Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook /by Jorge Ramon (Author) . Using Ext JS you can easily build desktop-style interfaces in your web applications. Over 400,000 developers are working smarter with Ext JS and yet most of them fail to exercise all of the features that this powerful JavaScript library has to offer.

Get to grips with all of the features that you would expect with this quick and easy-to-follow Ext JS Cookbook. This book provides clear instructions for getting the most out of Ext JS with and offers many exercises to build impressive rich internet applications. This cookbook shows techniques and "patterns" for building particular interface styles and features in Ext JS. Pick what you want and move ahead.
It teaches you how to use all of the Ext JS widgets and components smartly, through practical examples and exercises. Native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars, and many more components are covered in a multitude of examples.The book also looks at best practices on data storage, application architecture, code organization, presenting recipes for improving them--our cookbook provides expert information for people working with Ext JS.

 

Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes /by Russ Weakley (Author) .The short, focused lessons presented in Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes will help you quickly understand cascading style sheets (CSS) and how to immediately apply it to your work. Author Russ Weakley is a well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials for standards compliant techniques that are supported by the most common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and handling common CSS bugs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes is the ultimate quick learning tool and handy desk reference guide to CSS.

Ruby on Rails Web Mashup Projects: A step-by-step tutorial to building web mashups /by Chang Sau Sheong (Author). A web mashup is a new type of web application that uses data and services from one or more external sources to build entirely new and different web applications. Web mashups usually mash up data and services that are available on the Internet-- freely, commercially, or through other partnership agreements. The external sources that a mashup uses are known as mashup APIs. This book shows you how to write web mashups using Ruby on Rails-- the new web application development framework. The book has seven real-world projects and each project is described in a methodical step-by-step way, showing how you can write a web mashup from the ground up. This book covers: Google Maps API, Yahoo geocoding services, Geocoder.us geocoding services, Geocoder.ca geocoding services, Hostip.info, Google Spreadsheet, EditGrid, Clickatell, Interfax, Amazon ECS, Sparklines, Facebook, Indeed, DayLife, Technorati, Futef, WebserviceX Currency Convertor, Weatherbug, Google Bases, Geonames, Flickr, Paypal, Google Calendar, Google Account Authentication, Google Data, and Google Spreadsheet Data.

Foundation Joomla! /by Bintu Harwani (Author) .Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group? You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open source content management system (CMS) used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.
While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Getting StartED with Joomla! Is an entry developer and user's guide that gets you started with this popular CMS in little or no time.
What you'll learn
* All you need to get started with using Content Management Systems in general.
* How to install, configure and get wet in Joomla!
* Upload and manage your documents, photos, blog and more using Joomla!
* Discover and use Joomla! Menus, Components, Managers and more. Extend Joomla!
* How to use the Joomla! Template Manager

You Too Can Easily Create Impressive Database Driven Web Sites Using PHP & MySQL! * Perfect book for PHP beginners * Extremely easy-to-follow tutorial style * Modern techniques without all the confusing jargon
You’ll learn how to:
* Install PHP 5 & MySQL 5 on Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X * Gain a thorough understanding of PHP syntax * Master database design principles and SQL * Build a working content management system * Add, edit, and delete web content without using HTML * Build an ecommerce shopping cart * Utilize sessions and cookies to track site visitors * Craft SEO-friendly and memorable URLs
And a whole lot more!