Learn how to build front-end applications that can help you ship applications faster with fewer defects. Many software projects fail because they are not planned well, or lack organization. Applying strategies from other industries can help you create better software. This book explores the "mise en place" technique from cooking and reveals how you can apply it to the art of creating software. In many professional kitchens, the work of preparing a meal is divided and performed in workstations to help create the whole. You'll review the philosophy behind this and see how to leverage this approach in your code. You'll also learn to visualize your applications as a series of components and build parts of your application in isolation - just like a professional chef crafting each part of the meal. The book describes to how to structure your code base for reuse, and how to communicate the code's intent to other developers. You'll develop your components in isolation and test these building blocks for quality at a granular level. Then compose these components as building blocks in increasingly complicated features. Finally, you'll apply some strategies not directly related to code to ensure maximum quality and efficiency. With Modern Front-end Architecture, developers of all levels will learn strategies that they and their teams can leverage to be more productive. What You'll Learn Structure an application as a series of components Build a component library that others in an organization can leverage Ensure quality and accessibility at a component level rather than a page or app level Test code in a way that gives the maximum amount of confidence while providing an excellent developer experience Automate repeatable tasks Who This Book Is For Front end developers looking to maximize their code for reuse, quality, and shipping features quickly. Experienced developers will pick up new techniques that they can apply to their code base. Less experienced developers will be able to start applications off on the right foot.

Learn everything there is to know about the new secure runtime for JavaScript: Deno. A proposed replacement for Node.js envisioned and created by the same developer who wrote the first version of Node, Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust. This book will cover everything from its inception to the currently available version. You'll see how to take advantage of the security layer in order to avoid unwanted security holes, and how to use TypeScript to develop your applications without having to manually set up a build process. You'll also learn how to create and use modules without having to depend on a package manager, and much more. Armed with these newly learned concepts, by the time you finish this book, you'll be ready to build and test your own Deno applications. Whether you're a brand new developer to the back end with a JavaScript background or a seasoned Node.js developer looking to understand this competing technology, Introducing Deno will put you on the right path. What You'll Learn Learn why Deno was created and why it is different from Node Build real applications using Deno and related technologies Create backend applications with Typescript Resolve how to live without npm and package.json Set permissions and default behavior Who This Book Is For Anyone with knowledge of back-end development looking to learn a new way of doing things and those with a basic understanding of JavaScript and Node.js core concepts.

Discover the powerful ESP8266 and ESP32 microcontrollers and their Wi-Fi communication. The ESP32 microcontroller features Bluetooth and BLE communication in addition to Wi-Fi. The book emphasizes practical projects and readers are guided through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communication, mobile app design and build, ESP-NOW and LoRa communication, and signal generation. Projects throughout the book utilize the Wi-Fi functionality and processing power of the ESP microcontrollers. Projects are built in the Arduino IDE, so you don't need to download other programming software. Mobile apps are now ubiquitous, making the app build projects of the book very relevant, as are the web page design projects. In Electronics Projects with the ESP8266 and ESP32, you'll see how easy and practical it is to access information over the internet, develop web pages, build mobile apps to remotely control devices with speech recognition or incorporate Google Maps in a GPS route tracking app. You will * Build practical electronics projects with an ESP8266 or ESP32 microcontroller with Wi-Fi communication * Use the Wi-Fi function of the ESP8266 and ESP32 to update web pages * Communicate with your mobile phone or smart watch by Bluetooth Low Energy * Transmit and receive information to control remote devices over the internet * Understand the design and build of mobile apps for internet based applications * Apply your computer programming skills in C++, JavaScript, AJAX and JSON * Use WebSocket, MQTT brokers and IFTTT for fast two-way communication with webpages Who This Book Is For The target audience is for Makers and Tinkerers who want to build internet/intranet based applications with more powerful microcontrollers, such as the ESP8266 or ESP32. A level of C++ programming expertise with the Arduino IDE is assumed, although all sketches are fully described and comprehensively commented.

