This book is different from most others you can find in bookstores. Most offerings in this area are mainly reference books that dissect every little detail of version 2.0 of ASP.NET or the .NET Framework and that – in the best cases – provide a short listing to illustrate each feature. Marco’s book has a radically different approach: he explains how you can assemble all ASP.NET 2.0’s features and leverage its power to design, develop, and deploy a full-featured Web site. Don’t be fooled by the TheBeerHouse being a fictitious site for a fictitious customer: if the main differences between a sample application and a real-world Web site are the performance, security, robustness, scalability, and care for details that you expect from a commercial site, then Marco’s TheBeerHouse is more real-world than most real-world sites I have seen recently.

This valuable reference picks up where the Visual QuickStart Guide leaves off with advanced step-by-step tutorials on working with servers, setting up database connections, using SQL, and building dynamic pages—and that’s just in the first half of the book! The book’s second half includes clear, concise instructions on how to build dynamic forms and dynamic tables, create a search page for your site, and control access to your site with a user log-in and password.

You’ll get real-world examples and detailed illustrations of how and when features should be put to use, including what’s new in Dreamweaver 8: code-editing improvements such as the coding toolbar and code collapse, drag-and-drop integration of XML data, server-side transformations with XSLT, support for PHP 5 and ColdFusion MX 7, and more!

As the only book that details how to integrate different APIs and web feeds in PHP so websites can leverage content from eBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, and FedEx, this hands-on guide takes you step by step through each stage of the API process. Experienced PHP programmer Paul Michael Reinheimer walks you through the production and consumption angles of web feeds and discusses XML-feeds so that you can access one of the fastest growing trends on the web. With real-world examples covering everything from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites, you’ll learn how to produce and document your own APIs, which will allow you to expand your sites and may even prompt you to re-examine how you structure your code.What you will learn from this book

• How to add a third party API to your site or program one of your own
• Ways that a small ISP can use the Yahoo!® XML feed to publish recent technology on a site
• Why APIs are the preferred method for disparate applications to interact over the web
• Differences between the functions of APIs and web feeds and the benefits each has to offer
• The basic structure for REST and SOAP APIs

Who this book is for

This book is for programmers who have a strong understanding of PHP and are looking for detailed coverage of multiple APIs in PHP.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

The amazing combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) enjoys increasing popularity because of the interaction, flexibility, customization, and cost effectiveness of its components. In turn, LAMP has proven to be one of the fastest-growing ways to develop enterprise-level web applications. As the first book to address the LAMP module in its entirety at the professional level, this resource will help you take your web sites to the next level.The authors encourage you to think out of the box so you can discover great new ideas for future applications that you might wish to write, or revisit some of your old code with new efficiency and power. After reading this book, you will be able to conquer any LAMP obstacle with confidence.

What you will learn from this book

• What’s new in PHP 5.0
• How to configure PHP for optimal performance
• Different Apache tips and tricks
• Ways to use AJAX and PHP
• Various MySQL queries
• How to transition from other programming languages
• Tips for using PEAR, GD, XML, and CURL
• Ways to improve site security

Who this book is for

This book is for intermediate to advanced LAMP professionals. Basic concepts regarding each of the four modules is assumed. Those proficient in other computer languages such as Java, C++, Perl, and ASP will find this guide invaluable when transitioning to the LAMP environment.

Presents a guide to ten projects using CSS that can be implemented into a variety of projects.

This concise book takes the reader through the very basics of scripting all the way up to advanced topics such as debugging and integrating with other applications and scripting languages. Teaches the Windows administrator to quickly write complex logon scripts without requiring any expertise in programming. Explains commands and keywords, using KiXtart and Windows Host Scripting (WHS) as the example scripting tools, while providing examples to illustrate functions. Illustrates how to use scripting to make key registry changes for today’s most popular programs and system settings (such as MSIE, Netscape, Office, desktop settings, and anti-virus programs).

The Internet provides a tremendous opportunity to reach potential customers on a worldwide level, faster and easier than has ever been possible before. There are over 390 million people online throughout the world today, and this number is growing larger every day at an unprecedented rate. With this many people online, it’s no surprise that the amount of search engine traffic throughout the world is staggering. The choices offered online, in terms of quantity and quality of websites, is also tremendous. It’s easy to get lost in the crowd and many new websites have failed because of poor search engine optimization.VTC Author James Gonzalez is here to help you rise above the web noise and get noticed. From keyword placement to the best utilization of code, learn important tips you must know as well as common mistakes you must avoid, to be noticed on the web. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Search Engine Optimization movie links.

Ajax burst onto the Web development scene by offering highly interactive, desktop-like Web applications that can be deployed through any modern Web browser without the need for special plug-ins. Ajax is built on existing Web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and it is used in conjunction with your favorite server-side language. Foundations of Ajax explains how to combine these technologies effectively to implement Ajax into your new or existing Web applications. Like you, we are developers who are “in the trenches,” tasked with building Web-enabled applications that provide real value to our customers. As the Web continues to grow, the demand for more expressive and engaging interfaces will continue to increase.

Much of the early hype surrounding Ajax centered on its use by Internet powerhouses such as Google and Amazon. However, just because the initial forays into Ajax were pioneered by leading software development firms doesn’t mean your application wouldn’t also benefit from these techniques. You already know how to develop Web applications, so this book uses specific, focused examples to teach the Ajax tools and techniques you’ll need to bring your applications to life. Armed with this book and your existing development expertise, you too will be able to apply Ajax techniques to your application to enrich the end user’s experience.

When we first saw the potential of Ajax, we knew we had to start leveraging it for our own applications. Along the way we’ve learned some hard-earned knowledge that we thought needed to be shared with the rest of the development community. With this book you’ll be able to easily extend your own applications with Ajax and have fun while doing it. We hope that someday we’ll be reading about your great Ajax-enabled application!

Hack Proofing Your Web Applications is the only book specifically written for Webmasters and application developers. Hackers and programmers would both agree that it will never be possible to write an antivirus program that can shield against all conceivable viruses - that would be like trying to protect every bank, cash machine, and convenience store from every type of bank robber, thief, and shoplifter. Since this is not possible, programmers must develop secure scripts and programs to ward off hackers. This book shows programmers how to design tight code that will deter hackers from the start. It covers Java applications, XML, ColdFusion, and other database applications. The CDROM includes all of the book’s source code and sample applications.

RSS and Atom in Action is organized into two parts. The first part introduces the blog technologies of news feed formats and publishing protocols-the building blocks. The second part shows how to put to those blocks together to assemble interesting and useful blog applications. In keeping with the behind Manning’s “In Action” series, this book shows the reader, through numerous examples in Java and C#, how to parse Atom and RSS format newsfeeds, how to generate valid newsfeeds and serve them efficiently, and how to automate blogging via web services based on the new Atom protocol and the older MetaWeblog API. The book also shows how to develop a complete blog client library that readers can use in their own applications. The second half of the book is devoted to a dozen blog apps-small but immediately useful example applications such as a community aggregator, a file distribution newsfeed, a blog cross-poster, an email-to-blog gateway, Ant tasks for blogging softwarebuilds, and more.