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Wow! eBook: Flash iOS Apps Cookbook - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Flash iOS Apps Cookbook - 5 new eBooks

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Flash iOS Apps Cookbook

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Flash iOS Apps Cookbook

Book Description

The latest version of Professional can directly target iOS, allowing developers to write applications that will run natively on ’s , , and . What’s more, with loosening its restrictions on third-party technologies, apps written in can now be sold and distributed within the .

Flash iOS Apps Cookbook provides the recipes required to build native iOS apps using your existing knowledge of the Flash platform. Whether you want to create something new or simply convert an existing Flash project, the relevant steps and techniques will be covered, helping you achieve your goal.

Learn how to configure and use Flash Professional for iOS development by writing and deploying a simple app to a device. Implement many iOS-specific features such a multi-, the virtual keyboard, support, screen orientation and the Retina display. Overcome the limitations of development by mastering hardware acceleration and . Whether you're an enthusiast or professional developer, the Flash iOS Apps Cookbook is your toolkit to creating high-quality content for , and .

What you will learn from this book

  • Configure and publish native iOS apps from Flash Professional or .5.
  • Start by quickly building and deploying a simple app to your iOS device.
  • Target screens and implement usability considerations.
  • Best practices for porting existing Flash projects.
  • Access input sensors including the -screen, the accelerometer, and the virtual keyboard.
  • Overcome and memory constraints.
  • Work with Flash video and audio.
  • Render pages directly within your app.

Approach
The book is written in a cookbook style, presenting examples in the style of recipes, allowing you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge.

Who this book is for
Flash developers or enthusiasts looking to build iOS apps using their existing Flash and 3.0 skills.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 184969138X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849691383
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Cinema 4D R13 Cookbook

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Cinema 4D R13 Cookbook

Book Description

Cinema is becoming the most popular design program in the world and learning it now will only help you become a better and more valuable designer in the design industry

This book provides all the Cinema knowledge you need to become well-versed with the software in the form of short recipes, which get straight to the point about what you need to know to start designing great projects.

Cinema 4D R13 will guide you towards becoming an adept 3D designer, giving you all the tools to succeed in the field of 3D graphics. The book is set up to gradually introduce more sophisticated topics the deeper you go, and by the end of it you’ll have a great working knowledge on the program. Early on you’ll learn the basics of the program, and then jump right into how to start creating your own 3D objects to use in your designs. Along the way you’ll learn how to set up lights, cameras, and materials to turn your work into something that feels more like art and design. Towards the end of the book you will be introduced to powerful tools like Xpresso, Mograph, and Dynamics to take your work to the next level. You’ll be impressed by how easy it is to design top quality work once you lay the foundation for the entire program through this book. By the end of this book, you’ll have opened new creative doors and given yourself the opportunity to be a more successful and versatile designer.

What you will learn from this book

  • Get started using Maxon’s powerful 3D design application.
  • Learn useful tools and methods for creating your own 3D objects.
  • Use deformers to manipulate and adjust your designs.
  • Create setups that capture your design in every dimension
  • Properly light your scene using real-world techniques.
  • Texture your objects to give them unique properties and qualities.
  • Render your work efficiently and with the best results.
  • Develop complex animations using Mograph.
  • Create sophisticated and smarter projects using Xpresso.
  • Take your work to the next level using Cinema 4D Dynamic system.

Approach
This book contains short recipes designed to effectively teach tools in the minimum amount of time. Each recipe hits on a topic that can be combined or incorporated with other recipes to give you the building blocks you need to start making great designs with Cinema 4D. Rather than demonstrating how to make a few specific and extensive projects, the recipes create a solid base of knowledge to help the reader understand the tools available to foster their own creativity.

Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to quickly get up to speed with Cinema 4D to create 3D projects that run laps around simple designs.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 514 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 184969186X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849691864
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Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework

Book Description

Since its initial launch, Sencha Touch has quickly become the gold standard for developing rich mobile applications with 5. Sencha Touch is the first 5 mobile framework that allows you to develop mobile apps that look and feel like native apps on both and touchscreen devices. Sencha Touch is the world’s first application framework built specifically to leverage 5, 3 and for the highest level of power, flexibility and . It makes specific use of to deliver components like audio and video, as well as a localStorage proxy for saving data offline. Sencha Touch also makes extensive use of 3 in its components and themes to provide an incredibly robust styling layer, giving you total control over the look of your application.

