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Build custom business applications for SharePoint with Visual Studio LightSwitchincluding intuitive apps that dont require a single line of code. This example-driven guide takes non-programmers step-by-step through the process of creating simple apps and utilities, and shows programmers familiar with C# or Visual Basic how to build customized applications with more functionality.Discover how to build and test your applications quickly without a lot of expensive server hardware. Once you get up to speed with LightSwitch, youll create quality line-of-business applications tailored to specific customer needs in no time, whether you work in-house or for a vendor.Learn how the LightSwitch Presentation, Logic, and Storage layers work behind the scenesConfigure your SharePoint server and workstation to work with this development environmentNavigate the graphical environment and its various user screensUse examples to build simple single-function applications for search and data entryExpand your apps capabilities by using LightSwitch extensions and Silverlight controlsConnect your LightSwitch app to external data sources, such as Excel, SQL Server, SQLite, and cloud-based applications

If your web applications success depends on how quickly and easily users can make transactions, PayPal APIs provide effective solutions you cant afford to overlook. This concise book takes you hands-on through several options to help you determine the best choice for your situation, whether youre collecting money via websites or mobile apps for products and services, donations, or anything else.In each chapter, youll work with a different PayPal API by integrating it into the books sample application, using Python and the Google App Engine framework. This expanded edition introduces two new options: Express Checkout for Digital Goods and Instant Payment Notifications, complete with sample project code. By the end of this book, youll understand how to take full advantage of PayPal and its powerful features.Learn PayPal API basics, and get an introduction to Google App EngineExplore the Express Checkout option, and understand what distinguishes it from other generic workflowsTailor Express Checkout for electronic documents, videos, and other in app digital purchasesApply the Adaptive Payments option for transactions that involve multiple recipientsEmbed the payment process into your site with no mention of PayPal, using Website Payments ProUse the Instant Payment Notifications you receive as triggers to take follow-up action

Gain hands-on experience with PureMVC, the popular open source framework for developing maintainable applications with a Model-View-Controller architecture. In this concise guide, PureMVC creator Cliff Hall teaches the fundamentals of PureMVC development by walking you through the construction of a complete non-trivial Adobe AIR application.Through clear explanations and numerous ActionScript code examples, youll learn best practices for using the frameworks classes in your day-to-day work. Discover how PureMVC enables you to focus on the purpose and scope of your application, while the framework takes care of the plumbing in a maintainable and portable way.Get a detailed overview of the PureMVC process for developing your applicationModel the domain by designing the schema and creating framework-agnostic value objectsImplement framework-agnostic View components that expose an API of events and propertiesUse the Proxy pattern to keep track of value objects and hide service interactionFacilitate two-way communication between a View component and the rest of the applicationStitch the Model and View tiers together with command objects in the ControllerManage problematic View component life cycles, and learn how to reuse the Model tier

Until recently, home automation was an unfulfilled promise - systems were gimmicky, finicky, user-hostile, or potentially unsecure. But today, thanks to a new crop of devices and technologies, home automation is useful, fun, and maker-friendly.

At last, heres an approachable introduction to the widely used Portable Document Format. PDFs are everywhere, both online and in printed form, but few people take advantage of the useful features or grasp the nuances of this format. This concise book provides a hands-on tour of the worlds leading page-description language for programmers, power users, and professionals in the search, electronic publishing, and printing industries. Illustrated with lots of examples, this book is the documentation you need to fully understand PDF.Build a simple PDF file from scratch in a text editor Learn the layout and content of a PDF file, as well as the syntax of its objectsExamine the logical structure of PDF objects, and learn how pages and their resources are arranged into a documentCreate vector graphics and raster images in PDF, and deal with transparency, color spaces, and patternsExplore PDF operators for building and showing text stringsGet up to speed on bookmarks, metadata, hyperlinks, annotations, and file attachmentsLearn how encryption and document permissions work in PDFUse the pdftk program to process PDF files from the command line

