qooxdoo. It explains various concepts of qooxdoo framework in an easy to grasp and organized way, making it simple even for a novice in qooxdoo and also increases the competency level of the developer who is already working in qooxdoo.

This book helps developers understand the qooxdoo framework, setup the environment, and start the of using qooxdoo. You will learn the core techniques in qooxdoo, user interface development in qooxdoo, & debugging qooxdoo applications, internationalization of qooxdoo applications to multiple languages, customizing the look and feel of qooxdoo applications using Themes, Performance management, etc.

In the course of the book, we develop a complete application which will help the developer to understand the concepts better and to put things together to see the step-by-step progress to complete an application. By the end, this book will get the developer accustomed to the widgets and available in the qooxdoo framework, and will enable him to design, develop, debug, and test the RIA in qooxdoo.

This book will take you through the various design and implementation concepts using qooxdoo. It helps you to develop Rich Internet Applications (RIA). qooxdoo 1.2 and qooxdoo1.4 are used to write this book.

What you will learn from this book:

  • Gain knowledge on core object oriented concepts in qooxdoo
  • Communicate through RPC-based calls
  • Use light weight to pass the data between client and server
  • Get well versed with Containers and Layout Managers
  • Learn most of the off the shelf widgets provided by qooxdoo in an organized way
  • Design and implement Rich Internet Applications in qooxdoo
  • Learn to do unit and automated of your qooxdoo application
  • Easily internationalize your qooxdoo application to multiple languages
  • Customize your qooxdoo application’s look and feel using Themes
  • Profile and improve performance of the qooxdoo applications
  • Create reusable custom widgets for your qooxdoo applications
  • Develop enterprise applications in qooxdoo

Approach
This is a Packt beginner’s . The unique style of the book is to set the requirements for an application, Team Twitter, in the first chapter and apply the concepts in the application as you learn in the following chapters. When you complete this book, you would have developed a complete application.

Although the scope of this book is only on the qooxdoo framework, which is a client side framework, we have explained set up one of the RPC servers and demonstrated the end to end application in the Team Twitter.

Who this book is written for
This book is intended for the client side developers who design and develop internet applications and enterprise applications. If you want to start developing RIA applications in qooxdoo, this book would be a great help to jump start your development. If you are already developing qooxdoo applications, this book will help you to go through the qooxdoo framework quickly to improve your contribution to your project.

This book is also intended for the desktop application developers who want to move into RIA development and develop internet applications and rich enterprise applications.

It also provides an idea for the Architects and Lead developers to know about qooxdoo and evaluate the framework.

It helps beginners in qooxdoo to easily set up the development environment and explains the concepts in an order that is easily graspable by beginners.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849513708
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849513708
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Book Description

Appcelerator Titanium allows developers to realize their potential to develop full native and Android applications by using free Titanium Studio tools without the need to know or . This practical hands-on shows you exactly leverage the Titanium to its full advantage and become confident in developing applications in no time at all.

Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App offers a set of practical and clear recipes with a step-by-step approach for building native applications for both the and Android platforms using your existing knowledge of .

This cookbook takes a pragmatic approach to using your knowledge to create applications for the iPhone and Android platforms, from putting together basic UIs to handling events and implementation of third party services such Twitter, Facebook and Push notifications. This book shows you utilize both remote and local datasources using , and the SQLite database system. The topics covered will you to use popular Titanium Studio tools effectively and help you leverage all the advanced mobile features such as Geolocation, Accelerometer, and more. Finally, you’ll learn how to register developer accounts and how to publish your very own apps to the Android and Apple marketplaces.

What you will learn from this book:

  • Design compelling interfaces using native components
  • Consume remote data sources using both and
  • Utilize SQLite to leverage local data capture and offline storage
  • Integrate with Maps and learn how to draw routes, use the compass, create annotations and more
  • Create brilliant layout effects using animations and transitions
  • Integrate with social media such as Twitter and Facebook
  • Integrate with third party services including FourSquare and Urban Airship Push notifications
  • Take full advantage of your device’s camera and audio capture capabilities

Approach
Written in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe-based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. The cookbook approach means you can dive into whatever recipes you want in no particular order.

Who this book is written for
This book is an essential for any developer who possesses some JavaScript or knowledge and wishes to take a leap into building native applications for both the iPhone and Android. No knowledge of Objective C and is required.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849513961
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849513968
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Book Description

Ajax is the necessary paradigm in Web 2.0 sites. Most of the Web 2.0 sites are built with and Ajax. Extending AJAX is about delivering front-end service for accessing back-end services in in a quick and easy manner. With this book in hand, you will learn use the necessary tools for Ajaxification of websites and iPhones.

AJAX will teach you use the combination of PHP AJAX as a powerful platform for websites or web applications. Using AJAX for Communication with Server leads to faster response with PHP at the back-end services. The combination of AJAX PHP has many features such as speeding up the user experience, giving your web client much quicker response time and letting the client retrieve data from the server without having to refresh the whole page. You will learn the nuances of optimization and debugging Ajax applications. Further, you will learn how to program Ajax on devices.

This book will teach you popular selector-based followed by important concepts on debugging, optimization and best practices. There is a collection of recipes focused on creating basic utilities such as validating form using Ajax and creating a five star rating system. As is quite popular, useful tools and like Ajax tooltips, tab navigation, autocomplete, shopping cart, and Ajax chat are covered subsequently. By the end of chapter 7 you will learn to visually speed up responsiveness to building -friendly Ajax websites. Also get to know about all popular Ajax webservices and APIs like Twitter, Facebook and Maps which are covered in Ajax Mashups. Finally, step-by-step recipes are presented to build apps using basic libraries and everyday useful Ajax tools.

Build rich interactive web 2.0 sites with rich standards and Mashups around PHP Ajax.

What you will learn from this book:

  • Understand Basic form validation and form handling tools
  • Learn Debugging and troubleshooting techniques to make your site perform even quicker
  • Integrate Web 2.0 APIs for Flickr, Picasa, Facebook and Twitter
  • Build chat application using Comet technology
  • Write optimized code using Ajax asynchronous calls to improve responsiveness
  • Implement best practices to build -friendly websites
  • Become a skilled iPhone app developer using Ajax

Approach
This book contains a collection of recipes with step-by-step directions to build SEO-friendly websites using standard Ajax tools. Each recipe contains behind-the-scene explanations to PHP Ajax questions.

Who this book is written for
This book is an ideal resource for people who like to add Ajax features to websites and who prefer standards and best practices for building SEO-friendly websites. As the book covers advanced topics, readers need to be aware of basic PHP, and features.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849513082
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849513081
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Book Description

Includes source files plus over 6 hours of screencasts!

has become one of the most widely used languages in the world. This book will get acquainted with what ; what it is, where it came from, and most importantly – code it!

Ever wanted to liven up a with Javascript but not known where to start? In Getting Good with JavaScript author Andrew Burgess breaks down in JavaScript into easy, straight-fowrad terms and exercizes.

It’s hard to find a place where JavaScript won’t run, and though the overwhelming majority of JavaScript—especially the JavaScript you’ll be writing in this book—will be in pages, JavaScript is used not only in browsers, but also desktop apps, phone apps, and now even on the server, so you definitely won’t be wasting your time Getting Good with JavaScript! to run in the .After getting started in Chapter 1, we’ll cover the basics in Chapters 2 and 3. You’ll learn all about the core syntax: what to actually type. Chapter 4 will cover many best practices and important concepts for writing JavaScript. Then, in Chapter 5, I’ll introduce you to the basics of writing JavaScript that interacts with pages.

This book will introduce you to important programming concepts, show you write your first scripts, and make you comfortable with JavaScript code. You’ll learn:

  • The basics of types, variables, and operators
  • Best practices for efficient coding
  • and optimizing your JavaScript
  • Interacting with elements

Andrew Burgess will help you get past the learning curve and get you Getting Good with JavaScript!

Book Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Rockable Press (June 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0987102672
  • ISBN-13: 978-0987102676
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