Marketplace books
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HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML
by Paul Whitehead
Offers professional-level instruction in Web page design in a unique visual format, with most tasks demonstrated on self-contained two-page spreads Key tasks covered include setting up a Web page, reducing image resolution, creating radio buttons, adding a hit counter, creating an inline frame, and adding an embedded sound High-resolution screen shots accompanied by succinct explanations clearly illustrate each task, while "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips Comp
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) By Example
by Steve Callihan
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example allows you to learn the fundamentals of CSS by taking you through small, gradual steps. It provides examples using CSS in "real world" scenarios. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example follows a logical, linear teaching style that will ultimately have you using CSS to utilize more control over the appearance and styling of Web pages.
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PHP Cookbook
by Adam Trachtenberg, David Sklar
When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook's unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on any web browser. This revised new edition makes it easy to find specific solutions for programming challenges.PHP Cookbook has a wealth of solutions for problems that you'll face regularly.
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Apache 2 Pocket Reference: For Apache Programmers & Administrators (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
by Andrew Ford
Even if you know the Apache web server inside and out, you still need an occasional on-the-job reminder -- especially if you're moving to the newer Apache 2.x. "Apache 2 Pocket Reference" gives you exactly what you need to get the job done without forcing you to plow through a cumbersome, doorstop-sized reference. This Book provides essential information to help you configure and maintain the server quickly, with brief explanations that get directly to the point. It covers Apache 2.
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Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 (Programmer to Programmer)
by David Buser, John Kauffman, Juan T. Llibre, Brian Francis, Dave Sussman, Chris Ullman, Jon Duckett
Filling an important spot in the Wrox Programmer to Programmer series, Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 is an excellent introduction to the new version of ASP released for the Windows 2000 platform. This guide expects no previous ASP knowledge or even previous Web development experience. Its friendly style makes this book welcome reading at all skill levels.
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HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible
by Steven M. Schafer
Decipher the code, use the right tools, and conquer the online world of the World Wide Web. This comprehensive guide demystifies HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) so you can create sophisticated and interactive Web pages, robust applications, and as many other ways of interacting on the Web as you can think of. You'll even learn to code cool content for many mobile devices that include a browser.
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Ajax in Oracle JDeveloper
by Deepak Vohra
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) is a web technique used to transfer data between a browser and server asynchronously without posting the web page to the server. "Asynchronously" implies that the processing of the web page continues while the Ajax request is sent to the server and a response is received from the server. The web page, or section(s) of the web page, is refreshed with the Ajax response without reposting the web page.
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Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
by David Flanagan
The author of the best-selling Java in a Nutshell has created an entire book of real-world Java programming examples that you can learn from. If you learn best "by example," this is the book for you. This third edition covers Java 1.4 and contains 193 complete, practical examples: over 21,900 lines of densely commented, professionally written Java code, covering 20 distinct client-side and server-side APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and the New I/O API.
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Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)
by Kynn Bartlett
You know you should use cascading style sheets (CSS) to simplify your web pages, but how do you use CSS? Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours, Second Edition is a carefully organized, well-written tutorial that teaches you not only how to use cascading style sheets, but also how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects.
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Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action [Ajax]
by Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Tom Locke
"This book should rightly be considered the bible of Prototype and Scriptaculous." -- JavaLobby Prototype and Scriptaculous are libraries that extend standard Ajax. They make it easier to program Ajax and provide powerful features like drag and drop and animation. In this book, developers learn by playing and see how the libraries work in the real world.
Events coming up
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Nov
9
Drupal meetup in Cambridge (Come test-drive Drupal 7)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Join us in Cambridge on Monday 9 November 2009 (7pm-10pm), for our second Drupal meetup. Our meeting will be informal, so this is a chance to have a beer and a chat with other web developers, web designers and stakeholders interested in Drupal. At this meetup, you will have an opportunity to test-drive and chat about Drupal 7. We plan to experiment with a few 5-10 minute sessions in small huddles throughout the evening. Look forward to seeing you there.
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Nov
10
TGGD #16: The Future of Media - A Panel Discussion
Toronto, Canada
[center][b]Toronto Girl Geek Dinner: The Future of Media Panel When: Monday, November 9, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 10:00 Where: Fionn MacCools (181 University Ave at Adelaide) (map) Fee: $10.00 (This nominal fee holds your spot and will pay for your first drink.)[/b][/center] More details for this event at TorontoGirlGeekDinners.ca About TGGD #16 Every day someone is declaring the end of journalism with the rise of the Internet and social media.