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JavaScript Cookbook

JavaScript Cookbook

Book Description
Why reinvent the wheel every time you run into a problem with JavaScript? This cookbook is chock-full of code recipes that address common tasks, as well as techniques for building web apps that work in any browser. Just copy and paste the code samples into your — you’ll get the job done faster and learn more about JavaScript in the process.

You’ll also learn how to take advantage of the latest features in ECMAScript 5 and , including the new cross-domain widget communication technique, ′s video and elements, and the drawing canvas. You’ll find recipes for using these features with JavaScript to build high-quality application interfaces.

  • Create interactive web and desktop applications
  • Work with JavaScript objects, such as String, Array, Number, and Math
  • Use JavaScript with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and the canvas element
  • Store data in various ways, from the simple to the complex
  • Program the new HTML5 audio and video elements
  • Implement concurrent programming with Web Workers
  • Use and create jQuery plug-ins
  • Use ARIA and JavaScript to create fully accessible rich internet applications [Read more...]

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Office 2010: The Missing Manual

Office 2010- The Missing Manual

Book Description
Whether you’re new to Microsoft Office or have used it for years, this clear and friendly primer helps you be productive with , , Excel, PowerPoint, , and the rest of the Office apps from day one. Learn what’s new in and get a complete, step-by-step guide to each of its main programs, along with details on Publisher, OneNote, and Office Apps. With this Manual on hand, you’ll be creating professional-quality documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases in no time.

Office 2010: The Missing Manual is a great way to master Office 2010 without having to stock up on a shelfload of books. Packed with illustrations and friendly advice, it’s truly the book that should have been in the box.

  • Learn everything from basic word processing to desktop and web publishing with Word
  • Use tables, graphics, and videos to create sophisticated Word documents
  • Manage your contacts and keep track of your schedule with Outlook
  • Quickly create and edit PowerPoint presentations, and snazz them up with videos and sound
  • Build spreadsheets, use functions and formulas, and create charts and graphics with Excel
  • Design databases and manage large stores of text, numbers, and pictures with Access [Read more...]

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Programming the Mobile Web

Programming the Mobile Web

Book Description
Today’s market for mobile apps goes beyond the iPhone to include BlackBerry, Nokia, , and smartphones powered by , webOS, and other platforms. If you’re an experienced developer, this book shows you how to build a standard app that you can extend to work with specific devices. You’ll learn the particulars and pitfalls of building mobile apps with HTML, CSS, and other standard tools.

You’ll also explore platform variations, finicky mobile browsers, Ajax design patterns for mobile, and much more. Before you know it, you’ll be able to create mashups using Web 2.0 APIs in apps for the App Store, App , OVI Store, Android Market, and other online retailers.

  • Learn how to use your existing web skills to move into mobile development
  • Discover key differences in mobile app design and navigation, including touch devices
  • Use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ajax to create user interfaces in the mobile environment
  • Learn about technologies such as HTML5, XHTML MP, and WebKit extensions
  • Understand variations of platforms such as Symbian, BlackBerry, webOS, Bada, Android, and iOS for iPhone and iPad
  • Bypass the browser to create offline apps and widgets using web technologies [Read more...]

Network Flow Analysis

Network Flow Analysis


You know that servers have log files and performance measuring tools and that traditional network devices have LEDs that blink when a port does something. You may have tools that tell you how busy an interface is, but mostly a network device is a black box. Network Flow opens that black box, demonstrating how to use industry-standard software and your existing to assess, analyze, and debug your network.

Unlike packet sniffers that require you to reproduce network problems in order to analyze them, flow analysis lets you turn back time as you analyze your network. You’ll learn how to use open source software to build a flow-based network awareness system and how to use network analysis and auditing to address problems and improve network reliability. You’ll also learn how to use a flow analysis system; collect flow records; view, filter, and flows; present flow records graphically; and use flow records to proactively improve your network. Network Flow Analysis will show you how to: [Read more...]

Photography for the Web

Photography for the Web

Book Description
A hands-on on guide to digital , with a practical focus on the . Readers will learn how to make the most of their digital , while learning the basics of composition, exposures, filters and more.

Step-by-step guides will walk readers through advance techniques like using long exposures, photographing items in motion, and the importance of the RAW data format.

“Photography for the Web” will also offer helpful advice on editing images (levels, colors, histograms), correcting for barrel distortions and vanishing points, removing blemishes, going black & white and stitching panoramas.

Finally, the book will discuss sharing images online, utilizing online communities like & Fotalia, competitions for amateur photographers and selling photos on stock image sites like iStockPhoto. [Read more...]