Jun 30, 2010 |
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Book Description
Top-selling MVC book from a top team at Microsoft—now fully updated!
ASP.NET MVC 2.0 is now available and shipping with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4. A new update to Microsoft’s Model-View-Controller technologies, MVC 2.0 enables developers to build dynamic, data-driven Web sites. This in-depth book shows you step-by-step how to use MVC 2.0. You’ll learn both the theory behind MVC 2.0, as well as walk through practical tutorials, where you’ll create a real-world application. Topics include transitioning from ASP.NET development, as well as an overview of related tools and technologies, including LINQ, jQuery, and REST.
- Shows developers and programmers how to use ASP.NET MVC 2.0, Microsoft’s latest update to its Model-View-Controller technology for developing dynamic, data-driven Web sites
- Expert author trio includes a current member of the Microsoft ASP.NET team
- Uses a step-by-step approach to explain all major features and functionalities
- Explains theory as well as practical application, including how to transition from ASP.NET development, and related technologies such as LINQ, jQuery, and REST
Take your development skills to another level with MVC 2.0 and Professional ASP.NET MVC 2.0. Download Now »
May 18, 2010 |
14,939 views |
Book Description
jQuery allows you to do more in the world of dynamic web applications, with less code and fewer errors. It reduces the amount of JavaScript programming to only a few lines of code while making your JavaScript more intuitive and attractive to work with. At the same time, jQuery makes it easier to manipulate CSS from JavaScript by allowing you to set style for one or many elements at once.
With this unique, project-oriented book, author Richard York teaches even the most novice of JavaScript users how to quickly get started utilizing the JavaScript jQuery Library to decrease the amount of code that needs to be written and tested. A four-color code syntax highlighting system provides a visual reinforcement and allows you to see the nuts and bolts that comprise each line and section of code. With this helpful guide and hands-on exercises, you’ll be able to put jQuery to work for you and avoid having to write code from scratch.
What you will learn from this book
- How to install and test jQuery
- Techniques to manipulate content and attributes
- Ways to filter and map a selection or an array
- The difference between GET and POST Download Now »
Apr 30, 2010 |
21,625 views |
Video Description
In its short history, jQuery has revolutionized front-end web development, making it faster, easier, and more rewarding to write JavaScript – allowing easier selection and manipulation of HTML elements, and ensuring that scripts work across the ever increasing landscape of browsers and operating systems. jQuery is now the most popular JavaScript library on the web, powering over 27% of the 10,000 most popular sites.
This video walks the viewer through the essential concepts and syntaxes needed start writing simple-yet-powerful JavaScript using jQuery. Nate Haug and Jeff Robbins show many hands-on examples demonstrating how to use jQuery’s simple syntax to choose and manipulate HTML elements, traverse the document object model (DOM), and to attach event handlers which can react to user interaction with the page. They also walk through how to construct an AJAX request to pull in data from external HTML, XML, or JSON sources as well as how to create a simple jQuery plug-in.
Learn how liberating and fun jQuery development can be. Give us 3 hours and we’ll get you excited to create clearer, easier-to-use, and more whiz-bangy websites.
Full chapter listing:
- Introduction
- What is jQuery?
- Introduction to Firebug
- Overview of jQuery Concepts Download Now »
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Book Description
CMS Made Simple is a an open source content management system that allows rapid website development in a fraction of the normal time, avoiding hours of coding by providing modules and 3rd Party add-ons. With this book in hand you will be able to harness the power of this modular and extendable content management system at your fingertips.
This guide for CMS Made Simple is based on practical and working solutions allowing you to understand how this powerful and simple application can support you in your daily work. The workshop helps you create engaging, effective, and easy-to-use CMS websites for businesses, clubs, or organizations.
This is a step- by-step case study, aimed at helping you build a complete professional website with CMS Made Simple. You can take a ready-to-use template or implement your own custom design, enrich the website with features like a photo gallery, an e-commerce solution with PayPal checkout, and forms of any complexity or popular JQuery effects and finish it off by optimizing it for search engines. The useful HTML and CSS code snippets are optimized and can be easily adapted for your own projects. Chapter by chapter you will put yourself in the role of web designer, developer, administrator, and business manager, thus learning every aspect needed for building rich websites that are very simple to manage.
A tutorial for beginners intended to equip them to build a fully functional website with a professional touch and advanced features Download Now »
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Book Description
The perennial bestseller returns with new details for using the latest tools and techniques available with JavaScript
JavaScript is the definitive language for making the Web a dynamic, rich, interactive medium. This guide to JavaScript builds on the success of previous editions and introduces you to many new advances in JavaScript development. The reorganization of the chapters helps streamline your learning process while new examples provide you with updated JavaScript programming techniques.
You’ll get all-new coverage of Ajax for remote scripting, JavaScript frameworks, JavaScript and XML, and the latest features in modern Web browsers. Plus, all the featured code has been updated to ensure compliance with the most recent popular Web browsers.
- Introduces you to the latest capabilities of JavaScript, the definitive language for developing dynamic, rich, interactive Web sites
- Features new coverage of data types and variables, JavaScript and XML, Ajax for remote scripting, and popular JavaScript frameworks
- Offers updated code that ensures compliance with the most popular Web browsers
- Includes improved examples on the most up-to-date JavaScript programming techniques Download Now »
Mar 11, 2010 |
73,644 views |
Book Description
jQuery: Novice to Ninja is a compilation of best-practice jQuery solutions to meet the most challenging JavaScript problems. In this question-and-answer book on jQuery, you’ll find a cookbook of ready-to-go solutions to help breathe life into your web page.
Topics covered include:
- Scrolling, Resizing and Animating Webpage elements
- Backgrounds, Slideshows, and Crossfaders
- Menus, Tabs, and Panels
- Buttons, Fields, and Controls
- Lists, Trees, and Tables
- Frames, Windows, and Dialogs
- Adding interactivity with Ajax
- Using the jQuery User Interface Themeroller
- Writing your own jQuery plug-ins
All code used to create each solution is available for download and guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible.
About the Author
Sporting a Masters in Information Technology and a lifetime of experience on the “web of hard knocks”, Earle Castledine (Mr Speaker) holds an interest in everything to do with computers. A Senior Systems Analyst and JavaScript expert – he is equally happy in the muddy pits of .NET code as in the fluffy fields of client-side interaction development. Download Now »
