This fast-moving guide introduces web application development with Haskell and Yesod, a potent language/framework combination that supports high-performing applications that are modular, type-safe, and concise. Fully updated for Yesod 1.4, this second edition shows you how Yesod handles widgets, forms, persistence, and RESTful content. Author Michael Snoyman also introduces various Haskell tools to supplement your basic knowledge of the language. By the time you finish this book, you'll create a production-quality web application with Yesod's ready-to-use scaffolding. You'll also examine several real-world examples, including a blog, a wiki, a JSON web service, and a Sphinx search server. Build a simple application to learn Yesod's foundation datatype and Web Application Interface (WAI) Output HTML, CSS, and Javascript with Shakespearean template languages Get an indepth look at Yesod's core monads for producing cleaner, more modular code Probe Yesod's internal workings: learn the request handling process for a typical application Build forms on top of widgets by implementing the yesod-form declarative API Learn how Yesod and Haskell handle persistence and session data Serve an HTML page and a machine-friendly JSON page from the same URL

In the crowded field of customer relationship management (CRM) systems, SugarCRM stands out--not only for its modular design, but also for the ease with which you can develop, customize, and extend your CRM applications. This concise book provides a thorough overview of the development tools and APIs available in SugarCRM 6.2, showing both developers and nondevelopers alike how to use them to build a sample application step-by-step.

You'll learn how to bend and twist SugarCRM's extensible MVC framework to create custom applications, including solutions for automating your business that go beyond traditional CRMs.Learn how SugarCRM modules interact with one another through data relationships Build your CRM application with SugarCRM's GUI developer tools--without touching code Use built-in design templates with Module Builder to design new CRM modules Customize modules with the Studio tool to add new fields or additional relationships between modules Automate common and tedious tasks within your application, using custom PHP code with SugarCRM's powerful API Integrate external applications into your CRM solution through SugarCRM's web services API

Use Knockout.js to design and build dynamic client-side web applications that are extremely responsive and easy to maintain. This example-driven book shows you how to use this lightweight JavaScript framework and its Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. You'll learn how to build your own data bindings, extend the framework with reusable functions, and work with a server to enhance your client-side application with persistence. In the final chapter, you'll build a shopping cart to see how everything fits together. If you're a web developer with experience in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, you're ready for Knockout. Learn how to create a ViewModel Bind HTML data and attributes, and CSS classes and styles Understand data binding in Knockout's context hierarchy Use properties that change dynamically through user interaction Work with forms by using several different bindings Bind multiple ViewModels on a single page Extend or attach custom functions to observables Perform server-side interactions with jQuery Map a JavaScript object or apply JSON data to a new object

Use digital experience platforms (DXP) to improve your development productivity and release timelines. Leverage the pre-integrated feature sets of DXPs in your organization's digital transformation journey to quickly develop a personalized, secure, and robust enterprise platform. In this book the authors examine various features of DXPs and provide rich insights into building each layer in a digital platform. Proven best practices are presented with examples for designing and building layers. A special focus is provided on security and quality attributes needed for business-critical enterprise applications. The authors cover modern and emerging digital trends such as Blockchain, IoT, containers, chatbots, artificial intelligence, and more. The book is divided into five parts related to requirements/design, development, security, infrastructure, and case study. The authors employ proven real-world methods, best practices, and security and integration techniques derived from their rich experience. An elaborate digital transformation case study for a banking application is included. What You'll Learn Develop a digital experience platform from end to end Understand best practices and proven methods for designing overall architecture, user interface and integration components, security, and infrastructure Study real-world cases, including an elaborate digital transformation building an enterprise platform for a banking application Know the open source tools and technology frameworks that can be used to build DXPs Who This Book Is For Web developers, full stack developers, digital enthusiasts, digital project managers, and architects

