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“…Write lightweight but powerful object-oriented code Modify the Document Object Model “Progressively enhance” your pages with JavaScript to provide the highest levels of accessibility to all users Learn sophisticated techniques for making your pages respond to user actions Use the downloadable Scriptin’ library of helper functions to speed development and ensure cross-browser compatibility Use Ajax scripting techniques to update specific areas of the page with data from the server Create powerful interface interactions, such as sliding panels and tree menus Evaluate frameworks such as jQuery and Prototype to find the best one for your needs Build an online application that looks and responds like a regular desktop application Easily adapt the Scriptin’ code examples for use in your own projects—download them at www.scriptinwithajax.com…”

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“…Pupils, teachers, students and trainee teachers must be supported in opening up the possibilities and limits of the information society, in reflecting on them and in recognising and developing options for action, orientation and skills. In the present volume, subject matter teaching in the information society is examined from the perspectives of subject matter didactic reconstruction, media education and informatics education; the question of appropriate locations, media and technologies is also addressed, as are projects in university teacher training and perspective-related approaches. …”

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“…Features for manipulating XHTML, CSS, and events provided by DOM. Object-oriented JavaScript, including prototypal and classical inheritance, deep copy, and mixins. …”

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“…New users of R will find the book's simple approach easy to understand while more sophisticated users will appreciate the invaluable source of task-oriented information. New to the Second Edition The use of RStudio, which increases the productivity of R users and helps users avoid error-prone cut-and-paste workflows New chapter of case studies illustrating examples of useful data management tasks, reading complex files, making and annotating maps, "scraping" data from the web, mining text files, and generating dynamic graphics New chapter on special topics that describes key features, such as processing by group, and explores important areas of statistics, including Bayesian methods, propensity scores, and bootstrapping New chapter on simulation that includes examples of data generated from complex models and distributions A detailed discussion of the philosophy and use of the knitr and markdown packages for R New packages that extend the functionality of R and facilitate sophisticated analyses Reorganized and enhanced chapters on data input and output, data management, statistical and mathematical functions, programming, high-level graphics plots, and the customization of plots Easily Find Your Desired Task Conveniently organized by short, clear descriptive entries, this edition continues to show users how to easily perform an analytical task in R. …”

“…Coverage includes: organizing C++ programs; using variables, constants, expressions, statements, operators, and functions; controlling program flow; working with arrays and strings; creating basic and advanced classes; managing memory; using operator overloading; working with inheritance, polymorphism, and linked lists; reading and writing IO; employing object-oriented analysis and design; creating templates; handling exceptions and errors; and much more. …”

“…After introducing OpenGL ES, Pro OpenGL ES for iOS explains the basics of 3D math and then orients you to the iOS-native 3D libraries you'll be using in your own 3D games and the solar system project you'll build using this book. …”

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“…You will: See the fundamentals of Scala as a general-purpose programming language Understand functional programming and object-oriented programming constructs in Scala Comprehend the use and various features of Scala REPL (shell) Use Scala collections and functions Employ functional programming constructs…”

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“…In-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming is not required as working and complete examples are provided and explained. …”