You need to build an app, and you need it to run everywhere. And you need it now jQuery Mobile gives you the ability to write once and run everywhere using jQuery and jQuery UI. Pro jQuery Mobile will teach you how to create themable, responsive, native-looking applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, and more. * Discover what sets jQuery Mobile apart from other mobile web development platforms * Walk through practical examples of jQuery Mobile features, including design elements and event handling * Dig into the jQuery API, integrate web services, and learn how to publish to app stores with Phone Gap jQuery Mobile is a framework for delivering cross-platform mobile web applications with a unified interface. jQuery Mobile combines responsive layouts with progressive enhancement to render the best possible user experience from a single code base. With Pro jQuery Mobile, you'll be creating amazing mobile apps in no time.What you'll learn * Unique features of jQuery Mobile * jQuery Mobile core features, including page structure, navigation, and form elements * The entire jQuery Mobile API, including data attributes, methods, and events * How to apply jQuery Mobile to specific cases, including iOS and Android apps * How to publish your apps to app stores via PhoneGap * Integrating web services and Google Maps into your jQuery Mobile apps Who this book is for Mobile developers who want to master jQuery Mobile and build cross-platform mobile web applications from a single code base. Table of Contents * Why jQuery Mobile? * Getting Started with jQuery Mobile * Navigating with Toolbars * Form Elements and Buttons * Presenting Lists of Information * Formatting Content with Grids and CSS * Creating Themable Designs * jQuery Mobile API * Working Effectively with Services * Distributing jQuery Mobile Natively with PhoneGap * Finding Your Way with Google Maps

Discover the Ballerina programming language for next-generation microservices and cloud-native application development. This book shows you that Ballerina is a cutting-edge programming language which incorporates many of the latest technological advancements in programming language theory. You'll learn variables and types, modules and functions, flow control, error handling, concurrency, I/O, cloud/network programming, persistence and data access, security and more. Additionally, Beginning Ballerina Programming introduces many foundation computer science topics along the way and doesn't assume much prior knowledge. For example, when introducing transport-level security, you will get a brief introduction to public-key cryptography, how it is different from private-key cryptography, and why it is needed. This provides an added bonus for you to learn something new and general in computer science. After reading and using this book, you'll be proficient with Ballerina and cloud-first programming and be able to apply these concepts and techniques to your next cloud application developments. What You'll Learn * Start programming with Ballerina * Gain the basics of network communication and programming * Obtain a solid understanding of services/API development * Effective use of concurrency in programming * Learn the basics of information security and its applications * Persistent data storage and access Who This Book Is For Absolute beginners in computer programming: No prior experience with computer programming is expected. This can also be a reference book for experienced developers in other languages, who want to learn a modern programming language.

Get a Jump Start on version control with Git today! If you've worked on a web development project of any size, you've probably used Git, the most broadly adopted distributed version control system available. It enables you to store different versions of project files and directories, so you can roll back to an earlier one if something goes wrong. And since it's distributed, it smoothes the path for dev team collaboration. This short, practical book will help you to: Understand Git's core philosophy. Get started with Git: install it, learn the basic commands, and set up your first project. Work with Git as part of a collaborative team. Use Git's debugging tools for maximum debug efficiency. Master Git workflow Take control with Git's advanced features: reflog, rebase, stash, and more. Use Git with cloud-based Git repository host services like Github and Bitbucket. See how Git's used effectively on large open-source projects. Whether you're a Git newbie or you've been using it for some time but only really scratching the surface of its capabilities, this book will help you to gain a deep understanding of how Git works, and how to use it to streamline your workflow.

Manage your Angular development using Reactive programming. Growing in popularity and now an essential part of any professional web developer's toolkit, Reactive programming can enrich your development and make your code more efficient. Featuring a core application to explore and build yourself, this book shows you how to utilize ngrx/store as a state management with Redux pattern, and how to utilize ngrx/effects to define a better and more robust application architecture. Through working code examples, you will understand every aspect of Reactive programming with Angular so that you'll be able to develop maintainable, readable code. Reactive Programming with Angular and ngrx is ideal for developers already familiar with JavaScript, Angular, or other languages, and who are looking for more insight into their Angular projects. Use this book to start mastering Reactive programming today. What You'll Learn Construct components efficiently Utilize ngrx extensions and RxJS Organize state management with reducers, actions and side effects Who This Book Is For Developers who are already familiar with JavaScript and Angular and want to move onto more advanced development.

