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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Learn how to use Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to create Web applications that mirror the richness of desktop applications. Using easy-to-follow examples, Ajax: A Beginner's Guide gets you started working with this cutting-edge collection of technologies in no time. Create XMLHttpRequest objects and use JavaScript, XML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, and more to build next-generation Web applications. You'll also find out about a variety of free, pre-written Ajax frameworks you can use right away.

Designed for Easy Learning:

Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skillsAnnotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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Your One-Stop Guide to Web Development with PHP--Covers PHP 5.2

Build dynamic, cross-browser Web applications with PHP--the server-side programming language that's taken the Internet by storm. Through detailed explanations and downloadable code examples, this comprehensive guide shows you, step-by-step, how to configure PHP, create PHP-enabled Web pages, and put every advanced development tool to work.

PHP: The Complete Reference explains how to personalize the PHP work space, define operators and variables, manipulate strings and arrays, deploy HTML forms and buttons, and process user input. You'll learn how to access database information, track client-side preferences using cookies, execute FTP and e-mail transactions, and publish your applications to the Web. You'll also get in-depth coverage of PHP's next-generation Web 2.0 design features, including AJAX, XML, and RSS.

Install PHP and set up a customized development environmentWork with variables, operators, loops, strings, arrays, and functionsIntegrate HTML controls, text fields, forms, radio buttons, and checkboxesAccept and validate user-entered data from Web pagesSimplify programming using PHP's object-oriented tools Build blogs, guest books, and feedback pages with server-side file storageWrite MySQL scripts that retrieve, modify, and update database informationSet cookies, perform FTP transactions, and send e-mails from PHP sessionsBuild AJAX-enabled Web pagesDraw graphics on the serverCreate XML components and add RSS feeds

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Get started programming in XML right away with help from this hands-on tutorial. XML: A Beginner's Guide explains how to store data in and retrieve data from XML documents, format data with Cascading Style Sheets, display data in Web browsers, and use Java and JavaScript. The book covers the latest innovations in XML, including Ajax, XHTML, XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and the new XQuery specification. Now it's easier than ever to learn how to create your own XML solutions!

Designed for Easy Learning:

Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skillsNumerous screenshots--Examples that illustrate real-world results Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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Bring in more customers with your own web site!

Take your business online and start generating additional revenue with help from this highly visual, easy-to-follow guide. Small Business Web Sites Made Easy shows you how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and other tools to create a compelling site that's functional, flexible, secure, and ready for commercial transactions. The book also covers the fundamentals of web-based marketing, including search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising. Now you can establish a solid online presence without the expense of hiring a designer!

Learn essential HTML skillsPlan your site architecture Add style to your web site using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Make your pages come alive with JavaScript elementsIncrease leads, conversions, and sales using search engine optimization (SEO)Set up pay-per-click advertising, including Google AdWordsTrack metrics with hit metersMarket your site on FacebookCreate a shopping cart and enable credit card transactions

The fun and easy way to understand and solve complex equations Many of the fundamental laws of physics, chemistry, biology, and economics can be formulated as differential equations. This plain-English guide explores the many applications of this mathematical tool and shows how differential equations can help us understand the world around us. Differential Equations For Dummies is the perfect companion for a college differential equations course and is an ideal supplemental resource for other calculus classes as well as science and engineering courses. It offers step-by-step techniques, practical tips, numerous exercises, and clear, concise examples to help readers improve their differential equation-solving skills and boost their test scores.

Tips, tricks and lots of practice to help students get a handle on these complex calculus problemsPre-calculus classes prepare students for studies in calculus and other advanced Differential equations are essential in physics, economics, engineering, and many other scientific and technical disciplines. This new Dummies Workbook is a hands-on companion for students grappling with differential equations in classes such as calculus, AP calculus, physics, and engineering. It features numerous practice exercises and clear, concise examples to help students improve their problem-solving skills and score better in science, math, and standardized tests. This practice-oriented workbook covers such challenging topics as first-order and second-order differential equations, constant coefficients, undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, initial-value problems, the Laplace transform, and more.

Hands-on practice in solving quantum physics problemsQuantum Physics is the study of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller microscopic levels. Like the other titles in our For Dummies Workbook series, Quantum Physics Workbook For Dummies allows you to hone your skills at solving the difficult and often confusing equations you encounter in this subject. Explains equations in easy-to-understand termsHarmonic Oscillator Operations, Angular Momentum, Spin, Scattering TheoryUsing a proven practice-and-review approach, Quantum Physics Workbook For Dummies is all you need to get up to speed in problem solving!

A plain-English guide to advanced physics Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Physics II For Dummies walks you through the essentials and gives you easy-to-understand and digestible guidance on this often intimidating course.Thanks to this book, you don?t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you learn about mechanical waves and sound, forces and fields, electric potential and electric energy, and much more, you?ll appreciate the For Dummies law: The easier we make it, the faster you?ll understand it! An extension of the successful Physics I For DummiesCovers topics in a straightforward and effective mannerExplains concepts and terms in a fast and easy-to-understand wayWhether you?re currently enrolled in an undergraduate-level Physics II course or just want a refresher on the fundamentals of advanced physics, this no-nonsense guide makes this fascinating topic accessible to everyone.

