Provides a look into real-world use of VMware ESX and ESXi, with step-by-step solutions for problems that occur in a wide range of environments. Written by experts with experience using VMware in a production environment, this title shares tips and tricks earned through trial and error, and supplies the background you need to apply them.

Helps to developing Web applications. This guide also helps to create dynamic sites using CSS with XHTML.

It hasn't taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that developers can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database ..

Presenting an introduction to PHP 5.3, this book walks you through the major concepts of PHP in a way that's easy to follow, with code snippets illustrating each concept to aid learning. It helps to discover how to install and configure PHP 5.3, how to get started with simple programs, and the basic building blocks of PHP.

A guide to creating Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using BlazeDS. It offers an introduction to BlazeDS, and explains the necessary features for integrating Java data sources and applications with Flex-based RIAs. It provides hands-on examples and addresses real-world concerns surrounding enterprise-based Java and Flex applications.

Helps experienced .NET developers create flexible, extensible enterprise application code. This book covers enterprise development methodologies. It also covers the tools you may use in addition to Visual Studio, including Spring.NET and nUnit, and applies to development with ASP.NET, C#, VB, Office (VBA), and database.

Covers Flash for the everyday developer. This book helps bridge the gap for coders who may be used to C++, Java, or C# and want to move over to Flash. It includes game design templates and pre-written scripts to automate tasks within Flash, and powerful debugging tools for games. It offers concrete, relatable approaches to Flash game development.

Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, 'Head First Design Patterns' loads patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.

Features step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. This title covers elements of CSS 3, as well as Internet Explorer 8. It teaches how to: create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS.

SilverStripe is a flexible website content management system (CMS) integrated with an application framework. This guide helps you to get started with SilverStripe. It teaches the architecture and usability principles that underpin SilverStripe's modern approach. It features practical examples that show you how to use the CMS as a content author.

Building a social web application that attracts and retains regular visitors isn't easy to do. This book helps you and your fellow web developers, designers, and project managers make difficult decisions, such as choosing the appropriate interaction tools for your audience, and building an infrastructure to help the community gel.

Covers the developments in Java and of core Java programming topics. This work includes fresh chapters/sections on XML Web Services, JDBC, and RSS.

Steven Sanderson has seen the ASP.NET MVC framework mature from the start, so his experience, combined with comprehensive coverage of all the new features, including those in the official MVC development toolkit, offers the clearest understanding of how this exciting new framework could improve your coding efficiency and you ll gain invaluable up to date awareness of security, deployment, and ...

Helps you master the fundamentals of the core Python language. This book covers: Python's major built-in object types - numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more; the code you use to create and process objects in Python, along with Python's general syntax model; and, Python's basic procedural tool for structuring and reusing code.

Part tutorial and part reference, this book helps you develop new JavaScript skills by building on your basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and the Web in general. It includes scripting Flash with JavaScript, HTTP and Ajax, DOM, SVG, XML, and web services and also serves as a detailed reference for the more experienced web developers.

Knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is essential for developing modern, attractive websites, but many beginners are put off by the need to learn about unfamiliar concepts, such as selectors, properties, and classes, before they can achieve anything. Getting StartED with CSS takes a practical approach by showing you how to use CSS in simple stages, starting by changing the default appearance

A guide that helps you to create your own Massively Multiplayer Online game.

A book from Cengage Learning on Dynamic Web Application Development with ASP.NET .

Reveals the most common security coding errors and explains how to fix each one - or better yet, avoid them from the start. This book covers platforms, languages, and types of applications. It is suitable for software developers.