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Pixel shaders are some of the more powerful graphic tools available for XAML programmers, but shader development bears little resemblance to traditional .NET programming. With this hands-on book, you';ll not only discover how to use existing shaders in your Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight applications, you';ll also learn how create your own effects with XAML and Microsoft';s HLSL shading language.In the process, you';ll write, compile, and test custom XAML shaders with the Shazzam Shader Editor, a free utility developed by author Walt Ritscher. The book includes XAML and C# sample code, and Shazzam contains all of the sample shaders discussed.Learn how shaders help you extend the GPU';s rendering capabilitiesExplore prevailing s...

Get hands-on experience building speedy mobile web apps with Sencha Touch 2.3, the user interface JavaScript framework built specifically for the mobile Web. With this book, you';ll learn how to build a complete touch application, called Find a Cab, that has the look and feel of a native app on Android, iOS, Windows, and BlackBerry devices.In the process, you';ll work with Sencha';s model-view-controller (MVC) components for form handling, styling, integration with outside data, and other elements. The Sencha Touch learning curve can be steep, but if you';re familiar with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and JSON, this guide will get you up to speed through real-world examples.Learn the fundamentals, including the class and layout systemsUse the Sencha MVC a...

Exim delivers electronic mail, both local and remote. It has all the virtues of a good postman: it's easy to talk to, reliable, efficient, and eager to accommodate even the most complex special requests. It's the default mail transport agent installed on some Linux systems, runs on many versions of Unix, and is suitable for any TCP/IP network with any combination of hosts and end-user mail software.Exim is growing in popularity because it is open source, scalable, and rich in features such as the following:Compatibility with the calling interfaces and options of Sendmail (for which Exim is usually a drop-in replacement)Lookups in LDAP servers, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, and NIS or NIS+ servicesSupport for many kinds of address parsing, including...

Use Knockout.js to design and build dynamic client-side web applications that are extremely responsive and easy to maintain. This example-driven book shows you how to use this lightweight JavaScript framework and its Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. You';ll learn how to build your own data bindings, extend the framework with reusable functions, and work with a server to enhance your client-side application with persistence. In the final chapter, you';ll build a shopping cart to see how everything fits together.If you';re a web developer with experience in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, you';re ready for Knockout.Learn how to create a ViewModelBind HTML data and attributes, and CSS classes and stylesUnderstand data binding in Knockout';s context hiera...