Roll up your sleeves and jump into building web applications using .NET Core 2.1 and the most popular JavaScript frameworks. You will start by building a data access layer using Entity Framework Core, a RESTful service using ASP.NET Core, and then you will build a web application following the MVC pattern, also using ASP.NET Core. The resulting application is an example e-commerce site using the most appropriate capabilities in .NET Core for building a line of business applications. The second half of Building Web Applications with .NET Core 2.1 and JavaScript is dedicated to teaching you how to develop applications on the client with JavaScript, BootStrap, and related tooling such as TypeScript, WebPack, NPM, and more. Each JavaScript framework will build the same UI as the ASP.NET Core web application from the first half of the book, leveraging the same ASP.NET Core RESTful service and Entity Framework Core data access layer. Building the same UI in the different JavaScript frameworks provides the context and knowledge to reasonably compare and contrast the tools. What You Will Learn Ramp up quickly on Entity Framework Core and ASP.NET Core Use TypeScript to deliver better JavaScript Manage your JavaScript build process Know how to build UIs with ASP.NET Core MVC, Angular, and React to make better decisions on which technologies to adopt in your projects Conduct an apples-to-apples comparison of ASP.NET Core, Angular, and React Who This Book Is For .NET architects, consultants, and developers who want to modernize their skill set. Some understanding of JavaScript and the Web is useful.

Implement a SOHO or SMB Linux infrastructure to expand your business and associated IT capabilities. Backed by the expertise and experienced guidance of the authors, this book provides everything you need to move your business forward. Pro Linux System Administration makes it easy for small- to medium-sized businesses to enter the world of zero-cost software running on Linux and covers all the distros you might want to use, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS. Pro Linux System Administration takes a layered, component-based approach to open source business systems, while training system administrators as the builders of business infrastructure. Completely updated for this second edition, Dennis Matotek takes you through an infrastructure-as-code approach, seamlessly taking you through steps along the journey of Linux administration with all you need to master complex systems. This edition now includes Jenkins, Ansible, Logstash and more. What You'll Learn: Understand Linux architecture Build, back up, and recover Linux servers Create basic networks and network services with Linux Build and implement Linux infrastructure and services including mail, web, databases, and file and print Implement Linux security Resolve Linux performance and capacity planning issues Who This Book Is For: Small to medium-sized business owners looking to run their own IT, system administrators considering migrating to Linux, and IT systems integrators looking for an extensible Linux infrastructure management approach.

Practical lessons, examples, and practices from PHP experts on how to take your PHP skills to a professional level Key Features Easily navigate to key clean code principles specific to PHP development with this hands-on guide Learn the how and why of writing clean code through practical examples Skip the superfluous knowledge and grasp everything that's relevant to the real-world development environment Book DescriptionPHP is a beginner-friendly language, but also one that is rife with complaints of bad code,;yet no clean code books are specific to PHP. Enter Clean Code in PHP. This book is a one-stop guide to learning the theory and best practices of clean code specific to real-world PHP app development environments. This PHP book is cleanly split to help you navigate through coding practices and theories to understand and adopt the nuances of the clean code paradigm. In addition to covering best practices, tooling for code quality, and PHP design patterns, this book also presents tips and techniques for working on large-scale PHP apps with a team and writing effective documentation for your PHP projects. By the end of this book, you'll be able to write human-friendly PHP code, which will fuel your PHP career growth and set you apart from the competition. What you will learn Build a solid foundation in clean coding to craft human-readable code Understand metrics to determine the quality of your code Get to grips with the basics of automated tests Implement continuous integration for your PHP applications Get an overview of software design patterns to help you write reusable code Gain an understanding of coding guidelines and practices for working in teams Who this book is forThis book is for early-career PHP developers who wish to avoid writing messy code by learning how to write understandable and maintainable code that sets them apart from rest. The book assumes familiarity with PHP coding and principles, but no knowledge of advanced principles will be necessary.

