eBook Details:

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition (December 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321769600
• ISBN-13: 978-0321769602

eBook Description:

Creating iOS 5 Apps: Develop and Design

With more than 250 million iOS devices sold Apple’s booming mobile platform provides a large and rapidly growing app market for developers, and with the release of the iOS 5 SDK, Apple has provided their richest, most exciting set of development tools yet. In this book, iOS programming expert Richard Warren shows you how to use these powerful tools to begin writing the next generation of iOS apps. Richard provides a complete introduction to iPhone and iPad development, emphasizing the newest technologies and best practices for iOS 5.

After a tour of the inner workings of an iOS project and an invaluable examination of Objective-C, you will hone your app-developing skills by developing a complete, full-featured application. You start by building the app’s user interface. This will cover everything from linking View Controllers in the Storyboard to drawing custom views. Next, you will use iCloud storage and Core data to manage your app’s data model, synchronizing your data across multiple devices. Then you tackle more advanced topics, including Core Animation, Core Motion, Core Location and Core Image. Finally, Richard shows you how to test, polish and prepare your apps for submission to the iTunes App Store.

This project-based book introduces readers to iOS development. Starting with basic concepts of app development, the author introduces readers to Objective-C and then launches into building apps. From building a productivity app to a 2D game, readers will learn about viewer controllers, custom views, motion sensing, multitasking, Grand Central Dispatch, OpenGL ES, and much more as they create the projects in the book. These projects build on each other and create a base of knowledge for the reader.

Projects include:

• A simple health checker. You can enter your weight and the exercise start and stop times, and it will create graphs to show your trends.
• Building a simple tilt-to draw program. The cursor starts in the center of the screen, and moves as the user tilts the device, drawing a line behind it.
• Building a simple podcast player, that allows us to subscribe to multiple feeds, download video and audio podcasts, and play them.
• Creating a simple 2D pong game. The game will use a third-party library (cocos2D) as a wrapper around OpenGL ES, and for collision detection.

This book includes:

• Detailed instruction, ample illustrations, and clear examples
• Real-world guidance and advice
• Insight into best practices from an iOS programming expert
• A solid introduction to the Objective-C language and important Cocoa design patterns
• Information on key iOS 5 technologies, including Automatic Reference Counting, Storyboards, iCloud storage, Container View Controllers, Custom Control Appearances, Core Image, and integrated Twitter support

Creating iOS 5 Apps: Develop and Design

This project-based book introduces readers to iOS development. Starting with basic concepts of app development, the author introduces readers to Objective-C and then launches into building apps. From building a productivity app to a 2D game, readers will learn about viewer controllers, custom views, motion sensing, multitasking, Grand Central Dispatch, OpenGL ES, and much more as they create the projects in the book. These projects build on each other and create a base of knowledge for the reader.

With more than 250 million iOS devices sold Apple’s booming mobile platform provides a large and rapidly growing app market for developers, and with the release of the iOS 5 SDK, Apple has provided their richest, most exciting set of development tools yet. In this book, iOS programming expert Richard Warren shows you how to use these powerful tools to begin writing the next generation of iOS apps. Richard provides a complete introduction to iPhone and iPad development, emphasizing the newest technologies and best practices for iOS 5.

After a tour of the inner workings of an iOS project and an invaluable examination of Objective-C, you will hone your app-developing skills by developing a complete, full-featured application. You start by building the app’s user interface. This will cover everything from linking View Controllers in the Storyboard to drawing custom views. Next, you will use iCloud storage and Core data to manage your app’s data model, synchronizing your data across multiple devices. Then you tackle more advanced topics, including Core Animation, Core Motion, Core Location and Core Image. Finally, Richard shows you how to test, polish and prepare your apps for submission to the iTunes App Store.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1st edition (February 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118089537
• ISBN-13: 978-1118089538

eBook Description:

Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 maximizes communication capabilities in the workplace like no other Unified Communications (UC) solution. Written by experts who know Lync Server inside and out, this comprehensive guide shows you step by step how to administer the newest and most robust version of Lync Server. Along with clear and detailed instructions, learning is aided by exercise problems and real-world examples of established Lync Server environments. You’ll gain the skills you need to effectively deploy Lync Server 2010 and be on your way to gaining all the benefits UC has to offer.

