RESTful Web APIs

RESTful Web APIs

The popularity of REST in recent years has led to tremendous growth in almost-RESTful APIs that don’t include many of the architecture’s benefits. With this practical guide, you’ll learn what it takes to , usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the world’s most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web.,

You’ll explore the concepts behind REST, learn different strategies for creating hypermedia-based APIs, and then put everything together with a step-by-step guide to designing a RESTful Web API.

RESTful Web APIs

Real World Windows 8 App Development with JavaScript

Real World Windows 8 App Development with JavaScript

Real World Windows 8 App Development with , offers you practical advice and hard-earned insights that will help you create and publish apps to a worldwide market.,

Led by authors with deep , 8 app development experience, you’ll learn how to make the most of Microsoft’s APIs for hooking into Windows 8 on all devices, including the core ideas of promises and the asynchronous , model.,

Development with JavaScript features real-world examples that emphasize the use of JavaScript and HTML 5 and that also adhere to the stylistic guidelines Microsoft has put in place to maintain a consistent look and feel for all applications on this platform.

Real World Windows 8 App Development with JavaScript

Rails 3 in Action

Rails 3 in Action

Rails 3 is a full stack, open source web , powered by , and this book is an introduction to it. Whether you’re just starting or you have a few cycles under your belt, you’ll appreciate the book’s guru’s-eye-view of idiomatic , programming.,

You’ll master Rails 3.1 by developing a ticket tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, state maintenance, file uploads, email, and more. You’ll also explore powerful features like designing your own APIs and building a Rails engine. You will see Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development in action throughout the book, just like you would in a top Rails shop.

Rails 3 in Action

Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition

Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition

With the second edition of this popular book, you’ll learn how to build , and CSS3-based apps that , geolocation, accelerometer, multi-touch screens, offline storage, and other features in today’s smartphones, tablets, and feature phones. The market for , apps continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, and this book is the most complete reference available for the mobile web.,

Author and mobile development expert Maximiliano Firtman shows you how to develop a standard app core that you can extend to work with specific devices. This updated edition covers many recent advances in mobile development, including responsive web design techniques, offline storage, mobile design patterns, and new mobile browsers, platforms, and hardware APIs.

Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition

Ruby Best Practices

Ruby Best Practices

Ruby Best Practices is for programmers who want to use , the way Rubyists do. Written by the developer of the Ruby , Prawn (prawn.majesticseacreature.com), this concise book explains how to , beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages, work with functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive, write code that’s readable and expressive, and much more. It’s the perfect companion to The Ruby Programming Language.

Ruby Best Practices

Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide

Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide

Building application using Kinect for , SDK. Covers the Kinect for Windows , v1.6. A practical step-by-step tutorial to make learning easy for a beginner. A detailed discussion of all the APIs involved and the explanations of their usage in detail. Procedures for developing motion-sensing applications and also methods used to enable speech recognition.

Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide

Xcode 4 Cookbook

Xcode 4 Cookbook

The release of iOS 6 comes packed with over 1,500 new APIs and 200 new features. , 4 Cookbook will teach youhow to integrate iCloud storage and how to go about using the , and OpenGraphi APIs, as well as providing you with practical step-by-step recipes covering User Interfaces, data management, multimedia, localisation services and maps, right through to application deployment to the Apple App Store. You will soon be mastering the technology and the skills needed to create some amazing applications.,

Xcode 4 Cookbook will help you learn how to build some powerful applications using , 6 and the various frameworks. You will soon master how to incorporate iCloud, Facebook, and the OpenGraph APIs and apply various image filters and transitions using Core Image integration within your applications.

Xcode 4 Cookbook

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam

The Enterprise Java platform, Java EE 6, has gotten a facelift … JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2, is a big part of what’s new in , EE 6! JSF 2, a significant upgrade from JSF 1.2, includes Facelets and integration/use options with a variety of web frameworks, including the popular JBoss Seam and even the , Framework.,

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam gets you up to speed with the JSF 2.x , features and how they’re implemented using the latest Seam web framework. This quick-start tutorial is the fastest way to get started on JSF 2, Facelets, and Seam, and with it you’ll take the most useful features in the frameworks and apply them using best practices.,

You’ll learn to create and enhance an eShop using practical methods, and can re-purpose the template for your own personal and professional projects.

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect

Connect your enterprise to a wide range of SaaS platforms, Open APIs, and social networks quickly and without difficulty. Through step-by-step instructions and numerous real-world examples, this concise guide shows you how to seamlessly integrate the external services you need with Mule ESB and its powerful , Connect toolset.,

You’ll learn how to use service-specific connectors for many popular APIs – including Salesforce, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Twilio – through easy-to-learn abstractions.

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect