Wow! eBook - Blog » Web Dev. 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 Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod http://www.wowebook.be/book/developing-web-applications-with-haskell-and-yesod/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/developing-web-applications-with-haskell-and-yesod/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 04:15:31 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18831 Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod

Book Description

This fast-moving guide introduces application with and , a potent language/framework combination that supports high-performing applications that are modular, type-safe, and concise. You’ll work with several samples to explore the way handles widgets, forms, persistence, and RESTful content. You also get an introduction to various tools to supplement your basic knowledge of the language.

By the time you finish this book, you’ll create a production-quality application with ’s ready-to-use scaffolding. You’ll also examine several real-world examples, including a , a wiki, a web service, and a Sphinx search server.

  • Build a simple application to learn Yesod’s foundation datatype and Web Application Interface ()
  • Use Shakespearean template languages for , , and output
  • Produce cleaner, more modular code by learning how Yesod monads interact
  • Implement the yesod-form declarative to build forms on top of widgets
  • Learn how Yesod and Haskell store session data and handle persistence
  • Use techniques to serve an page and a machine-friendly page from the same URL
  • Create reusable components for several applications with Yesod subsites

Table of Contents
Part I: Basics
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Haskell
Chapter 3. Basics
Chapter 4. Shakespearean Templates
Chapter 5. Widgets
Chapter 6. Yesod Typeclass
Chapter 7. Routing and Handlers
Chapter 8. Forms
Chapter 9. Sessions
Chapter 10. Persistent
Chapter 11. Deploying Your Webapp

Part II: Advanced
Chapter 12. RESTful Content
Chapter 13. Yesod’s Monads
Chapter 14. Authentication and Authorization
Chapter 15. Scaffolding and the Site Template
Chapter 16. Internationalization
Chapter 17. Creating a Subsite

Part III: Examples
Chapter 18. : i18n, Authentication, Authorization, and Database
Chapter 19. Wiki: Markdown, Chat Subsite, Event Source
Chapter 20. JSON Web Service
Chapter 21. Case Study: Sphinx-Based Search

Book Details

  • Paperback: 298 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449316972
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449316976
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Book Description

A Practical Primer for Application , Debugging, and

Using , Lotus® Notes® and Domino® developers can quickly create state-of-the-art , , and Notes client business applications using standard technologies like HTML, , , and XML. Now, there’s a perfect portable XPages quick reference for every working developer. Straight from the experts at IBM®, XPages Portable Guide offers fast access to working code, tested solutions, expert tips, and example-driven best practices. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience as IBM XPages lead developers and customer consultants, the authors explore many lesser known facets of the XPages runtime, illuminating these capabilities with dozens of examples that solve specific XPages problems. Using their easy-to-adapt code examples, you can develop XPages solutions with outstanding , scalability, flexibility, efficiency, reliability, and value.

Covers lots of commands and parameters related to

  • XPages behavior modification through .properties
  • Notes/Domino configuration files
  • Manager and OSGi Console
  • The XSP Client-Side Object
  • Server Side JavaScript scripting
  • Server Side JavaScript debugging via global functions, simple constructs, and logging
  • Instantly access all XPages commands: Use this book as your quick offline solutions resource
  • Logical how-to topic groupings provide one-stop research
  • Compact size makes it easy to carry with you—wherever you go
  • “Create Your Own Journal” section with blank, lined pages makes it easy to personalize this book for your needs
  • “What Do You Want to Do?” chart inside the front cover helps you quickly find specific tasks

Designed for all Lotus and Domino developers with at least some XPages experience, XPages Portable Command Guide is the ideal companion and follow-up to Mastering XPages from IBM Press, the world’s #1 book on XPages technology.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: IBM Press (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0132943050
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132943055
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Book Description

Using , developers can create standards-based applications with extraordinary richness and power, incorporating everything from drag-and-drop to native and —all without any third-party plug-ins. Simply put, every developer needs to master —and the sooner you do so, the greater advantage you’ll have. HTML5 Developer’s provides all the expert advice and proven code you need to start building production-quality HTML5 applications right now.

Authors Chuck Hudson and Tom Leadbetter present tested, modular recipes at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. You’ll learn exactly how to deliver state-of-the-art user experiences by integrating HTML5’s new and enhanced elements with , multimedia, and APIs. Reflecting current standards, this book prioritizes HTML5 features with substantial support and identifies the level of support for each feature discussed. Coverage includes

  • Understanding and using HTML5’s new structural elements
  • Using grouping, text-level, and redefined semantics
  • Managing browser-handling in HTML5
  • Leveraging new layout and style techniques
  • Maximizing interactivity with HTML5 Web Forms
  • Embedding and with HTML5
  • Drawing with the
  • Controlling browser histories
  • Integrating location awareness with the Geolocation
  • Implementing client side storage
  • Working with local files
  • Managing communication and threading
  • Optimizing the HTML5 browser experience
  • Integrating device data