• Gets you up and running with Lync Server whether you are migrating from Office Communications Server or new to Lync Server.
• Walks you through all of the essential stages for deploying Lync Server
• Shows integration with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server
• Demonstrates how to monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems more efficiently

Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2010: An in-depth guide on the leading Unified Communications platform

Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is a must-have resource for anyone looking to manage all the various forms of communication from one user interface.

From the Back Cover

Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Unified Communications Made Easier with Lync and This Practical Guide

If you’re in charge of Unified Communications (UC), this book is for you. Covering Microsoft Lync Server 2010 in detail, this practical guide shows you how to harness Lync’s new capabilities and streamlined tools to simplify the implementation of UC across your business, large or small. From handling installation, remote access, and security to coordinating video chats, VoIP, social media, web conferencing, and more, you’ll find a wealth of information and real-world examples on how to get the very most out of this high-demand UC technology.

Coverage includes:

• Mastering Lync fundamentals such as tools, standards, protocols, and security
• Planning deployment, implementing, and handling upgrades from Office Communications Server
• Managing with Lync Control Panel and PowerShell
• Setting up Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Monitoring, archiving, and troubleshooting
• Getting started with Telephony, connecting to the PSTN, and deploying your own conference bridge
• Integrating with Exchange, SharePoint®, and Group Chat as well as other non-Microsoft hardware and software products such as Gateways, PBXs, and other IM clouds

Learn How to Plan, Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot Lync

Understand All Client, Server, and Voice Features

Coordinate Web and Video Conferences, Enterprise Telephony, and Desktop Sharing

Find Invaluable Examples of Actual Lync Deployments

Leverage Lync Server 2010 Mobility Service and Lync Mobile Clients

About the Author

Nathan Winters is a Unified Communications Technical Specialist (TS) at Microsoft U.K. He has worked with some of the U.K.’s largest companies deploying Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010 and Office Communications Server 2007 and Lync 2010. In 2006, Nathan founded the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group U.K. He is a four-time MVP for Exchange Server, a speaker at events in both the U.S. and U.K., and a published writer with leading industry resources such as Windows IT Pro magazine and Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

Keith Hanna, Microsoft Certified Master for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services. He has been working with OCS and Lync since before they launched and has been involved with some of the world’s largest deployments. He also develops content for the Microsoft Lync Ignite training series with Microsoft TechNet and has contributed to the Lync Resource Kit.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 164 + 166 + 183 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-13-7

eBook Description:

WordPress Bundle

With this bundle you will master WordPress in no time. Three fresh eBooks contain Smashing Magazine’s best articles on WordPress, carefully prepared, edited and — of course — without advertising. “WordPress Essentials”, “Mastering WordPress” and “WordPress Tutorials” will surely come in handy. All eBooks are available in PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket formats. This bundle really gets your WordPress career started.

“WordPress Essentials” eBook (Techniques for Beginners) (164 pages)

If you want to find out how to extend the limitations of WordPress, this eBook for will help you improve your capabilities, so you can take full advantage of its flexibility. Learn how to build WordPress themes that sell, how to interact with the WordPress database, create a plugin, integrate Facebook with WordPress and use AJAX and HTML5 to produce engaging experience and maintainable code.

“Mastering WordPress” eBook (166 pages)

This eBook explains advanced methods and techniques which go beyond front-end experience and show how to customize back-end for your needs as well. You will learn the definitive guide to WordPress hooks and custom fields, power tips for WordPress template developers, tips for WordPress plugin developers and comprehensive introduction to advanced layout templates.

“WordPress Tutorials” eBook (183 pages)

This eBook is filled with detailed techniques which will show you the step-by-step of various enhancement processes on WordPress publishing. Including tabs into the user interface, adding media elements, applying plug-ins and creating custom meta boxes are a few examples of what the eBook covers. You will learn how to create native admin tables and multisites, build a media site, use bbPress and integrate Amazon S3 with WordPress.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 365 + 142 +122 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-13-7

eBook Description:

Coding Bundle (jQuery, JavaScript, CSS)

This bundle includes three eBooks that will help you master the various areas of CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Get the full hang of CSS: be it layouts, !important declarations, advanced CSS selectors, CSS specificity and inheritance, media queries or experimental CSS properties. The CSS eBook is a full compendium of advanced CSS techniques for professional Web developers.