Get hands-on experience building speedy mobile web apps with Sencha Touch 2.3, the user interface JavaScript framework built specifically for the mobile Web. With this book, you'll learn how to build a complete touch application, called Find a Cab, that has the look and feel of a native app on Android, iOS, Windows, and BlackBerry devices. In the process, you'll work with Sencha's model-view-controller (MVC) components for form handling, styling, integration with outside data, and other elements. The Sencha Touch learning curve can be steep, but if you're familiar with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and JSON, this guide will get you up to speed through real-world examples. Learn the fundamentals, including the class and layout systems Use the Sencha MVC architecture to structure your code Implement data models and stores, and create an event controller Make remote connections by implementing server proxies Save data offline by implementing client proxies Work with view components such as maps, lists, and floating panels Implement and handle forms, and construct a custom theme Create production and native build packages

As a Java programmer, how can you tackle the disruptive client-server approach to web development? With this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how today's client-side technologies and web APIs work with various Java tools. Author Casimir Saternos provides the big picture of client-server development, and then takes you through many practical client-server architectures. You'll work with hands-on projects in several chapters to get a feel for the topics discussed.

User habits, technologies, and development methods have drastically altered web app design in recent years. But the Web itself hasn't changed. This book shows you how to build apps that conform to the web's underlying architecture.Learn the advantages of using separate client and server tiers, including code organization and speedy prototypingExplore the major tools, frameworks, and starter projects used in JavaScript developmentDive into web API design and REST style of software architectureUnderstand Java's alternatives to traditional packaging methods and application server deploymentBuild projects with lightweight servers, using jQuery with Jython, and Sinatra with AngularCreate client-server web apps with traditional Java web application servers and libraries

Learn a use-case approach for developing Java enterprise applications in a continuously test-driven fashion. With this hands-on guide, authors and JBoss project leaders Andrew Lee Rubinger and Aslak Knutsen show you how to build high-level components, from persistent storage to the user interface, using the Arquillian testing platform and several other JBoss projects and tools.

Through the course of the book, you'll build a production-ready software conference tracker called GeekSeek, using source code from GitHub. Rubinger and Knutsen demonstrate why testing is the very foundation of development--essential for ensuring that code is consumable, complete, and correct.Bootstrap an elementary Java EE project from start to finish before diving into the full-example application, GeekSeekUse both relational and NoSQL storage models to build and test GeekSeek's data persistence layersTackle testable business logic development and asynchronous messaging with an SMTP serviceExpose enterprise services as a RESTful interface, using Java EE's JAX-RS frameworkImplement OAuth authentication with JBoss's PicketLink identity management serviceValidate the UI by automating interaction in the browser and reading the rendered pagePerform full-scale integration testing on the final deployable archive

Web development is still one of today's most popular, active, and important programming and development activities. From a single web page to an e-commerce-enabled web site to a fully-fledged web application, the Java programming language and its frameworks allow you great flexibility and productivity for your web application development. Learn Java for Web Development teaches web developers who are new to Java key skills, Java-based languages, and frameworks to build simple or complex web sites and applications. As soon as you pick up this book, Vishal Layka's experience guides you on a very practical learning and building journey. You will learn the Java nuts and bolts necessary to build a simple "HelloWorld" Java (native) application, as well as a "HelloWorld" Java-based web application example that utilizes servlets and Java Server Pages (JSPs). Over the course of the book, you'll learn more about servlets and JSPs and delve into Java Server Faces (JSFs) and the expression language found in each of these by applying them in a real-world case study-a book store e-commerce application. Then you'll build your web application using Apache Struts2 and the Spring MVC framework. The book concludes by exploring the web application that you've built and examining industry best practices and how these might fit with your application, as well as covering alternative Java Web frameworks like Groovy/Grails and Scala/Play 2. You also can explore the basics of Java, Groovy, and Scala in the book's appendices. While reading this book, you'll see all this in action and you can use it as a starting point for further Java web development. Study and experiment with the many source code examples, and later apply them to your own web application building endeavors and 2:00 AM challenges.

