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Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript Overview Learn how to create various visually dynamic graphs and charts Import data from different sources, such as web services Learn how to map geographical data, visualize in 3D In Detail "A picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than when representing large sets of data. Bar charts, heat maps, cartograms, and many more have become important tools in applications and presentations to quickly give insight into complicated issues. The "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" shows you how to add your own charts to any ActionScript program. The recipes give step-by-step instructions on how to process the input data, how t...

Engage, empower, and educate with Gamified websites Overview Build your own Gamified website Use game mechanics to motivate the users Understand and implement game design process In Detail Gamification involves the process of leveraging the features of real games into real life. A gamified website has the potential to increase user engagement, ROI, and learning. This book will help you build gamified websites with PHP and jQuery by making you understand the gamification design process to implement game mechanics in practical applications. Gamified websites are very popular amongst Internet users. The gamification of a web content draws users into action to empower them and help them develop new skills. Games engage user attention into the task and ...

Over 120 practical recipes to set up, optimize, and manage profitable AdWords campaigns Overview Set up your Adwords account and track results beyond the click Create relevant keywords and write compelling ads Learn about reporting, analysis, managing Adwords, and troubleshooting performance Optimize performance for maximum ROI and implement strategies for Remarketing to past visitors Step-by-step format with bite-sized, easy-to-digest, and implementable suggestions In Detail Google Adwords is one of the most effective ways to advertise today with unprecedented reach and potential to show your ads to millions of Internet users instantly. It helps in bringing highly relevant ads to customers who are searching for you in real-time, resulting in highl...

Construct a modern Hadoop data platform effortlessly and gain insights into how to manage clusters efficiently Overview Choose the hardware and Hadoop distribution that best suits your needs Get more value out of your Hadoop cluster with Hive, Impala, and Sqoop Learn useful tips for performance optimization and security In Detail Big Data is the hottest trend in the IT industry at the moment. Companies are realizing the value of collecting, retaining, and analyzing as much data as possible. They are therefore rushing to implement the next generation of data platform, and Hadoop is the centerpiece of these platforms. This practical guide is filled with examples which will show you how to successfully build a data platform using Hadoop. Step-by-step...

Discover how to seamlessly plan and deploy remote access with Windows Server 2012's successor to DirectAccess Overview The essential administrator's companion for the successor to DirectAccess. Get to grips with configuring, enabling and deploying Unified Remote Access. A quick start guide to have you up and running with Windows Server 2012 URA in no time. In Detail DirectAccess, introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2, has been a ground breaking VPN-like connectivity solution, adopted by thousands of organizations worldwide. Allowing organizations to deploy without manually configuring every client and providing always-on connectivity has made this technology world-famous. Now, with Windows Server 2012, this has been made even easier to deploy, with ...