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CGI, JavaScript, Perl, VBScript eBooks

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  • Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

    Making Native Apps with Standards-Based Web Tools

    by Jonathan Stark, Brian Jepson ...
    It’s true: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. Now updated for HTML5, the second edition of this hands-on guide shows you how to use open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device.You’ll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then use ... Read more

    £16.99

  • Perl in a Nutshell

    A Desktop Quick Reference

    by Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour ...
    This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming, database interaction, and graphical user interfaces. The book is an ideal reference for experienced Perl programmers and beginners alike ... Read more

    £20.99

  • Learning Web Design

    A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics

    by Jennifer Niederst Robbins ...
    Do you want to build web pages, but have no previous experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. You’ll begin at square one, learning how the Web and web pages work, and then steadily build from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create a simple site with multi-column pages that adapt for mobile devices.Learn how to use the latest techniques, best practices ... Read more

    £19.99

  • The Past, Present, and Future of JavaScript

    by Axel Rauschmayer ...
    What’s next for JavaScript? Its phenomenal rise from a simple client-side scripting tool to a versatile and flexible programming language exceeded everyone’s expectations. Now, hopes and expectations for JavaScript’s future are considerable.In this insightful report, Dr. Axel Rauschmayer explains how the combination of several technologies and opportunities in the past 15 years turned JavaScript’s ... Read more

    Free

  • Learning Python

    by Mark Lutz ...
    Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is ideal for both standalone programs and scripting applications. With this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. Once you finish, you will know enough about the language to use it in any application domain you choose.Learning Python ... Read more

    £17.99

  • Eloquent JavaScript, 4th Edition

    by Marijn Haverbeke ...
    Start building beautiful web applications in JavaScript with the bestselling introduction to the language, updated with new features, fresh exercises, and fun projects.JavaScript, the programming language that allows us to add programs to web pages, lies at the heart of almost every modern web application, from social media sites to browser-based games. Just about every device can run it, making ... Read more

    £19.99

  • Lua Quick Start Guide

    The easiest way to learn Lua programming

    by Gabor Szauer ...
    The easiest way to learn Lua programmingKey FeaturesThe easiest way to learn Lua codingUse the Lua standard libraries and debug Lua codeEmbed Lua as a scripting language using the Lua C APIBook DescriptionLua is a small, powerful and extendable scripting/programming language that can be used for learning to program, and writing games and applications, or as an embedded scripting language. There ... Read more

    £15.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • jQuery Mobile

    by Jon Reid ...
    Native apps have distinct advantages, but the future belongs to mobile web apps that function on a broad range of smartphones and tablets. Get started with jQuery Mobile, the touch-optimized framework for creating apps that look and behave consistently across many devices. This concise book provides HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript code examples, screen shots, and step-by-step guidance to help you ... Read more

    £7.99

  • The Problem with Native JavaScript APIs

    by Nicholas C. Zakas ...
    Many features inspired by popular JavaScript libraries are now available as native JavaScript APIs in today’s powerful browsers. While that may seem convenient given all of the JavaScript you need to write, relying on these APIs will only make code maintenance more difficult in the long run.In this report, Nicholas Zakas—consultant and former front-end tech leader at Yahoo!—provides a case study ... Read more

    Free

  • Programming TypeScript

    Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale

    by Boris Cherny ...
    Any programmer working with a dynamically typed language will tell you how hard it is to scale to more lines of code and more engineers. That’s why Facebook, Google, and Microsoft invented gradual static type layers for their dynamically typed JavaScript and Python code. This practical book shows you how one such type layer, TypeScript, is unique among them: it makes programming fun with its ... Read more

    £24.99

  • Testable JavaScript

    Ensuring Reliable Code

    by Mark Ethan Trostler ...
    One skill that’s essential for any professional JavaScript developer is the ability to write testable code. This book shows you what writing and maintaining testable JavaScript for the client- or server-side actually entails, whether you’re creating a new application or rewriting legacy code.From methods to reduce code complexity to unit testing, code coverage, debugging, and automation, you’ll ... Read more

    £14.99

  • Grokking Simplicity

    Taming complex software with functional thinking

    by Eric Normand ...
    "The most insightful and intuitive guide to clean and simple software. I recommend this to all software developers." - Rob Pacheco, Vision Government SolutionsGrokking Simplicity is a friendly, practical guide that will change the way you approach software design and development.Distributed across servers, difficult to test, and resistant to modification—modern software is complex. Grokking ... Read more

    £28.65

  • Learning GraphQL

    Declarative Data Fetching for Modern Web Apps

    by Eve Porcello, Alex Banks ...
    Why is GraphQL the most innovative technology for fetching data since Ajax? By providing a query language for your APIs and a runtime for fulfilling queries with your data, GraphQL presents a clear alternative to REST and ad hoc web service architectures. With this practical guide, Alex Banks and Eve Porcello deliver a clear learning path for frontend web developers, backend engineers, and project ... Read more

