| OverviewA one-stop resource for each aspect of
designing and developing Sidebar gadgets, perfect for anyone who
wants to create killer gadgets
Explores one of the super cool features new to Windows Vista --
the Sidebar It is a one-stop resource for each aspect of designing and
developing Sidebar gadgets, perfect for anyone who wants to create
killer gadgets Includes complete design instructions for four
never-before-seen gadgets
Windows Vista Sidebar is a panel located on
the desktop of a PC where gadgets can be placed for easy access and
reference. These gadgets are small, single-purpose applications,
such as clocks, calendars, games, RSS notifiers, search tools,
stock tickers, etc, that reside on the Windows desktop and on the
Windows Sidebar. The book will be a tutorial to design and develop
a gadget. It will provide ready-to-use samples using .NET, XML, CSS
and AJAX. After reading the book, a web developer/designer will be
confident enough to start developing gadgets for Windows Vista
Sidebar. The beginner portion of the book shows an overview of the
subject with the design pattern, the architecture and
implementation details. The later sections will have solid examples
for instant results. In short, the book will tell how to do
everything with Sidebar Gadgets using solid, unique examples. Brief
outline: " Brief background on Gadgets " Define architecture,
design consideration and implementation to give a clear view to the
developer " Step by step, create a useful Gadget sample "My Blogs"
" Elaborate the architecture design constraint and implementation
details for the sample " Detail the standard practices " Recheck
the gadget created for standard practices " Improvise and Improve
with compare and contrast " Add advanced samples with .NET, AJAX
and XHTML. Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionA one-stop resource for each aspect of designing and developing Sidebar gadgets, perfect for anyone who wants to create killer gadgets - Explores one of the super cool features new to Windows Vista -- the Sidebar
- It is a one-stop resource for each aspect of designing and developing Sidebar gadgets, perfect for anyone who wants to create killer gadgets
- Includes complete design instructions for four never-before-seen gadgets
Windows Vista Sidebar is a panel located on the desktop of a PC where gadgets can be placed for easy access and reference. These gadgets are small, single-purpose applications, such as clocks, calendars, games, RSS notifiers, search tools, stock tickers, etc, that reside on the Windows desktop and on the Windows Sidebar. The book will be a tutorial to design and develop a gadget. It will provide ready-to-use samples using .NET, XML, CSS and AJAX. After reading the book, a web developer/designer will be confident enough to start developing gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar. The beginner portion of the book shows an overview of the subject with the design pattern, the architecture and implementation details. The later sections will have solid examples for instant results. In short, the book will tell how to do everything with Sidebar Gadgets using solid, unique examples. Brief outline: " Brief background on Gadgets " Define architecture, design consideration and implementation to give a clear view to the developer " Step by step, create a useful Gadget sample "My Blogs" " Elaborate the architecture design constraint and implementation details for the sample " Detail the standard practices " Recheck the gadget created for standard practices " Improvise and Improve with compare and contrast " Add advanced samples with .NET, AJAX and XHTML. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 19 reviews. Good book on Gadgets, beginning examples too complex, 2009-04-01 Reviewer rating: Creating gadgets for Vista is fairly complicated so it's great to have this book to guide you through it. The book would greatly benefit from a much simpler first example before adding toolbar options and other more complex features in javascript that make it hard to follow the basic flow of the code. Still... probably the best book out there on the topic and I was able to create a gadget based on what I learned from this book. | Great Book, 2008-12-06 Reviewer rating: I recommend this book for everyone does not have any information about vista gadgets. Your simple language and good samples, it's easy to learn, how gadgets works and how made your own... | One of the BEST I've read recently, 2008-11-20 Reviewer rating: I had been looking for a book on "Vista gadgets" and I find this book very helpful and informative. The easy flow and the transition from chapter to chapter is very smooth so you would just keep reading until you finish the entire book once you start reading it. If you have fairly good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc., web technologies, you would immediately understand that the author is very knowledgeable in this area and knows how to guide the readers.
Some of the best features about this book are the code bits, graphical representation of the information, tips and samples. The samples are very illustrative and once you work with them you'll be comfortable in creating any similar gadgets.
The author also takes so much personal interest in updating the web site [...] regularly even after months of publishing the book, I think that tells you something about the author. I believe he is very passionate about web development and sharing his knowledge and it reflects all over the book.
Finally, if you are serious about becoming an expert in creating vista gadgets, I strongly believe that just this book is enough and you MUST have this book in your rack. | vista gadget unfolded , 2008-08-25 Reviewer rating: I think Rajesh has done a significant amount of effort and studies to explain the Vista gadget in his book. Before reading this book i had little info about the vista gadget but after reviewing this book I have gathered all the technology and the programming aspect of Gadget. The way Rajesh has added the example and explain the impact of the gadget in the real world is just awesome. The way good and bad gadget explanation and about choosing the design for it is absolutely perfect. This book covers most part of Gadget programming for windows vista.
Although it requires lots of practice and knowledge of different technologies to create gadget but this book tries to cover most of the technologies involved.
I would definitely suggest my friend to have a look into this book.
| Simple and great book, 2008-08-15 Reviewer rating: This book is very simple to follow, and there are variety of useful examples. A great start for gadget developers. If you want to create vista sidebar gadgets, this is the book. Your skill-set doesn't need to go beyond familiarity with HTML, CSS and JavaScript to use this book. I have read other books most of the time the examples don't work, but this book is different, all examples just work. I can say simply great book for creating gadgets and an excellent read. |
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