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3221. | Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP All in One By: Phil Ballard; Michael Moncur Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 02-JUL-2008 Insert Date: 16-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP All in One In just a short time, you can learn how to
use Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP to create interactive interfaces to
your web applications by combining these powerful technologies.
No previous Ajax programming experience is
required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each
lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to
learn the essentials of Ajax programming with JavaScript, PHP, and
related technologies from the ground up.
Regardless of whether you run Linux,
Windows, or Mac OS X, the enclosed CD includes a complete Ajax
programming starter kit that gives you all...
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3222. | Apple Pro Training Series Motion 3 By: Damian Allen; Mark Spencer; Bryce Button; Tony Huet Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 30-AUG-2007 Insert Date: 15-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series Motion 3 In this guide to Apple’s revolutionary motion graphics
software, commercial artists Damian Allen, Bryce Button, and Mark
Spencer teach you to create cutting-edge animations, show opens,
promos, logos, and effects while you learn Motion 3. As with the
other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter
represents a complete lesson with a commercial-quality project to
work through as you learn. The authors begin with generators and
quickly move on to Motion’s behavior-based animations,
particles, filters, effects, replicator, tracking, and matchmoving.
The best-selling book is fully...
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3223. | By: Bear Bibeault; Yehuda Katz Publisher: Manning Publications Publication Date: 07-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: jQuery in Action A good web development framework anticipates what you need to do
and makes those tasks easier and more efficient; jQuery practically
reads your mind. Developers of every stripe-hobbyists and
professionals alike-fall in love with jQuery the minute they've
reduced 20 lines of clunky JavaScript into three lines of elegant,
readable code. This new, concise JavaScript library radically
simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform
animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.
jQuery in Action, like jQuery itself, is a concise tool
designed to make you a more...
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3224. | Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics By: Michael Wohl Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 02-JUL-2007 Insert Date: 12-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics In this Apple-authorized training book, director and filmmaker
Michael Wohl teaches advanced skills that editing professionals
need to know most Each chapter presents a complete lesson in some
aspect of video editing or finishing, with hands-on projects for
readers to complete as they go. Michael Wohl shows how to master
advanced trimming techniques, make polished transitions, work with
nested sequences, edit multi-camera projects, create fantastic
effects, color-correct your video, and composite like a pro. This
text also covers Soundtrack Pro, shows you how to manage your clips
and media,...
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3225. | By: Jack D. Herrington; Emily Kim Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 24-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 06-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Getting Started with Flex 3
Discover how easy RIA development can be with this one-of-a-kind
handbook from the Adobe Developer Library. Several clear,
step-by-step mini-tutorials teach you about web services, event
handling, designing user interfaces with reusable components, and
more. After finishing this guide, you'll be able to build Flash
applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the
Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex
3, you will:
Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing
applications people have built with FlexWork with ActionScript 3.0 and the MXML...
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3226. | Apple Pro Training Series Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 By: Mark Spencer; Jem Schofield Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 12-JUN-2007 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 This practical book focuses on just the parts of Final Cut
Studio that editors and designers need to create motion graphics in
their daily work. Using footage from the BBC archives along with
Motion, Final Cut Pro, and Live Type (all included in Final Cut
Studio), you’ll build broadcast-quality titles, motion menus,
show bumpers, and news opens. As with the other titles in the Apple
Pro Training Series, each chapter in this Apple-authorized guide
represents a complete lesson--with projects to complete and a
review section to reinforce the lessons. Author and video
editor/producers Mark...
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3227. | Apple Pro Training Series DVD Studio Pro 4, Second Edition By: Martin Sitter; Adrian Ramseier; Jem Schofield Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 10-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series DVD Studio Pro 4, Second Edition Now the best-selling book on DVD Studio Pro is even better.
Updated for DVD Studio Pro 4.2, this Apple-certified book uses
striking, real-world footage (including the HD
documentary One-Six-Right) to build four
complete DVDs. This revised edition covers integration
with Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, and Compressor 3, as
well as the new SD-to-HD workflow. Each chapter presents a
lesson in an aspect of DVD creation and finishing, with
hands-on projects for you to complete as you go. After
learning how to storyboard your DVD and plan its
interactions, you’ll set chapter markers, create
stories,...
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3228. | The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0 By: Kris Hadlock Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 11-JUL-2008 Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The ActionScript™ 3.0 Migration Guide: Making the Move from ActionScript 2.0 When Flash Player 9 released in June 2006, it introduced the new
scripting language, ActionScript 3, which has already taken hold in
the Adobe Flex application development community. ActionScript 3
provides not only a significant enhancement in performance, but
also a more robust programming model that lends itself to complex
Rich Internet Application development. For web designers and
developers who need to make the move to ActionScript 3 from the
previous version, ActionScript 2, the learning curve has proven to
be significant. In this essential and timely guide, ActionScript
expert Kris...
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3229. | Apple Pro Training Series Aperture 2 By: Ben Long; Richard Harrington; Orlando Luna Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 06-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series Aperture 2 Fully updated for Aperture 2, this comprehensive book-DVD
training combo starts with the basics of image management and takes
you step by step all the way through Aperture's powerful
photo-editing, image-retouching, proofing, publishing, and
archiving features. Aperture 2's new features are completely
covered, including a new RAW-image processing engine, a streamlined
interface, powerful new adjustment tools, and added integration
with Mac OS X and other Apple products for instant web publishing
and one-click portfolio syncing. Apple Pro Training Series:
Aperture 2 delivers comprehensive...
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3230. | Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 By: Juan Sanchez; Andy McIntosh Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 17-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 Don’t settle for Flex’s boring,
standard user interface. Set your Flex applications apart with the
breakthrough skinning and programming techniques found in
Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0.