Create bulletproof, high-performance web apps and servers with Rust. In Rust Web Development you will learn: Handling the borrow checker in an asynchronous environment Creating web APIs and using JSON in Rust Graceful error handling Testing, tracing, logging, and debugging Deploying Rust applications Efficient database access Rust Web Development is a hands-on guide to building server-based web applications with Rust. If you've built web servers using Java, C#, or PHP, you'll instantly fall in love with the performance and development experience Rust delivers. This book shows you how to work efficiently using pure Rust, along with important Rust libraries such as tokio for async runtimes, warp for web servers and APIs, and reqwest to run external HTTP requests. about the technology Web development languages and libraries can be resource hungry, with poor safety for maintaining vital web services. Rust services perform better and guarantee better safety. Plus, Rust's awesome compiler gives you an amazing developer experience. You'll get the speed of low-level programming languages like C along with the ease-of-use you'd expect from high-level languages Python or Ruby, with a super strong compiler that automatically prevents common mistakes such as null pointers. about the book In Rust Web Development, you'll learn to build server-side web applications using the Rust language and its key libraries. If you know the basics of Rust, you'll quickly pick up some pro tips for setting up your projects and organizing your code. This book gets you hands-on fast, with numerous small and large examples. You'll get up to speed with how Rust streamlines backend development, implements authentication flows, and even makes it easier for your APIs to interact. As you go, you'll build a complete Q&A web service and iterate on your code chapter-by-chapter, just like a real development project. RETAIL SELLING POINTS * Handling the borrow checker in an asynchronous environment * Creating web APIs and using JSON in Rust * Graceful error handling * Testing, tracing, logging, and debugging * Deploying Rust applications * Efficient database access AUDIENCE For experienced web developers familiar with Java, Node, or Go, and the absolute basics of Rust

HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers teaches you to harness the power and flexibility of HTML5 in new or existing ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC web applications. Focusing on the programmable features of HTML5 that will be most useful to you as an ASP.NET developer, this book will take you straight to the heart of what you can get out of this new technology. HTML5 is an emerging web standard that has received a great deal of attention from browser companies and the developer community, encompassing HTML, JavaScript enhancements and CSS3 specifications. But HTML5 isn't just about markup. A major part of HTML5 is its programmable features and APIs, which make up the core of this book. HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers will show you how to: * Add interactivity and media to your sites using the Canvas and Audio and Video APIs. * Make your web applications work offline, understand client side storage options using Web Storage, and work more efficiently with local files using the File API. * Use the Communication API and Web Sockets for easier communication between server and client.Other topics include multithreading with Web Workers, understanding the new form inputs and controls, using Geolocation, and enhancing your web forms and pages with CSS3. All major browsers already support HTML5 to varying degrees and are aggressively working to provide full-fledged standardized support. Start using HTML5 in your projects today, and build future-ready web applications that take advantage of the exciting features that HTML5 has to offer. What you'll learn * Learn to structure and style your web pages using new HTML5 features. * Use Web Storage, Canvas, Web Workers, Web Sockets, application caching and more in ASP.NET. * Illustrates HTML5 feature utilization in both Web Forms and MVC applications. * Use JavaScript and jQuery to communicate between HTML5 and ASP.NET server side code. * Learn to use HTML5 in Visual Web Developer. * See how HTML5 allows you to develop cross-browser future ready web applications. Who this book is for Whether you've worked on a few small projects, or been working with ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC for some time, this book will get you up-and-running with HTML5 so you can make it a part of your daily toolkit.If you are comfortable with creating Web Forms and MVC projects, and you care about staying at the cutting edge of the latest web standards and technologies, this book is for you.

If you want your Drupal website to work well on smartphones, tablets, and desktops, this practical guide shows you how to incorporate Responsive Web Design (RWD) with specific Drupal 7 themes. You'll learn how to create attractive, easy-to-navigate layouts for everything from tiny phone screens to 30-inch desktop monitors - all with the same codebase. Ideal for experienced Drupal developers, this book takes you through RWD basics and shows you how to build sites based on Aurora, Zen, and Omega - three popular base themes created by Drupal contributors. Whether you're creating a new site with RWD or adapting an existing one, you'll learn how to become a better, more efficient Drupal themer. Understand how Responsive Web Design and CSS media queries work Learn how the Sass stylesheet language and Compass framework support RWD Adopt a mobile-first approach to RWD - and learn why it's important Get step-by-step instructions for creating custom subthemes on top of Aurora, Zen, and Omega Tackle common problems when building and theming responsive Drupal sites Explore alternative options for accommodating smartphone and tablet users