Sencha Touch enables you to design both and Google apps without the need for learning multiple arcane programing languages. Instead you can leverage your existing knowledge of HTML and CSS to quickly create rich web applications for mobile devices in JavaScript. This book will show you how you can use Sencha Touch to efficiently produce attractive, exciting, easy-to-use web applications that keep your visitors coming back for more.

Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework teaches you all you need to get started with Sencha Touch and build awesome mobile web applications. Beginning with an overview of Sencha Touch, this book will guide you through creating a complete simple application followed by styling the user interface and the list of Sencha Touch components explained through comprehensive examples. Next, you will learn about the essential touch and component events, which will help you create rich dynamic animations. The book follows this up with information about core data packages and dealing with data and wraps it up with building another simple but powerful Sencha Touch application.

In short, this book has the step by step approach and extensive content to make a beginner to Sencha Touch into an ace quickly and easily.

Exploit Sencha Touch – a cross-platform library aimed at next generation, touch-enabled devices

What you will learn from this book

  • Make use of technologies such as and to provide native-quality application experiences without the need for plugins
  • Create a sample application using Sencha Touch that will run on and Google Android
  • Efficiently use the list of components available in Sencha Touch framework libraries such as tab panels, scrollable list views, and toolbars
  • Add custom touch events like tap, double tap, swipe, tap and hold, pinch, and rotate
  • Discover the rich event communication that is available in every Sencha Touch component, allowing you to quickly respond to your users and create intuitive, native-quality applications
  • Completely control the look of your application with Sencha Touch themes and styling options.
  • Quickly put together simple components backed by the data package
  • Allow your users to store information with forms, or access remote information from other services like Google maps and
  • Learn about web storage features to store data offline, or communicate with online databases for richer storage options.
  • Explore expert topics like syncing data and compiling applications for sale on an App store.

Approach
This book is a step-by-step tutorial aimed at beginners to Sencha Touch. There is ready sample code explained with essential screenshots for better and quicker understanding.

Who this book is for
This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical knowledge involved in using Sencha Touch mobile web application framework to make attractive for mobiles. If you have some familiarity with HTML and CSS, then this book is for you. This book will give designers the skills they need to implement their ideas, and provides developers with creative inspiration through practical examples. It is assumed that you know how to use touch screens, touch events, on mobile systems, Apple iOS, and Google Android for Mobiles.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 316 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849515107
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849515108
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Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.4 for Effective MySQL Management

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.4 for Effective MySQL Management

Book Description

is one of the most widely used applications, which is written in PHP. supports a wide range of operations with . Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges, export data into various formats and is available in 52 languages.

phpMyAdmin is a -based front-end to manage databases and has been adopted by a number of Open-Source distributors.

Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.4 for Effective MySQL is an easy-to-read, step-by-step practical guide that walks you through every facet of this legendary tool—phpMyAdmin—and takes you a step ahead in taking full advantage of its potential. This book is filled with illustrative examples that will help you understand every phpMyAdmin feature in detail.

This is the official guide to this popular MySQL interface. It starts with installing and configuring phpMyAdmin, including the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage, which is the key to its advanced features. This is followed by configuring authentication in phpMyAdmin and setting parameters that influence the interface as a whole.

You will also learn some advanced features such as defining inter-table relations with the advanced Designer module. You will practice synchronizing databases on different servers and managing MySQL replication to improve and data . Moreover, you will also store queries as bookmarks for their quick retrieval.

In addition to it, this book helps you to learn new features introduced in version 3.4.x such as users' preferences, producing charts and the visual multi-table query builder.