    £19.99

  • Getting Started With BBC micro:bit

    by Agus Kurniawan ...
    This book helps you to get started with BBC micro:bit board development using JavaScript Blocks Editor (PXT). The following is the highlight topics in this book: * Preparation * Set up BBC micro:bit * Basic Visual Programming for BBC micro:bit * BBC micro:bit GPIO * BBC micro:bit Programming via Mobile Application * Serial Programming and Reading Analog Input * Working with SPI * Working with I2C ... Read more

    £2.42

  • Mastering Regular Expressions

    Understand Your Data and Be More Productive

    by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl ...
    Regular expressions are an extremely powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They are now standard features in a wide range of languages and popular tools, including Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, VB.NET and C# (and any language using the .NET Framework), PHP, and MySQL.If you don't use regular expressions yet, you will discover in this book a whole new world of mastery over your data. If you ... Read more

    £24.99

  • Head First jQuery

    A Brain-Friendly Guide

    by Ryan Benedetti, Ronan Cranley ...
    Want to add more interactivity and polish to your websites? Discover how jQuery can help you build complex scripting functionality in just a few lines of code. With Head First jQuery, you'll quickly get up to speed on this amazing JavaScript library by learning how to navigate HTML documents while handling events, effects, callbacks, and animations. By the time you've completed the book, you'll be ... Read more

    £15.99

  • Getting Started with p5.js

    Making Interactive Graphics in JavaScript and Processing

    by Lauren McCarthy, Casey Reas, Ben Fry ...
    With p5.js, you can think of your entire Web browser as your canvas for sketching with code!Learn programming the fun way--by sketching with interactive computer graphics! Getting Started with p5.js contains techniques that can be applied to creating games, animations, and interfaces. p5.js is a new interpretation of Processing written in JavaScript that makes it easy to interact with HTML5 ... Read more

    £5.99

  • JavaScript Robotics

    Building NodeBots with Johnny-Five, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone

    by Backstop Media, Rick Waldron, Andrew Fisher, Lyza Danger Gardner, Susan Hinton, Sara Gorecki, Bryan Hughes, David Resseguie, Emily Rose, Raquel Velez, Jonathan Beri, Kassandra Perch, Anna Gerber, Donovan Buck, Julian David Duque, Pawel Szymczykowski ...
    JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way. ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Perl Cookbook

    Solutions & Examples for Perl Programmers

    by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington ...
    Find a Perl programmer, and you'll find a copy of Perl Cookbook nearby. Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The book contains hundreds of rigorously reviewed Perl "recipes" and thousands of examples ranging from brief one-liners to complete applications.The second edition of Perl Cookbook has been fully updated ... Read more

    £19.99

  • Perl Template Toolkit

    Scalable Templating for the Web

    by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, Andy Wardley ...
    Among the many different approaches to "templating" with Perl--such as Embperl, Mason, HTML::Template, and hundreds of other lesser known systems--the Template Toolkit is widely recognized as one of the most versatile. Like other templating systems, the Template Toolkit allows programmers to embed Perl code and custom macros into HTML documents in order to create customized documents on the fly. ... Read more

    £15.99

  • JavaScript Patterns

    Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns

    by Stoyan Stefanov ...
    What's the best approach for developing an application with JavaScript? This book helps you answer that question with numerous JavaScript coding patterns and best practices. If you're an experienced developer looking to solve problems related to objects, functions, inheritance, and other language-specific categories, the abstractions and code templates in this guide are ideal -- whether you're ... Read more

    £13.99

  • Node.js Design Patterns

    Design and implement production-grade Node.js applications using proven patterns and techniques

    by Mario Casciaro, Luciano Mammino ...
    Learn proven patterns, techniques, and tricks to take full advantage of the Node.js platform. Master well-known design principles to create applications that are readable, extensible, and that can grow big. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.Key FeaturesLearn how to create solid server-side applications by leveraging the full power of Node.jsUnderstand how ... Read more

    £36.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Learning AngularJS

    A Guide to AngularJS Development

    by Ken Williamson ...
    With AngularJS, you can quickly build client-side applications that run well on any desktop or mobile platform, using REST web services for backend processes. You may have heard that the learning curve for this JavaScript MVC framework is too steep, but that’s not the case. This practical guide provides a hands-on approach to learning AngularJS that will have you building high-quality applications ... Read more

    £15.99

  • JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual

    by David Sawyer McFarland ...
    JavaScript lets you supercharge your HTML with animation, interactivity, and visual effects—but many web designers find the language hard to learn. This easy-to-read guide not only covers JavaScript basics, but also shows you how to save time and effort with the jQuery and jQuery UI libraries of prewritten JavaScript code. You’ll build web pages that feel and act like desktop programs—with little ... Read more

    £24.99