Refactoring in Ruby Addison-Wesley Professional | 288 pages | ISBN: 0321545044 | 2009 | PDF | 1.7 MB
Refactoring in Ruby gives you all the realistic, hands-on practice you need to refactor Ruby code quickly and effectively. You’ll discover how to recognize “code smells,” which signal opportunities for improvement, and then perfect your program’s design one small, safe step at a time.
AdvancED CSS by Joseph Lewis, Meitar Moscovitz
Publisher: friends of ED | 2009 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1430219327 | PDF | 6 MB
In this book you’ll
* Discover how to make use of CSS 2.1 alongside CSS3.
* Use CSS generated content to automatically number arbitrary elements and expose attribute metadata.
* Learn how to use CSS for print and mobile devices, as well as for presenting XML data.
* Uncover the techniques used to organize, manage, and apply CSS to large-scale projects.
* Learn how to optimize your CSS for better site performance.
So you think you know CSS? Take your CSS skills to the next level and learn to write organized and optimized CSS that will improve the maintainability, performance, and appearance of your work.
You’ll learn how document flow and CSS positioning schemes will help you make your documents more accessible. You’ll discover the great styling possibilities of CSS paired with semantic structures like Microformats and RDFa, while enriching the self-describing semantics of XHTML content. Learn how to group logically related declarations, minify style sheets, and prevent performance bottle necks such as reflows and repaints. With support for CSS enjoying unprecedented ubiquity, you can finally use such features as generated content, complex selector chains, and CSS3’s visual properties, like box-shadow, in your projects.
If you’re feeling confident with CSS, AdvancED CSS will stretch your CSS skill set even further—and you’ll do more with CSS than you thought was ever post.
Patrick Graessle, Henriette Baumann, Philippe Baumann, "UML 2.0 in Action: A project-based tutorial: A detailed and practical walk-through showing how to apply UML to real world development projects" PP | 2005 | ISBN: 1904811558 | 248 pages | PDF | 8.2 MB
A detailed and practical walk-through showing how to apply UML to real world development projects Most books about UML describe it almost in its entirety. Inevitably you're left with only a superficial knowledge of the range of UML elements, without a deep and intuitive understanding of how to apply UML as a whole to real world design problems. This book doesn't set out to cover all of UML, but instead pulls together those parts of UML with immediate practical relevance and presents them as part of a coherent process for using UML in your actual development projects.
Michael Miller, "Tricks of the eBay Masters" Que | ISBN: 0789732904 | November 23, 2004 | 432 pages | PDF | 5.3 MB
Ever wonder how eBay PowerSellers got to be so successful? Wonder no more. Tricks of the eBay Masters is full of advice and over 600 tricks from expert eBay users. They learned by doing and are now going to pass on their wisdom to you. Find out how to jazz up your auction listings with HTML, how to increase buyer traffic through key words and how to use photos to increase your selling potential. You'll even get tips on where to find items to sell, how to pack your items better and how to ship cheaply. Also find out what not to do as the experts give you examples of mistakes they made early in their eBay careers and how not to repeat them. Increase your auction income and successful bidding through Tricks of the eBay Masters.
Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes Sams | ISBN: 0672331233 | October 8, 2009 | 208 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of the Wikipedia encyclopedia–and all of Wikipedia’s incredible resources.
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours Sams | ISBN: 0672330644 | September 28, 2009 | 528 pages | PDF | 16 MB
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build flexible, easy-to-maintain, standards-based websites with Microsoft Expression Web 3. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master the entire process, from concept through delivery. You’ll learn powerful ways to plan, design, construct, and even redesign websites that are simple to manage and easy to repurpose. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundation for success, no matter what kind of site you’re building!
Jim Cheshire, "Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth" Que | 2009 | ISBN: 078973981X | 648 pages | PDF | 34 MB
Beyond the Basics…Beneath the Surface…In Depth Microsoft Expression Web 3 Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so that you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day—things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer all the questions you have now and will have in the future.
In Depth offers: • Comprehensive coverage, with detailed solutions • Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere • Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style • Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings
In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time!
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works Publisher: Peachpit Press | ISBN: 0735714339 | edition 2004 | CHM | 296 pages | 14 Mb
Anyone who has managed the process of developing or redesigning a Web site of significant size has likely learned the hard way the complexities, pitfalls, and cost risk of such an undertaking. While many Web development firms have fantastic technical expertise, what sets the topnotch organizations apart is the ability to accurately manage the planning and development process. Web Redesign: Workflow That Works directly addresses this crucial area with a specific, proven process.
This brief but important book lays out a specific five-step strategy--called the Core Process--that can always be applied to the development of Web sites and fine-tuned to almost any type of project. Each step--defining the project, developing site structure, visual design and testing, production and QA, and launch and beyond--contains three related but distinct tracks. The text begins with a brief overview of each of the steps, then delves deeper into each with detailed explanations as well as specific forms and project-management strategies. This book does not cover back-end, server-side programming. Instead, it focuses primarily on the visual, conventional components of a Web site.
O'Reilly Media (10-2009) | PDF | 602 pages | ISBN:0596518862 | 10.5Mb(rar)
The Art of SEO (Theory in Practice) / by Eric Enge (Author), Stephan Spencer (Author), Rand Fishkin (Author), Jessie Stricchiola (Author).A well-designed, easy-to-navigate website is useless if no one can find it. If your company is going to succeed in the web economy, optimizing your site for search engine visibility is essential.
In this book, four of the most noted experts in the field of search engine optimization (SEO) provide you with proven guidelines and cutting-edge techniques for planning and executing a comprehensive SEO strategy. The authors clearly explain SEO fundamentals, while correcting many common misconceptions. If you are new to SEO, you'll get a complete and thorough SEO education, as well as an array of effective tactics, from basic to advanced. Seasoned practitioners will find this book useful as a complete reference to SEO best practices. * Explore the underlying theory behind SEO and how search engines work * Learn the steps you need to prepare for, execute, and evaluate SEO initiatives * Examine a number of advanced strategies and tactics * Understand the intricacies involved in managing complex SEO projects * Learn what's necessary to build a competent SEO team with defined roles * Glimpse the future of search and what lies ahead for the SEO industry