Turn to HTML5 Developer’s for expert answers, real solutions, and the code required to implement them. It’s all you need to jumpstart any HTML5 project and create rich, high-value web applications your users will love.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. New Structural Elements in HTML5
Chapter 2. Grouping, Text-Level, and Redefined Semantics
Chapter 3. Browser Handling in HTML5
Chapter 4. New Layout and Style Techniques with 3
Chapter 5. HTML5 Web Forms
Chapter 6. Drawing with
Chapter 7. Embedding Video with HTML5
Chapter 8. Embedding Audio with HTML5
Chapter 9. Changing Browser History
Chapter 10. Location Awareness with the Geolocation
Chapter 11. Client-Side Storage
Chapter 12. Communication and Threading
Chapter 13. Browser Experience in HTML5
Chapter 14. Working with Local Files
Chapter 15. Integrating Device Data

Book Details

  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321769384
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321769381
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Book Description

The all-in-one , CSS and beginner’s guide: covering the three most important languages for .

  • Covers everything beginners need to know about the and CSS standards and today’s and Ajax libraries – all in one book, for the first time
  • Integrated, well-organized coverage expertly shows how to use all these key technologies together
  • Short, simple lessons teach hands-on skills readers can apply immediately
  • By best-selling author Julie Meloni

Mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is vital for any beginning developer – and the importance of these technologies is growing as moves away from proprietary alternatives such as Flash. Sams HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One brings together everything beginners need to build powerful applications with the HTML and CSS standards and the latest JavaScript and Ajax libraries.

With this book, beginners can get all the modern web development knowledge you need from one expert source. Bestselling author Julie Meloni (Sams , MySQL and All in One) teaches simply and clearly, through brief, hands-on lessons focused on knowledge you can apply immediately. Meloni covers all the building blocks of practical and development, integrating new techniques and features into every chapter. Each lesson builds on what’s come before, showing you exactly how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript together to create great web sites.

Table of Contents
Part I. Getting Started on the Web
Chapter 1. Publishing Web Content
Chapter 2. Understanding HTML and XHTML Connections
Chapter 3. Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
Chapter 4. Understanding JavaScript

Part II. Building Blocks of Practical
Chapter 5. Working with Fonts, Text Blocks, and Lists
Chapter 6. Using Tables to Display Information
Chapter 7. Using External and Internal Links
Chapter 8. Working with Colors, Images, and Multimedia

Part III. Advanced Web Page Design with CSS
Chapter 9. Working with Margins, Padding, Alignment, and Floating
Chapter 10. Understanding the CSS Box Model and Positioning
Chapter 11. Using CSS to Do More with Lists, Text, and Navigation
Chapter 12. Creating Fixed or Liquid Layouts

Part IV. Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
Chapter 13. Understanding Dynamic Websites
Chapter 14. Getting Started with JavaScript
Chapter 15. Working with the Document Object Model ()
Chapter 16. Using JavaScript Variables, Strings, and Arrays
Chapter 17. Using JavaScript Functions and Objects
Chapter 18. Controlling Flow with Conditions and Loops
Chapter 19. Responding to Events
Chapter 20. Using and Frames

Part V. Advanced JavaScript
Chapter 21. Using Unobtrusive JavaScript
Chapter 22. Using Third-Party Libraries
Chapter 23. Greasemonkey: Enhancing the Web with JavaScript
Chapter 24. AJAX: Remote Scripting

Part VI. Advanced Website Functionality and
Chapter 25. Creating Print-Friendly Web Pages
Chapter 26. Working with Web-Based Forms
Chapter 27. Organizing and Managing a Website
Chapter 28. Helping People Find Your Web Pages

Book Details

  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Sams (November 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672333325
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672333323
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Book Description

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build rich, robust that run on smartphones, tablets, and other devices and interact with users in powerful new ways. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master leading-edge practical skills you can use whether you’re developing for the / or . Discover how to quickly build new and upgrade older apps, provide cutting-edge media content, leverage advanced features ranging from geolocation to the semantic , and even simplify complex back-end . Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common 5 tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.

Did you Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

Learn how to…

  • Work with the new 5 tags most valuable for development
  • Get started fast with features already supported by today’s browsers
  • Detect mobile devices and support and upgrade sites to support them
  • Style and build more efficient, usable mobile pages
  • Use Mobile to quickly create
  • Leverage HTML5’s breakthrough drawing and typography features
  • Efficiently integrate media content into your apps
  • Add meaning with HTML5 sectioning and semantic elements
  • Implement drag-and-drop more easily than ever
  • Build offline applications and other apps that use local storage
  • Detect and work with location data via the GeoLocation API
  • Use microformats and microdata to make pages friendlier to computers
  • Add powerful back-end functionality with WebSockets, Web Workers, and File APIs
  • Improve user navigation with the History API

Book Details

  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Sams (November 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672334402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672334405
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Book Description

Games Most Wanted gathers the top games developers and reveals the passion they all share for creating and coding great games. You’ll learn tips, tricks, and techniques alongside real-world code examples that you can use in your own projects. You won’t just make games—you’ll make great games.