This book offers an introduction to Flash Catalyst for designers with intermediate to advanced skills. It discusses where Catalyst sits within the production process and how it communicates with other programs. It covers all of the features of the Flash Catalyst workspace, teaching you how to create designs from scratch, how to build application designs and add functionality, and how to master the Catalyst/Flex workflow.Introduces Flash Catalyst Focuses on production process Covers the interrelation between Flash Catalyst and Photoshop/Illustrator/Flex/Flash What you'll learn

Starting from scratch, you'll learn the basic concepts and interface functionality of Flash Catalyst, and get practical experience by working on carefully crafted real-life projects throughout the book. You'll learn every stage of the process, from the first design sketches to the Flex Developer hand over, and how you can make design changes to assets while the developers work on the code. You'll also learn how to make your designs functional by adding simple buttons and scroll bars, and how to make sure that developers can precisely interpret your vision.Converting Photoshop/Illustrator artwork to interactive designs Sketching designs with interactivity Sketching designs with transitions Working with the FXG format Designing with fluid layouts in Catalyst Who this book is for

This book is for designers experienced with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks who want to include Flash Catalyst in their workflows. It's also for the general audience looking to design rich Internet applications using Catalyst. Table of Contents Catalyst Interface Your First Flash Catalyst Project Wireframing in Catalyst Animation in Catalyst Interactions Organizing Artwork and Best Practices Data Lists and Design-Time Data SWFs, Video, and Audio Custom Components and Library Packages Catalyst to Flex Builder

Knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is essential for developing modern, attractive websites, but many beginners are put off by the need to learn about unfamiliar concepts, such as selectors, properties, and classes, before they can achieve anything. Getting StartED with CSS takes a practical approach by showing you how to use CSS in simple stages, starting by changing the default appearance of HTML tags to improve the look of text and links. It assumes no prior knowledge of CSS and avoids bombarding you with unnecessary technical details. At the same time, it explains all the main points and acts as a reference that you can come back to when you need to refresh your memory. More advanced concepts are introduced gradually, so that by the end of the book you'll have a solid understanding of all the main aspects of CSS. Particular attention is paid to avoiding the common pitfalls of beginners, enabling you to create websites that not only look good, but also are easy to maintain.Requires no previous knowledge of CSS Instant resultsstarts off by showing how improve the look of a website stage by stage Doesn't bombard you with endless rules and jargon What you'll learn How to immediately improve the look of your entire website by controlling fonts and colors with just a few lines of code. How to control the layout of elements on the page without resorting to complex tables. How to add background images that appear exactly where you want them. How to create effective style sheets that are easy to maintain by avoiding common mistakes such as over-reliance on classes ("classitis"). How browsers display page elements and master CSS positioning. How to experiment with advanced CSS selectors. Who this book is for

This book is aimed at anybody who wants to learn how to style websites using CSS. The primary readership is likely to be independent web developers and serious hobbyists, but knowledge of CSS is essential to anyone planning a career in web development, so it should also find a place in the curriculum of academic courses in media studies. Table of Contents What Is CSS, and Why Should I Learn It? How Do I Improve the Look of Text and Links? How Can I Improve the Layout of My Text? How Can I Flow Text Around Images? How Do I Add Backgrounds and Borders to Improve the Look of My Page? How Do I Solve the Mysteries of Width and Height? How Do I Create Differently Styled Sections? How Do I Style Lists and Navigation Menus? How Do I Style Tables? How Do I Position Elements Precisely on the Page? Are There Any Guidelines for Basic Page Layout? How Do I Create Styles for Printing?

