AJAX Essential Training
with: Dori Smith

In AJAX Essential Training, instructor Dori Smith shows experienced web developers how to utilize AJAX to best create dynamic pages. The course covers selecting the best tools for the job (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML), understanding all aspects of HTTP from requests to responses, and creating dynamic forms and maps from static HTML and CSS forms and files. Dori also explains in detail how to get and use the Yahoo! UI framework. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Released on: 1/22/2008

Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome 0:48 0.6 MB
Exercise files 0:50 0.8 MB
Understanding AJAX 4:13 7.9 MB
Understanding what AJAX is not 5:08 8.7 MB
Overview 2:44 2.4 MB
1. Developer Essentials
Understanding the development workflow 3:25 3.1 MB
Selecting the right tools for the job 8:29 10.1 MB
Customizing Firefox for AJAX development 8:23 11.1 MB
Configuring Apache on Mac OS X 7:20 8.3 MB
Installing WAMP on Windows Vista 3:52 6.2 MB
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript prerequisites 3:36 4.6 MB
2. Understanding the DOM and XML Formats
Understanding the DOM format 1:45 1.8 MB
Exploring the DOM with Firefox 4:10 4.8 MB
Using JavaScript to manipulate the DOM 4:56 4.9 MB
Looking at XML and the DOM 5:04 6.1 MB
3. Understanding XML HTTP Requests
Understanding HTTP requests 1:33 1.4 MB
Understanding the XHR object 4:02 3.7 MB
Understanding XHR states 6:15 7.3 MB
Using XHR content 3:51 4.5 MB
Understanding XHR responses 7:01 8.2 MB
Understanding XHR security limitations 1:34 1.5 MB
4. Previewing Links with AJAX
Understanding the project overview 1:42 1.5 MB
Modifying a static HTML and CSS site 4:06 4.4 MB
Adding the JavaScript 13:31 15.1 MB
Reusing the code 4:12 5.4 MB
5. Creating Dynamic Forms
Understanding the project overview 1:24 1.2 MB
Modifying a static HTML and CSS form 3:27 3.4 MB
Adding an XML file 2:17 3 MB
Adding AJAX 8:29 9.5 MB
Adding JavaScript 9:39 12.7 MB
Testing the results 2:40 3.4 MB
Reusing the code 8:24 10.6 MB
6. Creating Dynamic Maps
Understanding the project overview 1:08 1 MB
Creating an HTML file 1:31 1.4 MB
Modifying the CSS 4:39 4.8 MB
Creating positioned divs with Dreamweaver 3:33 4.6 MB
Describing the XML page 1:48 2.5 MB
Adding AJAX 9:47 11.6 MB
Adding more JavaScript 9:06 12.2 MB
Testing the results 2:15 2.3 MB
7. Understanding AJAX Frameworks
Understanding the framework 20:55 19 MB
Getting and exploring the Yahoo! UI framework 4:43 9.9 MB
Exploring YUI framework examples 6:31 17.7 MB
Understanding the YUI framework documentation 3:35 5.9 MB
8. Using the YUI Animation Widget
Understanding the widget 1:06 1.3 MB
Getting an XML file from Flickr 2:03 3.9 MB
Creating an HTML page 8:19 10.2 MB
Creating the CSS file 2:10 2 MB
Creating the JavaScript 26:33 32.9 MB
Testing the results 1:34 1.9 MB
9. Closing
Additional Resources 1:23 2.7 MB
Goodbye

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CSS Web Site Design
with: Eric Meyer

CSS gives Web designers control over the appearance of their web sites by separating the visual presentation from the content. It lets them easily make minor changes to a site or perform a complete overhaul of the design. In CSS Web Site Design, instructor and leading industry expert Eric Meyer reviews the essentials of CSS, including selectors, the cascade, and inheritance. The training also covers how to build effective navigation, how to lay out pages, and how to work with typography, colors, backgrounds, and white space. Using a project-based approach, Eric walks through the process of creating a Web page, while teaching the essentials of CSS along the way. By the end of the training, viewers will have the tools to master professional site design. Exercise files accompany the training videos.

