Book Description

Learn the secret to building solid and secure web services using Zend Framework with this book.

Inside the covers of this book you will find chapters on building web services using SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC, and REST. Each of the protocols has a chapter dedicated to it. You will first understand the concepts and then be introduced to the practical application of the protocol.

Anyone who as done any programming will know that good web services start by choosing the right protocol but the work doesn’t end there. In this book you learn how to secure your web services, how to build ACLs to control access to them, as well as how to build unit tests to test them after each change. In short, this book gives you everything you need to take your existing Zend Framework knowledge and build high quality web services.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Zend Framework
Chapter 2. Our Data
Chapter 3. SOAP
Chapter 4. Customizing Our SOAP Service
Chapter 5. REST
Chapter 6. XML-RPC
Chapter 7. JSON-RPC
Chapter 8. Limiting Access using Zend_Acl Download Now »

Book Description

Working with a team of developers is a much different environment than solo development. Experienced developers understand the tools and tricks that go into team development enterprises, and they implement them on a daily basis. The PHP Playbook covers these tools and practices, providing insight into the process of developing PHP applications, teaching developers the skills they need to be successful in a team environment.

This book, written for beginners and old hands alike, is designed to approach the development of PHP applications in a new way. It focuses on the tips and tricks of development, not necessarily the particular code snippets that make up a software application. It is designed to be used as a reference guide, rather than as a novel or other technical book. It does not build on itself; each chapter stands alone, though taken together they form a complete understanding of modern development in the PHP economy.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Debugging PHP Projects
Chapter 2. Test-Driven Development
Chapter 3. Application Optimization
Chapter 4. Improving Performance
Chapter 5. Caching Techniques
Chapter 6. Harnessing Version Control
Chapter 7. Refactoring Strategies Download Now »

Book Description

Most developers gloss over when they hear “the cloud” as the term has been appropriated by marketing types and has very little true meaning anymore. In this book, Vito and Ivo strip bare the buzzwords and help PHP developers figure out what the cloud is actually about and how they can take advantage of what cloud computing has to offer. After reading this book, you will not only have a clear picture of what cloud computing is, but you’ll also be able to utilize the various cloud services that are out there.

Topics covered include:

• Cloud Computing primer (characteristics and models)
• Cloud Basics (prerequisites and programming)
• Cloud Architecture (horizontal scalability, preventing bottlenecks, abstraction, multi-tenancy)
• Working with Popular Cloud Infrastructures (Amazon, Rackspace, Azure)
• Working with Popular Cloud Platforms (Google, Rackspace, and others)
• Working with Popular Cloud Software and Services (OpenID, OAuth, Search, Payments, CRMs, Maps, Storage)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Cloud Computing Primer
Chapter 3. Cloud Basics
Chapter 4. Cloud Architecture Download Now »

Book Description

Teaching your students has never been easier than with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Illustrated. This reader-friendly book presents each skill on two facing pages, providing detailed instructions on the left-hand page and large, full-color screenshots on the right page. The visual format helps students intuitively grasp the concepts in the book and apply them to the classroom and workplace environment.

• Easy-to-follow and easy-to-absorb two-page spread lessons appeal to a wide variety of learning styles.
• Coverage of the newest Dreamweaver CS5 design functions helps students get the most from the software.
• Trouble? and Quick Tips boxes within the step-by-step directions helps users avoid typical errors and pitfalls.
• End of unit Independent Challenges and Visual Workshops make concepts relevant and gives students extra practice with the skills covered in the unit.

Table of Contents
Unit A: Getting Started with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
Unit B: Creating a Web Site.
Unit C: Developing a Web Page.
Unit D: Formatting a Text with CSS Styles.
Unit E: Inserting and Managing Images.
Unit F: Creating Links and Menu Bars.
Unit G: Using CSS for Page Layout. Download Now »

Book Description

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Comprehensive follows the Shelly Cashman Series® proven step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to teaching the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 software. The pedagogy of this text has been enhanced to reflect the learning styles of today’s students. Readers will easily follow along with the chapters in the text to gain valuable and comprehensive software skills to build their own exciting and dynamic Web sites and develop Internet applications.

• Teaches students to build a Web site as a continuing case project throughout the book that they can use as a Web portfolio.
• Offers project-specific cases to give students an understanding of the objectives taught in each chapter.
• Reinforces skills and concepts with extensive end-of-chapter exercises including Extend Your Knowledge, Make It Right, and Make It Personal.
• A step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach allows students to successfully learn and retain information to be used in their personal and professional lives.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Web Site Development and Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
1. Creating a Dreamweaver Web Page and Local Site.
2. Adding Web Pages, Links, and Images.
3. Tables and Page Layout.
4. Templates and Style Sheets. Download Now »

Book Description

Lift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift.

Lift is a Scala-based web framework designed for extremely interactive and engaging web applications. It’s highly scalable, production-ready, and will run in any servlet container. And Lift’s convention-over-configuration approach lets you avoid needless work.

Lift in Action is a step-by-step exploration of the Lift framework. It moves through the subject quickly using carefully crafted, well-explained examples that make you comfortable from the start. You’ll follow an entertaining Travel Auction application that covers the core concepts and shows up architectural and development strategies. Handy appendixes offer a Scala crash course and guidance for setting up a good coding environment.

This book is written for developers who are new to both Scala and Lift and covers just enough Scala to get you started.

What’s Inside

• Complete coverage of the Lift framework
• Security, maintainability, and performance
• Integration and scaling Download Now »