Yahoo! User Interface Library 2.x Cookbook (Web Development)

Overview of Yahoo! User Interface Library 2.x Cookbook

  • Easily develop feature-rich internet applications to interact with the user using various built-in components of YUI library
  • Simple and powerful recipes explaining how to use and implement YUI 2 .x components
  • Gain a thorough understanding of the YUI tools
  • Plenty of example code to help you improve your coding and productivity with the YUI Library
  • Hands-on solutions that takes a practical approach to recipes

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Magento 1.4 Themes Design (Web Development)

Overview of Magento 1.4 Themes Design

  • Install and configure Magento 1.4 and learn the fundamental principles behind Magento themes
  • Customize the appearance of your Magento 1.4 e-commerce store with Magento’s powerful theming engine by changing Magento templates, skin files and layout files
  • Change the basics of your Magento theme from the logo of your store to the color scheme of your theme
  • Integrate popular social media aspects such as Twitter and Facebook into your Magento store

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Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5 (Web Development)

Overview of Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5

  • General OOP concepts explained
  • Implement Design Patterns in your applications and solve common OOP Problems
  • Take full advantage of native built-in objects
  • Test your code by writing unit tests with PHPUnit

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Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery (eBooks)

Overview of Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery

  • Learn how Django + jQuery = AJAX
  • Integrate your AJAX application with Django on the server side and jQuery on the client side
  • Learn how to handle AJAX requests with jQuery
  • Compare the pros and cons of client-side search with JavaScript and initializing a search on the server side via AJAX
  • Handle login and authentication via Django-based AJAX

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WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner’s Guide (eBooks)

Overview of WordPress Plugin Development: Beginner’s Guide

  • Everything you need to create and distribute your own plug-ins following WordPress coding standards
  • Walk through the development of six complete, feature-rich, real-world plug-ins that are being used by thousands of WP users
  • Written by Vladimir Prelovac, WordPress expert and developer of WordPress plug-ins such as Smart YouTube and Plugin Central
  • Part of Packt’s Beginners Guide series: expect step-by-step instructions with an emphasis on experimentation and tweaking code

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Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds (eBooks)

Overview of Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds

  • Build virtual worlds in Flash and enhance them with avatars, non player characters, quests, and by adding social network community
  • Design, present, and integrate the quests to the virtual worlds
  • Create a whiteboard that every connected user can draw on
  • A practical guide filled with real-world examples of building virtual worlds

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Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook (Web Development)

Overview of Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook

  • Develop Modules and Extensions for Magento 1.4 using PHP with ease
  • Socialize your store by writing custom modules and widgets to drive in more customers
  • Achieve a tremendous performance boost by applying powerful techniques such as YSlow, PageSpeed, and Siege
  • Part of Packt’s Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

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Flash Game Development by Example (Web Development)

Overview of Flash Game Development by Example

  • Build 10 classic games in Flash. Learn the essential skills for Flash game development.
  • Start developing games straight away. Build your first game in the first chapter.
  • Fun and fast paced. Ideal for readers with no Flash or game programming experience.Topic
  • The most popular games in the world are built in Flash.

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Create Shiny Metallic Logo and Reveal It (Motion Graphics)

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a round logo from scratch, then by applying different effects we will give it a shiny metallic look and reveal it similar to logos in those fancy car ads.

You will be learning about different lighting effects to achieve shinny metal material look. We will use custom reflections, use basic lens flare in advanced way, employ fake 3D to make shining edges and different transition effects to simulate logo being revealed by light.

To achieve it you’ll be learning about Masks, Track-mates, transitions, I’ll give you Hints on Workflow to speed up your work and save more time
I’ll be explaining frequently used Keyboard shortcuts as well as touch to Basic expressions, null objects, parenting different objects and more.

Tutorial consists of 5 parts. Over 1hour total learning time.

  • 1: Creating a logo plate
  • 2: Setting up environment
  • 3: Revealing logo
  • 4: Lighting effects
  • 5: Final Adjustments

This Tutorial is a high quality video screencast in HD format.

I tried to make this tutorial as simple as possible so even a beginner could follow. However those techniques can achieve a high quality result. If you’re a professional Motion Graphics artist – this tutorial might teach you some new techniques as well.

I’m Filips Baumanis from Placdarms Design Company. I’ve been working with After effects daily for several years now. I’m amongst the top authors on VideoHive which is a marketplace for professional After Effects templates. I’m also working as a reviewer there.

See what I created using those techniques


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How to Create an eBook Using Apple Pages (Design)

eBooks are a booming industry. We have successfully published the Smashing eBook Series and Thomas Burkert is willing to share our high-flying recipe with you. It is time for that bright idea for a book of yours to thrive. Why not make it an eBook and present it to a worldwide audience? Then this 22 page guide is what you need.

Read up on the common eBook formats before you get started to find out why you need them and which fits your purposes. The step by step workflow of the Smashing Magazine eBook Production Manual focuses on the creation of eBooks using Apple Pages. Everything from document setup to including a table of contents, images or tables is addressed. It takes careful coordination of planning, production and publishing to stay on top of the workflow. Optimization, exporting and testing are important final touches.