Released on: 9/12/2006


Table of contents
1. Introduction
Welcome 0:28 0.5 MB
What is CSS? 5:34 11.8 MB
Design tour 2:38 4.9 MB
Using the exercise files 1:20 2.6 MB
Installing the Web Developer toolbar 4:34 9 MB
2. CSS and XHTML
XHTML essentials 3:55 3.1 MB
CSS essentials 5:17 4.1 MB
Embedded style sheets 2:20 4.7 MB
Linking a style sheet 2:19 4 MB
Linking to multiple style sheets 2:20 4.6 MB
Using linked and embedded style sheets together 4:21 8.5 MB
Using imported style sheets 5:24 9 MB
3. Selectors
ID selector essentials 6:38 13.2 MB
Class selector essentials 4:09 9 MB
Best practices for classes 4:52 8.3 MB
Grouped selection 4:02 8.3 MB
Descendant selectors 6:44 12 MB
The sources of style 6:38 5.7 MB
Specificity 8:21 16.9 MB
Making things important 4:32 9.2 MB
Inheritance essentials 5:12 11.6 MB
Making things really unstyled 4:02 8.2 MB
User style sheets 2:38 4.7 MB
4. Layout
Box model essentials 7:35 13.3 MB
Simple floating 5:03 9.6 MB
Using float for layout 5:05 10.8 MB
Fixing column drop 5:35 12.7 MB
Clearing essentials 4:20 8.5 MB
Float containment 6:35 13.7 MB
Creating a navbar from a list 4:50 9.9 MB
5. Adding Colors and Backgrounds
Coloring text 4:13 8.6 MB
Defining color in CSS 8:12 7.6 MB
Coloring backgrounds 6:35 12.8 MB
Applying background images 4:19 9 MB
Manipulating the direction of background images 2:52 6 MB
Positioning backgrounds 7:23 16.5 MB
Background shorthand 4:29 8.9 MB
6. Setting Typography
Altering line height 7:32 16.3 MB
Font style and weight 5:45 12.4 MB
Sizing fonts 9:59 21.2 MB
Using font families 10:38 21.2 MB
Font shorthand 6:05 12.9 MB
Justifying text 4:56 11.3 MB
Vertically aligning text 4:22 9.1 MB
Transforming text 3:49 8.4 MB
Text decoration 5:22 11.6 MB
7. Using Margins and Borders to Create White Space and Separation
Margin essentials 14:21 24.3 MB
Adding borders 6:52 14.2 MB
Padding 9:17 20.7 MB
Using negative margins 7:19 15.1 MB
Margin collapsing 6:51 13.7 MB
8. Creating Tables
Styling tables and captions 5:23 10.8 MB
Styling table cells 6:30 14.4 MB
Styling a column with classes 4:51 10 MB
Styling links inside table cells 3:54 7.8 MB
9. Styling for Print
Styling for specific mediums 4:03 6.7 MB
Creating a print style sheet 6:35 10.6 MB
Hiding layout for print 4:11 9 MB
Styling for print 6:34 12.4 MB
Complex styling for print 4:37 9.2 MB
Creating a footer 4:40 8.6 MB
10. Bringing It All Together
Getting started 1:11 2.1 MB
Setting global styles 4:04 6.1 MB
Defining masthead and navbar colors 3:27 5.3 MB
Layout of the navlink bar 3:38 7 MB
Using columns 4:49 9 MB
Setting content styles 1:53 3.6 MB
Creating the sidebar boxes 5:42 11.2 MB
Creating the sidebar form 3:23 5.2 MB
Completing the sidebar 3:29 5.7 MB
Making a table 3:12 6.5 MB
Creating a footer 2:35 5.7 MB
Conclusion
Goodbye 1:28 1.3 MB

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JavaScript Essential Training (2007)
with: Dori Smith

JavaScript Essential Training takes viewers through the process of using JavaScript to fully realize a site's potential, from understanding the basics to creating real-world samples. Instructor Dori Smith explains how to work with objects, create buttons and forms that interact with site visitors, make rollovers, menus, slideshows, and countdowns, and take advantage of other practical applications. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Released on: 8/22/2007

