Tag Archives: AJAX

JavaScript : the missing manual

Posted on April 21, 2009 by rleir

JavaScript : the missing manual / David Sawyer McFarland, O’Reilly, 2008 This is a book for newcomers to Javascript, but learn it well and you will be writing top quality code. It starts with the basics, then dives into usage … Continue reading →

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JavaScript step by step

Posted on March 9, 2009 by rleir

JavaScript step by step / Steve Suehring, Microsoft, 2008 Here is a good introduction to Javascript. It is published by Microsoft, and recommends Visual Studio for an IDE, but Firefox for debugging of course. The CD includes a pdf version … Continue reading →

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C# 2008

Posted on December 3, 2008 by rleir

C# 2008 for programmers / Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, Prentice Hall, 2009 Here are 1000+ pages packed with good tutorial material on C#, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF, and Silverlight.

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Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web application construction kit

Posted on November 28, 2008 by rleir

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web application construction kit / Ben Forta, Peachpit Press, 2008 If you are using ColdFusion, this looks like a useful book.

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The essential guide to Dreamweaver

Posted on November 22, 2008 by rleir

The essential guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP / David Powers, Friends of ED, 2007 Here is a good introduction to web app programming using Dreamweaver. 720 pages, mostly well written text, with a few pictures of … Continue reading →

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Professional Web 2.0 programming

Posted on September 20, 2008 by rleir

Professional Web 2.0 programming / Eric van der Vlist, Wiley, c2007 Here is a readable, current book about the web applications stack. It also looks at new projects which are likely to be part of the toolkit in the future.

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Professional iPhone and iPod touch programming

Posted on July 15, 2008 by rleir

Professional iPhone and iPod touch programming : building applications for Mobile Safari / Richard Wagner. Wiley, c2008 Here’s how to develop apps for the iPhone. They run in the context of the Safari browser, so you are using HTML, CSS, … Continue reading →

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Ajax in action

Posted on June 20, 2008 by rleir

Ajax in action / Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello; Manning, c2006. This is the best book on AJAX programming that I have seen. It used to be that Javascript was for small and crufty hacks, but now full apps run in … Continue reading →

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Professional Python frameworks

Posted on May 13, 2008 by rleir

Professional Python frameworks : Web 2.0 programming with Django and TurboGears / Dana Moore, Raymond Budd, William Wright. If you are developing web applications using Python you will want to use a framework so you are not re-implementing all the … Continue reading →

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