May 13, 2011 |
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Well before Ajax and Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation hit the scene, Macromedia offered the first method for building web pages with the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs with its Flash-based “Rich Internet Applications”. Now, new owner Adobe is taking Flash and its powerful capabilities beyond the Web and making it a full-fledged development environment.
Rather than focus on theory, the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook concentrates on the practical application of ActionScript, with more than 300 solutions you can use to solve a wide range of common coding dilemmas. You’ll find recipes that show you how to:
- Detect the user’s Flash Player version or their operating system
- Build custom classes
- Format dates and currency types
- Work with strings
- Build user interface components
- Work with audio and video
- Make remote procedure calls using Flash Remoting and web services
- Load, send, and search XML data Download Now »
May 13, 2011 |
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They say that good things come in small packages, and it’s certainly true for this edition of CSS Pocket Reference. Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest Cascading Style Sheet specifications in CSS 2.1, this indispensable little book covers the most essential information that web designers and developers need to implement CSS effectively across all browsers.
Inside, you’ll find:
- A short introduction to the key concepts of CSS
- A complete alphabetical reference to all CSS 2.1 selectors and properties
- A chart displaying detailed information about CSS support for every style element and its cross-browser compatibility
This reference neatly condenses the details of its top-selling companion volume, Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide into one easy-to-use cheat-sheet that delivers all the CSS details you need to complete the task at hand. Whenever you’re stuck and need an answer quickly — or if you just want to be sure you’re applying CSS correctly — this edition of the CSS Pocket Reference is the book you’ll want by your keyboard or, conveniently, in your back pocket.
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May 13, 2011 |
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When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft’s ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook’s unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on any web browser. This revised new edition makes it easy to find specific solutions for programming challenges.
PHP Cookbook has a wealth of solutions for problems that you’ll face regularly. With topics that range from beginner questions to advanced web programming techniques, this guide contains practical examples — or “recipes” — for anyone who uses this scripting language to generate dynamic web content. Updated for PHP 5, this book provides solutions that explain how to use the new language features in detail, including the vastly improved object-oriented capabilities and the new PDO data access extension. New sections on classes and objects are included, along with new material on processing XML, building web services with PHP, and working with SOAP/REST architectures. With each recipe, the authors include a discussion that explains the logic and concepts underlying the solution.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Strings
Chapter 2. Numbers
Chapter 3. Dates and Times
Chapter 4. Arrays Download Now »
May 13, 2011 |
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Book Description
Now installed on more than 20 million Internet domains around the world, PHP is an undisputed leader in web programming languages. Database connectivity, powerful extensions, and rich object-orientation are all reasons for its popularity, but nearly everyone would agree that, above all, PHP is one of the easiest languages to learn and use for developing dynamic web applications. The ease of development and simplicity of PHP, combined with a large community and expansive repository of open source PHP libraries, make it a favorite of web designers and developers worldwide.
PHP in a Nutshell is a complete reference to the core of the language as well as the most popular PHP extensions. This book doesn’t try to compete with or replace the widely available online documentation. Instead, it is designed to provide depth and breadth that can’t be found elsewhere. PHP in a Nutshell provides the maximum information density on PHP, without all the fluff and extras that get in the way. The topic grouping, tips, and examples in this book complement the online guide and make this an essential reference for every PHP programmer. This book focuses on the functions commonly used by a majority of developers, so you can look up the information you need quickly. Topics include:
May 13, 2011 |
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Book Description
Facebook isn’t just for college kids anymore. Thousands of companies use the site for everything from project collaboration and advertising to filling–and finding–jobs. This Mini Missing Manual is aimed at professionals who want to use Facebook to help them in the work world. Whether you’re looking for a gig or want to boost your company’s sales, you’ll find useful tips you can apply today.
Table of Contents
Introduction…………………………v
Chapter 1: Hiring and Getting Hired……………. 1
Recruiting New Hires………………………………….1
Creating a Recruitment Page……………………………2
Using Facebook Groups……………………………..3
Paid Advertising………………………………….4
Posting a Marketplace Ad…………………………….5
Working with a Recruiting Firm………………………….6
Searching for Prospects………………………………7
Announcing an Opening to Your Friends……………………..9
Vetting Prospects……………………………………11
Looking for a Job…………………………………..13
Turning Your Profile into a Resumé……………………….13
Using the Marketplace………………………………14 Download Now »
May 13, 2011 |
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Book Description
Java RMI contains a wealth of experience in designing and implementing Java’s Remote Method Invocation. If you’re a novice reader, you will quickly be brought up to speed on why RMI is such a powerful yet easy to use tool for distributed programming, while experts can gain valuable experience for constructing their own enterprise and distributed systems.
With Java RMI, you’ll learn tips and tricks for making your RMI code excel. The book also provides strategies for working with serialization, threading, the RMI registry, sockets and socket factories, activation, dynamic class downloading, HTTP tunneling, distributed garbage collection, JNDI, and CORBA. In short, a treasure trove of valuable RMI knowledge packed into one book.
About the Author
William Grosso is the former Chief Architect / Director of Quality Assurance and current Vice President of Technical Services for Hipbone Incorporated. He is the author of Java RMI (available from O’Reilly and Associates) and a co-author of Java Enterprise Best Practices (also available from O’Reilly and Associates). He is one of the founders of Seruku, is on the program committee of the International Semantic Web Conference, and frequently volunteers at SDForum (where he serves on the Board of Directors and helps to run the Emerging Technology SIG). A former mathematician, he got into programming because it seemed like easy money. He got into distributed computing because he noticed that client-server gurus got the big bucks. And then he started programming in Java because he figured that’s where the REAL money was. Download Now »
