Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development

Nathan A. Good / Allan Kent, «Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development»
Apress | ISBN 1590597397 | 2006-11-15 | PDF | 5 Mb | 640 pages

PEAR, the PHP Extension and Application Repository, is a bountiful resource for any PHP developer. Within its confines lie the tools that you need to do your job more quickly and efficiently. You need to be able to quickly assess and determine which PEAR package is the right one for the task you are up against. Then you need to know the API and see some examples of how to best use it. Foundations of PEAR is your one stop for locating the PEAR package you need. Authors Nathan Good and Allan Kent have carefully selected the most useful and widely used packages for this book.

Each package is broken down logically by function, and each one is covered in detail. The book presents each package in a manner that allows you to jump quickly to the key items you need to implement a solution. The authors understand that you need to see the packages in actioneach performing in real-world applications. So theyve included four projects in the book that each use a combination of PEAR packages in their implementations. Once youre armed with the knowledge in this book, youll be set to take your PHP development to a new level.


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Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide

Mike Chambers, Daniel Dura, Kevin Hoyt, Dragos Georgita “Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide"
Adobe Dev Library | 2008-04-16 | ISBN: 0596518374 | 204 pages | CHM | 1,4 Mb

This book is the official guide to Adobe ® AIR[TM], written by members of the AIR team. With Adobe AIR, web developers can use technologies like HTML and JavaScript to build and deploy web applications to the desktop. Packed with examples, this book explains how AIR works and features recipes for performing common runtime tasks.

Part of the Adobe Developer Library, this concise pocket guide explains:
What Adobe AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to solve
How to set up your development environment
The HTML and JavaScript environments within AIR
How to create your first AIR application using HTML and JavaScript
Ways to perform an array of common tasks with this runtime
Also included is a guide to AIR packages, classes, and command line tools. Once you understand the basics of building HTML- and JavaScript-based AIR applications, this book makes an ideal reference for tackling specific problems. It offers a quick introduction to a significant new development technology, which lets you combine the reach and ease of the Web with the power of the desktop.



JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications

James L. Weaver, "JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications"
Publisher: Apress | Number Of Pages: 200 | 2007-10-29 | ISBN: 1590599454 | 1.6 MB

JavaFX Script makes it easy for developers to quickly develop high-quality UI-intensive applications very quickly. As JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications demonstrates, developers can develop Rich Internet Applications and rich client-side user interfaces quickly and easily with this potential replacement for Ajax and perhaps even ActionScript and other scripting found in Flash. This firstPress book on JavaFX Scriptcovers the following topics:

* The fundamentals of the JavaFX suite of technologies and the foundations of JavaFX Script and available tools
* How to create a Wordsearch application
* How to augment and enhance the Wordsearch application after learning more advanced JavaFX Script features such as classes, objects, UI components, and constructs.

What you’ll learn

* Understand the JavaFX family and JavaFX Script and its relationship to the Java/Java SE 6 platform.
* Set up a JavaFX Script development and execution environment culminating in a Hello JFX application.
* Create a Wordsearch application and explore important JavaFX Script concepts by doing so.
* Survey the JavaFX UI Components including the commonly used ones that go into further building and enhancement of the Wordsearch application frame and menu structure.
* Use more advanced JavaFX Script language constructs for extending the Wordsearch application.
* Build JavaFX classes and objects, build the data model for the WordSearch application, and run the data model with a tester program.
* Develop the view for the Wordsearch application using a data model such as bind as well as drawing on a canvas.
* Explore more JavaFX Script concepts and possible IDE tie-ins to NetBeans, Eclipse, etc.

Who is this book for?

This book is for content developers and application developers with some programming experience who want to create rich internet applications.
Related Titles

* Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional
* Pro Java 6 3D Game Development: Java 3D, JOGL, JInput and JOAL APIs


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