Enough about learning the fundamentals of the intriguing JavaFX platform; it's now time to start implementing visually stunning and dynamic Java-based rich Internet applications (RIAs) for your desktop or mobile front end. This book will show you what the JavaFX platform can really do for Java desktop and mobile front ends. It presents a number of excellent visual effects and techniques that will make any JavaFX application stand outwhether it's animation, multimedia, or a game. The techniques shown in this book are invaluable for competing in today's market, and they'll help set your RIAs apart from your competitor's.Create visual effects that perform well. Add subtle animations to bring any application to life. Use the graphical power of the JavaFX platform. What you'll learn Create and customize a particle system. Learn tricks for creating compelling transitions. Take advantage of animated lighting. Create impressive animations with quintic Bezier interpolators. Add realistic physics to animations. Combine effects to create compelling visual content. Who this book is for

This book is for all JavaFX developers and aspiring developers. Anyone with basic programming experience can get started in minutes. Table of Contents JavaFX Design Considerations Effect: Particle Systems Effect: Visual Transitions Effect: Animated Lighting Effect: Advanced Interpolators Effect: Physics Effect: Animated Image Sequences Effect: Animated Gradients Effect: Audio Visualizer Effects: Physics and Particles Pulling It All Together: Clown Cannon

HTML has been on a wild ride. Sure, HTML started as a mere markup language, but more recently HTML's put on some major muscle. Now we've got a language tuned for building web applications with Web storage, 2D drawing, offline support, sockets and threads, and more. And to speak this language you've got to go beyond HTML5 markup and into the world of the DOM, events, and JavaScript APIs.Now you probably already know all about HTML markup (otherwise known as structure) and you know all aboutCSS style (presentation), but what you've been missing is JavaScript (behavior). If all you know about are structure and presentation, you can create some great looking pages, but they're still just pages. When you add behavior with JavaScript, you can create an interactive experience; even better, you can create full blown web applications."Head First HTML5 Programming" is your ultimate tour guide to creating web applications with HTML5 and JavaScript, and we give you everything you need to know to build them, including: how to add interactivity to your pages, how to communicate with the world of Web services, and how to use the great new APIs being developed for HTML5.Here are just some of the things you'll learn in "Head First HTML5 Programing" Learn how to make your pages truly interactive by using the power of the DOM.Finally understand how JavaScript works and take yourself from novice to well-informed in just a few chapters.Learn how JavaScript APIs fit into the HTML5 ecosystem, and how to use any API in your web pages.Use the Geolocation API to know where your users are.Bring out your inner artist with Canvas, HTML5's new 2D drawing surface.Go beyond just plugging a video into your pages, and create custom video experiences.Learn the secret to grabbing five megabytes of storage in every user's browser.Improve your page's responsiveness and performance with Web workers.And much more.

The complete, pragmatic guide to building high-value solutions with ASP.NET Core Programming ASP.NET Core is the definitive guide to practical web-based application development with Microsoft's new ASP.NET Core framework. Microsoft MVP Dino Esposito introduces proven techniques and well-crafted example code for solving real problems with ASP.NET Core. Step by step, he guides you through using all key ASP.NET Core technologies, including MVC for HTML generation, .NET Core, EF Core, ASP.NET Identity, dependency injection, and much more. Esposito thoroughly covers ASP.NET Core's cross-platform capabilities and what's changed from older ASP.NET versions, but he doesn't stop there: he offers a complete learning path for every developer who wants to build production solutions, including mobile-specific solutions. Microsoft MVP Dino Esposito shows how to: * Create new projects and understand their structure * Set up and use the familiar MVC application model in ASP.NET Core * Write controller class code to govern all stages of request processing * Serve HTML from controllers, or directly via Razor Pages * Master the Razor language for quickly defining the layout of HTML views * Manage cross-cutting concerns such as global configuration data, error and exception handling, controller class design, and dependency injection * Secure applications with user authentication and ASP.NET Core's policy-based user authorization API * Design for efficient data access, and choose the right option for reading and writing data * Build ASP.NET Core Web APIs that return JSON, XML, or other data * Use data binding to programmatically update visual components with fresh information * Build device-friendly web views for iOS and Android * Explore the radically new ASP.NET Core runtime environment and Dependency Injection (DI) infrastructure