The book is packed full of , 5, , and 3 code, showing you how these fantastic games were built and passing on the skills you’ll need to create your own great games. Whether you’re a coding expert looking for secrets to push your games further, or a beginner looking for inspiration and a solid to build on and experiment with, 5 Games Most Wanted is for you. Topics and games covered include building complexity from simplicity in A to B, how to create, save, and load levels in Marble Run, creating fast 3D action games like Cycleblob, entity interpolation from Snowball Fight, trait-based gaming in Grave Danger, the advanced use of from the Bar Fight, tips on combining the entangled of HTML5 technologies brilliantly shown in Far7, the holy grail of making a unique game like Z-Type, and how to build split-screen games as in the addictive Robots Are People Too.

What you’ll learn

  • How to create fantastic games using HTML5
  • How to add 3D to your games with WebGL
  • How to create multiplayer games
  • How to build a level designer for your game

Who this book is for
Game developers creating amazing games that will work across multiple devices using the HTML5 suite of technologies.

Table of Contents

  1. The State of Open Games
  2. Complexity from Simplicity
  3. How to Make Multi-Platform HTML5 Games from Scratch
  4. Creating, Saving, and Loading Tracks
  5. 3D
  6. Particle Systems
  7. Beginning WebGL
  8. CycleBlob: A WebGL Lightcycle Game
  9. A Multiplayer Game Using WebSockets
  10. Hard-Pressed for a Choice of Technology

Book Details

  • Paperback: 284 pages
  • Publisher: friendsofED (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430239786
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430239789
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Book Description

Foundation Version Control for Developers explains how version control works, what you can do with it and how. Using a friendly and accessible tone, you will learn how to use the three leading version control systems—, and Mercurial—on multiple operating systems. The history and integral concepts of version control are covered so that you will gain a thorough understanding of the subject, and why it should be used to manage all changes in projects.

This book covers the valuable knowledge and transferable skills that will enable you use one of the three leading systems as well as easily switch to new systems that will arise in the workplace. Topics covered include:

  • How to choose the correct software for your needs.
  • Creating and working with repositories.
  • Understanding trunks, branches, hooks, conflicts and merging.
  • Setting up respository servers and integrating with .
  • Using Terminal, and understanding alternatives.

Foundation Version Control for Web Developersis a concise beginner’s course for designer and developer alike. Even if you have no prior knowledge of version control, this book will provide you with the knowledge to fully manage projects from start to finish, ensuring your projects are as seamless and successful as you need them to be.

What you’ll learn

  • The benefits of having more version control in your life
  • The basics of managing your work with version control
  • How to choose the correct software for your needs
  • Creating and working with repositories
  • Understanding trunks, branches, hooks, conflicts and merging
  • Setting up servers such as
  • Using Terminal, and understanding alternatives
  • Advanced techniques for those who want to create and manage their own repositories

Who this book is for
Foundation Version Control for Web Developers is aimed at developers and designers who have little or no experience with version control—those who have experience coding and those who are just getting started. The reader may be also a junior developer, just starting out, who hasn’t looked into any kind of versioning system before. Although the book is primarily aimed at those with little knowledge of managing files using this method, it will still be beneficial to any developer.

Table of Contents

  1. Are you set up? Creating a basic environment
  2. In the beginning there were just source files
  3. Meet the current players in the : SVN, and Mercurial
  4. The benefits of version control
  5. I don’t like Terminal, which programs can I use?
  6. You mean I can version control everything?!
  7. What can make my life easier?
  8. I have a conflict, what can I do?
  9. I’m feeling brave, can I do this with Terminal?
  10. How to create a server
  11. I don’t have a server, which other options do I have?
  12. Why branching is great
  13. Hooks, and why they can be useful
  14. Upgrading from and converting repositories

Book Details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: friendsofED (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430239727
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430239727
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Book Description

Today’s is emerging to become tomorrow’s operating system, according to some. Certainly, a WebOS. standards-based apps using , , and more are now possible on . Why not get started with developing and selling apps on ’s App Store?

Beginning Apps gets you started with building your first game apps that run on Facebook. Become your own “Zynga” and create your own “Civilization” or “Farmville” and more. Build rich -based apps that you can sell on Facebook’s App Store.

Because these apps are built on Web standards, you can build and run on many browsers and—more interestingly—more computers, tablets, smartphones and even other devices and appliances that are Web-connected or enabled.

What you’ll learn

  • Build your first Facebook game apps!
  • What and techniques, tools and frameworks have to offer to do this
  • Enhance your first Facebook game app with social , location-based services, etc.
  • Obtain a basic framework for a Facebook game app that you can build upon and customize for your own specific app design and needs
  • Package, deploy and sell your first Facebook game app on Facebook’s new App Store

Who this book is for
This book is for those new to Facebook apps development and even for those new to apps development. Readers should have some basic knowledge of 5, JavaScript, and .

For the latest source code, please check out the book site on GitHub.