"e;OK. Ive got my Twitter accountnow what can I do with it?"e; Sound familiar? #tweetsmart provides the answer with 25 creative projects to help your business, cause, or organization grow. But this isnt just another social media marketing bookits the anti-marketing how-to community-engagement book.Twitter is not a marketing channel (and should never be used as such) but it is a community of interested, engaged, and influential people. Meeting and getting to know these people can help you build your own community. In this useful guide, youll find projects to help you approach your Twitter audience in ways that are strategic, measurable, and fun.Put a new wrinkle on an old contest: "e;be the 10th person to tweet"e;Create a hashtag game around your company or productsInstead of polling, ask your followers to help you make a product decisionMake MadLibs out of your marketing copy or mission statementHold a scavenger hunt, and relay clues via TwitterOrganize a weekly Twitter chat on various subjectsSolicit funny product shots, using Twitters photo-sharing utilitySpontaneously tweet from a store location: "e;Meet me now and win!"e;

What really sets the iPhone apart from laptops and PCs is its use of onboard sensors, including those that are location-enabled. This concise book takes experienced iPhone and Mac developers on a detailed tour of iPhone and iPad hardware by explaining how these sensors work, and what they're capable of doing.With this book, you'll build sample applications for each sensor, and learn hands-on how to take advantage of the data each sensor produces. You'll gain valuable experience that you can immediately put to work inside your own iOS applications for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. This book helps you focus on:Camera: learn how to take pictures and video, create video thumbnails, customize video, and save media to the photo albumAudio: use the media picker controller and access the iPod music library in your own application, and enable your app to record and play sampled audioAccelerometer: write an application that uses this sensor to determine device orientationMagnetometer: learn how this sensor verifies compass headingsCore Motion: use this framework to receive motion data from both the accelerometer and the vibrational gyroscopeThis short book is part of a collection that will, along with new material, be compiled into a larger book, iOS Sensor Programming. The other books in this collection are Augmented Reality in iOS, Geolocation in iOS, and iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino.

This witty book helps you understand how data compression algorithms work-in theory and practice-so you can choose the best solution among all the available compression tools.

Packed with practical advice, this hands-on guide provides valuable information you need to most effectively optimize and manage the XenServer open source virtualization platform. Whether you run a modest installation of a few blades or multiple global enterprise datacenters, this book focuses on the most critical issues youre likely to encounter when designing a XenServer deployment and helps you handle day-to-day management tasks.Tim Mackey and J.K. Benedict from Citrix Systems, the company that manages XenServer, show you how to design a deployment through best practices, deployment blueprints, and installation guidelines. The books second part features concise, easy-to-implement recipes for day-to-day management, such as user rights, backup strategies, and hardware maintenance.Learn precisely what makes a XenServer work, and how it can host 1000 virtual machinesExplore the core components of a production XenServer environmentInvestigate several options on how and where to install XenServerExamine several factors for "e;right sizing"e; your XenServer deployment to fit your needsWork with a decision tree to optimize your XenServer deployment designUnderstand how to accommodate guest VM virtualization modesUse recipes that help you plan for, obtain, and apply XenServer upgrades

Learn how to use Flash and Wallaby to streamline the process of creating HTML5 animations that can run on a broad range browsers of devices.

Data visualization is an efficient and effective medium for communicating large amounts of information, but the design process can often seem like an unexplainable creative endeavor. This concise book aims to demystify the design process by showing you how to use a linear decision-making process to encode your information visually.Delve into different kinds of visualization, including infographics and visual art, and explore the influences at work in each one. Then learn how to apply these concepts to your design process.Learn data visualization classifications, including explanatory, exploratory, and hybridDiscover how three fundamental influencesthe designer, the reader, and the datashape what you createLearn how to describe the specific goal of your visualization and identify the supporting dataDecide the spatial position of your visual entities with axesEncode the various dimensions of your data with appropriate visual properties, such as shape and colorSee visualization best practices and suggestions for encoding various specific data types

Garage go-kart building is a time-honored hobby for do-it-yourselfers, and we'll show you how to build wheeled wonders that'll have you and the kids racing around the neighborhood in DIY style. Build a longboard skateboard by bending plywood. Build a crazy go-kart driven by a pair of battery-powered drills.