Make sure you are all set to make your first eBook publication a Smashing success with the Smashing eBook production manual “How to Create an eBook”.

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WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials (Web Development)

Overview of WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials

  • Everything you need to know to develop your own plugins for WordPress
  • Walk through the development of five plugins from ground up
  • Prepare and release your plugins to the WordPress community
  • Avoid common mistakes made by most plugin developers by learning more advanced development patterns

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Create Shiny Metallic Logo and Reveal It (Motion Graphics)

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a round logo from scratch, then by applying different effects we will give it a shiny metallic look and reveal it similar to logos in those fancy car ads.

You will be learning about different lighting effects to achieve shinny metal material look. We will use custom reflections, use basic lens flare in advanced way, employ fake 3D to make shining edges and different transition effects to simulate logo being revealed by light.

To achieve it you’ll be learning about Masks, Track-mates, transitions, I’ll give you Hints on Workflow to speed up your work and save more time
I’ll be explaining frequently used Keyboard shortcuts as well as touch to Basic expressions, null objects, parenting different objects and more.

Tutorial consists of 5 parts. Over 1hour total learning time.

  • 1: Creating a logo plate
  • 2: Setting up environment
  • 3: Revealing logo
  • 4: Lighting effects
  • 5: Final Adjustments

This Tutorial is a high quality video screencast in HD format.

I tried to make this tutorial as simple as possible so even a beginner could follow. However those techniques can achieve a high quality result. If you’re a professional Motion Graphics artist – this tutorial might teach you some new techniques as well.

I’m Filips Baumanis from Placdarms Design Company. I’ve been working with After effects daily for several years now. I’m amongst the top authors on VideoHive which is a marketplace for professional After Effects templates. I’m also working as a reviewer there.

See what I created using those techniques


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Create Shiny Metallic Logo and Reveal It (Motion Graphics)

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a round logo from scratch, then by applying different effects we will give it a shiny metallic look and reveal it similar to logos in those fancy car ads.

You will be learning about different lighting effects to achieve shinny metal material look. We will use custom reflections, use basic lens flare in advanced way, employ fake 3D to make shining edges and different transition effects to simulate logo being revealed by light.

To achieve it you’ll be learning about Masks, Track-mates, transitions, I’ll give you Hints on Workflow to speed up your work and save more time
I’ll be explaining frequently used Keyboard shortcuts as well as touch to Basic expressions, null objects, parenting different objects and more.

Tutorial consists of 5 parts. Over 1hour total learning time.

  • 1: Creating a logo plate
  • 2: Setting up environment
  • 3: Revealing logo
  • 4: Lighting effects
  • 5: Final Adjustments

This Tutorial is a high quality video screencast in HD format.

I tried to make this tutorial as simple as possible so even a beginner could follow. However those techniques can achieve a high quality result. If you’re a professional Motion Graphics artist – this tutorial might teach you some new techniques as well.

I’m Filips Baumanis from Placdarms Design Company. I’ve been working with After effects daily for several years now. I’m amongst the top authors on VideoHive which is a marketplace for professional After Effects templates. I’m also working as a reviewer there.

See what I created using those techniques


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ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (Web Development)

Overview of ASP .NET jQuery Cookbook

  • Tips and tricks for interfacing the jQuery library with ASP .NET controls
  • Boost ASP .NET applications with the power of jQuery
  • Use a problem-solution based approach with hands-on examples for ASP .NET developers
  • Step-by-step guide with plenty of code snippets and screen images
  • Simple, effective, and easy-to-follow recipes

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Create Shiny Metallic Logo and Reveal It (Motion Graphics)

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a round logo from scratch, then by applying different effects we will give it a shiny metallic look and reveal it similar to logos in those fancy car ads.

You will be learning about different lighting effects to achieve shinny metal material look. We will use custom reflections, use basic lens flare in advanced way, employ fake 3D to make shining edges and different transition effects to simulate logo being revealed by light.

To achieve it you’ll be learning about Masks, Track-mates, transitions, I’ll give you Hints on Workflow to speed up your work and save more time
I’ll be explaining frequently used Keyboard shortcuts as well as touch to Basic expressions, null objects, parenting different objects and more.

Tutorial consists of 5 parts. Over 1hour total learning time.

  • 1: Creating a logo plate
  • 2: Setting up environment
  • 3: Revealing logo
  • 4: Lighting effects
  • 5: Final Adjustments

This Tutorial is a high quality video screencast in HD format.

I tried to make this tutorial as simple as possible so even a beginner could follow. However those techniques can achieve a high quality result. If you’re a professional Motion Graphics artist – this tutorial might teach you some new techniques as well.

I’m Filips Baumanis from Placdarms Design Company. I’ve been working with After effects daily for several years now. I’m amongst the top authors on VideoHive which is a marketplace for professional After Effects templates. I’m also working as a reviewer there.

See what I created using those techniques


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