Beginning GWT by Bram Smeets introduces one of today’s most popular open source lightweight Java-based Ajax Web Frameworks, the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) from the ground-up.

Written by an industry expert who has delivered many Web applications for his clients and a Spring expert, Bram takes a no-nonsense, down to earth approach to GWT and guides the reader though the development of a Web application front end using GWT from the ground up.

This will be one of the first tutorials on GWT.

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Are you interested in starting a blog but can’t decide on which service to use? Google’s Blogger offers many advantages over other blog publishing systems, including seamless integration with Google services and web applications.

Beginning Google Blogger is a complete resource on how to create and manage a blog using Blogger. The book offers step-by-step instructions and visual aids which walk you through both the basics of Blogger and the advanced features it offers—from creating a new blog and choosing fonts and colors, and installing custom blog graphics; to converting from a 2-column to a 3-column layout, setting up a domain name and creating an online store with a built-in navigational bar.

The journey from newbie to experienced blogger will be fun and challenging. You’ll learn practical applications of the most popular gadgets, search engine optimization tips, how to make money using Blogger, and, overall, taking blogging to a new level by incorporating social networking tools, using advanced blog design techniques, setting up a custom domain and creating an online store.

What you’ll learn

• Create a new blog and publish posts.
• Modify blog design, change the page layout, and install gadgets.
• Learn how to make money with your blog.
• Increase and track visitor traffic.
• Incorporate social networking applications.
• Use advanced blog design techniques and customization using HTML and CSS.
• Set up a custom domain.
• Create an online store.

Who this book is for

This book is for individuals wanting to start, build, improve or maintain a blog for personal or business use.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction 
2: Getting Started 
3: Blog Layout and Design 
4: Making the Most of Your Blog
5: Setting Up a Custom Domain 
6: Working with Images 
7: Advanced Design and Layout
8: Setting Up a Blog Store 
9: Troubleshooting and Blog Help

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Google App Engine is one of the key technologies to emerge in recent years to help developers build web applications. A great number of the developers approach the App Engine are Java developers, and this title is especially focused for this large audience sector.

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The age of 3D printing and personal fabrication is uponus! You’ve probably heard of the incredibly sophisticated but inexpensive 3Dprinters that can produce almost any creation you give them. But how do youbecome part of that revolution?

Sandeep Singh takes you through the skills you need tolearn and the services and technologies you need to know—explaining what 3Dprinting is, how it works, and what it can do for you. You’ll find yourselfrapidly prototyping and learning to produce complex designs that can befabricated by online 3D printing services or privately owned 3D printers and inyour hands in no time.

Beginning GoogleSketchUp for 3D Printing starts by explaining how to use SketchUp and itsplug-ins to make your design products. You will learn how to present andanimate 3D models, and how to use Google Earth and 3D Warehouse to sell andmarket your 3D models. You’ll also get a vision of the future of 3D printing soyou can plan your future projects while mastering today’s tools.

Beginning Google SketchUpfor 3D Printing is the perfect bookfor 3D designers, hobbyists, woodworkers, craftspeople, and artists interestedin the following:

What you’ll learn

• 3D design for beginners
• Using Sketchup
• Using the online 3D printing pipeline
• Animating Sketchup 3D models
• Becoming familiar with rapid prototyping technology
• Navigating new 3D and personal fabrication technologies
• Negotiate Google Earth and 3D Warehouse with confidence

Who this book is for

3D Designers, hobbyists, woodworkers, craftsmen and artists.

Table of Contents

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The Google Maps API remains one of the showcase examples of the Web 2.0 development paradigm, making it fairly trivial for third-party developers to incorporate dynamic mapping services into Web applications. In fact, interest in the Google service is so strong that it arguably sparked the mashup phenomenon, along with a number of websites such as http://www.gmapsmania.com intended to highlight some of the exciting applications developers are building using the mapping API.

Google Maps Application Development is the first book to comprehensively introduce the service from a developer-perspective, showing readers how they can integrate mapping features into their Web applications.

Proceeding far beyond creating a simplistic map display, readers are shown how to draw upon a variety of data sources such as geocode.us and the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line data to build comprehensive geocoding services for mapping any location in North America.

Readers are also guided through various examples demonstrating how to encourage user interaction such as pinpointing map locations, adding comments, and building community-driven maps.

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This book is about the next generation of the Google Maps API. It will provide the reader with the skills and knowledge necessary to incorporate Google Maps v3 on web pages in both desktop and mobile browsers.

It also describes how to deal with common problems that most map developers encounter at some point, like performance and usability issues with having too many markers and possible solutions to that.

• Introduction to the Google Maps API v3
• Solutions to common problems most developers encounters (too many markers, common JavaScript pitfalls)
• Best practices using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Google Maps

What you’ll learn

• Building reliable Google Maps web applications
• How to transfer from version 2 to version 3 of the API
• Best practices using HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Dealing with large amounts of map markers
• How to look up addresses and coordinates using GeoCoding and reversed GeoCoding

Who this book is for

Web designers/web developers with a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as people with knowledge of the old Google Maps API that needs help to easily transfer to the new API. And, this book is for anyone interested in learning how to integrate Google Maps on their web page.

Table of Contents

1.  Introducing the Google Maps API    
2. Transferring from Version 2 to 3    
3. Creating Your First Map   
4. Taking the Map Further with MapOptions   
5. X Marks the Spot   
6. Marker Icons    
7. InfoWindow Tips and Tricks    
8. Creating Polylines and Polygons    
9. Dealing with Massive Numbers of Markers   
10. Location, Location, Location

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The Google Maps API remains one of the showcase examples of the Web 2.0 development paradigm, making it fairly trivial for third-party developers to incorporate dynamic mapping services into Web applications. In fact, interest in the Google service is so strong that it arguably sparked the mashup phenomenon, along with a number of websites such as http://www.gmapsmania.com intended to highlight some of the exciting applications developers are building using the mapping API in conjunction with a variety of other data sources.

Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax is the first book to comprehensively introduce the service from a developer-perspective, showing readers how they can integrate mapping features into their Rails-driven Web applications.

Proceeding far beyond simplistic map display, readers are shown how to draw upon a variety of data sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line data and Google’s own geocoding feature to build comprehensive geocoding services for mapping many locations around the world.

Readers are also guided through various examples demonstrating how to encourage user interaction such as pinpointing map locations, adding comments, and building community-driven maps.

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Google, maps, and mashups, three hot technologies brought together in one beginning level learning guide. Written by the professional for the professional, Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML and GeoRSS is the first beginning level book that covers Google’s new Mapplets APIs as well as KML and GeoRSS.

This book enables today’s Web 2.0 developers to create and mashup Google Maps and Google Earth APIs from scratch.

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