With scores of practical recipes you can use in your projects right away, this cookbook helps you gain hands-on experience with HTML5s versatile collection of elements. You get clear solutions for handling issues with everything from markup semantics, web forms, and audio and video elements to related technologies such as geolocation and rich JavaScript APIs.Each informative recipe includes sample code and a detailed discussion on why and how the solution works. Perfect for intermediate to advanced web and mobile web developers, this handy book lets you choose the HTML5 features that work for youand helps you experiment with the rest.Test browsers for HTML5 support, and use techniques for applying unsupported featuresDiscover how HTML5 makes web form implementation much simplerOvercome challenges for implementing native audio and video elementsLearn techniques for using HTML5 with ARIA accessibility guidelinesExplore examples that cover using geolocation data in your applicationsDraw images, use transparencies, add gradients and patterns, and more with CanvasBring HTML5 features to life with a variety of advanced JavaScript APIs

With hundreds of thousands of mobile applications available today, your app has to capture users immediately. This book provides practical techniques to help you catchand keeptheir attention. Youll learn core principles for designing effective user interfaces, along with a set of common patterns for interaction design on all types of mobile devices.Mobile design specialists Steven Hoober and Eric Berkman have collected and researched 76 best practices for everything from composing pages and displaying information to the use of screens, lights, and sensors. Each pattern includes a discussion of the design problem and solution, along with variations, interaction and presentation details, and antipatterns.Compose pages so that information is easy to locate and manipulateProvide labels and visual cues appropriate for your apps usersUse information control widgets to help users quickly access detailsTake advantage of gestures and other sensorsApply specialized methods to prevent errors and the loss of user-entered dataEnable users to easily make selections, enter text, and manipulate controlsUse screens, lights, haptics, and sounds to communicate your message and increase user satisfaction"e;Designing Mobile Interfaces is another stellar addition to OReillys essential interface books. Every mobile designer will want to have this thorough book on their shelf for reference."e;Dan Saffer, Author of Designing Gestural Interfaces

Native apps have distinct advantages, but the future belongs to mobile web apps that function on a broad range of smartphones and tablets. Get started with jQuery Mobile, the touch-optimized framework for creating apps that look and behave consistently across many devices. This concise book provides HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript code examples, screen shots, and step-by-step guidance to help you build a complete working app with jQuery Mobile.If you're already familiar with the jQuery JavaScript library, you can use your existing skills to build cross-platform mobile web apps right now. This book shows you how.Get a high-level overview of jQuery Mobile: how it works and how to use itLearn about paging and navigation, including dialogs, Ajax content, and historyEmploy jQuery Mobiles extensive event system to create rich interactionsWork with toolbars, buttons, lists, forms, and other UI elementsCreate a variety of visual designs with jQuery Mobiles sophisticated theming systemUse the jQuery Mobile API for finer control over elements and interactionsPut everything together and build a mobile app from start to finish

Jazz up your iPhone and iPad apps with some slick graphics and animationand keep users from looking elsewhere. This short and concise book shows developers with even little Cocoa programming experience how to create impressive graphics and animation effects with relatively easy coding. Learn how to incorporate smooth animations and draw images in your apps to achieve the classy look you want.The recipes in this book include step-by-step instructions and simple code solutions that you can put to work right away.Learn basic concepts for adapting to different screen sizesConstruct, set, and use colorsDraw text, images, lines, and rectanglesAdd shadows to shapesCreate and draw gradientsLearn how to animate and scale, rotate, or move views

If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available. The books chapters are loosely connected, so you can go straight to the information that best serves your needs.Understand the difference between JIRA groups and JIRA project rolesDiscover what JIRA schemes do, and learn how to maintain themUse a consistent configuration approach to help you use JIRA as a platformCreate a workflow from scratchAdd, modify, and deactivate usersPrepare for a JIRA upgrade, and troubleshoot if necessaryGet remote access to JIRA via email, SQL, REST, and other methods

Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on mobile apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with Android APIs, and get complete code examples for working with Android device componentsGPS, camera, gallery, accelerometer, multitouch display, and OS interactions. No matter how much Flex experience you have, this book is the ideal resource.Use Flash Builder 4.5 to create and debug a Flex Mobile projectChoose a layout option to determine which files Flash Builder auto-generatesSelect permissions that control which devices can install your app from the Android MarketExplore APIs that enable your app to interact with specific Android OS featuresLearn how to read and write text files, browse the file system for media files, and create and write to an SQLite databaseUse the URLRequest class to open your app in the browser, place calls, and create emails and text messagesLoad web and video content into your app with StageWebViewPublish your app to an Android installer file with Flash Builder