Table of Contents

  1. Your First Steps in Facebook Development
  2. A JavaScript Boot Camp
  3. It’s All About Context: Basics
  4. The Plan: Idea to Design
  5. Essential Game Components
  6. Your First Game: “Alien Turtle Invasion”
  7. Going Social With Games
  8. Introducing the Facebook Platform
  9. Facebook Developer Tools
  10. Launching Your Games
  11. Your First Facebook Game: “Social Alien Turtle Invasion”
  12. 5 Game Engines
  13. Using All the Tools: Your Future Facebook Games
  14. The Marketplace: Project Spartan (Facebook App Store)

Book Details

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430241705
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430241706
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Book Description

Creative Blogging shows you how to start blogging for the very first time to express your creativity, reach out and be heard—and even how to with your !

You’ll start at the right place: The beginning! Learn answers to the most important and popular questions: What is a ? Do I need a ? How do I get started? What do I about? How do I ? Creative Blogging then takes you through the how-to aspects of blogging, so you can quickly learn the terminology and get started. You’ll then be able to choose the right blogging tool for you!

Soon, you’ll be prepared to unleash your creativity! Like a good author, you’ll learn how to find information to blog about, and how to express yourself in your blog in the ways that you want. Your creativity is what will make your blog successful, but every artist needs an audience. Creative Blogging reveals how to draw people to your site!

You’ll also discover how to work with images and video, how to integrate your blog with and , and even how to with your blog! Let your creativity bring your audience to you and your blog with Creative Blogging.

What you’ll learn
This book is for beginners looking to start a new blog and let their creativity find their audience within the blogosphere. You’ll learn the basics of how to blog, how to show your creative self on your blog, and how to find your audience.

  • What a blog is—everything you need to know!
  • How to choose the best blog tool for YOU!
  • How to set up and organize your blog
  • How to be creative in your blog’s design and layout
  • How to work with images to create a beautiful blog
  • More advanced blog techniques and strategies
  • Tools to promote your blog, increase visits, and make money!
  • How to connect with popular social networking sites like and
  • Where to find help, tools, tips and tricks

Who this book is for
Anyone creative who’s never blogged before, but wants to reach an audience, be it for the purpose of  or pleasure.

Table of Contents

  1. Where to Begin
  2. Blog Layout and Design
  3. Let’s Blog
  4. More Than Just Text
  5. Advanced Blog Design
  6. Setting up a Custom
  7. Increasing Traffic & Visitor Tracking
  8. Social Network Integration
  9. Setting Up Shop
  10. / Basics
  11. Blogging Tips

Book Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (April 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430234288
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430234289
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Book Description

Pro Accessibility helps designers come to grips with building exciting, accessible and usable sites and applications with . The book covers how to use in order to serve the needs of people with disabilities and older persons using assistive technology (AT). It aims to be a useful ‘go-to’ guide, providing practical advice. It takes several approaches, including a look at the new semantics of and how to combine its use with authoring practices you know from using earlier versions of . It also demonstrates how content is currently supported (or not) by assistive technologies such as screen readers, and what this means practically for accessibility in your projects.

The 5 specification is huge, with new APIs and patterns that can be difficult to understand. Accessibility can also seem complex and nuanced if you have no experience interacting with people with disabilities. This book walks you though the process of designing exciting user interfaces that can potentially be used by everyone, regardless of ability. Accessibility is really a quality design issue, and getting it right is often more a matter of approach than having sophisticated, cutting-edge tools at your disposal.

This book will be your companion in your journey to understand both HTML5 and accessibility, as the author has many years of experience as a designer and web developer working directly with people with all types of disabilities. He has been involved with the of HTML5 from an accessibility perspective for many years, as a member of the W3C WAI Protocols and Formats working group (which is responsible for ensuring W3C specifications are serving the needs of people with disabilities) as well as the HTML5 Working Group itself.

  • Introduces the new HTML5 specification from an accessibility perspective
  • Shows how incorporating accessibility into your interfaces using HTML5 can have benefits for all users
  • Explains how HTML5 is currently supported by assistive technologies like screen readers, and how to work around these limitations when developing

What you’ll learn

  • Gain an overview of assistive technologies and how they work with web content, as well as how to approach accessibility in your design projects
  • Learn how HTML5 differs from HTML4 and earlier
  • Understand how to practically apply HTML5 to your web projects in order to design accessible content.
  • See what works and what doesn’t
  • Learn the new semantics and structures within HTML5, and how to use them to build more accessible websites and applications
  • See which HTML5 elements and attributes are supported by browsers and assistive technologies, and what this means for the user experience of people with disabilities
  • Understand which parts of HTML5 are not well supported by browsers and assistive technology
  • Get a snapshot of current support, its limitations, and how to design and code in a way that will support older assistive technologies and browsers as well as more feature-rich, newer technologies
  • Learn how , JavaScript, and WAI-ARIA can be used with HTML5 to support the of accessible web content