See how XML works for business needs and RSS feeds
Create consistency on the Web, or tag your data for different purposes
Tag -- XML is it! XML tags let you share your format as well as your data, and this handy guide will show you how. You'll soon be using this markup language to create everything from Web sites to business forms, discovering schemas and DOCTYPES, wandering the Xpath, teaming up XML with Office 2003, and more.
Discover how to
* Make information portable
* Use XML with Word 2003
* Store different types of data
* Convert HTML documents to XHTML
* Add CSS to XML
* Understand and use DTDs

How can you make it easier for people to find your website? And how can you convert casual visitors into active users? "SEO Warrior" shows you how it's done through a collection of tried and true techniques, hacks, and best practices. Learn the nuts and bolts of search engine optimization (SEO) theory, the importance of keyword strategy, and how to avoid and remedy search engine traps.

You'll also learn about search engine marketing (SEM) practices, such as Google AdWords, and how you can use social networking to increase your visibility. Ideal for web developers, savvy marketers, webmasters, and anyone else interested in SEO, this book serves not only as an SEO tutorial, but also as a reference for implementing effective SEO techniques. Create compelling sites with SEO that can stand the test of time Optimize your site for Google, Yahoo , Microsoft's Bing, as well as search engines used in different parts of the world Conduct keyword research to find the best terms to reach your audience--and the related terms they'll respond to Learn what makes search engines tick by utilizing custom scripts Analyze your site to see how it measures up to the competition

If you're familiar with Gradle's basics elements - possibly through the author's previous O'Reilly book, Building and Testing with Gradle - this more advanced guide provides the recipes, techniques, and syntax to help you master this build automation tool. With clear, concise explanations and lots of ready-to-use code examples, you'll explore four discrete areas of Gradle functionality: file operations, custom Gradle plugins, build lifecycle hooks, and dependency management. Learn how to use Gradle's rich set of APIs and Groovy-based Domain Specific Language to customize build software that actually conforms to your product. By using the techniques in this book, you'll be able to write domain-specific builds that support every other line of code your team creates.Examine Gradle's file API, including copy tasks, pattern matching, content filtering, and the FileCollection interface Understand the process for building and packaging a custom Gradle plug-in Manage build complexity with hook methods and Gradle's rule feature Learn how Gradle handles dependency management natively and through customization Explore Gradle's core plug-ins as well as key examples from the Gradle community

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

Spring is a massive ecosystem and a must-learn tool for Java developers. Spring Start Here introduces you to Java development with Spring by concentrating on the core concepts you'll use in every application you build. You'll learn how to refactor an existing application to Spring, how to use Spring tools to make SQL database requests and REST calls, and how to secure your projects with Spring Security. Spring Start Here teaches you how to build professional-quality applications using Spring and Spring Boot. You'll start with the core components of the framework and then learn how features like Spring Boot simplify the tedious repetitive tasks you face in every project. When you're done, you'll be able to create Spring apps, secure them with authentication and authorization, and move on to the next exciting steps of your Spring journey. Spring Framework is packed with features to make your applications fast, maintainable, robust and secure. This extensive ecosystem of tools for cloud computing, microservices, and more have made it the de facto choice for building enterprise Java applications.

"HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps" is about building web applications with HTML5 and W3C specifications that are widely supported across all devices and browsers - both mobile and desktop. It focuses on practical, real-world usage of HTML5 and JavaScript in everyday programming. The content is intended for programmers who are facing the challenges of moving more code to the front-end with JavaScript, CSS and HTML while providing a back-end infrastructure that is loosely coupled and supportive of offline clients. The way we write web apps is changing - and it will always change. This book attempts to capture the snapshot in time of the HTML5 revolution and covers topics from beginner to advanced. You may be a novice who's just starting to learn web application development, or you may be an expert fine-tuning your existing stack. Either way, this book will give you a baseline for building advanced client-side web applications.