Hit the ground running with this book to quickly learn the fundamentals of HTML form processing, user authentication, and database CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations using the ASP.NET Core family of technologies. You will utilize cutting-edge and popular technology options from both the server side and client side to help you achieve your web application goals as quickly as possible. Developers who want to learn ASP.NET Core and complementary technologies are often overwhelmed by the large number of options involved in building modern web applications. This book introduces you to the most popular options so that you can confidently begin working on projects in no time. You will learn by example, building a sample application that demonstrates how the same application can be built using different options. This experiential approach will give you the basic skills and knowledge to understand how the options work together so that you can make an informed decision about the available choices, their trade-offs, and code level comparison. After reading this book, you will be able to choose your selected learning path. What You Will Learn Develop data entry forms in ASP.NET Core, complete with validations and processing Perform CRUD operations using server-side options: ASP.NET Core MVC, Razor Pages, Web APIs, and Blazor Perform CRUD operations using client-side options: jQuery and Angular Secure web applications using ASP.NET Core Identity, cookie authentication, and JWT authentication Use RDBMS and NoSQL data stores: SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and MongoDB for CRUD operations Deploy ASP.NET Core web applications to IIS and Azure App Service Who This Book Is For Developers who possess a basic understanding of ASP.NET and how web applications work. Some experience with Visual Studio 2017 or higher, C#, and JavaScript is helpful.

Most Perl programmers know about the Perl debugger--the nifty little built-in utility that you can use to fully debug any programs that you write. Inside the interactive debugger environment, you're prompted for commands that let you examine your source code, set breakpoints, dump out function call stacks, change values of variables, and much more. It's so convenient that some programmers run it just to test out Perl constructs as they create a program. But although it's on their radar, not many Perl programmers take the time to master the debugger. That's where the "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" comes in.

This little book provides a quick and convenient path to mastery of the Perl debugger and its commands. Written by a core member of the Perl debugger development team, it's an ideal quick reference to debugger commands, as well as a detailed tutorial on how to get started. The "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" provides complete coverage in a conveniently small package.

Maybe you write code so clean you never have to look at it twice. Or perhaps you'd rather focus your energies on writing clean code, rather than learning about the debugger. But if you need to learn about the Perl debugger in a hurry, the "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" is the book you'll want to have close by. And you can always keep a copy on hand to share with programmers who need it more than you do.

O'Reilly's Pocket References have become a favorite among programmers everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. When you've reached a sticking point in your work and need to get to asolution quickly, the new "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" will get you back on the right track.

Develop cutting-edge websites and applications using the new features of Laravel 5.8. This book starts with an introduction to Laravel and takes a glance at its newly introduced features. Moving on to setting up your development environment, you will learn how the composer works. In addition to this, you will be introduced to Valet, Homestead, Virtual Box, Vagrant, and Forge in Laravel. With this foundation, you will be ready to get started writing your first Laravel apps. To do so, you will learn to manage routes and controllers and how the Blade template works. Moving on to models, you will work with route model binding and get to know the relationship between models, databases, and Eloquent. Along the way you will define methods on your Eloquent model classes using different types of relationships. Shifting focus to handling user data, you will see how redirect methods work. You will also get to know the inner workings of requests and responses. Continuing the data theme, Beginning Laravel covers basic and grouped artisan commands and how to handle databases with Tinker. By being able to handle data effectively, your applications will come alive for your users, giving them the functionality they need. The last section of the book handles core concepts such as sending emails, alerting users via notifications, and implementing SOLID design principles. You will see how to decouple your application classes by using events and listeners. What You Will Learn Protect your app with authentication and authorization Build a complex relationship between entities using Eloquent models Take advantage of containers and facades Use the mail template Create and configure events Work with Laravel Passport Deploy API authentication Discover new Laravel 5.8 features such as dump server and email verification Who This Book Is For Those new to Laravel and PHP web development or those who have some background in PHP/Laravel who are new to Laravel's newest release.

