Wow! eBook: Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development, 3rd Edition - 5 new eBooks

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• Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development, 3rd Edition
• Drupal 7 Media
• Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012
• VMware View Security Essentials
• Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.1

Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development, 3rd Edition Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:50 AM PST Book Description Joomla 3 is the first of the major open source content management systems that was meant to be mobile friendly by default. Joomla uses object-oriented principles, is database agnostic, and has the best mix of functionality, extensibility, and user friendliness. Add to that the fact that Joomla is completely community driven, and you have a winning combination that is available to everyone, and is the perfect platform to build your own custom applications. “Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development, Third Edition” is an integrated series of practical, hands-on tutorials that guide you through building and extending Joomla plugins, modules, and components. With Joomla having been downloaded well over 35 million times, there is a huge market for Joomla extensions, so you could potentially earn some extra cash in your spare time using your newly acquired Joomla extension development skills. We will start with developing simple plugins and modules, and then progress to more complex backend and frontend component development. Then we will try our hand at ethical hacking, so you will learn about common security vulnerabilities and what you can do to avoid them. After that we will look at how you can prepare your extensions for distribution and updates, as well as how you can extend your components with various plugins and modules. Finally, you will end up with a fully functioning package of extensions that you can use on your own site or share with others. If you want to build your own custom applications in Joomla, then “Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development” will teach you everything you need to know in a practical, hands-on manner. What you will learn from this book Extend Joomla using plugins Develop both frontend and backend modules Build a Joomla component that looks and behaves like the core components, to reduce the learning curve for your users Discover common security vulnerabilities and what you can do to avoid them Prepare your extensions for distribution Manage updates and set up an update server Integrate third party extensions in your component Approach A practical guide with step-by-step examples that build on each other so you can learn by doing and get hands-on knowledge about creating your plugins, modules, and components in Joomla. Who this book is written for “Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development” is for developers who want to create their own Joomla extensions. It is assumed you will have some basic PHP, HTML, and CSS knowledge, but you don't need any prior Joomla programming experience. This book will also be useful to people who just want to make minor customizations to existing Joomla extensions and build on the work of others in the open source spirit. Book Details Paperback: 458 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing; 3rd Edition (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1782168370 ISBN-13: 978-1782168379 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Books PHP in a Nutshell (13-05-2011) Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition (06-09-2012) Opa Application Development (28-09-2013) Object-Oriented JavaScript, 2nd Edition (24-11-2013) WordPress Theme Development: Beginner's Guide, 3rd Edition (27-08-2013) WordPress for Web Developers, 2nd Edition (17-08-2013) WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition (06-07-2013) Windows 8 Application Development with HTML5 For Dummies (20-02-2013) Realtime Web Apps (17-06-2013) Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition (19-04-2013) Pro Windows 8 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript (04-02-2013) PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies (23-04-2013) PHP Programming with PEAR (24-06-2009) PhoneGap 2.x Mobile Application Development Hotshot (06-04-2013) Opa: Up and Running (09-03-2013) Learning PHP Design Patterns (09-03-2013) Joomla! 3: Beginner's Guide (30-08-2013) Joomla! 1.5x Customization (19-09-2009) Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook (14-12-2010) JavaScript for PHP Developers (18-05-2013) The post Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development, 3rd Edition appeared first on Wow! eBook.