Who this book is for
Pro HTML5 Accessibility is for the intermediate to advanced web designer and developer who is already building websites and applications but needs some help in understanding accessibility and how it relates to HTML5. The book can be read as a basic introduction to HTML5 and accessibility, but may be more suited to the professional or experienced designer who already has knowledge of HTML4 (or earlier) as well as , WAI-ARIA and JavaScript. While no detailed knowledge of , WAI-ARIA or scripting is really required, it will help the reader to understand some of the design patterns and examples discussed in the book.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction to HTML5 Acessibility
  2. Understanding Disability and Assistive Technology
  3. JavaScript Isn’t a Dirty Word, and ARIA Isn’t Just Beautiful
  4. and DOM
  5. HTML5, the New Semantics and New Approaches to Document Markup
  6. Images, Rich , and in HTML 5
  7. HTML5 and Accessible Data Tables
  8. HTML5 and Accessible Forms
  9. HTML5, Usability and User-Centered Design
  10. Tools, Tips, and Tricks: Assessing Your Acessible HTML5 Project
  11. WCAG 2.0 Client-Side Scripting Techniques
  12. Definition of WAI-ARIA Roles

Book Details

  • Paperback: 386 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430241942
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430241942
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Book Description

Take advantage of ’s vast collection of community-contributed modules and discover how they make this framework unique and valuable. With this guide, you’ll learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop several community-driven websites— including a job posting board, photo gallery, online store, product review database, and event calendar.

The second edition focuses on 7, the latest version of this system. Each project spans an entire chapter, with step-by-step “recipes” to help you build out the precise functionality the site requires. With this book, developers new to Drupal will gain experience through a hands-on introduction, and experienced Drupal developers will learn real-world best practices.

  • Learn Drupal’s concepts and building blocks, and how everything works together
  • Hit the ground running—build your first Drupal site hands-on
  • Explore solutions that meet each project’s requirements, and discover why specific modules were selected
  • Understand the projects through case studies, including the client’s needs and desires
  • Learn how to configure modules with a bird’s-eye view of how they work
  • Discover new modules, including Drupal Commerce, , and Workbench

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Drupal Overview
Chapter 2 Drupal Jumpstart
Chapter 3 Job Posting Board
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Product Reviews
Chapter 6 Event
Chapter 7 Managing Publishing Workflows
Chapter 8 Multilingual Sites
Chapter 9 Online Store

Appendix A. Installing and Upgrading Drupal
Appendix B. Choosing the Right Modules
Appendix C. Modules and Themes Used in This Book
Appendix D. Major Changes Between Drupal 6 and 7

Book Details

  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 2nd Edition (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449390528
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449390525
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Book Description

If your application’s success depends on how quickly and easily users can make transactions, APIs provide effective solutions you can’t afford to overlook. This concise book takes you hands-on through several options to help you determine the best choice for your situation, whether you’re collecting via websites or apps for products and services, donations, or anything else.

In each chapter, you’ll work with a different by integrating it into the book’s sample application, using and the framework. This expanded edition introduces two new options: Express Checkout for Digital Goods and Instant Payment Notifications, complete with sample project code. By the end of this book, you’ll understand how to take full advantage of PayPal and its powerful features.

  • Learn PayPal basics, and get an introduction to
  • Explore the Express Checkout option, and understand what distinguishes it from other generic workflows
  • Tailor Express Checkout for electronic documents, videos, and other “in app” digital purchases
  • Apply the Adaptive Payments option for transactions that involve multiple recipients
  • Embed the payment process into your site with no mention of PayPal, using Payments Pro
  • Use the Instant Payment Notifications you receive as triggers to take follow-up action

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. PayPal API Overview
Chapter 2. Express Checkout (Including Express Checkout)
Chapter 3. Express Checkout for Digital Goods
Chapter 4. Adaptive Payments (Simple, , and Chained Payments)
Chapter 5. Payments Pro (Direct Payment)
Chapter 6. Instant Payment Notifications (IPNs)

Appendix A. Overview of Tweet Relevance
Appendix B. Mobile Payment Libraries (MPLs)

Book Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly ; 2nd Edition (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 144931872X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449318727
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Book Description

is the ubiquitous language of the , and for more than 15 years, : The Definitive Guide has been the bible of JavaScript programmers around the world. This book is an all-new excerpt of The Definitive Guide, 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 and explain how to:

  • Interact with
  • Script documents and document elements
  • Modify and apply CSS 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

Written for novice to intermediate developers, Recipes: 3 Edition is packed with solutions to 70 of the most vexing problems you’re likely to face on the job. From building custom forms and powering pages with JQuery to integrating with legacy databases, it’s all here. Each recipe has been updated to reflect the latest features of Rails 3.1 and each lays out a distinctive solution to a problem you may be facing today or could well encounter tomorrow. In addition, you’ll find half the book is stocked with new eye-opening solutions to such common problems as how to extend Rails, test and deploy your sites, or add a service to your actions. And each recipe not only lays out a succinct solution, but explains its rationale and the technologies that make it work.

Loaded with the insights of a Rails community leader, members of the Rails core team and other experts, this is the book you’ll want to have at your side as you craft your next project.

