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.

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.

Create high-performance, visually stunning 3D applications for the Web, using HTML5 and related technologies such as CSS3 and WebGL--the emerging web graphics standard. With this book, you'll learn how to use the tools, frameworks, and libraries for building 3D models and animations, mind-blowing visual effects, and advanced user interaction in both desktop and mobile browsers.

In two parts--Foundations and Application Development Techniques--author Tony Parisi provides a thorough grounding in theory and practice for designing everything from a simple 3D product viewer to immersive games and interactive training systems. Ideal for developers with Javascript and HTML experience.Explore HTML5 APIs and related technologies for creating 3D web graphics, including WebGL, Canvas, and CSSWork with the popular JavaScript 3D rendering and animation libraries Three.js and Tween.jsDelve into the 3D content creation pipeline, and the modeling and animation tools for creating killer 3D contentLook into several game engines and frameworks for building 3D applications, including the author's Vizi frameworkCreate 3D environments with multiple objects and complex interaction, using examples and supporting codeExamine the issues involved in building WebGL-based 3D applications for mobile browsers

Learn how to customize websites with XOOPS, the open source CMS that helps non-developers build dynamic community websites, intranets, and other applications. This concise book shows you how to use XOOPS themes and modules to design everything from simple blogs to large database-driven CMS portals.

Web designers and current XOOPS users will learn how to create a site theme with CSS and jQuery libraries, including techniques for making additional modules conform to the site's look and feel. Although XOOPS uses the PHP-based Smarty templating system, all you need is a bit of XHTML and CSS experience to get started.Learn the workflow for turning an idea into a full-featured website Become familiar with XOOPS' theme-building tools, and set up PHP and MySQL environments Port an existing XHTML template to XOOPS Create themes with the 960 Grid System to save time and reduce code Use jQuery-based UI libraries to achieve complex effects Blend new modules into your theme with the template override function Go beyond traditional block layouts to customize your homepage

The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables. Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more with less.

Advances in GPU Research and Practice focuses on research and practices in GPU based systems. The topics treated cover a range of issues, ranging from hardware and architectural issues, to high level issues, such as application systems, parallel programming, middleware, and power and energy issues. Divided into six parts, this edited volume provides the latest research on GPU computing. Part I: Architectural Solutions focuses on the architectural topics that improve on performance of GPUs, Part II: System Software discusses OS, compilers, libraries, programming environment, languages, and paradigms that are proposed and analyzed to help and support GPU programmers. Part III: Power and Reliability Issues covers different aspects of energy, power, and reliability concerns in GPUs. Part IV: Performance Analysis illustrates mathematical and analytical techniques to predict different performance metrics in GPUs. Part V: Algorithms presents how to design efficient algorithms and analyze their complexity for GPUs. Part VI: Applications and Related Topics provides use cases and examples of how GPUs are used across many sectors.

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Animate choose Adobe Animate Classroom in a Book (2020 release) from Adobe Press. The 11 project-based step-by-step lessons in this book show users the key techniques for working in Animate. Adobe Animate provides more expressive tools, powerful controls for animation, and robust support for playback across a wide variety of platforms. Create interactive virtual reality immersive environments with VR 360 and VR Panorama documents. Gain advanced control over character animations with layer parenting and AI-driven lip syncing. Learn to create dynamic strokes with the new fluid brush, and work smarter with the revamped Timeline, Tools palette and Properties inspector. Support for SVG, WebGL, HTML5, animated GIFs, and HD video, and seamless collaboration with other designers and with other Adobe applications through Creative Cloud libraries make Adobe Animate the ideal development environment for creative animation and multimedia. Classroom in a Book is the best-selling series of hands-on software training books designed to help you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Developed by the training experts at Adobe Systems, these books offer complete, self-paced lessons designed to fit your busy schedule and help you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. The online companion files include all the necessary assets for students to complete the projects featured in each chapter as well as eBook updates when Adobe releases new features for Creative Cloud customers. And all buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: a Web-based version of the complete eBook enhanced with video and interactive multiple-choice quizzes.

Whether you develop web applications or mobile apps, the OAuth 2.0 protocol will save a lot of headaches. This concise introduction shows you how OAuth provides a single authorization technology across numerous APIs on the Web, so you can securely access users' data--such as user profiles, photos, videos, and contact lists--to improve their experience of your application.