Drupal 7 Media Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:47 AM PST Book Description Integrating images, video, and audio content on a Drupal site requires knowledge of appropriate community modules, and an understanding of how to configure and connect them properly. With the power of up-to-date technologies such as HTML5, responsive web design, and the best modules available in Drupal’s eco-system, we can create the best Drupal 7 media website. Drupal 7 Media is a practical, hands-on guide that will introduce you to the basic structure of a Drupal site and guide you through the integration of images, videos, and audio content. Learn to leverage the most suitable community modules and up-to-date technology such as HTML5 to offer a great user experience through rich media content. The book begins with a practical introduction to the basic Drupal building blocks. It then breaks down each media resource, and explores them in detail. You will learn how to leverage Drupal's community modules to implement support for images, videos, and audio content, along with the best practices for implementation. We will be mentioning ideas throughout the book, which you can extend upon and use to build your own web applications. We will explore HTML5 support for media resources, the semantic web, and responsive web design, which are key topics in modern web application development. We will then build upon this knowledge and add more functionality to our sample website, such as support for analytic charts and customizing images, all of which we will implement using our own custom modules. You will learn everything you need to know about building, extending, and configuring a Drupal 7 media web application. What you will learn from this book Set up a custom WYSIWYG profile and text format Learn to manage and embed images in content, and create image galleries and albums Manage and embed videos and audio playlists Set up HTML5-based video and audio players and integrate with JavaScript libraries for native browser support Enhance images with visual effects, and media content with multiple upload widgets, social ratings, watermark effects, and other community-contributed modules Create an HTML5-based canvas drawing application Build a responsive web design layout and semantic website with HTML5 and modern themes Approach This is a practical, hands-on guide packed with examples that will help you build rich Drupal 7 media web applications. Who this book is written for If you are a Drupal site builder and you wish to spice up your web applications with rich media content, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of HTML, JavaScript, and basic PHP module development in Drupal would be helpful, but is not necessary. Book Details Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849516081 ISBN-13: 978-1849516082 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Books Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (15-08-2013) The Modern Web (15-05-2013) Single Page Web Applications (19-10-2013) Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition (19-04-2013) Dreamweaver CC For Dummies (04-07-2013) WordPress Theme Development: Beginner's Guide, 3rd Edition (27-08-2013) Responsive Web Design by Example (25-08-2013) Microsoft Expression Web 4 In Depth, 2nd Edition (03-09-2012) Learn HTML5 by Creating Fun Games (05-10-2013) HTML5 Web Application Development By Example (05-10-2013) HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies (05-07-2013) HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook (24-09-2013) Foundation Adobe Edge Animate (07-02-2013) Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile (26-09-2013) Creating Mobile Apps with jQuery Mobile (11-09-2013) Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 (04-02-2013) Adobe Edge Animate CC For Dummies (06-07-2013) WordPress for Web Developers, 2nd Edition (17-08-2013) TypeScript Revealed (26-03-2013) Smashing HTML5 (27-01-2011) The post Drupal 7 Media appeared first on Wow! eBook.

Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012 Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:44 AM PST Book Description Testing is one of the main phases in the software development lifecycle. Managing the test scenarios, test cases, defects, and linking each one of these is bit of a challenge without using any tools. For frequently changing businesses, it is essential to address testing requirements by matching the pace of the business. This can only be achieved through automation of the possible testing scenarios to reduce the turnaround time of testing. Software Testing Using Visual Studio 2012 is a practical, hands-on guide that provides a number of clear, step-by-step exercises, which will help you to take advantage of the new features and real power of Visual Studio 2012. Software Testing Using Visual Studio 2012 starts with the basics of testing types and managing the tests using Test Explorer and a few other tools. Practical examples are added to help you understand the usage of various tools and features in a better way. Software Testing Using Visual Studio 2012 is written from a developer point of view and helps you take advantage of the unit testing features and customize the tests by generating the code and fine-tuning it as per your needs. The Test Manager is a standalone tool which is part of the Visual Studio tools family and takes care of test management. Software Testing Using Visual Studio 201 covers the usage of the test plan, test suite, manual testing, and exploratory testing using Test Manger and managing these aspects using these tools. Software Testing Using Visual Studio 2012 also covers the recording of user actions and creating automated tests out of it. This book covers generating and adding parameters to the recording and replacing it at runtime, adding validation and extraction rules to the tests, running the tests using command line commands, looking at the details of test results, and configuring the running the load test out of web performance or unit tests. This book helps you to understand the complete testing features and how to make use of automation features as well. It will appeal to both developers and testers. What you will learn from this book Discover different testing types as part of Visual Studio 2012 Use the test plan, test suite, manual testing ,and exploratory testing Record user interface actions and generating code out of it to customize the test Get to grips with unit testing features and data-driven unit tests to automate the tests for multiple scenarios Add extraction rules, validation rules, and custom rules to the recorded requests and add parameters to the requests Create and configure load tests with the help of a web performance test or unit test Analyze the detailed view of test results Execute the existing tests at the command line using the MSTest command line utility Report on the test results and publish the test results Approach We will be setting up a sample test scenario, then we’ll walk through the features available to deploy tests. Who this book is for This book is for developers and testers who want to get to grips with Visual Studio 2012 and Test Manager for all testing activities and managing tests and results in Team Foundation Server. It requires a minimal understanding of testing practices and the software development life cycle; also, some coding skills would help in customizing and updating the code generated from the web UI testing. Book Details Paperback: 444 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849689547 ISBN-13: 978-1849689540 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Books Pro Team Foundation Service (21-06-2013) Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development (13-08-2013) Software Testing with Visual Studio 2010 (04-03-2011) Professional Visual Studio 2012 (18-02-2013) Professional Team Foundation Server 2012 (21-01-2013) Professional SharePoint 2013 Development (18-03-2013) Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 (29-11-2012) Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (15-08-2013) Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012, 2nd Edition (19-10-2012) Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager 11gR1 – A Hands-on Tutorial (02-10-2013) Mastering Redmine (02-03-2013) Instant InnoDB (05-04-2013) ASP.NET MVC 4 Recipes (26-03-2013) Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook (02-09-2013) UX for Lean Startups (08-06-2013) User Stories Applied (19-07-2011) Third-Party JavaScript (04-04-2013) The Definitive Guide to Grails 2 (08-02-2013) The Data Warehouse Toolkit, 3rd Edition (22-07-2013) Testable JavaScript (12-02-2013) The post Software Testing using Visual Studio 2012 appeared first on Wow! eBook.

VMware View Security Essentials Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:41 AM PST Book Description Most people associate security with network security and focus on firewalls and network monitoring. However, there is more to security than that. Security starts with the establishment of a stable environment, protecting this environment not only from intrusion, but also from malicious intent. It is about tracking the issue and recovering from it. These elements of security are what this book aims to address. VMware View Security Essentials addresses the topic of security in the corporate environment in a new way. It starts with the underlying virtual infrastructure and then delves into securing your base, your connection, and your client. This is not only a "how-to" book, but is also a book that explains the background and the insights of View security for the experienced professional’s desktop virtualization. This book takes you through the four major View security areas. Each area deals with all the aspects of security and explains the background as well as laying out simple-to-follow recipes to implement a higher security standard. We start at the Virtualization base and work our way through the various View server types. We will then dive into the problems and issues of securing a connection before we address the security of the desktop itself. We conclude with a look into the backing up of our View installation and preparing for disaster recovery. What you will learn from this book Create, use, and install SSL certificates Acquire a new skill set in troubleshooting security issues Learn about secure tunnelling your desktop connection with RDP and PCoIP Understand the concepts of pairing View security and transfer severs with View connection servers Understand the key aspects of blocking undesirable USB devices Approach A practical and fast-paced guide that gives you all the information you need to secure your virtual environment. Who this book is written for This book is a "how-to" for the novice, a "reference guide" for the advanced user, and a "go to” for the experienced user in all the aspects of VMware View desktop virtualization security. Book Details Paperback: 130 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1782170081 ISBN-13: 978-1782170082 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Books Network Security Hacks, 2nd Edition (21-03-2013) Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (20-03-2013) Windows 8 Bible (20-03-2013) VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference (03-06-2011) Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 (01-08-2013) Instant Citrix Security How-to (08-04-2013) Windows Server 2012 Inside Out (11-02-2013) vSphere High Performance Cookbook (25-11-2013) VMware vSphere Design, 2nd Edition (24-04-2013) VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions (16-07-2012) VMware Cookbook (26-10-2009) Virtualization Security (24-11-2012) The Practice of Network Security Monitoring (17-09-2013) Securing SQL Server, 2nd Edition (07-05-2013) RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 12c, 2nd Edition (14-08-2013) Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition (08-02-2013) Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration, 2nd Edition (14-08-2013) PCI Compliance, 3rd Edition (07-05-2013) Oracle Exadata Recipes (26-03-2013) OpenVPN 2 Cookbook (06-04-2013) The post VMware View Security Essentials appeared first on Wow! eBook.

Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.1 Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:38 AM PST Book Description An Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is an architectural pattern and a key enabler in implementing the infrastructure for a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The BizTalk ESB Toolkit is a collection of tools and libraries that extend the BizTalk Server capabilities of supporting a loosely coupled and dynamic messaging architecture. It functions as middleware that provides tools for rapid mediation between services and their consumers. Enabling maximum flexibility at runtime, the BizTalk ESB Toolkit simplifies loosely coupled composition of service endpoints and management of service interactions. The thing about the technology that gets most readers excited is how easy it is to quickly implement flexible and well-architected ESB solutions. “Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 ESB Toolkit 2.1″ provides you with an easy-to-follow view of the tools and services that make up the toolkit. The content is packed with practical examples on how to utilize the technology, which will be appealing to the readers. This book provides you with all the information you need in one publication. The content is based on practical examples on how to use the technology to make it easier for readers to follow. This book starts off with a quick, high level introduction to ESB architectural principles, how these principles map into the ESB toolkit features, and an introduction to the different components that provide those features. The book then reveals the ins and outs of Itineraries. Next, you'll get engaged in the different ways errors can be handled and monitored by means of the ESB Toolkit features. There will be a hands-on sample on building a custom Repair and Resubmit solution to reprocess failed messages. Get to know the different web services that expose the ESB Toolkit features to external applications and how to use them with quick samples. The book ends with a preview to the new version of the toolkit. What you will learn from this book Acquire knowledge about the architecture behind the ESB Toolkit Engage yourself in the ESB Toolkit´s components and features Create Itinerary components and apply them within an Itinerary process Learn about the different concepts and components that build up the error handling features within the ESB Toolkit and implement them in real-life scenarios Employ the interesting web services that are included in the ESB Toolkit Recognize the different features that comprise the ESB Management Portal Configure the registry, fault, and email notification settings of the ESB Management Portal Approach A practical guide into the architecture and features that make up the services and components of the ESB Toolkit. Who this book is written for This book is for experienced BizTalk developers, administrators, and architects, as well as IT managers and BizTalk business analysts. Knowledge and experience with the Toolkit is not a requirement. Book Details Paperback: 130 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849688648 ISBN-13: 978-1849688642 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Books Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud (22-10-2013) Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration, 2nd Edition (20-06-2013) Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions (29-07-2013) Windows Server 2012 Inside Out (11-02-2013) Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition (24-05-2013) Training Guide: Configuring Windows 8 (01-08-2013) SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor (10-09-2013) Software Requirements 3, 3rd Edition (14-09-2013) SharePoint 2013 User's Guide, 4th Edition (16-08-2013) Professional Visual Studio 2012 (18-02-2013) Professional SharePoint 2013 Development (18-03-2013) Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition (08-02-2013) Pro SharePoint Disaster Recovery and High Availability, 2nd Edition (12-10-2013) Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (15-08-2013) Pro SharePoint 2013 App Development (12-10-2013) PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies (23-04-2013) Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 (02-10-2013) Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Step by Step (14-09-2013) Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out (29-07-2013) Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real Time Communication in the Digital Age (10-09-2013) The post Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.1 appeared first on Wow! eBook.

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