Jack D. Herrington

Broschiertes Buch

PHP Hacks

Tips & Tools for Creating Dynamic Websites

Beschreibung

Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP.NET technology in popularity. Not surprisingly, this surge in usage has resulted in a number of PHP books hitting the market. Only one, though, takes the language beyond traditional Web programming and into mapping, graphing, multimedia, and beyond: PHP Hacks. In PHP Hacks, author Jack Herrington wrings out his 20 years of code generation experience to deliver hands-on tools ranging from basic PHP and Pear installation and scripting, to advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks. On the practical side of things, PHP Hacks helps you develop more robust PHP applications by explaining how to improve your database design, automate application testing, and employ design patterns in your PHP scripts and classes. In the category of "cool", Herrington explains how to upgrade your web interface through the creation of tabs, stickies, popups, and calendars. He even examines how to leverage maps and graphics in PHP. There's also a bounty of image and application hacks, including those that show you how to: Integrate Websites with Google maps and satellite imaging. Dynamically display iPhoto libraries online. Add IRC, SMS, Instant Messaging capabilities to your Web applications. Drop the latest Wikipedia dictionary onto your Sony PSP. Render graphics and user interfaces with SVG, DHTML, and Ajax. Whether you're a newcomer or an expert, you'll find great value in PHP Hacks, the only PHP guide that offers something useful and fun for everyone.

Autor

Jack Herrington is an engineer, author and presenter who lives and works in the Bay Area. His mission is to expose his fellow engineers to new technologies. That covers a broad spectrum, from demonstrating programs that write other programs in the book Code Generation in Action. Providing techniques for building customer centered web sites in PHP Hacks. All the way writing a how-to on audio blogging called Podcasting Hacks. All of which make great holiday gifts and are available online here, and at your local bookstore. Jack also writes articles for O'Reilly, DevX and IBM Developerworks. Jack lives with his wife, daughter and two adopted dogs. When he is not writing software, books or articles you can find him on his bike, running or in the pool training for triathlons. You can keep up with Jack's work and his writing at http: //jackherrington.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9780596101398
• ISBN-10: 0596101392
• Artikelnr.: 15196803

Rezensionen

"Das Buch ist voll gepackt mit einer umfangreichen Sammlung an Programmiertipps, mit deren Hilfe ein Programmierer seine Website zusammenbauen kann.

Die Rezeptsammlung fürs Programmieren orientiert sich stark an den konkreten Bedürfnissen eines PHP-Programmierers, der mit Hilfe dieser Skriptsprache seine Website aufbauen will. Darum stehen am Anfang auch zwei Kapitel, die sich vor allem mit dem Design einer Site befassen. Es geht da um originelle Design-Gimmicks sowie DHTML-Tricks und wie man diese mit Hilfe von PHP umsetzen kann. Auch das Thema Grafik und PHP kommt in diesem Zusammenhang ausführlich zur Sprache. Anschließend geht es um spezielle Fragen, die sich dem Programmierer beim Entwickeln von dynamischen Web-Anwendungen stellen. [...]Das Buch bewegt sich kaum im Bereich der Theorie. Es werden konkrete Szenarien entworfen und dafür eine originelle PHP-Lösung präsentiert: Hundert konkrete Tipps in zehn Kapiteln auf über 400 Seiten - [...] sollte im Regal keines PHP-Programmierers fehlen. Buch-Tipp!" - Internet Professionell, April 2006