Who needs expensive, old-fashioned office software? Now, you can do everything online, free, with Google Docs! Experts Steve and Nancy Holzner offer simple, step-by-step instructions and great insider tips for making the most of Google’s powerful online word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. You’ll get started fast... learn how to create and format professional-quality documents of all kinds... collaborate with colleagues to build better proposals and presentations... use advanced tools like revision history, templates, and charts... discover Google Docs’ latest features and shortcuts... and a whole lot more! No matter what kind of documents you create, this book can help you do the job better, faster, and more efficiently... and you’ll never pay for office software again!  You’ll Learn How To•           Get your free Google account and set up iGoogle for instant access to your documents•           Upload and use the documents you’ve already created with Microsoft Office •           Use Google Spreadsheet to create charts to display spreadsheet data•           Master Google Docs’ easy, powerful document-editing and formatting tools•           Insert images into your documents and presentations•           Share documents securely with your colleagues •           Back up your documents offline and edit them when you don’t have an Internet connection  Steven Holzner, former contributing editor at PC Magazine, is author of 108 computer books that have sold more than 2.5 million copies. His most recent Pearson book is Facebook Marketing. Nancy Holzner writes and edits technology books from her home in central New York state. Her recent publications include books on Intuit QuickBase and Zoho. Nancy has also worked as a medievalist, a high school teacher, and a corporate trainer.  CATEGORY:  Productivity Suites COVERS: Google DocsUSER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate

Physics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590286) was previously published as Physics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618417). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. For students who just need to know the vital concepts of physics, whether as a refresher, for exam prep, or as a reference, Physics Essentials For Dummies is a must-have guide. Free of ramp-up and ancillary material, Physics Essentials For Dummies contains content focused on key topics only. It provides discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in an introductory physics course, from force and motion to momentum and kinetics. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical physics concepts as they help high school students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back to the classroom who just need a refresher of the core concepts.The Essentials For Dummies SeriesDummies is proud to present our new series, The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams, preparing to study new material, or who just need a refresher can have a concise, easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish, our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject.

Suchen Sie einen leichten Einstieg in die fortgeschrittenen Bereiche der Physik? »Physik II für Dummies« hilft Ihnen, Elektrizität und Magnetismus zu verstehen. Außerdem erklärt Ihnen Steven Holzner, was Sie über Schall und Licht, Brechung, Interferenz und Reflektion wissen sollten. Auch in diesem Band kommen Mechanik und Wärmelehre nicht zu kurz und der Autor gibt Ihnen zu Beginn des Buches einen Crashkurs in den Grundlagen der Physik. So sind Sie mit diesem Buch bestens gerüstet, wenn es bei der Physik mal ein bisschen mehr sein soll.

In diesem Buch lernen Sie, wie Sie mit Differenzialgleichungen aller Schwierigkeitsstufen umgehen: Sie starten mit Differenzialgleichungen erster Ordnung und erfahren, was mit separierbaren Differenzialgleichungen zu tun ist und was exakte Differenzialgleichungen sind. Anschließend begegnen Ihnen lineare homogene und lineare inhomogene Differenzialgleichungen höherer Ordnung. Lernen Sie die Methode der unbestimmten Koeffizienten und die Methode der Parametervariation kennen. Den wirklich schweren Brocken rücken Sie mit Laplace-Transformationen und Reihenlösungen zu Leibe. Und wenn gar nichts mehr geht, bleiben Ihnen ja immer noch die numerischen Lösungen. Sie funktionieren fast immer.

Die Quantenmechanik ist ein zentrales, wenn auch von vielen Studierenden ungeliebtes Thema der Physik. Aber keine Panik! Dieses Buch erklärt Ihnen freundlich, verständlich, kompetent, was Sie über Quantenmechanik wissen müssen. Es erläutert die Grundlagen von Drehimpuls und Spin, gibt Ihnen Tipps, wie Sie komplexe Gleichungen lösen, und nimmt den klassischen Problemen der Quantenmechanik den Schrecken. Zahlreiche, ausführlich erklärte Beispiele geben Ihnen zusätzliche Sicherheit auf einem vor Unschärfen und Wahrscheinlichkeiten wimmelnden Feld.

Sie wollen ein einziges Buch, das Sie trotzdem perfekt für Ihre Prüfung vorbereitet? Kraft, kinetische Energie, Thermodynamik, Elektrizität sind nach diesem Buch keine Fremdwörter mehr. Im »Übungsbuch Physik für Dummies« finden Sie über 350 Aufgaben, Lösungen und Erklärungen zu den Kerngebieten der Physik. So können Sie Ihr Wissen festigen und die nötige Sicherheit gewinnen im Umgang mit dieser manchmal recht kniffligen Naturwissenschaft.

Sie suchen einen leicht verständlichen Einstieg in die Physik oder möchten Ihre Grundkenntnisse auffrischen? Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen dabei, sich einen schnellen Überblick über die Physik zu verschaffen. Steven Holzner erklärt Ihnen, was Sie über Kräfte und Bewegungen, Energie, Wärme, Licht, elektrische Felder und Kernphysik unbedingt wissen sollten. So ist dies Ihr perfekter Nachhilfelehrer für die Tasche: freundlich, kompetent, günstig.

Von Ampere bis Zentripetalkraft – alles, was Sie über Physik wissen müssen Lässt Thermodynamik Sie kalt? Stößt Magnetismus Sie ab? Oder springt der Funke der Elektrizität einfach nicht auf Sie über? Kein Problem, Physik für Dummies entführt auch die, die damit eigentlich nichts am Hut haben, in die faszinierende Welt der Physik. Steven Holzner stellt Ihnen physikalische Phänomene vor und erklärt die dahinterstehenden Naturgesetze samt der notwendigen mathematischen Grundlagen. Egal ob Energie, Wärme oder Licht, alles wird mit ausführlichen Beispielen und anschaulichen Abbildungen erläutert. Sie erfahren Wie Sie mit potenzieller Energie, Reibungskoeffizient und Widerstand richtig rechnenWas Newton, Coulomb und Hooke herausgefunden habenWas Sie zu elektrischem Strom, Magnetismus und Spannung wissen sollten