HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps

by Wesley Hale    (Find this book)

This hands-on book shows you how to work with HTML5, JavaScript MVC frameworks, and the latest W3C specifications to build mobile and desktop web apps that are widely supported across all browsers and devices. You'll quickly master building client-side applications with a loosely coupled backed infrastructure that supports offline clients.

Learn how to incorporate web storage, web workers, geolocation, Device Orientation, and WebSockets into your application architecture, using real-world examples. If you're familiar with server-side programming and understand the basics of HTML5, this book is for you.Assemble a coherent architectural whole from HTML5's complex collection of parts. Gain a clear understanding of client-side architecture and the "mobile first" approach. Design, create, and tune eye-catching and robust mobile web apps. Explore how the top five JavaScript MVC frameworks interact with the server. Learn best practices for setting up a raw WebSocket server. Examine how sites such as Google, Twitter, and Amazon store data Use real-world methods for applying geolocation, and learn the pitfalls of various implementations. Process images and other data in the background with Web Workers -- Publisher Marketing

Beginning Html5 and Css3: The Web Evolved

by Christopher Murphy    (Find this book)

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code you've hoped for is available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3 which means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects.

For all forward-looking web professionals who want to start enjoying and deploying the new HTML5 and CSS3 features right away, this book provides you with an in-depth look at the new capabilities including audio and video that are new to web standards. You'll learn about the new HTML5 structural sections, plus HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. You'll also discover why some people think HTML5 is going to be a Flash killer, when you see how to create transitions and animations with these new technologies. So get ahead in your web development through the practical, step-by-step approaches offered to you in Beginning HTML5 and CSS3. What you'll learn Cutting-edge web development techniques with HTML5 and CSS3. The new features of HTML5 and how to work with HTML5 and CSS3. The new web standards being implemented by all the major web browsers. How to work with the new HTML5 structural sections. How to create HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. How to create transitions and animations without using Flash New web typography solutions. A new vision of web development with HTML5 and CSS3. Who this book is for

This book is for web developers and anyone involved in web design who wants to embrace the new web standards and cutting-edge features of HTML5 and CSS3. With a practical, accessible approach, this book is for anyone who wants to push their websites forwards with the latest technologies. Table of Contents HTML5: Now, Not 2022 Your First Plunge Into HTML5 New Structural Elements A Richer Approach to Content Markup Rich Media Paving the Way for Web Applications CSS3Here and Now Keeping Your Markup Slim Using CSS3 Selectors A Layout for Every Occasion Improving Web Typography Putting CSS3 Properties to Work Transforms, Transitions, and Animation The Future of CSS -- Publisher Marketing

My Macbook (Mountain Lion Edition) ( My... )

by John Ray    (Find this book)

Covers 2010 and later MacBook/Air/Pro models
"Step-by-step instructions" with callouts to MacBook photos that show you exactly what to do.
"Help "when you run into MacBook or OS X Mountain Lion problems or limitations.
"Tips and Notes" to help you get the most from your MacBook.
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your
MacBook working just the way you want. The tasks include:
- Managing and arranging your desktop
- Staying on top of important changes with Notification Center
- Creating and navigating virtual workspaces in Mission Control
- Opening and organizing applications in Launchpad
- Accessing the Internet through wired, wireless, and cellular networks
- Joining and using iCloud services
- Communicating via email, instant messages, audio, and video
- Keeping in touch and on-time with Calendars and Contacts
- Being social with Facebook, Twitter, and Game Center
- Entertaining with music and videos
- Downloading and managing software from the App Store and other sources
- Sharing files, printers, and even scanners over your network connection
- Protecting and securing your data
- Recording video and sharing it instantly online
- Expanding your capabilities with peripheral devices
- Troubleshooting system problems  -- Publisher Marketing

The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers

by Scott Kelby    (Find this book)

ARE YOU READY FOR AN AMAZING NEW VERSION OF THE PHOTOSHOP BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES?
Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of "Photoshop User "magazine--and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today--once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop CS6 techniques for digital photographers.
This major update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that's never been done before--it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly "how to do it." It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge digital photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That's why the previous editions of this book are widely used as the official study guides in photography courses at colleges and universities around the world.
LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT
Each year, Scott trains thousands of professional photographers on how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges--and that's exactly what he covers in this book. You'll learn:
The sharpening techniques the pros really use.The pros' tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problems fast!The step-by-step setup for getting what comes out of your printer to match exactly what you see onscreen.How to process HDR (High Dynamic Range) images using CS6's Merge to HDR Pro.How to master CS6's Content-Aware features.How to use Photoshop CS6's new video editing features to make movies from your DSLR videos.How to process RAW images like a pro (plus how to take advantage of all the new Camera Raw features in CS6!).The latest Photoshop special effects for photographers (there's a whole chapter just on these!). A host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick "insider" tricks to send your productivity through the roof!Plus, Scott includes a special bonus chapter with his own CS6 workflow, from start to finish, and each chapter ends with a Photoshop Killer Tips section, packed with time-saving, job-saving tips that make all the difference. If you're a digital photographer, and if you're ready to learn all the "tricks of the trade"--the same ones that today's leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their work-then you're holding the book that will do just that. -- Publisher Marketing