Leading Flex developers Juan Sanchez and Andy McIntosh show how to
build stunning Flex and AIR applications. You’ll learn how to
take a design and translate that design into Flex or AIR without
sacrificing fidelity, and how to apply state-of-the-art branding
that adds value to all your Flex applications, no matter what they
do or who you’re building them for.
Sanchez and McIntosh illuminate...
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3231. | By: INT Media Group; Joe Burns - Ph.D. Publisher: Que Publication Date: 27-JUN-2002 Insert Date: 25-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beyond HTML Goodies Go beyond the basics and learn how the pros add and use dynamic
HTML features and advanced JavaScript techniques. Beyond HTML
Goodies demonstrates dozens of new and different features
readers can add to their existing Web pages using HTML and
JavaScript. The book starts with simple text and image tips, such
as adding a clock to a Web page or causing text to appear when the
mouse moves over an image. It gradually builds to more complex
tricks, including manipulating forms or working with cookies behind
the scenes. Throughout the book, readers enjoy Joe's snappy style
and "to the point"...
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3232. | Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Director® MX By: Gary Rosenzweig Publisher: Que Publication Date: 13-JUN-2003 Insert Date: 25-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Director® MX Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX is a
comprehensive guide to creating and publishing Director movies.
The book includes complete coverage of the newest version of
Director, from advanced issues such as Lingo scripting and
multi-user applications on how to employ the 3D API.
This edition includes more coverage of multi-user applications,
using 3D media, efficient sprite editing with the context-sensitive
Property Inspector, increased control of cast members through the
Cast Manager, vector drawing tools that add illustration
capability, and special imaging effects and...
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3233. | Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6 By: Diana Weynand Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 21-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 24-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro 6 Cut a scene from the USA Network television series Monk, create
a promo for Seaworld’s Belief documentary, and master
filters and effects as you edit a segment of BBC Motion
Gallery's Living Colour documentary. Completely revised for
Final Cut Pro 6 and featuring all-new footage, this best-selling,
Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects
of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic
video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final
Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features. Each chapter presents a
complete lesson in an aspect of video...
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3234. | By: Joshua Porter Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 24-APR-2008 Insert Date: 24-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Designing for the Social Web No matter what type of web site or
application you’re building, social interaction among the
people who use it will be key to its success. They will talk about
it, invite their friends, complain, sing its high praises, and
dissect it in countless ways. With the right design strategy you
can use this social interaction to get people signing up, coming
back regularly, and bringing others into the fold. With tons of
examples from real-world interfaces and a touch of the underlying
social psychology theory, Joshua Porter shows you how to design
your next great social web application.
Inside,...
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3235. | By: Ric Shreves Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 31-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Create a new theme for your Drupal website with a clean layout and
powerful CSS styling
Learn to create new Drupal 5 Themes
No experience of Drupal 5 theming required
Set up and configure themes
Understand Drupal 5's themeable functions
In Detail
Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management
System. Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with
its exceptional design mean it is already on the way to becoming
the de facto standard for CMS Websites. Drupal's modular design and
structured source code make it both highly flexible and...
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3236. | Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques By: Jonathan Chaffer; Karl Swedberg Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 07-JUL-2007 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple
JavaScript Techniques
Create better, cross-platform JavaScript code
Learn detailed solutions to specific client-side problems
For web designers who want to create interactive elements for
their designs
For developers who want to create the best user interface for
their web applications.
In Detail
jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance your
websites regardless of your background. In this book, creators of
the popular jQuery learning resource,
LearningjQuery.com, share their knowledge,
experience,...
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3237. | By: Tessa Blakeley Silver Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 29-JUN-2007 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | This complete, easy-to-use guide for web designers wanting to
create unique templates for Joomla! websites covers template design
workflow, debugging and validating code, creating drop-down menus,
interactive and dynamic forms, and packaging templates for
distribution, with advice on using multiple templates, replacing
tables with CSS, using animation and other effects, and tricks to
tweak existing templates. Readers need basic knowledge of Joomla!
(which can be gained from Packt's Building Websites with Joomla!),
of CSS and HTML, and of using Dreamweaver for coding. Written in
PHP, free,...
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3238. | By: James Kennard Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 30-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | The Professional Guide to Programming Joomla!
In-depth guide to programming Joomla!
Design and build secure and robust components, modules and
plugins
Includes a comprehensive reference to the major areas of the
Joomla! framework
In Detail
Joomla! is the world's hottest open-source content management
system, and the winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize. Out of
the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to
make your website sing. But for many people, the true power of
Joomla! lies in its application framework that makes it possible
for thousands of...
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3239. | Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development By: Joseph LeBlanc Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development If you're a PHP programmer eager to create extensions for Joomla!,
this book is for you. Written for Joomla! 1.5, it gets you coding
your first extensions as quickly as possible, and adds features
that will make your work look professional! The world's hottest
open-source content management system, Joomla! won the 2006 Open
Source CMS Prize. Already feature packed, it is also extremely
extensible, allowing multiple complex applications to be cleanly
integrated, inheriting the look and feel of one Joomla! site, with
only one database, template, and core to maintain. This practical
tutorial is...
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3240. | Microsoft® Expression Blend™ Unleashed By: Brennon Williams Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 03-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 11-MAY-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® Expression Blend™ Unleashed Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed
is about learning a new tool for designers, but also learning a new
mindset for developers. Expression Blend enables the delivery of
rich interactive applications, for the web as well as the desktop,
allowing you to take graphical assets and blend them with
functional .NET code through the power of XAML and the WPF
platform. Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed also features
a C# Primer, introducing designers to the .NET Framework. .NET
allows the reader to extend the functionality of many of the WPF
elements used in Expression Blend. The most important...
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