Day: December 1, 2012

Title: HTML5 Hacks
By: Jesse Cravens, Jeff Burtoft
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 500
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-3499-4| ISBN 10:1-4493-3499-7
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-3507-6| ISBN 10:1-4493-3507-1

With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples for specifications that include Canvas, SVG, CSS3, multimedia, data storage, web workers, WebSockets, and geolocation.

You’ll also find hacks for HTML5 markup elements and attributes that will give you a solid foundation for creative recipes that follow. The last chapter walks you through everything you need to know to get your HTML5 app off the ground, from Node.js to deploying your server to the cloud.

Here are just a few of the hacks you’ll find in this book:

• Make iOS-style card flips with CSS transforms and transitions
• Replace the background of your video with the Canvas tag
• Use Canvas to create high-res Retina Display-ready media
• Make elements on your page user-customizable with editable content
• Cache media resources locally with the filesystem API
• Reverse-geocode the location of your web app user
• Process image data with pixel manipulation in a dedicated web worker
• Push notifications to the browser with Server-Sent Events

Jesse Cravens

Jesse is a Sr. Engineer at frog where he works with the world’s leading companies, helping them to design, engineer, and bring to market meaningful products and services. With 12 years of experience in web application development, Jesse is currently focusing on single page web applications, the mobile web, and HTML5.

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Jeff Burtoft

Jeff Burtoft, HTML5 Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation, has built a reputation of pushing the boundaries of HTML5 and JavaScript. He has over 10 years experience in web development and has filled a variety of roles in the industry, from “web master” of a start-up to Lead front end developer for a fortune 500 company. Jeff also develops mobile apps and is a blogger at HTML5Hacks.com

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Title: Windows® 8 Inside Out
By: Tony Northrup
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 752
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6381-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-6381-5
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7053-2| ISBN 10:0-7356-7053-6

You’re beyond the basics—so dive right into Windows 8 and really put your PC to work! This supremely organized reference is packed with hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts tackle Windows 8—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery!

Topics include:

• Installing and personalizing Windows 8
• Mastering the new UI and features
• Using pen, touch, and voice input
• Implementing security essentials
• Managing files, disks, and drives
• Sharing and synching digital media
• Setting up and troubleshooting a home or mobile network
• Monitoring and tuning performance

Tony Northrup

Tony Northrup, MCITP, MCPD, MCSE, CISSP, has written more than 20 books covering Windows system administration and development, including several Microsoft Press® Training Kits, and is coauthor of Windows 7 Resource Kit and Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP)

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Title: Start Here!™ Learn HTML5
By: Faithe Wempen
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 360
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6982-6| ISBN 10:0-7356-6982-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6981-9| ISBN 10:0-7356-6981-3

Ready to learn HTML5 programming? Start Here!

Learn the fundamentals of programming with HTML5—and begin building your first standards-based web pages from the ground up. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning HTML5

• Create a web site using HTML5 tags in a simple text editor
• Use semantic tags to make your pages easier to layout and find
• Draw in HTML5 using the canvas element
• Embed audio and video in your web pages
• Get HTML5 to work in older browsers
• Develop your future skills in web design

Faithe Wempen

Faithe Wempen, M.A., is an adjunct instructor of Computer Technology. She develops web sites and writes and teaches online computer training.

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Title: Programming Windows® 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
By: Kraig Brockschmidt
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Ebook, Safari Books Online
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 833
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7256-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-7256-3

NOTE: This title is also available as a free eBook. It is based on Windows 8 Release Preview; the content and publication date will be updated for final Windows 8 software.

Apply your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—and start building your own Windows 8 apps now. As a member of the Windows Ecosystem team, the author has trained hundreds of Microsoft engineers and has been on the front lines of bringing the first Windows 8 apps to the Windows Store. Through this book, you’ll get a thorough grounding in platform features and considerations, and delve into development essentials across the whole scope of the Windows 8 platform. “Quickstart” sections provide ready experience with the tools, API, and core features. And you’ll gain insights and best practices on design, coding, and performance from real-world developers working on real-world apps.

Topics includes:

• Platform Characteristics
• App Anatomy and Page Navigation
• Controls, Control Styling, and Basic Data Binding
• Collections and Collection Controls
• Layout
• Windows 8 Style Commanding UI
• State, Settings, Files, and Documents
• Input and Sensors
• Media
• Purposeful Animations
• Contracts
• Tiles, Notifications, the Lock Screen, and Background Tasks
• Networking
• Devices and Printing
• ExtensionsWinRT Components
• Localization, Accessibility, and the Windows Store

Kraig Brockschmidt

Kraig Brockschmidt has worked with Microsoft since 1988, focusing primarily on helping developers through writing, education, public speaking, and direct engagement. Kraig is currently a Senior Program Manager in the Windows Ecosystem team working directly with key partners on building apps for Windows 8 and bringing knowledge gained in that experience to the wider developer community. His other books include Inside OLE (two editions), Mystic Microsoft, The Harmonium Handbook, and Finding Focus. His website is http://www.kraigbrockschmidt.com.

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Title: CLR via C#, 4th Edition
By: Jeffrey Richter
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: October 2012
Pages: 896
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6745-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-6745-4
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6875-1| ISBN 10:0-7356-6875-2

Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime, C#, and .NET development. Led by programming expert Jeffrey Richter, a longtime consultant to the Microsoft .NET team—you’ll gain pragmatic insights for building robust, reliable, and responsive apps and components.

• Fully updated for .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012
• Delivers a thorough grounding in the .NET Framework architecture, runtime environment, and other key topics, including asynchronous programming and the new Windows Runtime
• Provides extensive code samples in Visual C# 2012
• Features authoritative, pragmatic guidance on difficult development concepts such as generics and threading

Jeffrey Richter

Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com), a training, consulting, and debugging firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster. In addition to this book’s previous editions, he’s written several other popular programming titles. He has been a consultant to the Microsoft .NET Framework Team since 1999.

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