Through code examples, step-by-step instructions, and use-case examples, you'll learn how to apply OAuth 2.0 to your server-side web application, client-side app, or mobile app. Find out what it takes to access social graphs, store data in a user's online filesystem, and perform many other tasks.Understand OAuth 2.0's role in authentication and authorizationLearn how OAuth's Authorization Code flow helps you integrate data from different business applicationsDiscover why native mobile apps use OAuth differently than mobile web appsUse OpenID Connect and eliminate the need to build your own authentication system

With the recipes in this book, you'll take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. Learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites. Each chapter describes a case study and outlines specific requirements for one of several projects included in the book -- a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more. The second edition of this popular book is one of the few resources to cover Drupal 7, the latest version of the open source content management system. Newcomers will find a thorough introduction to the framework, while experienced Drupal developers will learn best practices for building powerful websites. * Get an overview of Drupal concepts and key modules, with a bird's-eye view of each module's specialty * Explore various solutions that meet the requirements for each project described, with details about which modules are selected and why * Learn how to configure modules, with step-by-step recipes for building the precise functionality the project requires * Get information on additional modules that will make your project even more powerful * Be able to access the modules described in the book, along with other resources

Dreamweaver is the tool most website developers use to design and manage professional-looking sites, but it's a complex program to learn on your own. That's where Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual comes in. With its jargon-free explanations, 13 hands-on tutorials, and savvy advice from Dreamweaver expert Dave McFarland, you'll master this versatile program with ease. The important stuff you need to know: Get A to Z guidance. Go from building simple web pages to complex, interactive sites. Build skills as you learn. Apply your knowledge through tutorials and downloadable practice files. Create a state-of-the-art website. Build visually rich, fast-loading pages with powerful, easy-to-use tools. Bring style with CSS. Add animation to rollovers and enliven your typography with new web fonts. Add instant interactivity. Use pre-packaged JavaScript programs to add forms, drop-down menus, and other features. Go mobile. Use jQuery Mobile to build native mobile apps, and create website designs that re-flow to fit any smartphone or tablet. Discover hidden tips & tricks. Get undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.

This title guides the reader through the process of creating a website from planning to search engine promotion, explaining everything in plain English.

This book will show you how to set up a WPF/Blend environment and teach you the basics of WPF. It covers everything from the first install of Blend and Silverlight up to creating your first designs and showing you how to start developing in WPF/Blend with real world examples. It also covers advanced topics such as XAML and 3D. Learn Microsoft Expression Blend 2 from scratch Create dynamic and interactive web interface designs Learn how to program in XAML for advanced effects What you'll learn How to get Microsoft Expression Blend 2 up and running on your computer How to use the Blend interface How to create basic UI elements in Blend How to add audio and video to your Blend files How to use XAML to add interactivity How to publish the Blend application and display it on a web page Who is this book for? Web designers and developers wanting to learn Expression Blend 2 from the ground up.

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plugin that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It's a ruleschanging, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it's able to host true .NET applications in nonMicrosoft browsers (like Firefox) and on nonMicrosoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is stillevolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

With fourcolor graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you'll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you'll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlightall of the same .NET technology that developers use to design nextgeneration Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial, written from professional developer to professional developer. You'll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive in, no matter what the target platform. What you'll learn Develop rich media applications using Silverlight across browsers and platformsCreate a project, set up a layout, and use controlsHandle 2D drawing, animation, and media playback through Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Integrate web services supportUse Silverlight in conjunction with ASP.NET and its interactions with HTML Who this book is for

.NET developers encountering Silverlight for the first time. No prior knowledge of WPF or ASP.NET is assumed.

As the most popular image-editing application on the market today, Adobe Photoshop is an indispensable part of any creative designer's toolkit. Mastering Photoshop for photo retouching or general design work should be the first step on your path to a career in the visual design field. Learn Adobe Photoshop CC by building cool creative projects that teach you how to: Fix common problems with photographs Colorize black and white photos Design eye-catching invitations and fliers Create fantastic composite images by combining elements from different photos Design your own wallpaper for your computer or phone This study guide uses more than 13 hours of video integrated with text to help you gain real-world skills that will get you started in your career in visual design using Adobe Photoshop CC. It lays the foundation for taking the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) certification exam and helps prepare you for an entry-level position in a competitive job market. Purchasing this book gives you access to valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to: Web Edition containing instructional video embedded in the complete text of the book with interactive review questions along with product updates Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book

Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability clearly explains exactly how to design great forms for the web. The book provides proven and practical advice that will help you avoid pitfalls, and produce forms that are aesthetically pleasing, efficient and cost-effective. It features invaluable design methods, tips, and tricks to help ensure accurate data and satisfied customers. It includes dozens of examples - from nitty-gritty details (label alignment, mandatory fields) to visual designs (creating good grids, use of color). This book isn't just about colons and choosing the right widgets. It's about the whole process of making good forms, which has a lot more to do with making sure you're asking the right questions in a way that your users can answer than it does with whether you use a drop-down list or radio buttons. In an easy-to-read format with lots of examples, the authors present their three-layer model - relationship, conversation, appearance. You need all three for a successful form - a form that looks good, flows well, asks the right questions in the right way, and, most important of all, gets people to fill it out. Liberally illustrated with full-color examples, this book guides readers on how to define requirements, how to write questions that users will understand and want to answer, and how to deal with instructions, progress indicators and errors. This book is essential reading for HCI professionals, web designers, software developers, user interface designers, HCI academics and students, market research professionals, and financial professionals.

