Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Robson and Eric T Freeman

Book Name : Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Author : Elisabeth Robson and Eric T Freeman
Rate : 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (Rate from Amazon.com)
Type : Paperback

Today, serious Web pages use HTML and XHTML to structure their content and CSS for style and presentation. You need a book that understands how to incorporate everything correctly. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML explains the fundamentals of HTML, XHTML, topics like web color, and CSS properties. In this book, pictures and step-by-step instructions explain how to build great-looking, standards-compliant web sites.

Product Details

• Paperback: 658 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (December 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059610197X
• ISBN-13: 978-0596101978
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 1.6 inches

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jQuery in Action

Book Name : jQuery in Action
Author : Bear Bibeault, Yehuda Katz and John Resig
Rate : 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (Rate from Amazon.com)
Type : Paperback

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 efficient and effective web developer. In a short 300 pages, this book introduces you to the jQuery programming model and guides you through the major features and techniques you'll need to be productive immediately. The book anchors each new concept in the tasks you'll tackle in day-to-day web development and offers unique lab pages where you immediately put your jQuery knowledge to work.

There are dozens of JavaScript libraries available now, with major companies like Google, Yahoo and AOL open-sourcing their in-house tools. This book shows you how jQuery stacks up against other libraries and helps you navigate interaction with other tools and frameworks.

jQuery in Action offers a rich investigation of the up-and-coming jQuery library for client-side JavaScript. This book covers all major features and capabilities in a manner focused on getting the reader up and running with jQuery from the very first sections. Web Developers reading this book will gain a deep understanding of how to use jQuery to simplify their pages and lives, as well as learn the philosophy behind writing jQuery-enhanced pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications; 1 edition (February 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933988355
• ISBN-13: 978-1933988351
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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Beginning CakePHP: From Novice to Professional

Book Name : Beginning CakePHP: From Novice to Professional
Author : David Golding
Rate : 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Type : Paperback

CakePHP is a leading PHP–based web app development framework. When asking a question on forums or chat rooms, many CakePHP beginners get little help from the experts. Simple questions can get a response like, “Well, just read the online manual and API.” Unfortunately, the online manual is depreciated, and who wants to absorb a programming language or framework from an API? Beginning CakePHP will do the following:

Leads you from a basic setup of CakePHP to building a couple applications that will highlight CakePHP’s functionality and capabilities without delving too deeply into the PHP language, but rather what the CakePHP framework can offer the developer.

Teaches you to use CakePHP by incorporating advanced features into your web development projects.

Targets beginners of CakePHP or web frameworks in general as well as experienced developers with limited exposure to CakePHP. A secondary audience may include developers undecided on adopting CakePHP or business managers trying to assess the value of incorporating CakePHP into their toolbox.

What you’ll learn

• Install and configure the CakePHP web framework.
• Create your first CakePHP web application: to–do lists.
• Progress by building a more complex blogging application.
• Incorporate Ajax and Web 2.0 principles and techniques into your blogging and other CakePHP applications.
• Apply these sample applications along with advanced techniques as a framework or template for building your own web applications with CakePHP going forward.

Who is this book for?

This book will speak to an audience of developers already familiar with PHP but who may not be PHP experts. This book is tailored for those new to CakePHP and who want a thorough tutorial.

About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (July 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430209771
• ISBN-13: 978-1430209775
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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