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Create real-time, highly interactive apps quickly with the powerful XMPP protocolXMPP is a robust protocol used for a wide range of applications, including instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video conferencing, collaborative spaces, real-time gaming, data synchronization, and search. This book teaches you how to harness the power of XMPP in your own apps and presents you with all the tools you need to build the next generation of apps using XMPP or add new features to your current apps. Featuring the JavaScript language throughout and making use of the jQuery library, the book contains several XMPP apps of increasing complexity that serve as ideal learning tools.Coverage Includes:Getting to Know XMPPDesigning XMPP ApplicationsSaying Hello:...

: In this book, we look at how to integrate XML into your current relational data source strategies. With the increasing amount of data stored in relational databases, and the importance of XML as a format for marking up data - whether it be for storage, display, interchange, or processing - you need to have command of four key skills: understanding how to structure, process, access, and store your data. By introducing guidelines for how to model your XML documents in relational databases and how to model relational database information as XML, we will establish structures that enable quick and efficient access, and make our data more flexible. We then look at the developer's XML toolbox, discussing associated technologies and strategies that will he...

As XML gains popularity, developers are looking to implement XML technologies in their line-of-business applicationsThis book offers readers real-world insight into XML so that they can build the best possible applicationsOffers an in-depth look at XML and discusses XML tools, services (RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL), programming (DOM, SAX, Ajax), and languages (.NET, Java, PHP)...

An in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond the basics and delves into the heart of the WordPress system, offering overviews of the functional aspects of WordPress as well as plug-in and theme development.What is covered in this book?WordPress as a Content Management SystemHosting OptionsInstalling WordPress FilesDatabase ConfigurationDashboard WidgetsCustomizing the DashboardCreating and Managing ContentCategorizing Your ContentWorking with MediaComments and DiscussionWorking with UsersManaging, Adding, Upgrading, and Using the Theme EditorWorking with WidgetsAdding and Managing New PluginsConfigur...