Recently revised for Zend Framework 1.9!, and combining 14 chapters containing 300 pages of instruction with access to almost 5 hours of online video, Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework is the ultimate learning guide to building powerful websites with the world's most popular Web development language.

All readers are provided with a special registration code granting them access to the EasyPHPWebsites.com website! All registered readers are able to watch almost five hours of online video, benefit from direct communication with the author, forum access, and a regularly updated DRM-Free PDF!

Written by popular author W. Jason Gilmore, you'll master the Zend Framework by following along with the creation of a community website for video gamers. Among other topics, you'll learn how to:

* Install and Configure the Zend Framework: You'll learn how to download and install the Zend Framework, and create new projects using the Zend_Tool component.

* Talk to the Database: The Zend_Db component gives you tremendous control over your database and the various table relationships. You'll learn all about this fantastic component in Chapter 6.

* Manage Your Web Site Layout: Using the Zend Framework's powerful layout capabilities, you'll learn how to create global layouts, and eliminate redundant code using view helpers and partials.

* Manage Web Forms: Create web forms, and validate user-provided data using the Zend Framework's validation component.

* Send E-mails: Send unformatted and HTML e-mails through your website using the Zend_Mail component.

* Create Community Features: Register users, manage logins, and recover forgotten passwords using the Zend_Auth component.

* Extend Your Network: Integrate with popular online services such as Google Maps, Amazon Web Services, the Facebook Platform, and PayPal.

CodeIgniter (CI) is a powerful open-source PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. CodeIgniter is an MVC framework, similar in some ways to the Rails framework for Ruby, and is designed to enable, not overwhelm.

This book explains how to work with CodeIgniter in a clear logical way. It is not a detailed guide to the syntax of CodeIgniter, but makes an ideal complement to the existing online CodeIgniter user guide, helping you grasp the bigger picture and bringing together many ideas to get your application development started as smoothly as possible.

This book will start you from the basics, installing CodeIgniter, understanding its structure and the MVC pattern. You will also learn how to use some of the most important CodeIgniter libraries and helpers, upload it to a shared server, and take care of the most common problems. If you are new to CodeIgniter, this book will guide you from bottom to top. If you are an experienced developer or already know about CodeIgniter, here you will find ideas and code examples to compare to your own.

Improve your PHP coding productivity with this guide to the powerful and popular CodeIgniter framework.

What you will learn from this book :

• Download, install, and configure a CodeIgniter site and learn how to use mod_rewrite to generate better URLs
• Organize a dynamic web site using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern
• Simplify your database access by integrating databases such as MySQL
• Make your site more robust and professional by using CI's built-in classes
• Understand the structure of a CI site and its object-oriented aspects
• Reduce the code necessary to create a form using form helper – one of the fine features of CodeIgniter
• Take any library or code, from your previous work, third-party code, etc. and put it to use inside CodeIgniter
• Generate Create, Update, Delete, and Read (C.R.U.D) entries on each database table
• Create multi-language sites, handle files, images, sessions, and send email easily with the help of CI
• Work with files easily – upload them, download them, and put them into a Zip file
• Test your code with error handling, unit testing, benchmarking, and profiling with the help of CI
• Build a dynamic web site quickly and easily using CodeIgniter's prepared code

Approach

This book takes a step-by-step approach, presenting the main features of CodeIgniter in a systematic way and explaining them clearly. It is packed with examples, ideas, and screenshots to help you master this great framework. The code examples are very practical so you can even use them in your own projects. By following this book, you can use CodeIgniter in the best possible way and maximize your learning.

Who this book is written for

This book is for developers who are new to CodeIgniter. Basic skills in PHP and MySQL are required, but only rudimentary object-oriented knowledge is needed.

If you're looking for a better way to develop PHP applications, or want to find out more about the CodeIgniter framework as a viable option for one of your own projects, this book will help you.

You need to maintain clients, servers and networks, while acquiring new skills. Foundations of Cent OS Linux: Enterprise Linux On the Cheap covers a free, unencumbered Linux operating system within the Red Hat lineage, but it does not assume you have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux license. Now you can learn CentOS Linux, the most powerful and popular of all Red Hat clones, keep maintaining your network at work, and become an RHCE, all just for the cost of this book.

• Introduces CentOS Linux and Fedora clients as equals to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Sets up CentOS as a secure, high–performance web services back end
• Prepares you for the RHCE examination, but does not assume an RHEL installation

What you’ll learn

If you want to use CentOS servers professionally and attach Red Hat clients, you need to know as much as a Red Hat engineer. This book has been written by two RHCEs who use CentOS 90% of the time, so after studying this book, you will know as much as an RHCE. And if you still want to take RHCE examinations, you can!