With this book, you can build exciting, scalable web applications quickly and confidently, using Google App Engine - even if you have little or no experience in programming or web development. App Engine is one of the most exciting web technologies to appear in the last year, providing a simple, easy-to-use application framework with basic web tools. While Google's own tutorial assumes significant development experience, "Using Google App Engine" is for anyone who wants to get started with this platform. By the end of the book, you'll know how to build complete, interactive applications and deploy them to 'the cloud,' using the same servers that power Google applications. You will: get an overview of all the technologies necessary to use Google App Engine; learn how to use Python, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTTP, and DataStore, App Engine's database; grasp the technical aspects necessary to create sophisticated, dynamic web applications; and, understand what's required to deploy your applications to Google servers. In addition to being a foundational resource for beginning programmers, "Using Google App Engine" is also an excellent book for experienced programmers who want to acquire working knowledge of web technologies. Building web applications used to be for experts only, but with Google App Engine - and this book - anyone can create a dynamic web presence.

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This practical guide offers a short course on scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of your distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book lets you explore several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. In the process, you learn about several tools that can help you with replication, load balancing, clustering, and load testing and monitoring.Apply performance tips for tuning your database Replicate data, using Futon and CouchDB's RESTful interface Distribute CouchDB's workload through load balancing Learn options for creating a cluster of CouchDB nodes, including BigCouch, Lounge, and Pillow Conduct distributed load testing with Tsung

This book is a step-by-step tutorial that includes complete source code for all of the examples covered. Every chapter builds on top of the previous one thereby giving the reader an immediate feeling of progression. Each block of code is explained, and 3D web development concepts are diagrammed and covered in detail. This book is written for JavaScript developers who are interested in 3D web development. A basic understanding of the DOM object model and the jQuery library is ideal but not required. No prior WebGL knowledge is expected.

Best practices, practical advice, and design ideas for successful ecommerce search

A glaring gap has existed in the market for a resource that offers a comprehensive, actionable design patterns and design strategies for ecommerce search--but no longer. With this invaluable book, user experience designer and user researcher Greg Nudelman shares his years of experience working on popular ecommerce sites as he tackles even the most difficult ecommerce search design problems. Nudelman helps you create highly effective and intuitive ecommerce search design solutions and he takes a unique forward-thinking look at trends such as integrating searching with browsing to create a single-finding user interface.Offers much-needed insight on how to create ecommerce search experiences that truly benefit online shoppersJuxtaposes examples of common design pitfalls against examples of highly effective ecommerce search design solutionsPresents comprehensive guidance on ecommerce search design strategies for the Web, mobile phone applications, and new tablet devicesShares the author's years of unique experience working with ecommerce from the perspective of the user's experience

"Designing ecommerce Search" is mandatory reading if you are interested in orchestrating successful ecommerce search strategies.

With an abundance of information on how to create motion graphics already available, Design in Motion focuses on the why of moving image and less about the how. By unpacking the reasons behind screen designer's production choices, each chapter deconstructs examples of motion graphics by drawing on case studies of both familiar examples from contemporary cinema and unseen work from postgraduate motion graphic designers. It examines the value of image, text, motion, camera and transitions, explaining in detail why some methods work, while others fail. Whether you work in info-graphics, documentary or design, this book is structured to follow the production process and, together with its multimedia companion website, will be a by-your-side companion to guide you through your next project.

Think Beyond "Select Language." Web globalization opens your web site to the world; it also opens you up to new challenges, like directing users to their localized content. The Art of the Global Gateway is your guide to the best practices in multilingual navigation. You'll learn from the global gateways used by companies such as GE, IKEA, and Facebook. You'll also learn how to apply global gateway concepts to mobile apps and social media. Who this book is for This book is for web designers, copywriters, marketers, localization vendors, project managers, and developers. In other words, this book is for those who create web sites and applications and those who take them global. Increase traffic to your country web sites This book will help you direct more web users to local content, resulting in increased traffic, leads, and sales. Whether your company offers 5 localized web sites or 100, this book will provide the information you need.