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By: Andrey Kovalenko; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant KineticJS Starter
Create Flash-like mobile supported applications using KineticJS!
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Create your own HTML5 graphical editor
Animate and manipulate elements on the Canvas
Provide mobile device support to your applications
In Detail
Adobe Flash has been around for a number of years., but iOS was released without support for Flash on mobile devices. Flash is very expensive as a hardware resource and as an alternative HTML5 Canvas took its place. It is not very easy to develop with pure HTML5...
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Instant RESS Implementation How-to By: Chip Lambert; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant RESS Implementation How-to
Take your responsive websites to the next level with server-side components
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Build a dynamic website that reacts according to the device
Get started with the Modernizr JavaScript library for feature detection
Learn how to use WURFL for device detection
Use PHP to load certain pieces of the site based on the user’s device.
In Detail
The web design industry has changed dramatically in the last year. Everything that was common practice before is now outdated and everyone is...
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Instant Minecraft Designs How-to By: Mephisto Waltz; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Minecraft Designs How-to
Build amazing structures using the very popular and most advanced of free mods for
Minecraft, WorldEdit CUI and VoxelSniper GUI
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Build structures quickly and efficiently using World Edit CUI
Learn the most useful functions of Voxel Sniper to build complex and aesthetically pleasing architecture
Packed with illustrations to guide you through each project
In Detail
The Voxel Box is a suite of mods that adds powerful new functionality to Minecraft, helping you to create...
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Instant Apple Configurator How-to By: Charles Edge; TJ Houston Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Apple Configurator How-to
Gain full control and complete security when managing mobile iOS devices in mass deployments
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Configure group settings to personalize and secure your devices
Deploy multiple profiles
Upload and manage mass applications swiftly and easily
In Detail
The Apple configurator is an incredible piece of software which grants full control in mobile device management, but on a larger scale. The popularity of people taking their own devices to work has grown tremendously. However, valued...
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Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter By: Brenton J.W. Blawat; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter
Explore new abilities of Powershell 3.0 to interact with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) through the use of the new CIM cmdlets and realistic management scenarios
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Create CIM sessions to local and remote systems
Execute WMI queries using Windows Remote Management
Learn industry standard scripts to interact with workstation and server systems
In Detail
PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provide you with the ability to remotely manage systems....
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Instant Liferay Portal 6 Starter By: Sandeep Nair; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Liferay Portal 6 Starter
Create your portal with Liferay and learn its concepts on the go!
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Get acquainted with Liferay’s interface
Learn the core concepts and terms of Liferay
Create and manage content and learn to apply workflow to it
Learn about collaboration and document management features
In Detail
Instant Liferay Portal 6 Starter is a newbie guide to understanding the concepts of Liferay Portal. Learn how to build a site from scratch and some of the key features of Liferay.
Having data and...
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Instant PostgreSQL Backup and Restore How-to By: Shaun M. Thomas; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant PostgreSQL Backup and Restore How-to
A step-by-step guide to backing up and restoring your database using safe, efficient, and proven recipes
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Back up and restore PostgreSQL databases
Use built-in tools to create simple backups
Restore the easy way with internal commands
Cut backup and restore time with advanced techniques
In Detail
Backing up a database is something that all system admins must eventually face. Larger warehouses and critical enterprise data requires advanced techniques and tools to handle this...
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By: Jeremy Ary; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Drools Starter
The ultimate Starter guide for evaluating rules engines and getting started with Drools
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Discover Drools and learn to harvest the power of rules
Write a rules engine and put it into practice
Explore key features from brass tacks syntax to testing and troubleshooting
In Detail
Drools is a popular business rule management system. The book introduces the concept of rules separation, from what to do to how to do it. This Starter guide supports your development to keep pace with...
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By: Fabio Biondi ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant EaselJS Starter
Build innovative and engaging HTML5 canvas applications for your mobile and desktop browsers
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn to create interactive web content with the latest version of EaselJS framework and the HTML5 Canvas element
Starts with the basics and you will soon find yourself creating responsive and customized applications
Learn how to use EaselJS, TweenJS, and PreloadJS to create user interfaces and interactive animations
In Detail
EaselJS, created by Grant Skinner, greatly simplifies...
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Instant jQuery Drag-and-Drop Grids How-to By: Marcos Placona; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant jQuery Drag-and-Drop Grids How-to
A practical, hands-on guide to building drag-and-drop layouts using Gridster, jQuery, and CSS
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Configure your website for drag-and-drop layouts
Create simple layouts with Gridster in a matter of minutes
Learn how to use Gridster’s API methods
In Detail
Gridster is a drag-and-drop jQuery plugin that allows users to build interactive layouts from elements spanning multiple columns. Its API permits users to easily implement draggable elements on their layouts for highly...
