HTML5 is more than a markup language — it’s a dozen independent web standards all rolled into one. Until now, all it’s been missing is a manual. With this thorough, jargon-free guide, you’ll learn how to build web apps that include video tools, dynamic drawings, geolocation, offline web apps, drag-and-drop, and many other features. HTML5 is the future of the Web, and with this book you’ll reach it quickly.
Building rich JavaScript applications that bring a desktop experience to the Web requires moving state from the server to the client side—not a simple task. This hands-on book takes proficient JavaScript developers through all the steps necessary to create state-of-the-art applications, including structure, templating, frameworks, communicating with the server, and many other issues.
Breadcrumbs are these tiny paths you find at the top of the page. Next to the menus they provide an additional way to navigate the site. Furthermore, they help the visitor to position himself within the site’s structure.
CoffeeScript is JavaScript done right. It provides all of JavaScript’s functionality wrapped in a cleaner, more succinct syntax. CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development (Pragmatic Bookshelf) is the first book on this exciting new language.
Upgrading modules in Drupal can be performed from the web-interface. Unfortunately but understandably, this is not the case for the Core system. That requires a download and install by hand, replacing the current software tree while saving the current configuration, modules, themes, and libraries. In this article we describe the upgrade from Drupal Core version 7.7 to 7.8. Continue reading »
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Perl combines great power — particularly in text editing — with convenience, and is found in countless web and system administration tools. This book, a classic written by some of the most highly recognized leaders in the Perl community, is the most sophisticated introduction to this language, updated for the most recent Perl versions and best practices.
Learning Perl, popularly known as “the Llama”, is the book most programmers rely on to get started with Perl. The bestselling Perl tutorial since it was first published in 1993, this new sixth edition covers recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.14. Reflecting years of classroom testing and experience, this edition is packed with exercises that let you practice the concepts while you follow the text. Continue reading »
Geotargeting allows you to limit the delivery of your ad campaigns to certain continents, countries, regions, or cities. MaxMind offers several databases (and a public software library) that can be deployed to accomplish this.
These databases (made available as data files) can be integrated into OpenX using the openXMaxMindGeoIP plugin. Continue reading »
We had already installed the OpenX advertisement server before. Now we want to integrate the ad management system into a Drupal site.
After installing the Drupal core, the Reports section in the administrator’s interface warns us that APC is installed but not enabled. This feature makes it possible to show the progress of a file upload to the server.
Almost a year ago, we got very excited after looking into Drupal. Back then, version 7 of this Content Management Framework (CMF) was not yet available.
Today it is. And although not all modules are available for the new core, version 7 looks even better than its predecessor.
In this article we describe the complete installation of a multi-site Drupal system. Continue reading »
HTML5 Canvas teaches web developers how to build rich internet applications in HTML5, rather use Adobe Flash. In time, HTML5 will replace Flash.
With step-by-step instructions and expert guidance, Creating a Website teaches readers how to go from nothing but an idea and a PC to creating a professional-looking website. This third edition shows readers not only how to create a compelling Web presence, but how to enrich it with interactivity, search-engine optimization, audio files, videos, visitorcentric community elements, and e-commerce capability with products like PayPal and Google Pay. It also describes the emergence of HTML 5, and tell them why it’s an improvement over earlier versions of HTML.
App Inventor is poised to change the mobile development landscape significantly. Not only does it make it much, much easier for beginners to get their hands dirty and start developing with little overhead or formal schooling/training, it stands to turn merely curious parties into more serious developers as well. The whole enterprise carries a strong stance that “programming can be a vehicle for engaging powerful ideas through active learning,” which is just so in line with O’Reilly. The blocks editor uses the Open Blocks Java library for creating visual blocks programming languages. Open Blocks is distributed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Scheller Teacher Education Program. The compiler that translates the visual blocks language for implementation on Android uses the Kawa Language Framework and Kawa’s dialect of the Scheme programming language, developed by Per Bothner and distributed as part of the Gnu Operating System by the Free Software Foundation.
Since 1996, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly Media) has been the bible for JavaScript programmers — a programmer’s guide and comprehensive reference to the core language and to the client-side JavaScript APIs defined by web browsers.
Join the next wave of Web 2.0 software development in the cloud! Cloud applications are the next big shift in application development: instead of building single-user applications to run on a personal computer, new applications are being built as multi-user services that run in data centers around the world.
Create must-have applications for the latest Android OS
The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today’s most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, he moves at a steady pace while teaching everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.
Want to build apps for Android devices? Learning Android (O’Reilly Media) is the perfect way to master the fundamentals. Written by Marko Gargenta, an expert who has taught this mobile platform to hundreds of developers in large organizations, this gentle introduction shows experienced object-oriented programmers how to use Android’s basic building blocks to create user interfaces, store data, connect to the network, and more.















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