by Christopher Wells
Ajax applications should be open yet secure. Far too often security is added as an afterthought. Potential flaws need to be identified and addressed right away. This book explores Ajax and web application security with an eye for dangerous gaps and offers ways that you can plug them before they become a problem. Learn how to build secure Ajax applications and discover how to respond quickly when attacks occ...
Price: $3.83 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Cameron Adams, Jonathan. Snooks, Jina Bolton, Steve Smith, David Johnson
CSS-based design doesn't need to be boring. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS.This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical skills involved in using CSS...
Price: $7.99 | Publisher: SitePoint | Release: 2007
Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame 
by Will McGugan
Like music and movies, video games are rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives. Over the years, you've yearned for every new gaming console, mastered each blockbuster within weeks after its release, and have even won a local gaming competition or two. But lately you've been spending a lot of time thinking about a game idea of your own, or are exploring the possibility of making a career of ...
Price: $7.85 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2007
by Brandon Dawson, Tom Canavan
This book is a fast and easy read, taking the reader from the inception of an idea, to a fully working cash-generating website built on Joomla! This book is suitable for business people with a medium level of technical skill who need a good primer on how to implement a cash-generating website. Those unfamiliar with Joomla! Would benefit from reading Building Websites with Joomla!...
Price: $20.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2007
CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development
by David Upton
CodeIgniter (CI) is a powerful open-source PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. CodeIgniter is an MVC framework, similar in some ways to the Rails framework for Ruby, and is designed to enable, not overwhelm.This book explains how to work with CodeIgniter in a clear logical way. It is not a detailed gu...
Price: $20.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2007
System Building with APL + WIN
by Ajay Askoolum
Software modernisation or re-engineering as a concept lacks universal clarity. System Building with APL + Win seeks to clarify this problem by identifying the solution to the long term survival of the APL application as the elimination of APL specific considerations in the choice of a development tool. The author shows how to deploy mainstream industry standard system components within an APL + Win developm...
Price: $66.07 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2006
by Christopher Negus
This completely revamped edition covers the familiar Linux flavors as well as some exciting new distributions-Ubuntu, Mepis, Arch Linux, and four others.Ideal for users planning the transition to Linux who want to sample different distributions to see which one best meets their needs.Includes new sections on practical uses for Linux, cool multimedia apps, instant messaging, BitTorrent, and improved security...
Price: $6.14 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2006
Practices of an Agile Developer
by Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt
Want to be a better developer? This book collects the personal habits, ideas, and approaches of successful agile software developers and presents them in a series of short, easy-to-digest tips.You'll learn how to improve your software development process, see what real agile practices feel like, avoid the common temptations that kill projects, and keep agile practices in balance....
Price: $3.49 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2006
by Ken Pugh
Learn by pragmatic example how to create effective designs composed of interfaces to objects, components and services.You'll learn what polymorphism and encapsulation really mean, and how to use these ideas more effectively. See how to create better interfaces using agile development techniques, and learn the subtle differences between implementing an interface and inheriting an implementation. Take a ...
Price: $3.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2006
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8
by W. Jason Gilmore , Robert H. Treat
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open-source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. This is an ideal read if you are a web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to crea...
Price: $26.40 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2006