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With the release of Adobe Creative Suite CS5, Dreamweaver solidifies its role as the de facto tool of choice for anyone designing for the Web. Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create, design, and publish powerful, innovative Web sites with Dreamweaver. Leading technology authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take you step-by-step through the new features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, with completely revised chapters on critical tools like styling pages with CSS and adding user interactivity with JavaScript dynamic elements. You’ll also learn to take advantage of Dreamweaver’s new ability to build and modify sites that use popular content management systems, such as WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal. If you’re new to Dreamweaer and web design, you’ll learn to create your first Web site, add text, style and lay out page content, manage styles, work with links, incorporate images, media, tables, forms, and frames, design site navigation, and so much more. If you’re an experienced user, you’ll find this a convenient reference to the new features of Dreamweaver CS5.

About the Author
Tom Negrino is the author of dozens of books, including Visual QuickStart Guides covering PowerPoint and Keynote, and Visual QuickProject Guides on PowerPoint, Keynote, and Quicken.

Dori Smith is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, publisher of the Wise-Women’s Web community, and a member of the Web Standards Project. Together they’ve written the bestselling JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, several editions of this book, and numerous print and online articles, and they publish the Backup Brain blog.

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This handy low-priced book is packed with HTML/XHTML definitions and tips, including those for HTML5 elements in depth. Snappy writing and illustrative code samples walk readers through HTML uses and element definitions. Handy pocket size provides a convenient reference for HTML coders. A true companion to standards-compliant design. The HTML Pocket Guide is for both beginning users, who want an introduction to HTML, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference. While HTML5 is still under development, browser manufacturers are already supporting many of its features in Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and the upcoming Internet Explorer 9. So, now is the time to start learning about it.

The HTML Pocket Guide is a valuable companion to creating standards-compliant markup that will help Web designers and developers quickly define content and meaning. Accessible, convenient, and inexpensive, this pocket guide is exactly what web designers and developers need.

About the Author
Bruce Hyslop has 13 years of experience in Web development, with a focus on interface technical architecture and development. He is the senior director of the Interface Engineering Group (IEG) at Schematic, an interactive agency based in the United States. In this role, Bruce oversees companywide efforts to define and implement best practices regarding HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and accessibility wherever they may be applied: the browser, desktop, mobile devices, and emerging platforms. Download Now »

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JavaScript is an object-oriented scripting language that enables you to modify a document’s structure, styling, and content in response to user actions. This handy pocket serves as both a quick introduction to the language and acts a valuable reference. It’s packed with tips as well as JavaScript syntax, methods, and properties. Concise and inexpensive, it’s exactly the guide many web designers and developers need.

Review
JavaScript over the years has really prgressed into the most used programming language on the web today. Almost every website today uses some form of JavaScript, whether it be used within a server-side programming technology like ASP.NET or a JavaScript library like jQuery or Mootools, or YUI or creating UI components like widgets. JavaScript is everywhere and if you do any sort of web design or development you need to get a hang on it.

There are lots of online resources on JavaScript, and I mean LOTS. But it may take you awhile to go through it all to find what you specifically want. So there are LOTS of books you can get as well on JavaScript, but if you already have a basic understanding of JavaScript, most are way more than you need. When your working on something, you just need a quick and easy way to find a reference on an object or property or technique in JavaScript and this book will be exactly what you need. Download Now »

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In this handy new Pocket Guide, mobile device expert Jason O’Grady reveals the secrets to using the DROID. He covers everything from how to make phone calls, send text messages and email to synching  data with your Google account. In addition he covers how to surf the web with the built-in browser, use the phone’s GPS, Google Maps, how to download and use apps found on the app store, and much more. This handy, low-priced book is packed with quick results for people who want to jump in and master DROID by Motorola phone.

• Snappy writing and eye-catching graphics walk readers through the most common features of the DROID Phone
• Jason O’Grady is a leading expert on mobile technology; his O’Grady’s PowerPage blog has been publishing daily news on mobile technology since 1995
• Covers popular features including the camera, keyboard, search, music, and Android Market

About the Author
Jason O’Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa and in 1984 he got a 128k Mac. He started writing one of the first daily Apple online publications (O’Grady’s PowerPage) in 1995. After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006 O’Grady set a precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the first amendment as the main stream media. He has written for the 8th and 9th editions of the MacBible (PeachPit Press) and has contributed to major Mac publications including a staff position at MacWEEK. Download Now »

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In this handy new Pocket Guide, mobile device expert Jason O’Grady reveals the secrets to using Google’s Nexus One smartphone. All of the common features are covered including Web browsing, Google Apps, IM/text/email, digital camera, video, music player, and more. With this essential companion readers will be mastering their Nexus One in no time!

Review
The Nexus One manual (pdf only) is very good as far as smart phone manuals go. Even so, The Nexus One Pocket Guide is very worthwhile. O’Grady offers lots of tips and tidbits that are not the in the manual. The Pocket guide is an enjoyable read and no matter how intuitive the Android OS is, you WILL learn things you don’t know. O’Grady is a very gifted technical writer and has created a guide that does more just rehash the manual. If you recently got a Nexus One (or any Adroid phone) get this book!

About the Author
Jason D. O’Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.
He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O’Grady’s PowerPage; www.powerpage.org) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. Download Now »

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Objective C 2.0 is the object-oriented language that is the basis for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, the development environment for the iPhone/iPod Touch.You’ll learn all the basics: from handling data and creating functions to managing memory and handling exceptions. For programmers who want to develop iPhone apps, it’s a must, and this title in the Visual QuickStart-style is the easy, fast way to get started.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started: Essential Objective-C
Chapter 2: Directing Program Flow
Chapter 3: Handling Data
Chapter 4: Creating Functions
Chapter 5: Classes and Objects
Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 7: Working with Object-Oriented Inheritance
Chapter 8: Categories, Posing, and Protocols
Chapter 9: Using Arrays and Dictionaries Download Now »