Mihalis Tsoukalos

Mac OS X Dashboard Widget Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analogous to Applets in Java, Dashboard Widgets are essentially mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information. With a single click, Dashboard appears, complete with widgets that bring you a world of information, including real-time weather, stock tickers, sports scores, flight information and more. Mac OS X Dashboard Widget Recipes lets the reader create Apple Dashboard Widgets using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, C and PHP. It also presents some existing widgets and how to use them. The book lets the reader create Apple Dashboard Widgets using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, C and PHP. It also presents some existing widgets and how to use them. TOC:Part I Using Existing Widget Recipes.- The Dashboard.- Existing Widgets (Recipes).- Part II Creating Widgets Recipes.- The Hello World widget.- A widget using JavaScript.- A widget using Ajax.- A widget using Perl.- A widget that uses PHP.- A widget using C.- Part III Advanced Widget Recipe Techniques.- An advanced JavaScript widget example.- A more advanced JavaScript widget example.- An advanced Widget using Ajax.- A widget that interacts with a MySQL database.- Installing, Debugging and Optimizing widgets.- Appendices.- An introduction to HTML.- An introduction to CSS.- Explaining an existing Apple widget.- Useful Tools.- References (books and URLs).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11759911
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781590597194
• ISBN-10: 1590597192
• Artikelnr.: 20963663

Autorenporträt

Mihalis Tsouklos is a long-time UNIX and Mac OS X developer.