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Apple's iWork is more versatile than ever now that there are versions for Mac, iOS, and even iCloud. The only thing iWork doesn't include is its own how-to guide. That's where this friendly, jargon-free Missing Manual comes in. With complete instructions and helpful examples, you'll quickly learn how to create stunning documents, slideshows, and spreadsheets with iWork's Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.The important stuff you need to know:Create elegant files in minutes. Save tons of time by using iWork's collection of prebuilt templates and themes.Craft a variety of documents. Use Pages to design attractive newsletters, catalogs, brochures, flyers, and posters.Build eye-popping presentations. Turn Keynote's themes and easy-to-use cinematic effects into ...

Learn a use-case approach for developing Java enterprise applications in a continuously test-driven fashion. With this hands-on guide, authors and JBoss project leaders Andrew Lee Rubinger and Aslak Knutsen show you how to build high-level components, from persistent storage to the user interface, using the Arquillian testing platform and several other JBoss projects and tools.Through the course of the book, you'll build a production-ready software conference tracker called GeekSeek, using source code from GitHub. Rubinger and Knutsen demonstrate why testing is the very foundation of development-essential for ensuring that code is consumable, complete, and correct.Bootstrap an elementary Java EE project from start to finish before diving into the ful...

Get ready to create distributed sensor systems and intelligent interactive devices using the ZigBee wireless networking protocol and Series 2 XBee radios. By the time you're halfway through this fast-paced, hands-on guide, you'll have built a series of useful projects, including a complete ZigBee wireless network that delivers remotely sensed data.Radio networking is creating revolutions in volcano monitoring, performance art, clean energy, and consumer electronics. As you follow the examples in each chapter, you'll learn how to tackle inspiring projects of your own. This practical guide is ideal for inventors, hackers, crafters, students, hobbyists, and scientists.Investigate an assortment of practical and intriguing project ideasPrep your ZigBee to...

As an experienced JavaScript developer moving to server-side programming, you need to implement classic data structures and algorithms associated with conventional object-oriented languages like C# and Java. This practical guide shows you how to work hands-on with a variety of storage mechanisms-including linked lists, stacks, queues, and graphs-within the constraints of the JavaScript environment.Determine which data structures and algorithms are most appropriate for the problems you're trying to solve, and understand the tradeoffs when using them in a JavaScript program. An overview of the JavaScript features used throughout the book is also included.This book covers:Arrays and lists: the most common data structuresStacks and queues: more complex l...

Make sure your website or web application users get content updates right now with minimal latency. This concise guide shows you how to push new data from the server to clients with HTML5 Server-Sent Events (SSE), an exceptional technology that doesn't require constant polling or user interaction. You'll learn how to build a real-world SSE application from start to finish that solves a demanding domain problem.You'll also discover how to increase that application's desktop and mobile browser support from 60% to 99%, using different fallback solutions. If you're familiar with HTML, HTTP, and basic JavaScript, you're ready to get started.Determine whether SSE, WebSockets, or data pull is best for your organizationDevelop a working SSE application compl...