Build modern and progressive web applications with Vue.js and Ruby on Rails. As the Rails community embraces JavaScript, this book answers your most pressing questions, including how to integrate front-end technologies with Rails, whether to build a single-page application, when and how to use JavaScript in your project, how to scaffold a Vue component in Rails, and how to configure Vue.js in a Rails project. This book explores how to manage and understand priorities when working with Vue on Rails and how to determine the best configuration for your project. You'll see how to reuse your Vue components in a Rails project with less coding and harness the component options, as well as how to use props, events and slots of Vue components. You'll also use webpacker to set up your project and pass data from your Vue component to a Rails controller and back. Finally, you'll learn which is the best configuration for the router and how to test and deploy your application. These topics are essential for developers and product owners because they cover end-to-end advice for building a web application incrementally or from scratch. Vue.js on Rails shows you just how easy it is to build and maintain a modern web app and save hundreds of hours integrating these two technologies. What You'll Learn Use Vue and Rails together to improve products Build a web app with a focus on developer happiness Take a pragmatic approach to web app development with practical code examples Save time configuring Vue and Rails Control and manage states in a Vue on Rails project Who This Book Is For Product owners seeking a technology for a company's products with an emphasis on development scalability; business owners looking to maximize developer satisfaction and successful product development; technical managers requiring a pragmatic and successful web app development strategy;and new and experienced developers and designers learning to build web apps using the best tools available.

While the subject of design patterns for software development has been covered extensively, little has been written about the power of the pattern format in interface design. 'A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design' remedies this situation, providing for the first time an introduction to the concepts, and application of patterns in user interface design.
The author shows interface designers how to use patterns to capture and structure user interface design knowledge from their projects, and how to use them to understand each other's design principles and solutions when working with clients and software developers. As an example, a ready-to-use pattern language for the design of interactive exhibits is presented.

Discover how to write manuscripts in Markdown and translate them with Pandoc into different output formats. You'll use Markdown to annotate text formatting information with a strong focus on semantic information: you can annotate your text with information about where chapters and sections start, but not how chapter and heading captions should be formatted. As a result, you'll decouple the structure of a text from how it is visualized and make it easier for you to produce different kinds of output. The same text can easily be formatted as HTML, PDF, or Word documents, with various visual styles, by tools that understand the markup annotations. Finally, you'll learn to use Pandoc, a tool for translating between different markup languages, such as LaTeX, HTML, and Markdown. This book will not describe all the functionality that Pandoc provides, but will teach you how to translate Markdown documents, how to customize your documents using templates, and how to extend Pandoc's functionality using filters. If that is something you are interested in, Introducing Markdown and Pandoc will get you started. With this set of skills you'll be able to write more efficiently without worrying about needless formatting and other distractions. What You Will Learn Why and how to use Markdown and Pandoc Write Markdown Use extensions available in Pandoc and Markdown Write math and code blocks Use templates and produce documents Who This Book Is For Programmers and problem solvers looking for technical documentation solutions.

Accelerated Silverlight 2 will get you up to speed with version2of Silverlight quickly and efficiently. Author Jeff Scanlon assumes you're already comfortable with the basics of .NET coding and with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), andhelps you build on your existing knowledge to make your journey to Silverlight 2 proficiency as quick and painless as possible. Where coding techniques are similar to other, more established areas of .NET, he'll say so. Likewise, where there's a syntax or conceptual gotcha that you're existing coding habits will walk you into, he'll point that out, too.

You'll find fasttrack coverage of all the most important elements of the Silverlight 2 technology ranging from XAML to standard controls, from dealing with media to networking, from testing to deployment. Two fully-worked sample applications conclude your path to Silverlight 2 mastery because nothing reinforces your understanding of how concepts fit together as much as looking at finished code.

The book is based on the assumption that readers will already be very comfortable with the workings of the .NET Framework. Knowledge of Expression Blend is useful, but the author doesn't assume that you're a master of it. You'll learn the Blend techniques that you need to know as you go along. By the end of the book, the author will have provided you with a sound, concise, path to mastery of Silverlight 2. What you'll learn Emigrate your existing .NET skills to Silverlight 2 as quickly as possibleLearn everything you need to know to start developing quality Silverlight 2 applications with confidenceExplore techniques and best practices in codeheavy, relevantcase studies Who this book is for

This book is for .NET developers, whether they are already using .NET 3.5 or are in the process of migrating up from .NET 2.0. The book aims to ease people's migration paths as much as possible. The authors include notes to highlight important features of .NET 3.5 that people need to be aware of and also to highlight where Silverlight's working and syntax differs substantially than that of Windows Presentation Foundation.