What You Need:
1.8.7 or above. Rails 3.1 or above

Table of Contents
Part I: Database Recipes
Recipe 1. Create Meaningful Many-to-Many Relationships
Recipe 2. Create Declarative Named Queries
Recipe 3. Connect to Multiple Databases
Recipe 4. Set Default Criteria for Model Operations
Recipe 5. Add Behavior to Active Record Associations
Recipe 6. Create Polymorphic Associations
Recipe 7. Version Your Models
Recipe 8. Perform Calculations on Your Model Data
Recipe 9. Use Active Record Outside of Rails
Recipe 10. Connect to Legacy Databases
Recipe 11. Make Dumb Data Smart with composed_of()
Recipe 12. DRY Up Your YAML Database Configuration File
Recipe 13. Use Models Safely in Migrations
Recipe 14. Create Self-referential Many-to-Many Relationships
Recipe 15. Protect Your Data from Accidental Mass Update
Recipe 16. Create a Custom Model Validator
Recipe 17. Nest has_many :through Relationships
Recipe 18. Keep Your Application in Sync with Your Database Schema
Recipe 19. Seed Your Database with Starting Data
Recipe 20. Use Helpers in Models
Recipe 21. Avoid Dangling Database Dependencies

Part II: Controller Recipes
Recipe 22. Create Nested Resources
Recipe 23. Create a Custom Action in a REST Controller
Recipe 24. Create a Helper Method to Use in Both Controllers and Views
Recipe 25. Trim Your REST Resources
Recipe 26. Constrain Routes by Subdomain (and Other Conditions)
Recipe 27. Add Services to Your Actions
Recipe 28. Write Macros
Recipe 29. Manage a Static Site with Rails
Recipe 30. Syndicate Your Site with
Recipe 31. Set Your Application’s Home Page

Part III: User Interface Recipes
Recipe 32. Create a Custom Form Builder
Recipe 33. Pluralize Words on the Fly (or Not)
Recipe 34. Insert Action-Specific Content in a Layout
Recipe 35. Add Unobtrusive with jQuery
Recipe 36. Create One Form for Many Models
Recipe 37. Cache Local Data with 5 Data Attributes

Part IV: Testing Recipes
Recipe 38. Automate Tests for Your Models
Recipe 39. Test Your Controllers
Recipe 40. Test Your Helpers
Recipe 41. Test Your Outgoing Mailers
Recipe 42. Test Across Multiple Controllers
Recipe 43. Focus Your Tests with Mocking and Stubbing
Recipe 44. Extract Test Fixtures from Live Data
Recipe 45. Create Dynamic Test Fixtures
Recipe 46. Measure and Improve Your Test Coverage
Recipe 47. Create Test Data with Factories

Part V: Email Recipes
Recipe 48. Send Gracefully Degrading Rich-Content Emails
Recipe 49. Send Email with Attachments
Recipe 50. Test Incoming Email

Part VI: Big-Picture Recipes
Recipe 51. Roll Your Own Authentication
Recipe 52. Protect Your Application with Basic Authentication
Recipe 53. Authorize Users with Roles
Recipe 54. Force Your Users to Access Site Functions with
Recipe 55. Create URLs
Recipe 56. Use Rails Without a Database
Recipe 57. Create Your Own Gem
Recipe 58. Use Bundler Groups to Manage Per-Environment Dependencies
Recipe 59. Package Rake Tasks for Reuse with a Gem
Recipe 60. Explore Your Rails Application with the Console
Recipe 61. Automate Work with Your Own Rake Tasks
Recipe 62. Generate Documentation for Your Application
Recipe 63. Render Application Data as Comma-Separated Values
Recipe 64. Debug and Explore Your Application with the ruby-debug Gem
Recipe 65. Render Complex Documents as PDFs

Part VII: Extending Rails
Recipe 66. Support Additional Content Types with a Custom Renderer
Recipe 67. Accept Additional Content Types with a Custom Parameter Parser
Recipe 68. Templatize Your Generated Rails Applications
Recipe 69. Automate Recurring Code Patterns with Custom Generators
Recipe 70. Create a Mountable Application as a Rails Engine Plugin

Book Details

  • Paperback: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf; 2nd Edition (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1934356778
  • ISBN-13: 978-1934356777
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Book Description

Working in the View layer requires a breadth of knowledge and attention to detail unlike anywhere else in . One wrong move can result in brittle, complex views that stop future development in its tracks. This book will help you break free from tangles of logic and markup in your views as you pick up the practical skills you need to implement your user interface cleanly and maintainably.

You’ll discover how to build up solid, sustainable layouts and popular interface elements with semantic 5 and , and when you can responsibly generate markup and use advanced presenters… all without leaving the designers on your team out in the cold. Widen your appeal with responsive design, and discover how new progressive enhancement techniques can take you beyond the “weakest link” approach of the past. Master the asset pipeline introduced in 3.1 and use and Coffeescript to make your interface code shorter and more enjoyable.

You’ll create elegant, well-structured views that are a joy to build on. You’ll appreciate its comprehensive, objective guidance in a realm full of subjective opinions.

