JavaScript: Novice to Ninja

by Darren Jones    (Find this book)
Learn JavaScript from scratch!
Packed with numerous examples, JavaScript: Novice to Ninja is a fun, step-by-step and comprehensive introduction to development in JavaScript.
Discover how to use JavaScript to solve real-world problems, build smarter forms, track user events, and design eye-catching animations.

• Learn JavaScript's built-in functions, methods, and properties.
• Use JavaScript to validate form entries and interact with your users.
• Understand how to respond to user events and add interactivity to your applications.
• Create animations that bring your web site to life.
• Start programming using the DOM
• And much more!  --  Publisher Marketing

Kindle Fire HDX in Easy Steps

by Nick Vandome    (Find this book)
Kindle Fire HDX in easy steps guides you through setting up and using this popular tablet from Amazon, including how to:
Navigate around the touchscreen
Get connected and browse the Web
Join Amazon Prime to watch movies
Find and buy apps from the Appstore
Upload and play music and video
Take, view, share and edit photos
Revive your passion for reading and join the Kindle book community – a global book club!
Keep in touch using email, social networks and Skype
Stay productive whilst on the move
Set up parental controls and stay safe online
Packed with colour screenshots and concise instructions, this guide will fast-track you to get more out of your Kindle Fire HDX tablet!
Also covers Kindle Fire HD. Covers the Fire 3.0 operating system.  --  Publisher Marketing

How Computers Work ( How It Works )

by Ron White    (Find this book)
The Evolution of Technology
Having sold more than 2 million copies over its lifetime, How Computers Work is the definitive illustrated guide to the world of PCs and technology. In this new edition, you’ll find detailed information not just about PCs, but about how changes in technology have evolved the giant, expensive computer dinosaurs of last century into the smaller but more powerful smartphones, tablets, and wearable computing of today. Whether your interest is in business, gaming, digital photography, entertainment, communications, or security, you’ll learn how computing is evolving the way you live.
A full-color, illustrated adventure into the wonders of TECHNOLOOGY
This full-color, fully illustrated guide to the world of technology assumes nothing and explains everything. Only the accomplished and award-winning team of writer Ron White and artist Tim Downs has the unique ability to meld descriptive text with one-of-a-kind visuals to fully explain how the electronic gear we depend on every day is made possible. In addition to all the content you’ve come to expect from prior editions, this newly revised edition includes all-new coverage of topics such as:
• How smartphones and tablet PCs put the power of a desktop computer in your hands–literally
• How computing technology is linking our homes, work place, entertainment, and daily communications
• How advances such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, eBay, and smartphones are expanding our universe of friends, knowledge, and opportunity
• How increased miniaturization leads to new products, such as smartphone, smartwatches, and Google Glass
• How computing technology takes advantages of quantum physics and innovations no one even imagined a few years ago
For two decades, How Computers Work has helped newbies understand new technology, while hackers and IT pros have treasured it for the depth of knowledge it contains. This is the perfect book about computing to capture your imagination, delight your eyes, and expand your mind, no matter what your technical level!
Beautifully detailed illustrations and jargon-free explanations walk you through the technology that is shaping our lives. See the hidden workings inside computers, smartphones, tablets, Google Glass, and the latest tech inventions.  --  Publisher Marketing