• Install and configure CentOS servers.
• Attach Fedora clients.
• Design servers with security built in from the ground up.
• Integrate Fedora clients and CentOS servers.
• Set up directory services.
• Learn to use virtualization techniques.

Author Information

Chivas Sicam

Chivas Sicam occasionally works as an IT instructor and consultant. Prior to his hiatus from working full time, he indulged himself as one of the system administrators in the engineering team of Defender Technologies Group. Chivas takes pride in being part of DOST-ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute) on Bayanihan Linux. His team advocated the use of open source software for the computing needs of government agencies, schools, and small and medium–size enterprises in the Philippines. He enjoys technology, road trips, and keeping up to date on news of the Utah Jazz.

Ryan Baclit

Ryan Baclit is a Linux and web programming instructor at the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology in Manila. He used to administer open source databases and networks in a previous life, before he discovered that those who can do, teach. He holds an RHCE and a degree in computer science from DLSU in Manila.

This book covers what you need to know to get started programming Android applications for mobile devices — everything from crafting GUIs to using GPS and accessing Web services, and more!

Android Programming, Taught Gently

Android is truly a platform, encompassing hundreds of classes beyond the traditional Java classes and open source components that ship with the SDK. Some Android books race through the material, trying to cover as much ground as possible in as few pages as possible.

The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development is different.

We have tried to cover the same material, but aimed more for people new to mobile development. The book includes dozens of sample projects, ready to run with your copy of the SDK — not just one huge project where you have difficulty finding the specific examples of the technique you are looking for. You can even get these sample programs now, via the Source Code links later on this page. We also have a support Google Group for readers, to help answer questions about the book materials and examples.

As technology rapidly evolves, many developers are looking for valuable tools to assist them with their daily tasks. When dealing with databases, a clean, easy-to-navigate interface for working and browsing is essential. Oracle SQL Developer is a graphical user interface that makes life much easier by allowing you to browse database objects, run SQL statements and scripts, and create, edit, and debug PL/SQL statements in the most efficient way. It enhances productivity and simplifies your database development tasks. Although the SQL Developer journey looks simple and easy, there are many areas that can go undiscovered, leaving you just scratching the surface.

It’s easy to get started and master this powerful tool with this book to hand. It will provide you with in-depth details about all aspects of using SQL Developer to assist you in your day-to-day database tasks and activities. You will learn to utilize SQL Developer’s extensible environment to support your ongoing needs

This book offers detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and effectively using Oracle SQL Developer. You will learn how to utilize every feature of this development tool and make the most out of it. While none of the tasks are complex, the book progresses from the easy, most commonly used features, such as browsing objects and writing queries in the SQL Worksheet, to the more involved and possibly less frequently used features, such as Tuning and Testing SQL and PL/SQL, and adding User Extensions, and finally to those features used by a smaller more targeted audience, such as Migrations, Oracle APEX, and the Data Modeler. Throughout the book there are tips and suggestions gathered as a result of working with the current SQL Developer user base. This book will also show you how to assess the health of your database with built-in as well as customized reports.

By the end of the book you will be confident in making the best use of SQL Developer, and be able to set up and maintain a productive environment for quick and easy database development.

Use the powerful GUI to browse your database objects, run SQL statements and scripts, and create, edit, debug, and test PL/SQL code in a highly productive environment

What you will learn from this book :

• Build complex queries based on a number of tables using visual Query Builder
• Assess the health of your database, data structure of your application, and data in that application with built-in as well as user-defined reports
• Create, compile, and debug PL/SQL code and explore available features to facilitate writing PL/SQL code
• Integrate your SQL Developer with open source version control systems CVS and Subversion, which allow checking out of files from a repository, editing, and checking them back in
• Enter and execute your SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus statements with the SQL Worksheet interface
• Produce easily replicable scripts that copy and move data from one database instance to another, or from one schema to another
• Create advanced database connections using a variety of connection and authentication types available for Oracle as well as non-Oracle databases
• Create, review, and update database schema designs with SQL Developer Data Modeler
• Augment your environment with features that are specific to your needs by extending your SQL Developer with XML structured user-defined extensions
• Monitor and manage your Application Express applications by integrating with SQL Developer
• Set up an easy and quick migration environment for your database schema by using the migration repository
• Browse and review non-Oracle databases, before using the migration environment to migrate and consolidate databases on the Oracle platform

Approach

Covering SQL Developer fundamentals as well more intermediate and advanced topics, this book uses in-depth explanation and detailed examples to help you get the most out of Oracle SQL Developer. The book has a modular structure, so that you can dip into any chapter that covers your current area of focus and get going.

