JadeWhen my roommate and best friend set me up with a job interview, I was grateful. I’d never been a server at a club before, but I had some waitressing experience, so how hard could it be? But when I arrived at the club, I realized I’d fallen into my worst nightmare. The club owner wasn’t interested in hiring any servers, that was merely a ruse to lure innocent girls like me into a trap. Before I’d even processed what’s happening, I was center stage bein...

A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s last days.June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school, the future hers to embrace—but she’s still reeling from the death of her older brother, Chip. A devastating diagnosis the summer before prompted Chip to leave home for a few months, never revealing where he went. Maggi...

Master the art of building dynamic, modern web applications with ReactAbout This BookLearn the hot new frontend web framework from Facebook – ReactJS, an easy way of developing the V in MVC and a better approach to software engineering in JavaScriptA fast-paced guide to designing and building scalable and maintainable web apps with React.jsLearn all the new ES6 features and be among the most prominent JavaScript developers who ca...

You're sitting around the campfire; it's dark, the moon is high in the sky, the wind is whistling through the trees, and the sense of isolation is pervasive. You hear a twig snap in the darkness, everyone is tense. What's the story you tell your friends to terrify them? What's in the dark, stalking the camp: an ax murderer, a werewolf, or something so far beyond our mortal understanding that just the sight of it will drive each of us insane?

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-480—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of programming with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:Implement and manipulate document structures and objectsImplement program fl...

What’s next for JavaScript? Its phenomenal rise from a simple client-side scripting tool to a versatile and flexible programming language exceeded everyone’s expectations. Now, hopes and expectations for JavaScript’s future are considerable.In this insightful report, Dr. Axel Rauschmayer explains how the combination of several technologies and opportunities in the past 15 years turned JavaScript’s fortunes. With that as a backdrop, he provides a detailed look at proposed new featur...

This eBook is designed to teach anyone how to program with Java.  The tutorials contained within were carefully constructed with the beginner programmer in mind.  The lessons are presented step by step, and explained in plain English. It starts with the basics such as: What is a Variable? What is a Control Structure? What is a Data Structure? These are terms that, if never...

The “Bible” for Rails Development: Now Fully Updated for Rails 4.1"When I read The Rails Way for the first time, I felt like I truly understood Rails for the first time.”—From the Foreword by Steve KlabnikRuby on Rails 4 is leaner, tighter, and even more valuable to professional web developers. More than ever, it helps you focus on what matters most: delivering business value via clean and maintainable code.The Rails™4 Way

How do you create a mission-critical site that provides exceptional performance while remaining flexible, adaptable, and reliable 24/7? Written by the manager of a UI group at Yahoo!, Developing Large Web Applications offers practical steps for building rock-solid applications that remain effective even as you add features, functions, and users. You'll learn how to develop large web applications with the extreme precision required for other types of software.Avoid co...

Build server-side applications more efficiently—and improve your PHP programming skills in the process—by learning how to use design patterns in your code. This book shows you how to apply several object-oriented patterns through simple examples, and demonstrates many of them in full-fledged working applications.Learn how these reusable patterns help you solve complex problems, organize object-oriented code, and revise a big project by only changing small parts. With Learning P...

The number of online solutions provided for JavaScript is growing every day. However, the workflow of Web developers and designers frequently culminates to confusion and disorientation due the information overflow. In order to organize this information and provide you with helpful guidelines to successfully optimize your next Web project, we offer you this Smashing eBook JavaScript Essentials (eBook #13). Filled with up-to-date lessons on coding reviews, JavaScript scopes and implementati...

Treading on Python Volume 1 is a book designed to bring developers and others who are anxious to learn Python up to speed quickly. Not only does it teach the basics of syntax, but it condenses years of experience gained from programming, tutoring and teaching. You will learn warts, gotchas, best practices and hints that have been gleaned through the years in days. You will hit the ground running and running in the right way.