If you're preparing to roll out IPv6 on your network, this concise book provides the essentials you need to support this protocol with DNS. You'll learn how DNS was extended to accommodate IPv6 addresses, and how you can configure a BIND name server to run on the network. This book also features methods for troubleshooting problems with IPv6 forward- and reverse-mapping, and techniques for helping islands of IPv6 clients communicate with IPv4 resources.Topics include:DNS and IPv6Learn the structure and representation of IPv6 addresses, and the syntaxes of AAAA and PTR records in the ip6.arpa IPv6 reverse-mapping zoneBIND on IPv6Use IPv6 addresses and networks in ACLs, and register and delegate to IPv6-speaking name serversResolver ConfigurationConfigure popular stub resolvers (Linux/Unix, MacOS X, and Windows) to query IPv6-speaking name serversDNS64Learn about the transition technology that allows clients with IPv6-only network stacks to communicate with IPv4 serversTroubleshootingUse the nslookup and dig troubleshooting tools to look up the IPv6 addresses of a domain name, or reverse-map an IPv6 address to a domain name

The Perl Pocket Reference is an invaluable reference for those who find themselves frequently searching for a quick answer to a question or reminder of a syntax rule. This handy, well-organized quick reference condenses stacks of Perl documentation down to the most essential at-your-fingertips facts. For ease-of-use, convenience, and price, this little reference is the first place Perl programmers look when they need an answer quickly.The Perl Pocket Referenc provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet. It is updated for Perl 5.8, and covers a summary of Perl syntax rules, a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules, all with brief descriptions. Also included are the newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and Unicode support.The Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition, is the perfect companion to the authoritative books on Perl published by O'Reilly & Associates: Programming Perl, Learning Perl, and the Perl Cookbook. This pocket reference will never make it to the bookshelf--dog-eared and well worn, it will remain within arms reach of the keyboard or tucked in a back pocket, where it will be referred to on a daily basis.

Building rich JavaScript applications that bring a desktop experience to the Web requires moving state from the server to the client sidenot a simple task. This hands-on book takes proficient JavaScript developers through all the steps necessary to create state-of-the-art applications, including structure, templating, frameworks, communicating with the server, and many other issues.Throughout the book, you'll work with real-world example applications to help you grasp the concepts involved. Learn how to create JavaScript applications that offer a more responsive and improved experience.Use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, and learn how to manage dependencies inside your applicationGet an introduction to templating and data bindingLearn about loading remote data, Ajax, and cross-domain requestsCreate realtime applications with WebSockets and Node.jsAccept dropped files and upload data with progress indicatorsUse major frameworks and libraries, including jQuery, Spine, and BackboneWrite tests and use the console to debug your applicationsGet deployment best practices, such as caching and minification

The robots are coming! MAKE Volume 27 shows you how to build robots that walk, fly, swim, play music, dance, and even extinguish fires.

Learn how to build electronics projects with Netduino, the popular platform that's capturing the imagination of makers and hobbyists worldwide. This easy-to-follow, hands-on book provides everything you need to start experimenting with Netduino and the open source .NET Micro Framework.

Can any hobbyist build a satellite? Our DIY guide steps you through designing and building a base picosatellite platform tough enough to withstand launch and survive in orbit. If you have basic maker skills, you can build a space-ready solar-powered computer-controlled assembly suitable for attaching instruments and rocketing into space.

Go beyond HTML5s Audio tag and boost the audio capabilities of your web application with the Web Audio API. Packed with lots of code examples, crisp descriptions, and useful illustrations, this concise guide shows you how to use this JavaScript API to make the sounds and music of your games and interactive applications come alive.You need little or no digital audio expertise to get started. Author Boris Smus introduces you to digital audio concepts, then shows you how the Web Audio API solves specific application audio problems. If you're an experienced JavaScript programmer, youll not only learn how to synthesize and process digital audio, youll also explore audio analysis and visualization with this API.Learn Web Audio API, including audio graphs and the audio nodesProvide quick feedback to user actions by scheduling sounds with the APIs precise timing modelControl gain, volume, and loudness, and dive into clipping and crossfadingUnderstand pitch and frequency: use tools to manipulate soundforms directly with JavaScriptGenerate synthetic sound effects and learn how to spatialize sound in 3D spaceUse Web Audio API with the Audio tag, getUserMedia, and the Page Visibility API