Who this book is written for

This book is for Oracle developers who want to ease their database development, and enhance their productivity using Oracle SQL Developer. You should have a programming knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, and a general familiarity with Oracle database concepts.

• Learn how to create effective campaign plans for your website
• Understand the PageRank algorithm, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
• Drive traffic to your website and make money as an advertising host
• Add AdSense code and Google search to your site
• Learn how content, search, and referral ads perform
• Create and edit AdWord campaigns
• Monitor AdWords activity and improve your campaign's performance

The latest strategies for investigating cyber-crime

Identify and investigate computer criminals of all stripes with help from this fully updated. real-world resource. Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics, Second Edition explains how to construct a high-tech forensic lab, collect prosecutable evidence, discover e-mail and system file clues, track wireless activity, and recover obscured documents. Learn how to re-create an attacker's footsteps, communicate with council, prepare court-ready reports, and work through legal and organizational challenges. Case studies straight from today's headlines cover IP theft, mortgage fraud, employee misconduct, securities fraud, embezzlement, organized crime, and consumer fraud cases.

• Effectively uncover, capture, and prepare evidence for investigation

• Store and process collected data in a highly secure digital forensic lab
• Restore deleted documents, partitions, user activities, and file systems
• Analyze evidence gathered from Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems
• Use the latest Web and client-based e-mail tools to extract relevant artifacts
• Overcome the hacker's anti-forensic, encryption, and obscurity techniques
• Unlock clues stored in cell phones, PDAs, and Windows Mobile devices

• Prepare legal documents that will hold up to judicial and defense scrutiny

Introducing Microsoft Azure provides all the information developers need to get started with this new technology and apply it across a range of situations. Presented in a clear, concise manner, this book provides a carefully measured learning curve for surmounting the architectural and coding challenges that need to be faced when building a well-balanced Windows Azure service.

What you'll learn

• Understand the critical concepts of Azure, such as data storage and retrieval, .NET Services, and SQL Azure
• Learn to write Azure code and architect cloud-based solutions
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of cloud computing and how the hosted architecture will impact the way organizations host, deploy, and maintain their solutions
• Integrate .NET Services and SQL Azure into existing applications to increase their functionality
• Understand how Azure can be leveraged to solve a variety of programming tasks through extensive exercises and recipes

Who is this book for?

Introducing Windows Azure is for .NET architects and developers who want to learn how to provide business solutions based on the Microsoft Azure Services platform. Software as a Service (SaaS), a major trend in the computing industry, will grow exponentially in the coming years. This is a book that every developer should have on their bookshelf.

Switching to the Mac? Awesome! You’ve got company—lots of it! And with this book, you’ve got help, too... all the help you’ll ever need!

MacMost.com founder Gary Rosenzweig quickly gets you comfy with your new Mac, demonstrates the ”Mac way” to perform every common Windows task, and shows how to do more with Macs than you ever could in Windows... way more!

It’s all here—everything from choosing the right Mac to creating your own videos and DVDs. Rosenzweig covers the latest Macs and the new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. Best of all, he focuses on what today’s computer users need to know, including loads of coverage of using your Mac on the Web.

Every Mac switcher needs a friendly Mac expert to show them the ropes. With this book, you’ve got yours!

      •     Discover what’s different about your Mac’s hardware and software—and what’s similar, too

      •     Navigate the Finder and learn how Mac files are organized

      •     Make the most of the Mac’s built-in applications

      •     Move your stuff from your PC to your new Mac

      •     Use Safari, Mac’s great built-in Web browser

      •     Set up Mac email, instant messaging, and audio and video chatting

      •     Share, back up, and archive your files

      •     Choose and use Mac business and productivity applications

      •     Organize your music and buy new songs with iTunes

      •     Import, manage, edit, and share your photos

      •     Create awesome videos with iMovie, QuickTime, and iDVD

      •     Run Windows on your Mac, if you must

      •     Keep your Mac up to date and running smoothly

Gary Rosenzweig is the producer of MacMost.com and the host of the MacMost Now video podcast. MacMost focuses on teaching people how to get the most from their Macs with tutorials, reviews, and tips. His previous 12 books include ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University and The MacAddict Guide to GarageBand. He also runs several Web-based game websites, including GameScene.com.