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If your web application’s success depends on how quickly and easily users can make transactions, then PayPal is a solution you can’t afford to overlook. This book helps you determine which PayPal option is best for your situation, and provides step-by-step instructions for implementing the payment method you choose—whether you’re accepting money via the Web or mobile devices for products and services, donations, or anything else.

You’ll find sample code written primarily in PHP and Objective-C, as well as use cases for executing options with PayPal’s API. By the end of this book, you’ll have a clear understanding of PayPal and how you can get the most out of its powerful features, no matter how much API programming experience you have.

• Learn how to work with the PayPal API, and choose the right integration method for your project
• Explore PayPal’s Express Checkout option, including its unique workflow and four methods of operation
• Examine the Website Payment Pro method—with a focus on direct payments
• Consider Adaptive Payments and learn how to set permission levels for their use
• Use PayPal in your iOS or Android-based mobile app with the new Mobile Express Checkout method
• Test your PayPal implementation with the sandbox Download Now »

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If you plan to use Amazon Web Services to run applications in the cloud, the end-to-end approach in this book will save you needless trial and error. You’ll find practical guidelines for designing and building applications with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and a host of supporting AWS tools, with a focus on critical issues such as load balancing, monitoring, and automation.

How do you move an existing application to AWS, or design your application so that it scales effectively? How much storage will you require? Programming Amazon EC2 not only helps you get started, it will also keep you going once you’re successfully positioned in the cloud. This book is a must-read for application architects, developers, and administrators.

• Determine your application’s lifecycle and identify the AWS tools you need
• Learn how to build and run your application as part of the development process
• Migrate simple web applications to the cloud with EC2, Amazon Simple Storage Service, and CloudFront content delivery
• Meet traffic demand with EC2′s Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
• Decouple your application using Simple Queue Service, Simple Notification Service, and other tools
• Use the right tools to minimize downtime, improve uptime, and manage your decoupled system Download Now »

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Facebook’s spreading about as far and fast as the Web itself: 500 million members and counting. But there’s a world of fun packed into the site that most folks miss. With this bestselling guide, learn how to unlock Facebook’s talents as personal website creator, souped-up address book, and bustling community forum. It’s an eye-opening, timesaving tour, guaranteed to help you get the most out of your Facebook experience.

Coverage includes:

• Get started, get connected. Signing up is easy, but the real payoff comes when you tap into networks of coworkers, classmates, and friends. Pick and choose who gets to see what, and learn how to steer clear of people you want to avoid.
• Add applications. Transform your Facebook account into an addictive, one-stop resource with thousands of mini-programs, ranging from silly to serious.
• Go professional. Facebook isn’t just for college kids. Thousands of companies and businesspeople use the site for everything from project collaboration and advertising to filling (and finding) jobs. You’ll learn all the tricks.
• Protect your privacy. You may feel too exposed with so much personal info on display. This book features an easy-to-follow, multi-pronged approach to staying safe on Facebook.

What You’ll Find in the BookRegardless of why you’re on Facebook (or thinking about registering), chances are you fall into at least one of the following categories: parent, student, or teacher. Download Now »

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The complete guide to technologies and protocols for delivering seamless mobile Internet experiences

In Building the MobileInternet, three leading mobility architects and implementers from Cisco present complete foundational knowledge about tomorrow’s mobile Internet. The authors cover everything from market trends and user expectations to the latest technical approaches for making the Internet “mobile by design.”

Writing for senior technology decision-makers and network design professionals, the authors explain the relatively static nature of the Internet’s original protocols and design, discuss the concept of “mobility,” and identify evolving mobility requirements. Next, they thoroughly explain each of today’s most promising techniques for building mobility into the Internet, from data link layer to application layer. For each layer, the authors cover mechanisms, protocols, relevant Wi-Fi and cellular architectures, and key use cases.

Using this book’s guidance, mobile network executives can define more effective strategies, network designers can construct more effective architectures, and network engineers can execute more successful migrations.

• Understanding key mobility market trends: device proliferation, accelerating consumption, and radio-specific scalability problems
• Reviewing the challenges that mobility presents to conventional Internet architectures Download Now »

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Master the CCNP® ROUTE 642-902 exam with this official study guide

• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks
• Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNP® ROUTE exam. Senior instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help drill you on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete study plan for review. Download Now »

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The Definitive XPages Development Guide–Straight from the XPages Team at IBM Lotus

XPages is the most significant improvement to Lotus Notes/Domino development in 20 years. Now, three IBM Lotus insiders have written the definitive programmer’s guide to this breakthrough web application development framework. Packed with tips, tricks, and best practices, Mastering XPages brings together all the information you need to become an XPages expert, whether you’re experienced with Notes/Domino development or not.

The authors begin with a high-level overview of XPages: how it works, why it works that way, and why it’s such a powerful step forward. Next, you’ll install XPages and Domino Designer, and start building your expertise through practical code examples using real-world XPages applications. As you progress, you’ll master XPages from the bottom up, gain deep insight into the entire XPages development model, and discover how XPages can be used to solve everyday application development challenges.

Coverage includes

• Understanding how XPages development differs from–and is similar to–traditional Notes/Domino development
• Getting started with XPages development using Lotus Domino Designer
• Defining application metadata and binding XPages controls to Domino data Download Now »