Beginning HTML5 Games with CreateJS

Book Description

Beginning HTML5 Games with CreateJS provides a hands-on approach to get you up and running with the most comprehensive tools available for HTML5 Canvas game development. Whether you are brand new to making games or an experienced game developer, you'll learn to fully utilize the CreateJS suite to bring your new or existing game techniques to desktop and mobile devices.

This book covers everything from creating graphics in HTML5 Canvas to capturing user input (whether from keyboard, mouse, or touch) to using a state machine for efficient game control. There are practical (and fun) examples throughout the book, with four full game projects, including a mobile RPG. The book also covers optimizing your games for mobile and publishing them to app stores.

Book Details

Publisher:	Apress
By:	Brad Manderscheid
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6340-1
Year:	2014
Pages:	416
Language:	English
File size:	9.2 MB
File format:	PDF

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Pro Grunt.js

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Pro Grunt.js gets you quickly up-to-speed with this popular JavaScript-based task runner. Author James Cryer takes you from initial installation all the way through to authoring successful plugins.

Using hands-on examples you will learn about CSS linting, combination, compilation and minification; JavaScript linting, AMD modules, and templates; image processing and optimizing; and creating a local server. You will then move on to more advanced topics such as LiveReload, Test Automation, Modular configuration, and combining tasks. Finally you will see how to scaffold plugins using Grunt init and Yeoman, how to test them with Mocha and Chai, and how to publish them so others can use them.

Start using Grunt.js to improve your workflows by using Pro Grunt.js today.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	James Cryer
ISBN:	978-1-484200-14-8
Year:	2015
Pages:	176
Language:	English
File size:	5.3 MB
File format:	PDF

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Beginning Rails 4, 3rd Edition

Book Description

Beginning Rails 4 is a book that will guide you from never having programmed with Ruby, to having a Rails application built and deployed to the web. You'll learn how to combine all the components of Rails to develop your own web applications. You will use test driven development to make sure your application works exactly like you expect.

You will learn how to use Git for source control and best practice techniques to create applications like a pro. Essential, and often-missed, information on testing and learning to program with Ruby are also covered.
This book is well suited for someone with little to no Ruby or Rails experience, or possibly even someone with no experience developing web applications at all. Beginning Rails 4 does assume a basic familiarity with the web and typical web terms, but doesn't require you to be an expert of these.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Adam Gamble, Cloves Carneiro Jr., Rida Al Barazi
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6034-9
Year:	2013
Pages:	328
Language:	English
File size:	5.1 MB
File format:	PDF

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Professional Node.js

Book Description

Node.js is a powerful and popular new framework for writing scalable network programs using JavaScript. This no nonsense book begins with an overview of Node.js and then quickly dives into the code, core concepts, and APIs. In-depth coverage pares down the essentials to cover debugging, unit testing, and flow control so that you can start building and testing your own modules right away.

If you already know JavaScript and are curious about the power of Node.js, then this is the ideal book for you.

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Publisher:	Wrox
By:	Pedro Teixeira
ISBN:	978-1-1181-8546-9
Year:	2012
Pages:	408
Language:	English
File size:	13.3 MB
File format:	PDF

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More iPhone Development with Swift

Book Description

Interested in iPhone and iPad apps development? Want to learn more? Whether you are a relative newcomer to iPhone and iPad or iOS development or an old hand looking to expand your horizons, we have the perfect Swift-flavored book for you.

The update to the bestselling More iPhone Development by Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche, More iPhone Development with Swift digs deeper into the new Apple Swift programming language and iOS 8 SDK, explaining complex concepts and techniques in the same friendly, easy-to-follow style you've come to expect.

More iPhone Development with Swift covers topics like Swift, Core Data, peer-to-peer networking using Multipeer Connectivity, working with data from the web, MapKit, in-application e-mail, Camera Live-Previews integration, Barcode scanning and more. All the concepts and APIs are clearly presented with code snippets you can customize and use, as you like, in your own apps. You'll journey through coverage of concurrent programming and some advanced techniques for debugging your applications.

