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Joy, Mike
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
 
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  Murach’s jQuery (2nd ed.)
Ruvalcaba Z., Boehm A., Mike Murach & Associates, Inc., Fresno, CA, 2015. 596 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-890774-91-2)

A problem with creating, editing, and maintaining webpages is that the complexity of such pages is continually increasing, and basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript alone is i...

Jun 22 2016  
  Pro Java 8 programming (3rd ed.)
Spell B., Apress, New York, NY, 2015. 708 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-484206-42-3)

This textbook is the third edition in the “Pro Java Programming” series, updated for the Java 8 version of the language. The format follows the same recipe as earlier versions, concentrating on the features of Java ...

Jan 27 2016  
  Functional JavaScript: introducing functional programming with Underscore.js
Fogus M., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2013. 260 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-449360-72-6)

Functional programming is a familiar paradigm for computer scientists. Although functional languages have existed since the late 1950s, they have never gained the popularity of mainstream languages and have not been widely adopted. The...

Aug 22 2013  
  jQuery, jQuery UI, and jQuery Mobile: recipes and examples
de Jonge A., Dutson P., Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2013. 400 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-321822-08-6)

As a client-side language used by web browsers, JavaScript is a powerful tool; useful code, however, may require substantial programming. jQuery is essentially a library of JavaScript code that allows web programmers to create rich, ro...

Aug 2 2013  
  Pro HTML5 games
Shankar A., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2012. 364 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430247-10-4)

The relatively new Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) offers substantial improvements over its HTML4 predecessor, including standardized elements for embedding multimedia in a web page. In particular, the canvas element, which allows ...

Apr 4 2013  
  Drupal for designers
Nordin D., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2012. 328 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-449325-04-6)

Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that has been available for more than ten years and is generally considered to be a highly feature-rich and robust product. However, it is often seen as a relatively difficult CM...

Feb 22 2013  
  HTML5 and JavaScript projects
Meyer J., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2011. 448 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430240-32-7)

The new generation of tools and technologies that support the display and presentation of Web-based material is complex; a substantial learning curve is required for a developer to become proficient. This book addresses this problem wi...

Mar 26 2012  
  Foundation Drupal 7
Townsend R., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2010. 328 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430228-08-0)

Managing Web sites that contain rich content is a challenging task. A content management system (CMS) can simplify the process. A CMS allows a person who does not necessarily have any coding skills to create and manage a Web site throu...

Nov 4 2011  
  Essential GWT: building for the Web with Google Web Toolkit 2
Kereki F., Addison-Wesley Professional, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010. 352 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-321705-14-3)

Writing rich applications for the Web is a potentially complex activity that typically requires a mixture of technologies, including Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and JavaScript to render material on a browser, a database-enabled We...

Aug 23 2011  
   Pro Git
Chacon S., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2009. 288 pp.  Type: Book (9781430218333)

Software development usually involves a team of programmers who may be distributed over several locations and work on multiple versions of the software. Although such teams clearly need a version control system (VCS) to ensure code con...

Jun 25 2010  
 
 
 
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