JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual Quickstart Guide

Need to learn JavaScript fast? This best-selling, task-based, visual reference guide has been fully revised and updated for the seventh edition. It uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate Web designers and Web developers what they need to know to learn JavaScript and Ajax in no time. Whether you start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what you need to know, leading Web and computing experts Tom Negrino and Dori Smith use crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today's JavaScript essentials. You'll find new information on modern coding techniques including designing Ajax-based sites. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of Ajax techniques, JavaScript frameworks (including jQuery and Yahoo's User Interface Library) and current browsers (IE, Safari, Firefox). The companion Web site at www.javascriptworld.com offers sample scripts, updates, and more!

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Javascript Bible

Make your Web pages stand out above the noise with JavaScript and the expert instruction in this much-anticipated update to the bestselling JavaScript Bible. With renowned JavaScript expert Danny Goodman at your side, you’ll get a thorough grounding in JavaScript basics, see how it fits with current Web browsers, and find all the soup-to-nuts detail you’ll need. Whether you’re a veteran programmer or just starting out, this is the JavaScript book Web developers turn to again and again.

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Flash CS4 Professional: for Windows and Macintosh

A guide to using the Flash authoring tool covers such topics as modifying graphics, working with symbols, frame-by-frame animations, building buttons for interactivity, and adding sound.

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A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux

The second edition of this guide to installing and configuring Ubuntu servers has been updated with new instructions for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) and 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), new JumpStarts for a variety of complex servers and additional examples and indexes to provide quicker solutions for troubleshooting common obstacles. Sobell is an independent consultant who specializes in UNIX/Linux training, and he employs hundreds of examples to show IT administrators how to set up Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP, NIS, OpenSSH and DNS servers. He also explains how to keep Ubuntu systems continually updated through the use of Aptitiude, Synaptic and the Software Sources window. An enclosed DVD-ROM contains the full version of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

As a market-leading, free, open-source Linux operating system (OS), Fedora 10 is implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and serves as an excellent OS for those who want more frequent updates. Bestselling author Christopher Negus offers an ideal companion resource for both new and advanced Linux users. He presents clear, thorough instructions so you can learn how to make Linux installation simple and painless, take advantage of the desktop interface, and use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor. He also describes key system administration skills, including setting up users, automating system tasks, backing up and restoring files, and understanding the latest security issues and threats. Included is both a DVD distribution of Fedora Linux 10 and a bootable Fedora LiveCD.

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Microsoft Windows Vista: Visual Quickstart Guide

Explores Windows Vista, covering such topics as organizing files and folders, installing and running programs, setting up hardware, connecting to the Internet, using Windows Media Player, managing user accounts, and setting up a small network.

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SQL Visual Quickstart Guide

A guide to SQL covers such topics as SQL syntax, operators and functions, subqueries, set operations, creating tables, and retrieving data.

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