Improve your JavaScript knowledge with valuable lessons from practice and learn your way around the new jQuery techniques. Of course, all three eBooks are available in PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket formats.

“Mastering CSS” (eBook, 365 pages)

Are you stumped by the rather sophisticated nature of CSS? Getting a grip on this still dewy technology isn’t quite as hard as you might think. Connecting the dots is easier when you have all the vital facts within reach. And that’s what “Mastering CSS” is all about. This eBook offers 15 hand-picked articles that overflow with professional advice and that reflect the deep experience of the Smashing Magazine authors you trust – authors who know exactly what they’re writing about.

Stop hiding behind cross-browser compatibility issues, and launch a counterstrike. Tame those advanced CSS selectors; learn your way around CSS3 media queries; pioneer the field of CSS3 keyframe animations. Get in the game, and learn how to use advanced CSS typography, CSS3 pseudo-classes and modern CSS layouts, while devising back-up solutions for older browsers.

Table of Contents:

1. Why We Should Start Using CSS3 and HTML5 Today
2. CSS Three: Connecting the Dots
3. Modern CSS Layouts: The Essential Characteristics
4. Modern CSS Layouts, Part 2: The Essential Techniques
5. How to Use CSS3 Pseudo-Classes
6. Taming Advanced CSS Selectors
7. !important CSS Declarations: How and When to Use Them
8. An Introduction to CSS3 Keyframe Animations
9. CSS Specificity and Inheritance
10. How to Use CSS3 Media Queries
11. Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How to Use It
12. The Future of CSS: Experimental CSS Properties
13. Technical Web Typography: Guidelines and Techniques
14. Future of CSS Typography
15. Using CSS3: Older Browsers and Common Considerations

“JavaScript Essentials” (eBook, 142 pages)

It’s not always easy for Web developers to make the right decisions when having to choose the right solution. Either while building a complex Web application or even by improving a website, there are countless pre-built solutions available and picking one of them can be a burden sometimes. In this eBook we explain the most important issues that you should pay attention to by all means when selecting a solution, i.e. how stable, easy to customize, usable and accessible it is, whether it can be maintained in the future, what exactly is supported and how you can extend the functionalities on your own.

One of the many important issues considered in this book is the importance of reviewing your code and what to avoid when you are implementing in JavaScript. Maintaining strong coding standards and withdrawing your programming away from common errors should be the basic requests for the general quality of your solutions, and the articles we have selected will explain exactly how you can achieve this. One of the sections also advises to have your code reviewed by experts and check whether they may provide other solutions to the problems you’re experiencing.

Last but not least, you’ll get to know the guidelines for basic JavaScript animations better, as well as get along with the native JavaScript functions (Math, Array, String), shortcut notations etc.. Of course, we couldn’t leave out JavaScript events, implementation of anonymous functions, module patterns and interaction with the back end.

Table of Contents:

1. Preface
2. Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career
3. Lessons From A Review Of JavaScript Code
4. Find The Right JavaScript Solution With A 7-Step Test
5. Ten Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript
6. The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation
7. A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript
8. Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

“Mastering jQuery” (eBook, 122 pages)

The explosion of JavaScript in the front-end development scene has opened up the power of jQuery to a far wider audience than ever before. A script to find all links of a certain CSS class in a document and bind an event to them requires one single line of code instead of ten. Also, jQuery brings to the party its own API, featuring a host of functions, methods and syntactical peculiarities.

In this eBook, you will learn how to combine JavaScript and jQuery with PHP’s GD library to create an image manipulation tool to upload an image, then crop it and finally save the revised version to the server. You will also be able to create your own bookmarklets, which are small JavaScript-powered applications. Typically used to extend the functionality of the browser and to interact with Web services, bookmarklets allow you to post onto your own WordPress or Tumblr blog, submit any selected text to Google’s search function, or modify a current CSS code within a browser – just to cite a few!

Special attention is also given to jQuery plugins, which help save time and streamline development as well as allow developers to avoid having to build every component from scratch. A good plugin saves countless development hours, whereas a bad plugin leads to bugs that must be fixed and so takes more of of your time than actually building the component from scratch. With the help of this eBook, you will get the best hints on how to choose which plugins are really worth considering for your projects and which ones you should avoid.

