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PHP Object-Oriented Solutions
A sequel to the best-selling PHP Solutions, this time with an focus on Object-Oriented coding practices.
Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript
Explores the process of constructing a web site from start to finish, giving the skills to tackle web projects like a professional.
The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development
A practical development guide to creating Flash applications with OS Flash tools and workflows
The Essential Guide to Flex 3
No matter what level you were to start with, by the end of the book you'll be creating powerful Flex applications—the revolution starts here!
Creating Mashups with Adobe Flex and AIR
Learn how to mashup the Web using Adobe Flash and Flex 3.0, and how to take your applications to the desktop with the ground-breaking Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).
Foundation Flash CS3 Video
This book, the 2nd edition of the critically-acclaimed Foundation Flash 8 Video, shows how you can make the most of video using Flash CS3
Foundation Expression Blend 2:
Building Applications in WPF and Silverlight
Covers everything from the first install of Blend and Silverlight up to creating your first designs and showing you how to start developing with real world examples.
Foundation Flex for Designers
A dream come true for any designer working on customizing the look and feel of Flex applications.
Foundation ActionScript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex
All you need to know to start to harness the power of ActionScript 3.0 using Flash CS3, Flex 2 or Flex 3.
AdvancED Flex Application Development:
Building Rich Media X
Written by a team of expert developers from the Los Angeles-based Almer/Blank consultancy, the book takes you through exactly how they built the popular Rich Media X (RMX), step by step.
Foundation Flex for Developers:
Data-Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and LCDS
Explore in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex applications, using a variety of back-end technologies
Flex Solutions:
Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers
Wouldn't it be nice to have a library of solutions to turn to, to solve your Flex 2 and Flex 3 problems quickly and easily? Well, this book provides just that, with over 100 solutions to common problems in one easy volume.
Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation
Written by an Emmy-Award winning team, this book reveals the step-by-step process followed by one of today's leading Flash animation studios, whilst giving you valuable tips and tricks to take your Flash animation to the next level.
Podcast Solutions:
The Complete Guide to Audio and Video Podcasting, Second Edition
The second edition of the best-selling Podcast Solutions, updated to include the latest information on both audio, and now video podcasting.
The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design
Tells you all you need to know to design great web sites that are standards compliant, usable, and look great, but not overwhelm you with waffle, theory, and obscure details.
Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard
A simple to read, fast way to discover all that's new in Mac OS X Leopard, and how to make the most of it.
Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites
The best business websites serve their readers with strong content, well-architected design, and a focus on usability, readability, and accessibility. This book covers the fundamental aspects of building a website that works for the company, not against it.
Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
All you'll need to learn Flash CS3 from the ground up, or learn about the latest features, if you already have previous Flash experience
Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0
Mastering object-oriented programming is essential for modern Flash development, and Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0 is the only guide you'll need.
AdvancED DOM Scripting:
Dynamic Web Design Techniques
If you've got a reasonable understanding of JavaScript and the DOM, but now you want to take your skills further, then this book is for you.
The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP
Teaches you everything you need to know about Dreamweaver CS3, from setting up your development environment, to publishing your sites and applications on the web, and everything in between.
Processing:
Creative Coding and Computational Art
This book is written especially for artists, designers, and other creative professionals and students showing how to use Processing for code art, graphics programming, and computational aesthetics.
Textpattern Solutions:
PHP-Based Content Management Made Easy
If you want to develop a professional dynamic web site, without the hassle of coding it from scratch, then Textpattern, and this book, could be just the solution you're looking for.
Web Development Solutions:
Ajax, APIs, Libraries, and Hosted Services Made Easy
There is potentially a lot of complicated code involved in creating cutting edge "Ajax style" web applications, but a lot of the hard work has already done for you! This book will show how to make the most of what's available.
Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation:
Making Things Move!
If you are still relying on key frames and tweens for the bulk of your Flash animation, you are missing out on some very exciting stuff! This book will show you how to get AS 3.0 doing your animation for you.
Microformats:
Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0
Microformats are a method of defining and describing (X)HTML data so that is easily machine readable as well as human readable, making it more powerful. Start using them now with the help of this title.
Web Standards Creativity:
Innovations in Web Design with XHTML, CSS, and DOM Scripting
Jam-packed with fresh, innovative design ideas, this full-color book sees eleven of the world's most talented web designers to sharing their secrets with you.
The Essential Guide to Flex 2 with ActionScript 3.0
Flex 2, Flex Builder 2, and ActionScript 3.0 is the unstoppable new combination representing a revolution in Flash application development. This title aims to give you the power to make use of these tools.
Rails Solutions:
Ruby on Rails Made Easy
If you want to add dynamic functionality to your web sites (such as feedback forms, items for sale, and message posting,) but find reams of code intimidating, then Ruby on Rails, plus this book, could be just what you need.
Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices
Just the book you need to learn how to reach the new audience of mobile application users, that's been created by growing number of mobile devices offering Flash support.
HTML Mastery:
Semantics, Standards, and Styling
Why settle for average HTML, when you can become a master of it? Markup is the fabric that holds the web together, but most people only scratch the surface of what can be achieved using (X)HTML.
