Beginner's Guide eBooks

Build Joomla! websites for mobile devices Step by step approach to build efficient mobile websites with Joomla! Learn everything from organizing your content to completely changing the site's look and feel Friendly, clear instructions and explanations enriched with the necessary screenshots In Detail Joomla! is one of the most popular open-source Content Management Systems, actively developed and supported by a world-wide user community. Although it's a fun and feature-rich tool, it can be challenging to get beyond the basics with Joomla! and build a mobile website that meets your needs perfectly. Using this book you can create dynamic, interactive mobile web sites that perfectly fit your needs. Joomla! Mobile Development Beginner's Guide: This pract...

Step-by-step instructions to build an enterprise mobile web application from scratch Explore all of Rhomobile's features and products through the creation of a mobile web application Step-by-step instructions help you to build an enterprise mobile web application from scratch, through to deployment Clear guides for developing applications on iPhone, Blackberry, and other smartphones Learn how to use Rhomobile's four products: Rhodes, RhoSync, RhoHub, and RhoGallery In Detail The four Rhomobile products Rhodes, Rhosync, RhoHub, and Rhogallery provide a complete toolkit for creating a mobile application. Rhomobile is cross-platform and so allows you to build your application for many different types of smartphone including iPhone and Blackberry j...

Develop iOS games from concept to cash flow using Unity. Dive straight into game development with no previous Unity or iOS experience Work through the entire lifecycle of developing games for iOS Add multiplayer, input controls, debugging, in app and micro payments to your game Implement the different business models that will enable you to make money on iOS games In Detail Would you like to create money making games for iOS? If so, Unity iOS Game Development Beginners Guideis for you. It will guide you through the entire creative process of designing a game through to making money from it. This book will teach you the secrets of building and monetizing games for the iOS platform using the latest version of Unity. The book is linear and progr...

Create attractive layout design, logos, brochures, icons, and more using the Inkspace vector graphics editor Overview Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Inkscape required for graphic design Real world examples show you how to create everything from paths, complex shapes, to stylized text Become an expert at using filters and working with images in Inkscape In Detail Learning to use Inkscape, an exciting open-source vector graphics program, broadens your software toolkit as a graphic designer. Using practical, real-world examples, you'll learn everything about the software and its capabilities so you'll be able to design anything from logos to websites. Inkscape Beginner's Guide is a practical step-by-step guide for learning this exciting vect...

Essential Skills--Made Easy! Learn the fundamentals of jQuery programming in no time. jQuery: A Beginner's Guide starts with the basics--from including the library in an HTML document to element selection, event handling, and CSS style manipulation. Next, it's on to JavaScript and the DOM, animation and effects, the Event object, and form validation. The book then delves into AJAX and plugins and covers more advanced techniques such as debugging and unit testing. Get started with jQuery right away using this fast-paced tutorial! Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts -- Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert -- Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This -- Hands-on e...