Table of Contents:

1. Commonly Confused Bits Of jQuery
2. Image Manipulation With jQuery And PHP GD
3. Make Your Own Bookmarklets With jQuery
4. jQuery Plugin Checklist: Should You Use That jQuery Plug-In?
5. Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns

Uploaded Link: Coding Bundle (jQuery, JavaScript, CSS)

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-01-4

eBook Description:

Corporate Bundle (eBook, Illustrator Templates, Icon Set, WP Theme)

Now, that’s quite a deal: get a professional eBook and templates for your corporate designs in one swoop! Our Corporate Bundle contains a Smashing eCommerce eBook, a Corporate Identity Pack (including a business card design, a portfolio layout and stationary), a Swiss Retro Icon Set and a Corporate WordPress Theme all in one swoop! If you were looking for professional tools to get your business set up, this is the way to go – build your identity and start building a brand to be proud of. You’ll see how strong the influence of a positive business image is on your company reputation.

Smashing eCommerce eBook (256 pages)

Designing and developing eCommerce websites is a puzzle with thousands of pieces.

In this book you’ll be studying the universal principles for successful eCommerce websites, which include improving your check-out process and making your product displays more attractive. In reality, optimizing your conversion rates takes little effort. Find out how to resolve small usability issues to immense effect. Improve your conversion rates with A/B and multivariate testing? Use them to figure out how customers respond to minimal changes in design, content structure and check-out convenience. Customers decide whether to stay on a page in just a few (milli)seconds, so you better make them count!

Corporate Identity Pack (Illustrator CS5 Files)

The set contains pre-formatted Adobe Illustrator templates for every personalized stationary and practical corporate letterhead. A consistent appearance of a firm communicates a strong message: We know what we are dealing with.

The set is easily customizable with your own initials, name and corporate colors. Also, the set includes an A4 landscape brochure and an A5 flyer that you can use to present your portfolio. These files have a similar style to the stationary. With this set, you have all you need for a modern, consistent corporate identity. If you are about to launch your freelance career or plan to open your first corporate office you should keep that in mind. The templates allow you to alter all elements according to your gusto. So, get your logo on those templates and get it out there.

Swiss Retro Icon Set (39 icons in 32×32px – 512×512px)

This high-quality icon set was designed with the intention of styling your eCommerce site in class Swiss design style. All PNG icons come in 5 sizes – better yet, they are adaptive and change shape or form in order to adjust to different displays. The “Rating” icons in particular change from a 5-star rating system at 128×128px and above, to a 3-star rating system at 64×64, and finally a vote-up / vote-down system at 32×32. The icons use the Chalet Comprime (Cologne Seventy) font by House Industries foundry. Treat your site to some retro style.

Corporate WordPress Theme

The bundle also includes a WordPress theme that provides the main functionality for online portfolios of designers, photographers and corporate identities. It could be a great skeleton for your corporate projects. The design includes very simple yet clean elements, a carefully selected combination of typefaces and appealing button shapes. A 34 page PDF documentation explains how to use the theme, configure the site and install plugins. The PSD files of the design are included to allow editing according to your needs. Live demo is available as well.

Uploaded Link: Corporate Bundle (eBook, Illustrator Templates, Icon Set, WP Theme)

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-01-4

eBook Description:

Mobile Bundle (eBook + HTML5 App)

This bundle includes a “Mobile Design” eBook which offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game. Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design from Smashing Magazine’s professional authors, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends.

Additionally, this bundle comes with Pocket HTML5 Template, a template for a mobile portfolio. Have your work with you at all times and feature your projects and pieces in an appropriate way. Impress your clients and get their attention with the mobile version of your portfolio.

From the Back Cover

“Mobile Design” eBook (304 pages)

You know it and so do your clients: taking mobile devices into account is a crucial requirement for the success of websites today. Advanced smartphones and tablets like the iPhone and iPad are gaining popularity, and mobile Web usage is growing with no end in sight. Consequently, we are facing the challenge to create engaging mobile experiences, with state-of-the-art design solutions. This eBook offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game.

Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design for mobile devices from Smashing Magazine’s professionals, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends. Get set to market your own mobile application; be aware of common visual and contextual mistakes, and avoid usability slip-ups that could cost you precious clicks.

The content has been handpicked and edited according to Smashing Magazine’s high-quality standards. Take advice from the authors you trust and reap the rewards.

