Software delivery doesn't stop with deployment. Modern teams rely on an emerging set of best practices post-deployment to continuously improve, release, and operate their software. With this practical guide, CTOs, software architects, and senior engineering leaders will learn how to apply these practices to their existing operations.Authors Edith Harbaugh, Cody De Arkland, and Brian Rinaldi provide actionable insights into setting up and maintaining a smooth operational process pos...

Jamstack = JavaScript, APIs, and Markup. Use established standard technologies to build super-fast static websites without sacrificing rich, dynamic features.In The Jamstack Book, you will learn how to:Use different static site generators to build websitesDeploy Jamstack sites with 11ty, Next.js, Hugo, and JekyllAdd dynamic capabilities like form processing and eCommerceEnhance your Jamstack site with serverless capabilities

Just like vinyl LPs, static sites are making a comeback, evidenced by the wide array of static-site generators now available. This practical book shows you hands-on how to build these simple sites for blogs and other use cases, and how to make them more powerful. In the process, you’ll work with some of today’s more mature and popular static-site generators.Authors Raymond Camden and Brian Rinaldi explain the advantages of using static-site generators for building fast and secure s...

This book is aimed at people with little or no understanding of developing applications or any experience with Java or computer programming in general.Rather than immediately delving into details, the book focuses instead on constructing simple Android examples that can immediately be seen to work. As an example, some very simple but yet powerful graphics are developed, the image on the book's front cover is an example.As the book progresses more skills are developed and th...

Bootstrap is one of the most complete frameworks out there. It uses the latest web technologies to provide powerful built-in features like fluid grid layout, responsive design, typography, custom forms elements and javascript iteration all within a tiny footprint.Bootstrap comes equipped with cross browser compatibility, hence it will significantly cut down testing and debugging time.Table of Contents- What is a Front-end framework?- Types of Front-end framew...

This Wrox Blox is a value-packed resource to help experienced .NET developers learn the new .NET release. It is excerpted from the Wrox books: Professional C# 4 and .NET 4, Professional ASP.NET 4, and WPF Programmer’s Reference by Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, and Rod Stephens, and includes more than 100 print book pages drawn from these three key titles. It is an excellent resource to help .NET developers get up to speed fast on .NET 4, C# 4.0, ASP.NET 4, and WPF,...

Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember. Author Arnold Robbins has chosen the most valuable commands for vi, Vim, and vi's main clonesâ??vile, elvis, and nviâ??and packed them into this easy-to-browse pocket reference. You'll find commands for all kinds of editing tasks, such as programming, modifying system files, and writing and marking up articles.This sec...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionDesktop-only websites just aren’t good enough anymore. With mobile internet usage still rising, and tablets changing internet consumption habits, you need to know how to build websites that will just ‘work’, regardless of the devices used to access them. This second edition of Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 explains all the key approaches necessary to create and maintain a modern responsive design. The changing wa...

HTML5 continues to evolve, browsers are implementating at break-neck speed and HTML5 web sites spring up like flowers after rain. More than ever, you need to get acquainted with the powerful new possibilities in web and application design. That’s why we’ve crafted a second edition of this book to help you stay on top of current developments.This book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers. It concentrates on the practic...

You're a developer who knows nothing to WPF. Which is fine, except that you need to start coding your next application using WPF and the MVVM pattern.Don't worry: I have you covered. I've been training hundreds of developers like you during 15 years, and converted my experience into this book. I know from experience teaching what takes more time to learn in WPF, and will spend time only where appropriate.Plus this book is packed with exercises which build up into a full pro...

JavaFX 8: Introduction by Example shows you how to use your existing Java skills to create graphically exciting client applications with the JavaFX 8 platform. The book is a new and much improved edition of JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example, taking you through a series of engaging, fun-to-work examples that bring you up to speed on the major facets of the platform. It will help you to create applications that look good, are fun to use, and that take advantage of the med...

Are you writing a lot of JavaScript code and finding that it's growing into an unmanageable mess? In this concise and focused jump start guide you'll learn how to fix common problems such as function spaghetti code and pollution of the global scope, and gain the skills necessary to write clean JavaScript code. By applying patterns, JavaScript code can be made more modular and easier to work with and that's really the overall purpose of this guide. You'll be provided with focused tips and s...