For years now, web developers have used powerful application servers like PHP and Node that could create our web apps. But recently there's been a shift between how much we can do on an application server versus how much we can do on the browser itself-as well as what we can do on a mobile app. This practical book shows readers how static site generators provide a powerful middle ground between a full app server deployment and a simple collection of static files. Written by two leading developers in the JavaScript community, this book teaches front-end designers, front-end developers, web developers, and web designers how static site generators work, the benefits you can expect, and what options are available. You'll learn how to deliver static site files to the end user exactly as they are on the server, without using a server-side language or a database, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Static websites today are just like vinyl LPs: they're coming back. With this book, you'll discover just how these websites still fulfill a vital need for bloggers as well as people who just want to disseminate information.

Nearly everything you do with CSS involves units for determining the look and formatting of your web page elements. With this concise guide, you'll learn how to work with an array of units--including measurements and keywords--that help you define color, text, distance between elements, location of external files, and other values. This book contains chapters from the upcoming fourth edition of "CSS: The Definitive Guide." When you purchase either the print or the ebook edition of "Values, Units, and Colors," you'll receive a significant discount on the entire Definitive Guide when it's released. Why wait when you can learn how to use units and other key CSS3 features right away?Use RGB or HSL values to mix your own colors, and designate the degree of opacity Learn how to apply global keywords introduced in CSS3 Use string values to wrap a sequence of text characters in quotes Describe margins, letter spacing, and other properties, with either fixed or relative length units Understand how number, integer, and percentage values differ Explore CSS3 unit types for describing display resolution Use time values for transitions and animations

Want to use an Adobe tool to design animated web graphics that work on iPhone and iPad? You've come to the right book. Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics using simple visual tools, just as with familiar programs like Photoshop and Flash. No programming experience? No problem. Adobe Edge Animate writes the underlying code for you. With this eBook, you'll be designing great-looking web elements in no time. Bestselling author Chris Grover has more than 25 years experience in graphic design and electronic media. He excels in making complex technology fun and easy to learn. In Adobe Edge Animate Preview 7: The Missing Manual, he continues the winning formula of Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual and Google SketchUp: The Missing Manual. Throughout the book, illustrations make it clear what you should be seeing onscreen as you work through step-by-step instructions. You can download example files to work with, or create your own animations right from the start. With the purchase of this book, you'll be able to download updates to the electronic versions, which will be updated to keep up with changes to Adobe Edge.

When developing apps for the latest smartphones, you're faced with several vexing questions. How many platforms do you need to accommodate? What level of support do mobile browsers provide? To help you address these and many other key issues, this guide provides a hands-on tour of the most powerful JavaScript frameworks available today.

You'll build sample apps with jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, and PhoneGap to learn the unique advantages--and disadvantages--of each framework. From there, you can determine which one is best for your project. This book is ideal for web developers familiar with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Experience the simplicity of jQuery Mobile for building cross-browser applications Learn how Sencha Touch's architecture, widgets, and blazing-fast rendering engine makes it a good choice for enterprise software Use PhoneGap to package your web app into a native iOS, Android, or Windows Phone application Discover the impact of various HTML5 features on mobile app development Pick up JavaScript productivity tips as you delve into its object orientation, closures, and coding conventions Test and debug your app with a collection of tips, tricks, and tools

This book introduces you to Node, the new web development framework written in JavaScript. You'll learn hands-on how Node makes life easier for experienced JavaScript developers: not only can you work on the front end and back end in the same language, you'll also have more flexibility in choosing how to divide application logic between client and server.