Book Details

Publisher:	Apress
By:	David Mark, Jayant Varma, Jeff LaMarche, Alex Horovitz, Kevin Kim
ISBN:	978-1-484204-49-8
Year:	2015
Pages:	496
Language:	English
File size:	11.8 MB
File format:	PDF

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Beginning Android Wearables

Book Description

Although wearable devices have existed since the 70s, they have only recently become mainstream. Google Glass and Android Wear smartwatches, in particular, are relatively new devices that provide countless opportunities for creating innovative apps with unprecedented user experiences. Beginning Android Wearables gives you the skills you need to take part in the wearable revolution and to delight your users by providing the information they need at the tips of their fingers.

This book is very practical and contains many examples that not only show you how to write code for Glass and Android Wear, but also demonstrate how to apply this code in the context of an app.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Andres Calvo
ISBN:	978-1-484205-18-1
Year:	2015
Pages:	512
Language:	English
File size:	7.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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Pro Node.js for Developers

Book Description

Since it's creation in 2009, Node.js has grown into a powerful and increasingly popular asynchronous-development framework for creating highly-scalable network applications using JavaScript. Respected companies such as Dow Jones and LinkedIn are among the many organizations to have seen Node's potential and adopted it into their businesses.

Pro Node.js for Developers provides a comprehensive guide to this exciting new technology. We introduce you to Node – what it is, why it matters and how to set it up – before diving deeply into the key concepts and APIs that underpin its operation.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Colin Ihrig
ISBN:	978-1-4302-5860-5
Year:	2013
Pages:	308
Language:	English
File size:	3.9 MB
File format:	PDF

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Node.js Recipes

Book Description

Node.js Recipes is your one-stop reference for solving Node.js problems. Filled with useful recipes that follow a problem/solution format, you can look up recipes for many situations that you may come across in your day-to-day server-side development.

Node.js is accessible to those who not only relish in server-side programming but also web developers who understand the ubiquitous language of the web. Node.js Recipes covers all the essential ingredients required to become a seasoned Node.js developer in no time - make it your indispensable reference today.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Cory Gackenheimer
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6058-5
Year:	2013
Pages:	376
Language:	English
File size:	4.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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Practical Node.js

Book Description

Practical Node.js is your step-by-step guide to learning how to build a wide range of scalable real-world web applications using a professional development toolkit. Node.js is an innovative and highly efficient platform for creating web services. But Node.js doesn't live in a vacuum! In a modern web development, many different components need to be put together — routing, database driver, ORM, session management, OAuth, HTML template engine, CSS compiler and many more.

If you already know the basics of Node.js, now is the time to discover how to bring it to production level by leveraging its vast ecosystem of packages. As a web developer, you'll work with a varied collection of standards and frameworks - Practical Node.js shows you how all those pieces fit together.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Azat Mardan
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6595-5
Year:	2014
Pages:	300
Language:	English
File size:	7.8 MB
File format:	PDF

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jQuery 2 Recipes

Book Description

jQuery is often referred to as the 'write less, do more' JavaScript library. It allows a few clear lines of elegant, well-tested, code to replace many pages of complex hand-coded script, speeding development times and providing substantial cost savings.

You will find jQuery 2 Recipes' problem-solution approach to be an excellent value and a feature-packed resource as you begin to include jQuery in your own projects. This book is bursting with fully-worked example recipes showing the core jQuery frameworks (jQuery, jQuery Mobile, jQuery UI) in action. Starting with fundamental principals and progressing to more advanced topics you'll be shown how to make the very best use of jQuery every step of the way.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Arun K. Pande
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6433-0
Year:	2014
Pages:	636
Language:	English
File size:	17.7 MB
File format:	PDF

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Beginning AngularJS

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Beginning AngularJS is your step-by-step guide to learning the powerful AngularJS JavaScript framework. AngularJS is one of the most respected and innovative frameworks for building properly structured, easy-to-develop web applications. This book will teach you the absolute essentials, from downloading and installing AngularJS, to using modules, controllers, expressions, filters, and directives. Unlike many other books, you don't need experience with AngularJS or deep JavaScript knowledge to get started here.