What You Need:
All examples in the book assume Rails 3.1 or later and 1.9.x are installed. Detailed information on how to install these for Windows, and is included in the book.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Creating an Application Layout
Chapter 2. Improving Readability
Chapter 3. Adding Cascading Style Sheets
Chapter 4. Adding JavaScript
Chapter 5. Building Maintainable Forms
Chapter 6. Using Presenters
Chapter 7. Handling Views
Chapter 8. Working with Email
Chapter 9. Optimizing

Book Details

  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1934356875
  • ISBN-13: 978-1934356876
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Book Description

! is one of the most popular open-source Content Systems, actively developed and supported by a world-wide user community. Although it’s a fun and feature-rich tool, it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and build a site that meets your needs perfectly. Using this book you can create dynamic, interactive - sites that perfectly fit your needs.

Completely updated for ! 2.5, this practical guide teaches you how to create professional, appealing and extendable websites, whether you want to create a full-featured company or club or build a personal site.

The Joomla! Beginner’s Guide helps beginners to get started quickly and to get beyond the basics to take full advantage of Joomla!’s powerful features. Completely updated from the first book, real-life examples and tutorials will spark your imagination and show you what kind of professional, contemporary, feature-rich websites any developer can achieve with Joomla!. This book thoroughly covers the concepts behind the software and creates a coherent picture of how the software works. This book is not about what Joomla! can do – it’s about what you can do using Joomla!.

What you will learn from this book

  • Create a feature-rich site that’s easy to expand, customize, and maintain without having to learn languages such as and Cascading Style Sheets ()
  • Design attractive home pages that provide a quick overview of the site’s contents and direct people to the content they could be interested in
  • Engage your web visitors and turn them into active users by enabling them to register, add content, and leave comments
  • Design clear and easy navigation using menus, submenus, and text hyperlinks
  • Make full use of templates to get your site to look just right, tweaking the and customizing templates using your own logo, fonts, and colors
  • Extend Joomla!’s capabilities by finding and utilizing must-have extensions that perfectly meet your needs
  • Increase your site’s visibility for search engines by applying highly effective () techniques
  • Secure your site from hackers and potential threats using easy-to-follow techniques

Approach
Written with a fast-paced but friendly and engaging approach, this Packt Beginner’s guide is designed to be placed alongside the computer as your guide and mentor. Step-by-step tutorials are bolstered by explanations of the reasoning behind what you are doing. You will quickly pick up the necessary skills, tips, and tricks for building a successful Joomla! .

Who this book is for
This book is written for beginners to website design. By the end of the book you will have built a complete custom content managed website, and be ready to build any kind of website.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 426 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849517908
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849517904
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Book Description

Tomcat (or simply Tomcat) is an servlet container developed by the Software Foundation (ASF). The latest major stable release, Tomcat version 7 implements the Servlet 3 and Pages 2 specifications from the Community Process, and includes many additional features that make it a useful platform for developing and deploying applications and .

Tomcat 7 Essentials follows a practical approach to teach installing, configuring, and maintaining Tomcat. It helps you to understand the middle architecture for hosting multiple websites and also provides the confidence to implement middleware support. It imparts to you the capacity to resolve migration issues and also provides regular maintenance solutions. This is the first and only book to cover upgrading to Tomcat 7 from previous versions.

The journey of the reader starts at the beginner level and ends at the expert level. The content is designed in such a way that it balances the theory and practical approach for understanding concepts related to handling middle ware and issues.

In this book, you will go through a three-phase life cycle. The first cycle consists of installation, configuration of Tomcat 7 on different OS, and other configurations related to JDBC, port, deployment etc.

The second phase deals with the building of enterprise application setup and high availability architecture (clustering load balancing). The third and critical phase will teach you to handle critical issues, tuning, and best practices for various environment stacks like dev/QA/stage/production.

This book gives you a wider vision of using Tomcat 7 in web technologies and the skill to optimize their using Apache Tomcat 7.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn to install Tomcat 7 on /Linux step-by-step and resolve any issues faced during installation
  • Deploy multiple applications and troubleshoot any issues that occur during deployment
  • Implement best practices in the production environment and learn tricks to reduce your day to day work load
  • Dig deep into high availability architecture configuration (load balancing and clustering configuration) using front end web server like Apache and IIS
  • Become an expert in tuning the Tomcat for performance
  • Upgrade to Tomcat 7 successfully from the previous versions
  • Configure Tomcat for Dev/QA/stage/production environment and indulge into maintenance tips
  • Get familiar with thread dump analysis, monitoring JVM, database and OS related issues, and diagnose Tomcat 7 issues

Approach
This book is a step-by-step tutorial for anyone wanting to learn Apache Tomcat 7 from scratch. There are plenty of illustrations and examples to escalate you from a novice to an expert with minimal strain.

Who this book is for
If you are a administrator, migration administrator, technical architect, or a project manager for a web hosting , and are interested in Apache Tomcat 7, then this book is for you. If you are someone responsible for installation, configuration, and of Tomcat 7, then too, this book will be of help to you.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 294 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849516626
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849516624
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Book Description

Drupal is one of the most powerful Content Systems there is. However, why would you install a for every site you build? With just one copy of Drupal you can host several sites. Drupal has long had multi-site support, and Drupal 7’s support is even better than previous versions.

