iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual
iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual

Author: Craig Hockenberry

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2010-05-03

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1449390641

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Anyone with programming experience can learn how to write an iPhone app. But if you want to build a great app, there's a lot more to it than simple coding: you also need to know how design and market your creation. This easy-to-follow guide walks you through the entire process, from sketching out your idea to promoting the finished product. Get to know the tools for developing your iPhone app Design a great app before you start coding Build a complex app with Xcode and Interface Builder Decide how to brand your app-then beta-test that brand in the real world Learn the inside scoop on how to get your app into the App Store Promote your product, track sales, and build a strong customer following

JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual
JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual

Author: David Sawyer McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-10-21

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 1449320457

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JavaScript lets you supercharge your HTML with animation, interactivity, and visual effects—but many web designers find the language hard to learn. This jargon-free guide covers JavaScript basics and shows you how to save time and effort with the jQuery library of prewritten JavaScript code. You’ll soon be building web pages that feel and act like desktop programs, without having to do much programming. The important stuff you need to know: Make your pages interactive. Create JavaScript events that react to visitor actions. Use animations and effects. Build drop-down navigation menus, pop-ups, automated slideshows, and more. Improve your user interface. Learn how the pros make websites fun and easy to use. Collect data with web forms. Create easy-to-use forms that ensure more accurate visitor responses. Add a dash of Ajax. Enable your web pages to communicate with a web server without a page reload. Practice with living examples. Get step-by-step tutorials for web projects you can build yourself.

NOOK Tablet: The Missing Manual
NOOK Tablet: The Missing Manual

Author: Preston Gralla

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 1449317758

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A guide to using the NOOK Tablet, covering getting to know your NOOK Tablet, setting up, reading books, newspapers, and magazines, and other topics.

Droid 2: The Missing Manual
Droid 2: The Missing Manual

Author: Preston Gralla

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-01-20

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1449303919

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Ready to unleash the Droid 2? This entertaining guide helps you take full command of Motorola’s sleek new device to get online, shop, find locations, keep in touch, and much more. Every page is packed with useful information you can put to work right away, from setup to troubleshooting, with lots of valuable tips and tricks along the way. Get organized. Sync your contacts, calendar, and email with your Google Calendar and Outlook accounts. Go online. Make your phone a portable hotspot or a modem to get your laptop online. Be productive. Use Google docs to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Play music. Purchase music from Amazon and sync your Droid 2 with Windows Media Player. Capture photos and video. Edit your photos and share everything you shoot—instantly.

Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual
Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual

Author: Peter Meyers

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-02-21

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1449316271

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Illustrations and text explain using the Kindle Fire for e-reading, watching TV and movies, listening to music, and using e-mail.

Personal Investing: The Missing Manual
Personal Investing: The Missing Manual

Author: Bonnie Biafore

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2010-05-12

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1449391222

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"This lively and easy-to-understand guide gives you the confidence, tools, and insight you need to evaluate financial products and make smart investments that target success over the long term. You'll learn how to set long-term goals for critical, high-cost events such as retirement, your children's education, and future health care needs. Then you'll learn what types of investments will best help you achieve those goals. In step-by-step fashion, this book shows you how to research mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and other financial products to create a portfolio of diversified investments."--Amazon.

Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual
Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual

Author: Chris Grover

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 865

ISBN-13: 1449313159

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You can build everything from simple animations to full-fledged iOS and Android apps with Flash CS5.5, but learning this complex program can be difficult—unless you have this fully updated, bestselling guide. Learn how to create gorgeous Flash effects even if you have no programming experience. With Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual, you'll move from the basics to power-user tools with ease. Learn animation basics. Discover how to turn simple ideas into stunning animations. Master Flash's tools. Learn the animation and effects tools with clear explanations and hands-on examples. Use 3D effects. Rotate objects and make them move in three dimensions. Create lifelike motion. Use the IK Bones tool to simulate realistic body movements and other linked motions. Build apps for tablets and smartphones. Create the next generation of iPhone, iPad, and Android apps. Add multimedia. Incorporate your own audio and video files into Flash. Create rich interactive animations. Dive into advanced interactivity with easy-to-learn ActionScript examples.

PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual
PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual

Author: Brett McLaughlin

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 1449355544

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If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level—creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users. With step-by-step tutorials, this completely revised edition gets you started with expanded coverage of the basics and takes you deeper into the world of server-side programming. The important stuff you need to know: Get up to speed quickly. Learn how to install PHP and MySQL, and get them running on both your computer and a remote server. Gain new techniques. Take advantage of the all-new chapter on integrating PHP with HTML web pages. Manage your content. Use the file system to access user data, including images and other binary files. Make it dynamic. Create pages that change with each new viewing. Build a good database. Use MySQL to store user information and other data. Keep your site working. Master the tools for fixing things that go wrong. Control operations. Create an administrative interface to oversee your site.

PHP & MySQL
PHP & MySQL

Author: Brett McLaughlin

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-11-25

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 0596515863

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Provides information on using PHP and MySQL to build and manage database-driven websites.

Flash CS5: The Missing Manual
Flash CS5: The Missing Manual

Author: Chris Grover

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2010-05-19

Total Pages: 779

ISBN-13: 144939373X

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Once you know how to use Flash, you can create everything from simple animations to high-end desktop applications, but it's a complex tool that can be difficult to master on your own-unless you have this Missing Manual. This book will help you learn all you need to know about Flash CS5 to create animations that bring your ideas to life. Learn animation basics. Find everything you need to know to get started with Flash Master the Flash tools. Learn the animation and effects toolset, with clear explanations and hands-on examples Use 3D effects. Rotate and put objects in motion in three dimensions Create lifelike motion. Use the IK Bones tool to simulate realistic body movements and other linked motions Speed up development. Use templates, code snippets, and motion presets Design applications. Get an intro to building full desktop applications with Flash and Adobe AIR Create rich interactive animations. Dive into advanced interactivity with easy-to-learn ActionScript examples