Yehuda Katz

Thanks to jQuery, almost no one remembers the bad old days when developers had to manually manage browser inconsistencies, CSS support, and DOM navigation, and every animation was a frustrating exercise in hand-coded JavaScript. jQuery beautifully manages these concerns, and more, through an elegant, instantly-intuitive library that's become a nearly-universal part of the web. And the latest version of jQuery adds even more features and components to make life as a web developer smooth and productive. jQuery in Action, Third Edition, is a fast-paced complete guide to jQuery, focused on the tasks faced in nearly any web dev project. Written for readers with minimal JavaScript experience, this revised edition adds new examples and exercises, along with the deep and practical coverage you expect from an "In Action" book. You'll learn how to traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, write plugins, and even unit test your code. The unique lab pages anchor each concept with real-world code. Several new chapters teach you how to interact with other tools and frameworks to build modern single-page web applications. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Complete, up-to-date, fast-paced guide Focuses on tasks faced in nearly any web dev project Revised edition adds new examples and exercises AUDIENCE Readers need only beginning-level JavaScript knowledge. No prior experience with jQuery is required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY jQuery is a fast and small JavaScript library that makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler than using native methods.

DESCRIPTION Ruby on Rails is an open source web framework. It's famously simple to build a basic Rails application. Once you've started down the track, however, you discover that Rails is a powerful, deep, and rich full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge. Rails 4 in Action is a fully-revised second edition of Rails 3 in Action. This hands-on, comprehensive introduction to Rails gives readers everything they need to become competent and confident Rails developers. It shows how to develop a ticket tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more. It explores powerful features like designing APIs and building a Rails engine. The book also provides Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development in action throughout the book—just like in a top Rails shop. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Fully updated for Rails 4 New and improved testing examples More options for creating APIs Written by Rails community leaders AUDIENCE It is helpful for readers to have a background in Ruby, but no prior Rails experience is needed. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Ruby on Rails, often called Rails, is an open source web framework for the Ruby programming language. It’s a full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge.

DESCRIPTION Rails makes getting an application up and running easy, but how can a developer ensure that it continues to function well? The answer is Testand Behavior-Driven Development. These Agile approaches, combined with the advantages of the latest software version, make Rails 3 a powerful development framework. Rails 3 in Action covers developing a Rails 3.0 application from the ground-up using the industry's best practices in an Agile development fashion, tackling one feature at a time in order to build a solid, maintainable and scalable application. A comprehensive and hands-on guide, the authors show readers how to get the most out of Rails, including tips on leveraging the treasure-trove of community-provided code available. WILL SELL LIKE Agile Web Development with Rails, Fourth Edition, Pragmatic Bookshelf, March 2011, 978-1934356548 KEY POINTSF • Covers the latest version of the framework, Rails 3.0F • Teaches industry best practices like TDD and BDDF • Shows how to get the most out of Rails