magmachina Books

By Matthew MacDonald

Imagine you wish a military of expert programmers to construct an internet site? re-examine. With not anything greater than a typical computer, a few uncooked ambition, and this publication, you’ll methods to create and keep a professional-looking, visitor-friendly website. This lacking handbook can provide the entire instruments, options, and professional suggestion you need.

Plan your web site. Create web content via studying the fundamentals of HTML and HTML5.
keep watch over web page layout with CSS. layout textual content, photographs, hyperlinks, tables, and different elements.
allure viewers. make sure that humans can locate your web site via renowned seek engines.
construct a neighborhood. upload boards, clean content material, and a suggestions shape to motivate repeat visits.
Get clever. Use loose instruments to spot your site’s strengths and weaknesses.
Create your personal weblog. submit your musings with a loose blog-hosting service.
usher in money. Host Google advertisements, promote Amazon’s wares, or push your personal products.
upload pizzazz. comprise audio, video, interactive menus, and extra.

By Patrick Lenz

Are looking to study all approximately Ruby on Rails, the internet software framework that's inspiring builders all over the world?

This sensible hands-on advisor for first-time Ruby on Rails programmers will stroll you thru fitting the necessary software program on a home windows, Mac or Linux desktop. And sooner than you get coding, a whole bankruptcy is dedicated to item orientated programming in Ruby, so you'll be thoroughly convinced with the Ruby language sooner than you start operating with Rails.

the instance program that the booklet builds - a user-generated information site - is outfitted upon with every one following bankruptcy, and ideas reminiscent of periods, cookies and easy AJAX utilization are steadily brought. varied features of Rails, comparable to ActiveRecord, migrations and automatic checking out are explored with every one function that's extra to the applying.

The booklet finishes with chapters on debugging, benchmarking and deployment to a stay net server.

through the tip of the e-book, you'll have outfitted a fully-featured internet 2.0 software and deployed it to the net. And all code is up to date for Rails 1.2, so that you can start coding instantly with the newest model of Rails.

By David McFarland

CSS3 permits you to create professional-looking web pages, yet studying its finer issues might be tricky—even for professional net builders. This lacking handbook indicates you the way to take your HTML and CSS talents to the following point, with worthy information, methods, and step by step directions. You’ll fast how you can construct websites that glance nice and run quick on units and displays of all sizes.

The very important things you have to know:

• Start with the basics. Write CSS3-friendly HTML, together with the HTML5 tags well-known through today’s browsers.
• Apply real-world design. structure textual content, create navigation instruments, and increase pages with images.
• Make your pages lively. Create crowd pleasing animations and provides your viewers appealing tables and types.
• Take keep an eye on of web page layouts. Use specialist layout innovations resembling floats and positioning.
• Look nice on any device. Craft web content that adapt to laptop, pill, and cellular browsers.
• Get complicated techniques. Use CSS3 extra successfully and successfully, and make sure that your websites glance solid while revealed.