Marketplace books
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The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick
by Michael Still
An open source project backed by years of continual development, ImageMagick supports over 90 image formats and can perform impressive operations such as creating images from scratch; changing colors; stretching, rotating, and overlaying images; and overlaying text on images. Whether you use ImageMagick to manage the family photos or to embark on a job involving millions of images, this book will provide you with the knowledge to manage your images with ease.
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Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution
by Curtis Smith
Providing the range of mail-related services expected by organizations can be a confusing, daunting process. Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution presents a comprehensive guide to managing the most important services, including user administration, mail transfer agents, virus protection, spam and mail filtering, Web-based mail, and mailing list maintenance.
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Pro PHP-GTK
by Scott Mattocks
PHP is gaining positive reputation for its system administration and client-side application development capabilities. This administration and development is accomplished using the PHP-GTK extension. You can take advantage of client-side applications by implementing language bindings for the GTK&emdash;the GIMP Toolkit&emdash;a library for creating cross-platform graphical user interfaces. Pro PHP-GTK acts as both a definitive reference and a hands-on tutorial to the PHP-GTK extension.
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Building Flickr Applications with PHP
by Rob Kunkle, Andrew Morton
Building Flickr Applications with PHP teaches you how to use todays most popular online photo management system. Youll learn to work with both your own photos and Flickrs enormous cache, and create new and compelling extensions to the Flickr platform. This book is a great pick because Its written by experienced developer Rob Kunkle and Phlickr developer Andrew Morton. Youll learn how to use the PHP API Phlickr to write and retrieve photos.
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Pro Apache XML
by Poornachandra Sarang
Pro Apache XML thoroughly introduces several subprojects found under the Web Services–driven API umbrella. The book begins with a concise introduction to XML and Web Services. Subsequent chapters devote themselves to specific subprojectscovering their purposes, APIs, implementation, and practical uses through appropriate code examples.
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Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional (Beginning, from Novice to Professional)
by Keir Thomas
The book is interspersed with images and screen shots making it easier to visualize the steps being explained. All in all a good book which is both informative and entertaining at the same time. — Ravi Kumar, Slashdot contributor Winner of the Linux Journal Editors Choice 2006 Award for best End-User/Nontechnical Book! Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional is the best-selling guide to the hottest new Linux distribution.
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Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform
by Daniel Woolston
Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform gets high marks from me because it is concise, informative and easy to follow. After reading the first three chapters I had a clear understanding of what Ajax really is. — Cameron Scholtz, ASU Blog There are a few class libraries recently distributed that open the Ajax door to the .NET Framework 2.0. This book examines how the Ajax technology and the .NET Framework can work in tandem. It thoroughly covers the XMLHTTPRequest processes and the .NET 2.
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Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional
by Lee Babin
Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world's most popular scripting language. Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications.
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The Definitive Guide to db4o
by Stefan Edlich, Henrik Hrning, Reidar Hrning, Jim Paterson
To satisfy the demand for 24/7 information access, applications available in airport and conference kiosks, and in the mobile, gaming, and medical industries, provide consumers data access wherever they are. But its essential that fast availability not be traded for quality performance. A prominent solution for managing the data in these applications and devices is db4othe open source object database native to the Java and .NET platforms.
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Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)
by Sas Jacobs
The book remains a must-have resource for introductory programming, and a useful tool for more intermediate developers. — Jason Salas, Guam's Mr. Media The introduction on XML is succint and concise. — Phu Ly, If ..Else Dont waste time on 1,000-page tomes full of syntax; this book is all you need to get ahead in XML development. Renowned web developer Sas Jacobs presents an essential guide to XML. Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax is practical and comprehensive.
Events coming up
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Los Angeles Drupal December Meetup
Firestone Park, United States
L.A. Drupal - Los Angeles' Professional Drupal Network & User Group When? Tuesday, November 17th, 7:30PM-9:30PM Where? 969 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (Venue Sponsor: Causecast.org) Whats an LA Drupal meetup like? Fun & Interesting! LA Drupal meetups are free and open to anyone interested in Drupal from beginner to guru, but you have to bring a fun attitude and be willing to share or learn. We have areas for networking, general topics, and more advanced learning and sharing.
