JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual

JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual

Author: David Sawyer McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 875

ISBN-13: 1491948612

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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 easy-to-read guide not only covers JavaScript basics, but also shows you how to save time and effort with the jQuery and jQuery UI libraries of prewritten JavaScript code. You’ll build web pages that feel and act like desktop programs—with little or no programming. The important stuff you need to know: Pull back the curtain on JavaScript. Learn how to build a basic program with this language. Get up to speed on jQuery. Quickly assemble JavaScript programs that work well on multiple web browsers. Transform your user interface. Learn jQuery UI, the JavaScript library for interface features like design themes and controls. 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. Collect data with web forms. Create easy-to-use forms that ensure more accurate visitor responses. Practice with living examples. Get step-by-step tutorials for web projects you can build yourself.


JavaScript: The Missing Manual

JavaScript: The Missing Manual

Author: David Sawyer McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2008-07-21

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 059655530X

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JavaScript is an essential language for creating modern, interactive websites, but its complex rules challenge even the most experienced web designers. With JavaScript: The Missing Manual, you'll quickly learn how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- without pain or frustration -- even if you have little or no programming experience. JavaScript expert David McFarland first teaches you the basics by having you build a simple program. Then you'll learn how to work with jQuery, a popular library of pre-built JavaScript components that's free and easy to use. With jQuery, you can quickly build modern, interactive web pages -- without having to script everything from scratch! Learn how to add scripts to a web page, store and manipulate information, communicate with the browser window, respond to events like mouse clicks and form submissions, and identify and modify HTML Get real-world examples of JavaScript in action Learn to build pop-up navigation bars, enhance HTML tables, create an interactive photo gallery, and make web forms more usable Create interesting user interfaces with tabbed panels, accordion panels, and pop-up dialog boxes Learn to avoid the ten most common errors new programmers make, and how to find and fix bugs Use JavaScript with Ajax to communicate with a server so that your web pages can receive information without having to reload


JavaScript & JQuery

JavaScript & JQuery

Author: David McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-10-21

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 1449399029

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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.


HTML5

HTML5

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1449302394

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Bestselling author MacDonald shows readers how to best use HTML5's new features to create an effective Web experience for visitors.


CSS: The Missing Manual

CSS: The Missing Manual

Author: David Sawyer McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2009-08-21

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1449379494

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Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Witty and entertaining, this second edition gives you up-to-the-minute pro techniques. You'll learn how to: Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS Style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders Turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars -- complete with rollover effects Create effective photo galleries and special effects, including drop shadows Get up to speed on CSS 3 properties that work in the latest browser versions Build complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs Style web pages for printing With CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition, you'll find all-new online tutorial pages, expanded CSS 3 coverage, and broad support for Firebox, Safari, and other major web browsers, including Internet Explorer 8. Learn how to use CSS effectively to build new websites, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade.


Creating a Website: The Missing Manual

Creating a Website: The Missing Manual

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2015-06-18

Total Pages: 840

ISBN-13: 1491936177

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You can easily create a professional-looking website with nothing more than an ordinary computer and some raw ambition. Want to build a blog, sell products, create forums, or promote an event? No problem! This friendly, jargon-free book gives you the techniques, tools, and advice you need to build a site and get it up on the Web. The important stuff you need to know: Master the basics. Learn HTML5, the language of the Web. Design good-looking pages. Use styles to build polished layouts. Get it online. Find a reliable web host and pick a good web address. Use time-saving tools. Learn free tools for creating web pages and tracking your visitors. Attract visitors. Make sure people can find your site through popular search engines like Google. Build a community. Encourage repeat visits with social media. Bring in the cash. Host Google ads, sell Amazon’s wares, or push your own products that people can buy via PayPal. Add pizzazz. Include audio, video, interactive menus, and a pinch of JavaScript.


Learning JQuery

Learning JQuery

Author: Ralph Steyer

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0321815262

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" ... Clearly explains the basics, and walks readers step-by-step through applying jQuery in many everyday web development tasks. Through practical examples, he covers all this, and much more: * Adding CSS effects and creating animations * Designing multimedia slideshows and lightboxes * Understanding and using jQuery plugins * Creating sortable lists, drag and droppable elements, and resizable images * Building interactive forms with Ajax * Using and creating jQuery plugins * Building mobile front-ends with jQuery Mobile Practical, hands-on, and easy to understand, Learning jQuery will help readers quickly use what they've learned. Steyer integrates coverage of the latest jQuery features and add-ons into every chapter, helping developers get even more out of jQuery by leveraging the community's most innovative new resources."--Publisher's description.


CSS3: The Missing Manual

CSS3: The Missing Manual

Author: David Sawyer McFarland

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-12-17

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 1449339492

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CSS3 lets you create professional-looking websites, and this manual shows you how to take your HTML and CCS skills to the next level with tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions to build web pages that look great and run fast on devices and screens of all sizes


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.


jQuery Cookbook

jQuery Cookbook

Author: Cody Lindley

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2009-11-09

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1449383017

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jQuery simplifies building rich, interactive web frontends. Getting started with this JavaScript library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; this cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. With these recipes, you'll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance user interfaces. Ideal for newcomers and JavaScript veterans alike, jQuery Cookbook starts with the basics and then moves to practical use cases with tested solutions to common web development hurdles. You also get recipes on advanced topics, such as methods for applying jQuery to large projects. Solve problems involving events, effects, dimensions, forms, themes, and user interface elements Learn how to enhance your forms, and how to position and reposition elements on a page Make the most of jQuery's event management system, including custom events and custom event data Create UI elements-such as tabs, accordions, and modals-from scratch Optimize your code to eliminate bottlenecks and ensure peak performance Learn how to test your jQuery applications The book's contributors include: Cody Lindley James Padolsey Ralph Whitbeck Jonathan Sharp Michael Geary and Scott González Rebecca Murphey Remy Sharp Ariel Flesler Brian Cherne Jörn Zaefferer Mike Hostetler Nathan Smith Richard D. Worth Maggie Wachs, Scott Jehl, Todd Parker, and Patty Toland Rob Burns