Drupal 7 Multi-Sites Configuration will teach you how to host several websites on a single copy of Drupal. You will learn how to create different sites, each with its own , content, and theme. This valuable information will help you to save time by managing modules and sharing them across several sites as well as administering your sites all in one place.

This book will show you how to configure a system for multi-site, and then install several sites on one copy of Drupal, all with their own name and database. Learn how to install and share modules and themes, configure , , and for multi-site, and then manage the site. Once your site system is successfully set up, discover some of the advanced configurations possible with Drupal multi-site, as well as how to upgrade and maintain your sites.

What you will learn from this book

  • Configure and for hosting multiple sites
  • Prepare Drupal 7 to host more than one site
  • Install several sites on one instance of Drupal
  • Manage, share, or isolate modules and themes in a multi-site configuration
  • Care for your multi-site server, safely managing and upgrading it
  • Rapidly build a multi-site testing environment with and Vagrant
  • Extend the core multi-site configuration with add-on modules

Approach
Follow the creation of a multi-site instance with Drupal. The practical examples and accompanying screenshots will help you to get multiple Drupal sites set up in no time.

Who this book is for
This book is for Drupal site builders. It is assumed that readers are familiar with Drupal already, with a basic grasp of its concepts and components. System concepts, such as configuring Apache, MySQL, and Vagrant are covered but no previous knowledge of these tools is required.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849518009
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849518000
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Book Description

The content system is purposely created with a ‘light footprint,’ leaving it to the user or developer to add wanted features. Views is the #1 add-on module for and enables you to filter, select and present your content in ways that are more meaningful to your site visitors.

7 Views allows you to bypass most of the Views learning curve and quickly take advantage of the capabilities of the Views module through step-by-step instructions for quickly developing dozens of useful views.

Starting with a brief introduction to Views, Drupal 7 Views takes you through recipes for elementary views such as displaying randomly selected content, to intermediate views such as customizing links, to advanced views using multiple displays. Along the way there are recipes for theming views, creating a programmatic view and a view handler, administering views, and finally, using some other modules related to the Views module. Recipes are standalone, so pick them in any order!

Don’t limit your site with dull content presentation. Empower your site visitors with the recipes that Drupal 7 Views Cookbook delivers!

What you will learn from this book

  • Present menu choices for categorized subsets of your content
  • Create blocks containing interesting lists or randomly selected images
  • Link multiple content types to provide more complete information
  • Display complementary content in additional displays
  • Design a desktop-like page driven by user input
  • Deliver a view from inside a custom module
  • Manipulate the templates to add pizzazz to your views
  • Administer your views with confidence

Approach
This is a cookbook containing plenty of easy-to-follow practical recipes with screenshots that will help you in mastering the Drupal Views module.

Who this book is for
Drupal 7 Views Cookbook is for developers or technically proficient users who are fairly comfortable with the concepts behind websites and the Drupal environment.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 218 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849514348
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849514347
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Book Description

With the advent of and CSS3, designers can now create sophisticated animations without the need of additional plugins such as Flash. However, there hasn’t been an easy way for creating animations with standards until now. This book enables even those with little knowledge of or content to freely create a variety of rich compositions involving motion and interactivity.

Learning will quickly get you with this professional authoring software to create highly engaging content which targets , CSS, and JavaScript. Content created in does not rely on a plugin – so it can be run within any standard – even on .

Learning begins with an overview of the shifting landscape and the Edge application. We then move on through the variety of panels and toolsets available, and explore the many options we have when creating motion and interactivity using Edge.

The book presents the reasoning behind engaging, standards-based web content and how Edge fills the need for professional tooling in this area. In the book we’ll examine content creation and how to achieve fluid and advanced transitioning through the Edge timeline. Sprinkled throughout the book are tips and references for those coming to Edge from a background in Flash Professional.

Whether you are coming to Edge from Flash Professional or are totally new to motion graphics on the web, Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide provides a solid foundation of motion and interactivity concepts and techniques along with a set of demo assets to build upon.

What you will learn from this book

  • Gain an understanding of the shifting Web landscape
  • Effectively compare Adobe Edge to Professional motion tools
  • Become familiar with all elements of the Edge application interface
  • Use the drawing tools in Edge to create and manipulate elements on the Stage
  • Import rich graphics for use in Adobe Edge compositions
  • Animate a range of elements with full transitioning through timeline keyframes
  • Employ JavaScript to add interactivity to your project through Actions and Triggers
  • Author a range of expressive compositions using nothing but web standards

Approach
Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide is a practical guide on creating engaging content for the Web with Adobe’s newest 5 tool. By taking a chapter-by-chapter look at each major aspect of Adobe Edge, the book lets you digest the available features in small, easily understandable chunks, allowing you to start using Adobe Edge for your needs immediately.

Who this book is for
If you are interested in creating engaging motion and interactive compositions using web standards with professional tooling, then this book is for you. Those with a background in Flash Professional wanting to get started quickly with Adobe Edge will also find this book useful.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849693307
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849693301
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