What you will learn from this book

  • Upload phpMyAdmin to your web and upgrade to the latest version
  • authentication credentials according to the needs of a users group
  • Manage multiple MySQL servers using a single copy of phpMyAdmin
  • Export a table’s structure and data for backup purposes
  • Define inter-table relations in a relational system
  • Enter your own queries to perform actions that are beyond the scope of the interface and keep a history of these queries
  • Administer users accounts and privileges
  • Troubleshoot common problems encountered in phpMyAdmin and avoid these problems from re-occurring

Approach
This is a step-by-step instructional guide to get you started easily with phpMyAdmin and teach you to manage and perform functions on your . You will first be introduced to the interface and then build basic tables and perform both simple and advanced functions on the created . The book progresses gradually and you will follow it best by reading it sequentially.

Who this book is for
If you are a developer, system administrator, or web designer who wants to manage MySQL databases and tables efficiently, then this book is for you. This book assumes that you are already wellacquainted with MySQL basics. This book is a must-read for every serious phpMyAdmin user who would like to use this outstanding application to its full power.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 394 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849517789
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849517782
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Elgg 1.8 Social Networking

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT

Elgg 1.8 Social Networking

Book Description

As an updated version of the first ever book, this is an excellent resource for those interested in due to its attention to detail, clearly written style and knowledgeable author.
– Dave Tosh, co-founder.

In his book, Cash Costello makes full use of his skills in and communication to tackle the complex subject of Elgg networking. This easy-to-read guide gives end users, new developers, and old pros alike a solid base to start their venture into with Elgg. I highly recommend it as a useful and enjoyable read.
– Brett Profitt, Elgg Lead Developer

The is becoming increasingly as millions of people use it to blog, share, post, ‘friend’, ‘unfriend’ (which was made the Oxford word of the year in 2009), comment, and chat. Elgg – your award-winning networking engine – is tailor-made to create any networking or you can imagine.

If you want to create a social networking from scratch using Elgg, then this book is exactly what you need.

Elgg 1.8 Social Networking covers everything you need to know about building a social networking site with Elgg. It begins with instructions for installing Elgg, continues with a guided tour of its capabilities, and finishes with practical advice on deploying Elgg on a production . And in between, it is packed with information on configuring and customizing Elgg through plugins and themes.

This book is a learn-by-doing guide to creating your own social networking site. It includes three sample case studies on how Elgg could be used as an e-learning tool, an intranet application for organizations, and a niche social networking site. Step by step it takes you through the installation, configuration, and customization of Elgg. Valuable advice is sprinkled throughout the book to enable you to build your site like an expert.

For developers, this book provides a multitude of options. First, there is a tutorial-based section that systematically teaches you how to build plugins. Soon you will have ten plugins for use on your site in addition to all the knowledge you have gained. Second, if you prefer a quick overview, this book has an appendix that describes Elgg using the terminology and design patterns common in development. Third, if you are interested in creating a theme, it also includes a design tutorial and a catalog of Elgg’s view templates.

The book then goes on to describe what is involved in running a production website. It has sections on selecting a hosting provider, configuring and tuning the , backing up the site, and dealing with spammers.

What you will learn from this book

  •  Install your very own site using Elgg and learn to administer it.
  •  Customize your site using the plugins available from the Elgg plugin repository.
  •  Build your own plugins from scratch while following the step-by-step tutorials.
  •  Create your own theme by selecting recipes from the theming .
  •  Learn how to share content with other users.
  •  Deploy Elgg in a production environment with ample advice on server configuration, back-ups, site monitoring, and daily administrative tasks.
  •  Examine the design of Elgg from a developer's perspective.
  •  Learn how you can contribute to the vibrant and ever growing Elgg community

Approach
This book provides more than just a step-by-step guide to installing and using Elgg. It includes practical advice gained through experience on what it takes to deploy and maintain an Elgg-based site. If you are a software developer or are familiar with PHP, it provides both a tutorial-based introduction and a quick reference guide so that you can quickly extend and customize Elgg.

Who this book is for
If you want to create a social networking site using Elgg and do not have a background in software development, this book provides all the information and advice that you need written just for you. If you are a developer, it also contains valuable tutorials and reference material so that you can begin writing code right away.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849511306
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849511308
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