This book will begin by teaching you the JavaScript you need to know, and then you'll get into the basics of AngularJS. You'll learn powerful AngularJS techniques through clear instructions. With what you learn you'll be able to properly structure your code into manageable modules, understand the MVC design patterns, create expressive and adaptive HTML forms, communicate with servers and use other AngularJS services, use the powerful built-in directives, and learn how to create your own. This might all seem unknown now, but with this book you'll understand it all.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Andrew Grant
ISBN:	978-1-484201-61-9
Year:	2014
Pages:	200
Language:	English
File size:	3 MB
File format:	PDF

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Beginning Node.js

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Beginning Node.js is your step-by-step guide to learning all the aspects of creating maintainable Node.js applications. You will see how Node.js is focused on creating high-performing, highly-scalable websites, and how easy it is to get started. Many front-end devs regularly work with HTML, CSS, PHP, even WordPress, but haven't yet got started with Node.js. This book explains everything for you from a beginner level, enabling you to start using Node.js in your projects right away.

Using this book you will learn important Node.js concepts for server-side programming. You will begin with an easy-to-follow pure JavaScript primer, which you can skip if you're confident of your JS skills. You'll then delve into Node.js concepts such as streams and events, and the technology involved in building full-stack Node.js applications. You'll also learn how to test your Node.js code, and deploy your Node.js applications on the internet.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Basarat Ali Syed
ISBN:	978-1-484201-88-6
Year:	2014
Pages:	308
Language:	English
File size:	7.3 MB
File format:	PDF

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CSS Quick Syntax Reference

Book Description

The CSS Quick Syntax Reference is a 150-page syntax reference to the Cascading Style Sheet specification and style sheet language. It presents the essentials of CSS in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.

You won't find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a CSS reference that is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any CSS programmer or Web developer.

Book Details

Publisher:	Apress
By:	Mikael Olsson
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6490-3
Year:	2014
Pages:	148
Language:	English
File size:	5.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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PHP for Absolute Beginners, 2nd Edition

Book Description

PHP is a server-side scripting language that enables you to develop dynamic sites that engage users in ways that are simply not possible using only HTML and CSS. PHP for Absolute Beginners takes a practical approach to teaching you how to build dynamic content for your website using PHP. You'll quickly get started with practical PHP projects, learning how to build a dynamic image gallery. By the end of the book you'll will have developed a personal blog complete with a password protected admin module.

PHP for Absolute Beginners won't swamp you with every detail of the full PHP language up front – instead, you'll be introduced to a small, versatile subset of PHP and learn to use it creatively to develop dynamic web sites. In the process you will learn to use variables, control structures, functions, and objects to your advantage. You will learn how to plan and create databases and how to organize your PHP scripts beautifully. At the end of the book, you will be a confident PHP user, ready to take the next steps in creating great websites.

Book Details

Publisher:	Apress
By:	Jason Lengstorf, Thomas Blom Hansen
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6815-4
Year:	2014
Pages:	256
Language:	English
File size:	4.4 MB
File format:	PDF

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PHP Solutions, 3rd Edition

Book Description

This is the 3rd edition of David Powers' highly-respected PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy. This new edition has been updated by David to incorporate changes to PHP since the second edition and to offer the latest techniques—a classic guide modernized for 21st century PHP techniques, innovations, and best practices.

You want to make your websites more dynamic by adding a feedback form, creating a private area where members can upload images that are automatically resized, or perhaps storing all your content in a database. The problem is, you're not a programmer and the thought of writing code sends a chill up your spine. Or maybe you've dabbled a bit in PHP and MySQL, but you can't get past baby steps. If this describes you, then you've just found the right book. PHP and the MySQL database are deservedly the most popular combination for creating dynamic websites. They're free, easy to use, and provided by many web hosting companies in their standard packages.

Book Details

Publisher:	Apress
By:	David Powers
ISBN:	978-1-484206-36-2
Year:	2014
Pages:	512
Language:	English
File size:	14.7 MB
File format:	PDF

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