This overview of the programming languages and tools used to develop dynamic, data-driven, interactive applications is designed for the beginning programmer. It covers the most powerful, useful programming languages and tools clearly and completely.

The definitive, comprehensive guide to Zend Studio for Eclipse Zend Studio for Eclipse gives millions of PHP/LAMP developers world-class tools for building state-of-the-art web applications. Now, here’s a definitive guide to making the most of this breakthrough development environment. Zend Certified Engineer Peter MacIntyre and expert PHP developer Ian Morse show how to use Zend Studio for Eclipse to improve productivity, effectiveness, and code quality throughout your entire project lifecycle. You’ll start with a product tour that introduces the core techniques and terminology you’ll use in all your projects–including views, perspectives, outlines, and much more. You’ll discover how to quickly use preferences to customize Zend Studio for Eclipse to your unique needs. Next, MacIntyre and Morse offer detailed, practical insights into every key aspect of working with Zend Studio: the code editor, PHP perspective views, Code Gallery, Code Analyzer, refactoring, SQL integration, unit testing with PHPUnit, debugging, version control, WYSIWYG design, and much more. You’ll learn how to use the powerful integrated tools Zend provides, as well as those offered by the thriving worldwide Eclipse ecosystem. This book is an indispensable resource for every developer who wants to master Zend Studio for Eclipse: programmers already familiar with PHP and LAMP and users of other Eclipse-based IDEs who want to leverage their skills to create powerful PHP-based web applications.

Get past all the hype about PHP and dig into the real power of this language. This book explores the most useful features of PHP and how they can speed up the web development process, and explains why the most commonly used PHP elements are often misused or misapplied. You'll learn which parts add strength to object-oriented programming, and how to use certain features to integrate your application with databases. Written by a longtime member of the PHP community, PHP: The Good Parts is ideal for new PHP programmers, as well as web developers switching from other languages. Become familiar with PHP's basic syntax, variables, and datatypes Learn how to integrate the language with web pages Understand how to use strings, arrays, and PHP's built-in functions Discover the advantages of using PHP as an object-oriented language Explore how PHP interacts with databases, such as SQLite and MySQL Learn input- and output-handling best practices to prevent security breaches

Create dynamic Web pages using the popular Web scripting language, JavaScript! Building on the successful philosophy of prior editions, this market leading text is perfect for beginning programmers with prior knowledge of HTML. A popular scripting language that is widely supported in Web browsers and other Web tools, JavaScript adds interactive functions to HTML pages. This text also discusses the Document Object Model (DOM) specification published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In keeping with the success of the previous editions, this book features hands-on projects, a step-by-step methodology, as well as additional end-of-chapter exercises.

CD-ROM contains: 30-day trial of Adobe Photoshop 7.0; 120-day trial of XMLSpy5; electronic instructor's manual; ExamView, Microsoft PowerPoint slides for each chapter; data files necessary for the Hands-on Projects and Case Projects; solutions to end-of-chapter Review Questions, Hands-on Projects and Case Projects.

CD-ROM contains: 30-day trial of Adobe Photoshop 7.0; 120-day trial of XMLSpy5; electronic instructor's manual; ExamView, Microsoft PowerPoint slides for each chapter; data files necessary for the Hands-on Projects and Case Projects; solutions to end-of-chapter Review Questions, Hands-on Projects and Case Projects.

Object-Oriented Programming Using C++, Third Edition is designed to teach C++ programming, using object-oriented terminology from the start. As in previous editions, this text includes clear, thorough, but not overwhelming program examples which are used to teach the syntax of the C++ language as well as sound programming principles. Expanding on early topics, this text provides extensive coverage to variable declaration and types and the three basic programming structures providing the option to learn topics at varying speeds based on the individual.