Software development today is embracing functional programming (FP), whether it's for writing concurrent programs or for managing Big Data. Where does that leave Java developers? This concise book offers a pragmatic, approachable introduction to FP for Java developers or anyone who uses an object-oriented language.Dean Wampler, Java expert and author of Programming Scala (O'Reilly), shows you how to apply FP principles such as immutability, avoidance of side-effects, and higher-order functions to your Java code. Each chapter provides exercises to help you practice what you've learned. Once you grasp the benefits of functional programming, youll discover that it improves all of the code you write.Learn basic FP principles and apply them to object-oriented programmingDiscover how FP is more concise and modular than OOPGet useful FP lessons for your Java type designsuch as avoiding nullsDesign data structures and algorithms using functional programming principlesWrite concurrent programs using the Actor model and software transactional memoryUse functional libraries and frameworks for Javaand learn where to go next to deepen your functional programming skills

Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, Programming Perl is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. Perl began life as a super-fueled text processing utility, but quickly evolved into a general purpose programming language thats helped hundreds of thousands of programmers, system administrators, and enthusiasts, like you, get your job done.In this much-anticipated update to "e;the Camel,"e; three renowned Perl authors cover the language up to its current version, Perl 5.14, with a preview of features in the upcoming 5.16. In a world where Unicode is increasingly essential for text processing, Perl offers the best and least painful support of any major language, smoothly integrating Unicode everywhereincluding in Perls most popular feature: regular expressions.Important features covered by this update include:New keywords and syntaxI/O layers and encodingsNew backslash escapesUnicode 6.0Unicode grapheme clusters and propertiesNamed captures in regexesRecursive and grammatical patternsExpanded coverage of CPANCurrent best practices

Learn how to customize websites with XOOPS, the open source CMS that helps non-developers build dynamic community websites, intranets, and other applications. This concise book shows you how to use XOOPS themes and modules to design everything from simple blogs to large database-driven CMS portals.Web designers and current XOOPS users will learn how to create a site theme with CSS and jQuery libraries, including techniques for making additional modules conform to the site's look and feel. Although XOOPS uses the PHP-based Smarty templating system, all you need is a bit of XHTML and CSS experience to get started.Learn the workflow for turning an idea into a full-featured websiteBecome familiar with XOOPS theme-building tools, and set up PHP and MySQL environmentsPort an existing XHTML template to XOOPSCreate themes with the 960 Grid System to save time and reduce codeUse jQuery-based UI libraries to achieve complex effectsBlend new modules into your theme with the template override functionGo beyond traditional block layouts to customize your homepage

Robotlegs is a standout among the ActionScript 3 development frameworks available today. With it, Flash, Flex, and AIR developers can create well-architected, testable, and flexible Rich Internet Applicationsfast. This concise guide shows you how the light footprint and focused scope of this open source framework not only solves your immediate coding problems, it helps you gain insight into AS3 architecture on a much deeper level.The authors provide a walkthrough of specific features in two applications they've written in Robotlegs, complete with code for each application as a whole. You'll learn how to achieve a balance of flexibility and consistency in your own projects.Solve 80% of your coding problems with 20% of the APIGain code-base flexibility with automated Dependency InjectionLearn the anatomy of a Robotlegs applicationUnderstand the relationships between models, services, control code, and views in the framework's MVCS architectureSee how the Robotlegs approach facilitates Test Driven Development (TDD)Pick up practical methods for architecting Robotlegs solutionsGet expert insights to power-up your existing Robotlegs code

One advantage of using JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, or project management is the ability to extend this tool with hundreds of plugins from the JIRA community. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doarthe author of Practical JIRA Administrationshows you how to create and maintain your own JIRA plugins to meet the specific needs of a project.This book uses detailed examples to clarify some of the more confusing aspects of JIRA plugins, and serves as an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available.Use JIRAs Plugin SDK, and learn several aspects common to all pluginsCreate your own custom field type, using a JIRA pluginDelve into advanced aspects of custom field plugins, and discover how searching for values in custom fields worksCreate JIRA plugins to use with workflows, and learn about conditions, validators, and post-functionsStore data using the PropertySet interface and the Active Objects pluginUpgrade a plugin and upload it to Atlassian Plugin Exchange (PAC)