Written by a core contributor to the framework, "Node: Up and Running" shows you how Node scales up to support large numbers of simultaneous connections across multiple servers, and scales down to let you create quick one-off applications with minimal infrastructure. Built on the V8 JavaScript engine that runs Google Chrome, Node is already winning the hearts and minds of many companies, including Google and Yahoo This book shows you why.Understand Node's event-loop architecture, non-blocking I/O, and event-driven programmingDiscover how Node supports a variety of database and data storage toolsLearn best practices for writing easy-to-maintain code for NodeGet concrete examples of how to use the various Node APIs in practiceTake advantage of the book's complete API reference

Today's Web Programmers Are Required To Understand And Use The Tools And Skills For Both Client And Server-Side Programming. Web Programming And Internet Technologies: An E-Commerce Approach Provides An Accessible, Comprehensive Introduction To Creating Fully Functioning Websites With E-Commerce Capabilities. Ideal For The One-Term Course, Or As A Self-Learning Guide For Professionals, The Authors Weave A Continuing Case Study Of A Real-World Commercial Enterprise Throughout The Text That Gradually Grows In Sophistication. Introductory Chapters Ask Readers To Create A Simple Website That Uses The Basic Features Of XHTML. Readers Will Continue To Modify And Expand Their Early Work, Creating A Centralized Mechanism For Changing The Look And Feel Of The Site Via Cascading Style Sheets, And Incorporating Javascript, PHP, Mysql, And Much More. A CD-ROM Is Included With Every New Printed Copy Of The Text And Includes Complete And Pre-Tested XHTML And CSS Markup For All Web Pages Discussed, As Well As All Associated Javascript And PHP Scripts, And The Data For Setting Up The Mysql Database. With Its Hands-On, Active-Learning Approach, Students Using This New Full-Color Text Will See, And Experience First-Hand, The Many Levels And Capabilities Of Programming For The World Wide Web. Key Features: -Based On A Real Business Model, This Text Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To All Aspects Of Creating A Complete Website With E-Commerce Capabilities. -Uses A Project-Based Approach That Asks Readers To Develop A Website Whose Functionality Will Parallel That Of The Real-World Case Study In The Text. -Includes Examples And Screen Shots Of Real Websites Throughout For Readers To Reference. -Presents And Utilizes Maintstream And Relevant Open-Source And Widely Used Technologies: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Mysql, XML, And More. -Every Chapter Concludes With A Collection Of Activities To Assure The Reader Has A Full Understanding Of The Chapter Material. These Activities Include: Quick Questions To Test The Readers Basic Knowledge Of The Content; Short Exercises To Improve Basic Understanding; 'Exercises On The Parallel Project' That Guide The Reader Through Creating His/Her Own Fully Functional Commercial Website; A Section Titled 'What Else You May Want Or Need To Know', Containing Additional Information Relevant To The Chapter; And Finally, A Reference Section With Links To Websites For Further Details And Explanations Of The Topics Covered In The Chapter. -The Accompanying CD-ROM Contains Complete And Pre-Tested XHTML And CSS Markup For All Web Pages Discussed In Teh Text, As Well As All Associated Javascript And PHP Scripts, And The Data For Setting Up The Mysql Database (Ebook Version Doe Not Include The CD-ROM).

The Mintduino is another wonderful product in the Maker Shed's Mintronics series of kits. It's perfect for anyone interested in learning, or teaching, the fundamentals of how microcontrollers work. This hands-on book shows you how to assemble the Mintduino (no soldering required), teaches you the fundamentals of programming this microcontroller, and gets you going with some cool projects.

One advantage of using JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, or project management is the ability to extend this tool with hundreds of plugins from the JIRA community. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar--the author of "Practical JIRA Administration"--shows you how to create and maintain your own JIRA plugins to meet the specific needs of a project.

This book uses detailed examples to clarify some of the more confusing aspects of JIRA plugins, and serves as an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available.Use JIRA's Plugin SDK, and learn several aspects common to all plugins Create your own custom field type, using a JIRA plugin Delve into advanced aspects of custom field plugins, and discover how searching for values in custom fields works Create JIRA plugins to use with workflows, and learn about conditions, validators, and post-functions Store data using the PropertySet interface and the Active Objects plugin Upgrade a plugin and upload it to Atlassian Plugin Exchange (PAC)