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jQuery is awesome for designers – it builds easily on the CSS and HTML you already know and allows you to create impressive effects with just a few lines of code. However, without a background in programming, JavaScript – on which jQuery is built – can feel intimidating and impossible to grasp. This book will show you how simple it can be to learn the basics and then extend your capabilities by taking advantage of jQuery plugins.

jQuery for Designers offers approachable lessons for designers with little or no background in JavaScript. The book begins by introducing the jQuery library and a small and simple introduction to JavaScript. Then you’ll step through a few simple tasks to get your feet wet before diving into using plugins to quickly and simply add complex effects with just a few lines of code.

You’ll be surprised at how far you can get with JavaScript when you start with the power of the jQuery library and this book will show you how. We’ll cover common interface widgets and effects such as tabbed interfaces, custom tooltips, and custom scrollbars. You’ll learn how to create an animated navigation menu and how to add simple AJAX effects to enhance your site visitors’ experience. Then we’ll wrap up with interactive data grids which make sorting and searching data easy.

What you will learn from this book

• Download and include the jQuery library on your website Download Now »

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Implementing security as a cross-cutting concern has several challenges. Consequently, modern software development practices and Service Oriented Architectures are alluding to the idea of claims-based Identity for access control. Microsoft’s Identity and Access Control paradigm leverages industry standard open specifications and provides tools, runtime and platform support for facilitating the development of claims-enabled applications.

Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation Cookbook explores real world scenarios on building claims-enabled .NET applications using Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (AD FS 2.0) and Windows Azure Access Control Services (ACS).

This book covers all aspects of several real world challenges that professional developers face while enabling support for claims-based identity across interoperable platforms and building claims-enabled applications. The book then goes on to explore AD FS 2.0 and provides step-by-step details on how claims support is enabled in Microsoft’s server technologies.

The book starts by introducing you to the world of claims-based identity in .NET Framework 4.0. It then moves on to showcase the capabilities of the runtime and the associated SDK including the steps to perform identity delegation in ASP.NET MVC 3 applications, create WCF security token services, extend the runtime to provide support for SAML 2.0 specifications and use AppFabric as a trusted source for implementing access control. Further, the book explores AD FS 2.0 Download Now »

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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja is a practical hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles and techniques needed to build a fully-functional database-driven web site using PHP & MySQL.

This book covers everything from installing PHP & MySQL under Windows, Linux, and Mac through to building a live web-based content management system.

While this is essentially a beginner’s book, it also covers more advanced topics such as the storage of binary data in MySQL, and cookies and sessions in PHP. It comes complete with a set of handy reference guides for PHP & MySQL that include:

• MySQL syntax
• MySQL functions
• MysQL column types
• PHP functions for working with MySQL

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Installation
Chapter 2. Introducing MySQL
Chapter 3. Introducing PHP
Chapter 4. Publishing MySQL Data on the Web Download Now »

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An all-in-one tutorial for planning, developing, and launching iPhone and iPad apps

The number of applications in the Apple app store is growing at a staggering rate. Want to get in the game, but don’t know iOS? This book-and-DVD package will help! With even little or no prior programming experience, you can learn the code necessary to build an app by following the how-to instructions in this book-and-video combo. Comprised of clear, no-nonsense lessons, the book walks you through each tutorial and then encourages you to work through simple exercises so that you can immediately apply what you just learned.

These lessons are backed by video demonstrations on the accompanying DVD to further illustrate the instruction and drive home the main points. In addition, the book’s appendices contain helpful information such as obtaining a device UDID, testing, and distributing an app and also lists common reasons why applications are rejected, so you can prepare to take precautionary measures to avoid these instances.

• Introduces iOS and helps you set up a development environment
• Highlights the basics of object-oriented programming principles as well as key objective-C concepts
• Examines Cocoa touch and the Cocoa touch framework, including using various classes in the UIKit and Foundation frameworks
• Looks at advanced concepts such as tab bars, web views Download Now »

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Get up to speed on the extensive changes to the newest release of Microsoft SQL Server

The 2012 release of Microsoft SQL Server changes how you develop applications for SQL Server. With this comprehensive resource, SQL Server authority Robert Vieira presents the fundamentals of database design and SQL concepts, and then shows you how to apply these concepts using the updated SQL Server. Publishing time and date with the 2012 release, Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Programming begins with a quick overview of database design basics and the SQL query language and then quickly proceeds to show you how to implement the fundamental concepts of Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

You’ll explore the key additions and changes to this newest version, including conditional action constructs, enhanced controls for results paging, application integration with SharePoint and Excel, and development of BI applications.

• Covers new features such as SQL Azure for cloud computing, client-connectivity enhancements, security and compliance, data replication, and data warehouse performance improvements
• Addresses essential topics including managing keys, writing scripts, and working with store procedures
• Shares helpful techniques for creating and changing tables, programming with XML, and using SQL Server Reporting and Integration Services

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A detailed look at a diverse set of Cloud topics, particularly Azure and Office 365

More and more companies are realizing the power and potential of Cloud computing as a viable way to save energy and money. This valuable book offers an in-depth look at a wide range of Cloud topics unlike any other book on the market. Examining how Cloud services allows users to pay as they go for exactly what they use, this guide explains how companies can easily scale their Cloud use up and down to fit their business requirements. After an introduction to Cloud computing, you’ll discover how to prepare your environment for the Cloud and learn all about Office 365 and Azure.

• Examines a diverse range of Cloud topics, with special emphasis placed on how Cloud computing can save businesses energy and money
• Shows you how to prepare your environment for the Cloud
• Addresses Office 365, including infrastructure services, SharePoint 2010 online, SharePoint online development, Exchange online development, and Lync online development
• Discusses working with Azure, including setting it up, leveraging Blob storage, building Azure applications, programming, and debugging
• Offers advice for deciding when to use Azure and when to use Office 365 and looks at hybrid solutions between Azure and Office 365 Download Now »