Pocket Portfolio (HTML5 Template)

This template comes with three skins and provides a solid foundation for showcasing your work “on the go”. The mobile portfolio can adapt to many mobile devices and is based on the HTML5 boilerplate using the latest Web technologies in order to reduce bandwidth usage. Impress your clients and show them your work in the run!

Save and present different projects, browse thumbnail galleries and view large images in a dynamic gallery mode. The three skins feature a jeans user surface, a light parquet flooring as well as a dark wooden surface. The Pocket Portfolio was carefully coded and includes an inline documentation to facilitate easy change and adaption of the mobile HTML5 template.

If you have been looking for an effective way of showing your work to clients and friends, you should consider installing the Pocket Portfolio. Have your personal portfolio with you at all times!

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 22 + 22 + 178 + 216 + 92 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2010, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-17-5

eBook Description:

Creative Design Bundle (Icons, Photoshop eBooks, InDesign Templates)

Are you always looking out for practical tips to help you improve your skills in Photoshop? Have you ever thought of publishing an eBook or designing a professional book layout or just a brochure? We have put this bundle together to make it as easy as possible for you. This Creative Design Bundle includes the manual “How to Create an eBook using Apple Pages “, a template for eBooks (InDesign), an icon set for eBook design, two Smashing Photoshop eBooks and bulletproof legal templates to get your working process streamlined. Reduce all friction, brush up your Photoshop skills and get bulletproof legal documents and samples for your work.

Creative Icon Set for eBook Design (29 icons)

This goodie is a commissioned set of icons that was especially designed to complement your eBooks and use in your online eBook shop. The set consists of 29 eye-catching, useful and memorable icons in various formats, making it possible to adapt them to your needs - for example, in your blog or email newsletter.

The set includes icons for different eBook formats, such as ePub, Mobipocket and PDF, as well as for popular online stores, such as eBay, Amazon, iTunes and Kobo. You can also tease your audience by letting them know that you have a book in production using the “draft” icon, or announce that your book is ready to come out with the “new release” icon.

How to Create an eBook using Apple Pages (Manual)

The eBook industry is booming. We at Smashing Magazine have successfully published the Smashing eBook series, and Thomas Burkert is willing to share our tantalizing recipe with you. It is time for that bright idea of yours for a book to thrive. Why not make it an eBook and present it to a worldwide audience? If that sounds appealing, then this compact 22-page manual is exactly what you need.

Read up on the common eBook formats before you get started to find out why you need them and which fit your purpose. The step-by-step workflow of the Smashing Magazine eBook production manual focuses on creating eBooks using Apple Pages. Everything from setting up the document to adding a table of contents, images and tables is addressed. Staying on top of the workflow requires that you carefully coordinate the planning, production and publishing stages. 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 using Apple Pages.”

Professional eBook InDesign Template

Have you always wanted to produce an attractive “magazine” version of your writing? Or transform your blog posts into magazine format? Well, we have the perfect solution for you.

We’re pleased to offer a professional InDesign template for books and eBooks that is ready for action. The template not only is print-ready in A4 format, but is also fit for immediate online publishing: just what you need for your first eBook. The tasteful typeface combinations and support for various formats make this template the optimal choice for a worldwide audience. The classy, readable aesthetic will not fail to impress. The exclusive template contains 22 well-designed pages.

From the Back Cover

“Mastering Photoshop” eBook (178 pages)

Many claim to be able to teach you how to master Photoshop, so why should you trust this eBook to explain techniques any better than others? Here is why: because the book was written by someone just like you.

Have you reached a dead end and feel like a massive barrier stands between your creativity and the screen? Thomas Giannattasio has been there and knows how to help. He has put together an intuitive guide to color management, as well as detailed instructions on how to get the most out of paths and brushes. Handle layer styles like a pro, take your typography to the next level, and make your photographs look like a professional’s with native CS5 techniques.

Take Giannattasio’s advice: spark your creativity by discovering the vast possibilities of the complex design laboratory we know as Photoshop. Start experimenting today.

“Mastering Photoshop, Vol. 2″ eBook (216 pages)

As the technology becomes more advanced, all of us seek for time-saving tips and guidelines to make our work much more effective and productive. The brand new eBook “Mastering Photoshop for Web Design Vol. 2″ contains 11 articles that cover useful and partly unknown Photoshop techniques and tricks from experts in the field. The articles discuss retouching, cloning, compositing, obscure Photoshop timesavers and designing for iPhone. The articles have been published on Smashing Magazine in 2010 and 2011 and have been carefully edited and revised.