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Instant jQuery 2.0 Table Manipulation How-to By: Charlie Griefer; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant jQuery 2.0 Table Manipulation How-to
Enhance and add functionality with interactivity to your HTML tables with jQuery
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Use simple jQuery functions to enhance your HTML tables
Demonstrate client side functionality and add AJAX for server side integration
Modify your tables without editing your HTML
In Detail
When jQuery was introduced, it took the JavaScript world by storm. Years later, it shows no sign of slowing down. Its powerful yet concise syntax helps to simplify tasks that might otherwise be difficult or...
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Instant Prezi for Education How-to By: Domi Sinclair; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Prezi for Education How-to
A fast-paced, practical guide to creating impressive presentations for your students and
colleagues
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn to create engaging presentations for your students and colleagues.
Convert existing PowerPoints into Prezi presentations
Create interactive presentations from scratch by adding video, images, and PDFs.
In Detail
Using a digital presentation tool can be a great way of structuring lectures but can lead to "death by slides" for students. Prezi offers great flexibility to...
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By: Atul Palandurkar; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant NetBeans IDE How-to
Develop different Java applications such as desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications using NetBeans IDE
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Explore the drag-and-drop features of NetBeans IDE to write bug-free code without writing anything
Generate different code snippets and files with only a few clicks
Easy to use images and various controls within projects.
Build and Deploy java applications easily.
Rapid Application Development supported for Java Technologies, also supports many other technologies...
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By: Tochi Eke-Okoro; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Wijmo Widgets How-to
Learn how to use Wijmo tools to speed up UI development and browser compatibility
through practical recipes
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Make calendars, sliders, dynamic and animated charts quickly and easily
Create a live stream chart displaying real time data
Roll out customized themes via JQuery UI themerollers
In Detail
With Wijmo you will always be one step ahead of regular UI developers. Wijmo doesn’t require a re-invention of the wheel; it is written with JQuery, so it supports regular JQuery...
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By: Jo Rhett; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Puppet 3 Starter
Gain complete consistency from your systems with minimal effort using Instant Puppet 3 Starter
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn how deterministic results can vastly reduce your workload
Deploy Puppet Server as a Ruby-on-Rails application to handle thousands of clients
Design your own module for complex configurations
In Detail
Puppet is the tool that will save you time. This book teaches you how to do more with less using Puppet 3. This guide ensures the highest level of accuracy so everything is...
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Instant IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 How-to By: Barry Max Rosen; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 How-to
Master IBM Lotus Notes with tips, hints, and instructions that will help you increase your
productivity
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Customize your Lotus Notes 8.5.3 experience
Work with Calendars and To do lists
Move from Outlook to IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3
In Detail
IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 is more than just an email client. It is a powerful collaboration tool that has been around for over 20 years. Moving from Microsoft Outlook to IBM Lotus Notes has never been easy, but this book will allow you to...
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Instant HTML5 Local Storage How-to By: Alex Libby ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant HTML5 Local Storage How-to
Over 15 recipes to take advantage of the HTML5 Local Storage standard
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn the basics of how to use the LocalStorage standard, and view the results in your browser
Learn how to detect when you can use LocalStorage, or when to fall back to using cookies, as well as how to convert an existing site to use LocalStorage
Using LocalStorage to store images, arrays, and objects for use in your site
In Detail
The use of cookies to store information in a browser has been around for...
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Instant Apache Cassandra for Developers Starter By: Vivek Mishra; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Apache Cassandra for Developers Starter
Start developing with Cassandra and learn how to handle big data
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Tune and optimize Cassandra to handle big data
Learn all about the Cassandra Query Language and Cassandra-CLI
Practical examples of Cassandra’s Java APIs
In Detail
Apache Cassandra is an open source, distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data, spread out across many commodity servers while providing a highly available service with no single point of failure. If you want to...
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Instant Pygame for Python Game Development How-to By: Ivan Idris ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Pygame for Python Game Development How-to
Create engaging and fun games with Pygame, Python's Game development
library
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Quickly develop interactive games by utilizing features that give you a great user experience
Create your own games with realistic examples and easy to follow instructions
Learn about the game development process, from installing simple games to more complicated multiplayer games, ensuring compatibility with mobile devices
In Detail
Pygame is a library created to make multimedia software...
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By: Karen McGrane Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 13-APR-2013 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Content Strategy for Mobile You don’t get to decide which platform or device your
customers use to access your content: they do.
Mobile isn’t just smartphones, and it doesn’t
necessarily mean you are on the move. It’s a proliferation of
devices, platforms, and screensizes – from the tiniest
“dumb” phones to the desktop web. How can you be sure
that your content will work everywhere, all the time?
Karen McGrane will teach you everything you need to get your
content onto mobile devices (and more). You’ll first gather
data to help you make the case for a mobile strategy, then learn
how to publish flexibly to...
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