Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide

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With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools -- ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how.Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft's tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. With it, you'll learn to:
Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications
Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites
Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer
Connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data
Debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users
Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX
Use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each userIdeal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.


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Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (September 27, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596513976
ISBN-13: 978-0596513979
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches

http://rapidshare.com/files/76379581/OReilly.Learning.ASP.NET.2.0.with.AJAX.Sep.2007.zip

Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP

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Joomla! is the world's hottest open-source content management system, and the winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize.
While Joomla! is packed with features, its greatest quality is that it is extremely extensible, allowing any number of complex applications to be cleanly integrated. Shopping carts, forums, social networking profiles, job boards, and real estate listings are all examples of extensions developers have written for Joomla!. All of these can run off one Joomla! site, while only one database, template, and core need to be maintained. When you build an extension to Joomla!, it will inherit the look and feel of the overall site. Any type of program that can be coded in PHP is a potential component waiting to be written!
If you're eager to start creating extensions for Joomla!, this book is for you. Walk through the development of complete Joomla! components and modules with this tutorial for PHP programmers. Written for Joomla! version 1.5 and tested against pre-final releases, this book will get you started coding your first extensions as quickly as possible, and adds the features that will make your work look professional!
The book builds example extensions to create, find, promote, and cross-link restaurant reviews. A component will handle common data items seen across all reviews such as price range, reservations, cuisine type, and location. Your visitors will be able to search and sort through the reviews; adding their own criteria to zero in on their dining options for the evening.
Your modules will highlight new reviews, drawing the attention of frequent visitors. Finally, plugins will pull pieces of the reviews into feature articles and others will integrate them into searches. Even if you don't own a restaurant, you will still find the code applicable to your own development projects, and the skills you develop will make you a Joomla! developer to be reckoned with!

Program your own extensions to Joomla!
Create new, self-contained components with both back-end and front-end functionality
Create configurable site modules to show information on every page
Distribute your extensions to other Joomla! users


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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (May 25, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1847191304
ISBN-13: 978-1847191304
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches

http://rapidshare.com/files/41097588/Packt.Publishing.Learning.Joomla.Extension.Development.May.2007.pdf