***** Fully revised and updated, 2nd Edition 2/11/2012 ***** THE HANDS-ON, TUTORIAL-BASED GUIDE TO BUILDING SECURE AND HIGH PERFORMANT WEB WIDGET Get up to speed for developing web widget with design guidelines, standard practices, security measures and techniques for high performance. Developing Web Widget with HTML, CSS, JSON and Ajax is the first guide to creating web widgets, tiny web applications that can be embedded in a web page, blog or social profile. Inside, author of the bestselling book Creating Vista Gadget, Rajesh Lal provide readers with a methodology for building widget using standard web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developing Web Widget starts with a step-by step tutorial starting from Hello World Widget to an advanced Web Widget which uniquely identifies the user based on the url and not only display user data but also update data. Reader will learn how to use techniques to ensure security and add high performance to the web widget. You will also learn how to create RSS based widgets using Ajax, Proxy Server and Google Ajax Feed API and Widgets based on Facebook APIs. The star Widget developed in the book is now a popular free service. To see it live, visit http://addrating.com All code can be downloaded from the companion website. http://widgets-gadgets.com ***** Enjoy Fully revised and edited Second edition 2/11/2012 *****
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Rajesh Lal is an author, designer and developer with a decade of experience in desktop, web and mobile application development. He has authored two other books on Creating Vista Gadget and Smartphone Web development. He likes to take a pragmatic approach to solving problems and make extra effort to present technical details in easy to understand manner. Lakshmi Chava is a software engineer with eight years of experience in web design and development.
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By mak
Format:Paperback
This is a excellent work. I will definitely recommended reading this book if you want to create widgets for your website content. The topics are explained well and gives a good taste and set you on path to create widgets. I guarantee if you take time and read this book you will not need any other book to get you started on creating the widgets.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have been searching for over a year now for a book like this. Fortunately I finally found out about through Google. This book will guide you one how to create widgets so you can develop application like OneTrueFan.com, which was my original hope. I have now read the book and am well on my way to getting my code shipped!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By deegee4u
Format:Paperback
Simple to read and not a lot of gobble goop. I was not sure that I had the correct understanding of what a Web Widget was. After reading the first few pages I knew what a Web Widget really was and on the way to developing my own widget. Thanks to Rajesh, I look forward to reading more of his books.
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Wealth of information
If you are thinking of starting widget development, this is your book. Wealth of information. Author has done good job explaining widgets, their role and their place in the web.
Published 1 month ago by Sil
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Very Helpful
We were just thrown into the world of WebParts and this book has been a great help. It is very well written and contains lots of code and examples (which I particularly... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Chris Pratt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book worth buying, but still needs a revision to clean up the...
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I really like the book and I got a lot out of it. I found the book so good that despite the drawbacks listed below I rate the book 4 stars. Read more
I really like the book and I got a lot out of it. I found the book so good that despite the drawbacks listed below I rate the book 4 stars. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Nyman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great tutorial, but online version has a few code errors.
I've just read one chapter online, and could follow it easily. I did find a couple of errors, but those were more due to HTML formatting on the page than actual errors. Read more
Published 12 months ago by fpeer
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Maximum Appreciation
It is a pity that there are only 5 stars to award the maximum appreciation for this book. There are a number of achievements that deserve, alone, five stars.
Published 12 months ago by Dakota Evelyn
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Web Widget
Highly recommend this book for anyone trying to learn the "Web Widget" The writing is light-hearted and clear, the examples straightforward and relevant, and the balance between... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Elvis Ashton
5.0 out of 5 stars
the (only) book on widgets - 2nd edition
For some reason there aren't many books on widgets and it can be difficult to peice together everything you need to know from other sources. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rick
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Revised?.. are you sure?
If this book was supposed to be revised as of Feb 2012 then why do they still reference Windows Vista? They talk about the iPhone like it is still in development. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jaffe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great resource to get aquainted with web widgets
After learning the basics of web design I wanted to expand my knowledge of widgets and take advantage of their versatility. This book met and exceeded my expectations. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Pride D. Grimm Jr.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly written, bad grammer, difficult to understand
I think this book is self-published as it has no copyright and no index. The lack of the copyright doesn't matter but the lack of an index makes it very hard to find anything. Read more
Published 17 months ago by David N. Thielen
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