“Smashing Workflow Package” (Legal Documents)

The Smashing Package provides financial and legal advice as well as work related icons and vector graphics for professional Web designers. These will surely help you to improve your business workflow and help you carry out sound decisions when engaging in business with clients.

Additionally, we’ve carefully prepared samples of legal documents, along with explanations of their purpose and best use. This product also contains 26 icons and 20 vector graphics. You can use both the samples and the included graphics within the bundle for your private as well as commercial projects without any restrictions.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 309 + 242 + 279 + 242 pages
• Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-3-943075-08-3

eBook Description:

Web Design Bundle (Best Practices, UX, Typography, Business)

If you are a professional Web designer, or looking for an expert advice on how to become one, this bundle is for you. The bundle contains four high-quality Smashing eBooks on the various areas: the technical, visual and business side of Web design.

“Modern Web Design and Development” contains articles on on responsive Web design, Web security, coding tips and best practices for HTML5 and CSS3 as well as Photoshop tricks, UX persuasion triggers and designing for iPhone 4 Retina Display. The eBook touches on what Web designers should be ready for to keep abreast of new challenges and opportunities.

The “Getting Hang of Web Typography” eBook will help you master the challenges and possibilities of modern Web Typography. This eBook gives you the necessary background on macro- and microtypography, it teaches you how to choose suitable fonts and use modern techniques such as Web font embedding.

“Professional Web Design” Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are comprehensive guides to best practices, techniques and concepts in modern Web design. Among other things, you’ll learn about the business side of Web design, professional workflow with clients, user experience and rapid prototyping. Also, you will clear up some myths about HTML5 and CSS3.

From the Back Cover

“Modern Web Design and Development” eBook (301 pages)

We’re seeing better interaction design and more aesthetically pleasing designs. And we’re seeing more personal, engaging and memorable sites, too. But what exactly is making the difference? What new directions is Web design heading in today? What new techniques, concepts and ideas are becoming important?

This eBook contains 16 articles that cover current as well as upcoming Web design trends. It also includes facts on responsive Web design, improving Web security, useful coding tips and practices for HTML5 and CSS3, responsive design, and much more! This eBook touches on what Web designers should be ready for to meet upcoming challenges and opportunities.

“Professional Web Design, Vol. 1″ eBook (242 pages)

This eBook presents guidelines for professional Web development, including communicating with clients, creating a road map to a successful portfolio, rules for professional networking and tips on designing user interfaces for business Web applications. The book shares expert advice and it also helps you learn how to respond effectively to design criticism, use storytelling for a better user experience and apply color theory to your professional designs.

“Professional Web Design, Vol 2″ eBook (279 pages)

The pace at which the Web rolls today has picked up, and we feel obliged to give you a status report and outlook. This eBook focuses on recent changes in Web development, as well as design trends that are likely to catch on and could have a substantial effect on our workflow.

Be prepared for the onset of innovative approaches such as responsive Web design, and learn how to apply psychology-based persuasion triggers in your designs. Clear up some myths about HTML5 and CSS3, and make use of the “design matrix” methodology.

This eBook describes existing and upcoming trends, and explains how Web design could evolve in the coming months and years. It also touches on what Web designers should be ready for and how to keep abreast of new challenges and opportunities.

“Getting the Hang of Web Typography” eBook (242 pages)

This eBook is dedicated to web workers that are dealing with typography in their daily lives, but have no special training for this independent craft. This eBook gives you the necessary background on macro- and microtypography, it helps you to choose suitable fonts and use modern techniques such as Web font embedding. It’s a valuable book that helps you to create rich, sophisticated Web sites with beautiful and elegant Web typography.

The implications of desktop publishing, where anybody who has access to a computer can set type, have led to a flood of poorly designed brochures, flyers and web pages. In Web design especially illegible text, incorrect use of punctuation marks and inappropriate font combinations or use of line widths are frequent. The new techniques that Web fonts offer might bring about even worse examples of ugly and illegible Web typography.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 888 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (October 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672331047
• ISBN-13: 978-0672331046

eBook Description:

Fluent C#

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C# is a true tutorial that helps you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications with C#. Unlike so-called “tutorials” that merely describe the material briefly, and offer an “exercise” that merely requires typing in already-provided source code, this book’s carefully paced exercises closely align with the brain’s natural learning processes. You will discover the material yourself- and absorb it more rapidly and effectively. Fluent C# successfully introduces you to the principles and concepts you need to use Object-Oriented Programming, Test-Driven Development, design patterns, and even the Microsoft Architectural Guidelines for building effective .NET software. It also teaches powerful C# 4.0 techniques for building presentation layers with WPF; business layers that incorporate workflow, activities, and services; and data access layers that utilizing the Entity Framework and LINQ. This book’s breadth is impressive. More important, its open, inviting graphical format and exercise-driven learning approach makes learning these complex topics easier and more natural than it’s ever been before.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C#, the first in the new Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in C#. Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent C# is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C#, the first in the new Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in C#.

Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent C# is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

Detailed Information on How to

• Write .NET applications in C# 2010
• Leverage the incredible power of the .NET Framework Class Library
• Apply Object-Oriented principles, Design Patterns, and best practices to your code
• Develop desktop applications using the powerful Windows Presentation Foundation user interface API

Fluent C#

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C#, the first in the new Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in C#.

Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent C# is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent C# is a true tutorial that helps you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications with C#. Unlike so-called “tutorials” that merely describe the material briefly, and offer an “exercise” that merely requires typing in already-provided source code, this book’s carefully paced exercises closely align with the brain’s natural learning processes. You will discover the material yourself- and absorb it more rapidly and effectively. Fluent C# successfully introduces you to the principles and concepts you need to use Object-Oriented Programming, Test-Driven Development, design patterns, and even the Microsoft Architectural Guidelines for building effective .NET software. It also teaches powerful C# 4.0 techniques for building presentation layers with WPF; business layers that incorporate workflow, activities, and services; and data access layers that utilizing the Entity Framework and LINQ. This book’s breadth is impressive. More important, its open, inviting graphical format and exercise-driven learning approach makes learning these complex topics easier and more natural than it’s ever been before.

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eBook Details:

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (November 10, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672335808
• ISBN-13: 978-0672335808

eBook Description:

Fluent Visual Basic

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic, part of the Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in Visual Basic.

Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent Visual Basic is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and advanced instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic is a true tutorial that helps the reader to build effective working models for developing .superior NET applications with the newest versions of Visual Basic. Conventional “tutorials” briefly describe the material and present an “exercise” requiring users to type already-provided source code. This book is radically different and better: its carefully-paced exercises have been designed to closely match the brain’s natural learning processes. Readers discover the material themselves – and therefore absorb it more rapidly and effectively. As they move forward, they don’t merely learn VB syntax: they internalize powerful concepts such as Microsoft application archetypes, VB design patterns, and test-driven design.

Coverage includes:

• Working with the .NET platform and the Visual Studio interface
• Testing and deploying applications
• Mastering VB’s nouns and verbs
• Understanding classes in the .NET framework
• Working with the Framework Class Library
• Mastering best practices for object-oriented analysis and design
• Applying proven VB and .NET design patterns
• Making the most of WPF and XAML: controls, interactions, resources, templates, and more

This book’s breadth is impressive. More important, its open, inviting format and exercise-driven approach makes learning these complex topics easier and more natural than it’s ever been before.

Detailed Information on How to

• Write .NET applications in Visual Basic
• Leverage the incredible power of the .NET Framework Class Library
• Apply Object-Oriented principles, Design Patterns, and best practices to your code
• Develop desktop applications using the powerful Windows Presentation Foundation user interface API

Fluent Visual Basic

Based on the principles of cognitive science and advanced instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic is a true tutorial that helps the reader to build effective working models for developing .superior NET applications with the newest versions of Visual Basic. Conventional “tutorials” briefly describe the material and present an “exercise” requiring users to type already-provided source code. This book is radically different and better: its carefully-paced exercises have been designed to closely match the brain’s natural learning processes. Readers discover the material themselves – and therefore absorb it more rapidly and effectively. As they move forward, they don’t merely learn VB syntax: they internalize powerful concepts such as Microsoft application archetypes, VB design patterns, and test-driven design.

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic, part of the Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in Visual Basic.

Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent Visual Basic is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

Uploaded Link: Fluent Visual Basic