From After Effects to Flash:
Poetry in Motion Graphics
This book, which supports the latest versions of After Effects and Flash, provides the world's first and best guide to marrying these two technologies together, starting by taking you through the creation of a video project from concept right through to upload, with emphasis on making your workflow as efficient as possible.
PHP Solutions:
Dynamic Web Design Made Easy
Web designers, and site visitors, often demand more from a web site than can be delivered through static HTML alone. This book shows exactly how to add dynamic content to your web sites, making for a better experience all round.
Web Accessibility:
Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
Written by some of the top names in web accessibility, this book is a 'must-have' if you want to deliver your web content to as wide an audience as possible.
Foundation Flash 8 Video
Flash 8 has taken the platform's handling of video to another level, with new features added that, as a cutting edge designer, you will want to make the most of. Find out just how to do this in this title.
AdvancED Flash Interface Design
You've probably looked at some of the amazing Flash sites on the web and thought, "How'd they do that?" Well, you'll find out in this book.
Foundation 3ds Max 8 Architectural Visualization
In this book, you will learn all that you need to know to produce stunning, photo-realistic work, from architectural renderings to animation, using 3ds Max 8.
Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8
ActionScript is what gives Flash its power, but with that power comes a certain level of complexity, which can be intimidating. This book contains all you need to understand and make use of ActionScript, and to have some fun while learning.
Flash Application Design Solutions:
The Flash Usability Handbook
How do you design and develop a professional, usable, and visually appealing Flash site, that provides users with a memorable and enjoyable online experience? Flash Application Design Solutions will show you how.
AdvancED ActionScript Components:
Mastering the Flash Component Architecture
Flash provides a framework of components that offer a wealth of functionality you can just bolt on to your Flash applications when desired. This title will show you how to make the most of existing components, and also how to create your own.
Blog Design Solutions
If you haven't got a blog already, you want to start one, and want to find out how. If you have already got one, you want to know how to customize it, and make it look cooler than everybody else's. In either case, this is the ideal book for you.
Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8
Complex applications demand a solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques, regardless of the language and platform used, and this book will provide all you need to learn.
CSS Mastery:
Advanced Web Standards Solutions
You'll already know why you should be using CSS, so we don't bore you with pages of theory; instead, this book jumps straight into practical solutions, allowing you to get what you need as quickly as possible.
Foundation Web Design with Dreamweaver 8
We know that you don't always require a full database driven site, so this book focuses on using the latest version of Dreamweaver to design and create usable, standards-compliant websites using XHTML and CSS.
Foundation ASP for Dreamweaver 8
In this book we look specifically at using Dreamweaver's built-in server behaviors to build dynamic web sites using ASP, Microsoft's highly popular classic server-side language, along with Access or MySQL databases.
Flash 8 Essentials
This book cuts to the chase, getting you right up to speed asap with the exciting new features of the latest version of Flash, without dwelling on what you already know.
Foundation ASP.NET for Flash
Whether you're a Flash designer or an ASP.NET developer, this highly readable Foundation book will provide a thorough grounding to integrating Flash, ActionScript 2.0, ASP.NET, and databases.
Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8
In this book we look specifically at using Dreamweaver's built-in server behaviors to build dynamic web sites using PHP and MySQL, the world's most popular open source server-side language and database server combination.
Foundation Flash 8
Thousands upon thousands of designers have already learned from Foundation Flash's previous editions and it's easy to understand why.
Foundation ActionScript Animation:
Making Things Move!
In this book Keith Peters guides us through some basic animation theory and then demystifies the math and physics behind creating realistic animation, looking at trigonometry, velocity and acceleration, and bouncing & friction.
Foundation XML for Flash
Sas Jacobs first introduces XML and how to generate it, before showing just how XML can be used to power Flash Applications.
DOM Scripting:
Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects.
Podcast Solutions:
The Complete Guide to Podcasting
From downloading podcasts to producing your own for fun or profit, Podcast Solutions covers the entire world of podcasting with insight, humor, and the unmatched wisdom of experience.
Foundation PHP 5 for Flash
PHP is the language of choice on nearly 18 million domains, and MySQL has more than five million active users, including industry leaders like Google, the Associated Press, Sony, and NASA. They're open source and free; and with the help of this book, you'll see that they're easy and fun to learn.
Web Designer's Reference
This book is ideal for those making their first moves into standards-based web design, experienced designers who want to learn about modern design techniques and move toward creating CSS layouts, graphic designers who want to discover how to lay out their designs, and veteran web designers who want a concise reference guide.
Extreme Photoshop CS
In this book, Matt Kloskowski walks you through some of the most popular styles and techniques in professional Photoshop design and illustration today.
AppleScript:
A Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X
If you are a Mac user who wants to know the real meaning of having full control over your machine, get into AppleScripting; this book is the only guide you need to master the art!
Flash Math Creativity:
Second Edition
The seminal book, Flash Math Creativity, completely revised for Flash MX 2004 and AS 2.0!
Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects
Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects takes you through the process of creating four real-world case studies, enabling you to take your Dreamweaver skills to a new level.
Apache Essentials:
Install, Configure, Maintain
Most books on Apache are written by propellerheads for propellerheads. None of them explain how to configure Apache using plain language, giving examples that matter to you - but Apache Essentials does!