Table of contents
1. Introduction
Welcome 0:36 0.7 MB
Using the exercise files 0:49 0.8 MB
Overview 2:49 3.1 MB
What is JavaScript? 5:22 4.4 MB
What is Ajax? 3:39 7.5 MB
2. Developer Essentials
The development workflow 2:47 4.5 MB
Selecting the right tools for the job 4:09 5.9 MB
Just enough HTML and CSS 2:19 4.5 MB
Understanding objects 7:31 10.7 MB
Understanding variables 9:45 8.5 MB
Making comparisons 3:32 2.8 MB
Understanding events 8:46 8.2 MB
3. Starting to Code
Writing your first script 4:02 4.6 MB
Internal vs. external scripts 5:34 6.4 MB
Using comments in scripts 4:40 5.1 MB
Using the noscript tag in HTML 2:09 3 MB
4. Interacting with Users
Creating alert dialogs 2:33 2.5 MB
Understanding conditional statements 5:05 5.2 MB
Getting confirmations from users 2:40 2.8 MB
Creating prompts for users 4:26 4.4 MB
Understanding functions 7:56 7.5 MB
Making links smarter 8:02 8.4 MB
Using switch/case statements 5:39 5.2 MB
Handling errors 8:10 7.3 MB
5. JavaScript Language Essentials
Getting started 2:40 4.8 MB
Creating loops 5:24 5.6 MB
Passing values to functions 4:13 5.4 MB
Detecting objects 5:23 6.2 MB
Reading arrays 5:52 6.8 MB
Returning values from functions 4:05 5.6 MB
Writing arrays 5:11 6.2 MB
Building do and while loops 4:27 6.2 MB
Re-using functions 5:39 7.2 MB
6. Creating Rollovers and More
Creating a basic image rollover 6:00 6.8 MB
How to write a better rollover 13:46 16.8 MB
Creating a three-state rollover 4:40 5.6 MB
Making rollovers accessible and 508 compliant 6:01 7.9 MB
Making disjointed rollovers 8:28 10.5 MB
Creating slideshows 8:19 10 MB
Displaying random images 4:51 6.5 MB
7. Building Smarter Forms
Getting started 4:45 8.3 MB
Creating jump menus 7:36 9.4 MB
Creating dynamic menus 7:42 10.1 MB
Requiring fields 13:01 15.9 MB
Cross-checking fields 5:53 7.3 MB
Displaying more informative errors 4:17 4.9 MB
Verifying radio button selections 5:48 7.2 MB
Setting one field with another field 4:24 6.4 MB
Verifying email addresses 8:56 11.1 MB
8. Handling Events
Responding to window events 7:42 9.1 MB
Responding to mouse movements 5:59 7.8 MB
Responding to mouse clicks 3:00 4.3 MB
Responding to onBlur form events 3:48 3.9 MB
Responding to onFocus form events 3:05 3.3 MB
Responding to keyboard events 5:08 6.7 MB
9. Working with Cookies
Demystifying cookies 7:28 7.8 MB
Writing a cookie 6:06 6.3 MB
Reading a cookie 3:15 3.8 MB
Displaying a cookie 5:13 5.2 MB
Counting with cookies 6:26 6.7 MB
Deleting cookies 5:07 6.4 MB
Handling multiple cookies 6:13 9 MB
Cookies in action 9:50 14.5 MB
10. The DOM, Nodes, and Objects
Understanding the DOM 4:56 11.2 MB
Adding nodes to the DOM 6:49 6.8 MB
Deleting nodes from the DOM 5:12 6.6 MB
Deleting specific nodes 7:26 11.2 MB
Inserting nodes into the DOM 3:49 5.2 MB
Replacing nodes in the DOM 3:34 6.1 MB
11. Working with Dates and Times
Displaying dates 5:02 7.5 MB
Displaying times 4:54 6.4 MB
Creating a countdown 6:16 8.2 MB
12. Real World Applications of JavaScript
Creating sliding menus 7:04 8.4 MB
Creating pop-up menus 6:11 10.1 MB
Creating slideshows with captions 5:54 10.1 MB
Creating a stylesheet switcher 10:49 17.4 MB
Conclusion
Additional resources 1:34 3.3 MB
Goodbye! 0:18 0.5 MB

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Flex 3 Essential Training
with: David Gassner

Application developers who want to create cross-platform, data-centric applications need the power of Flex 3. In Flex 3 Essential Training, Adobe Certified Instructor David Gassner starts with the basics of understanding Flex, its projects, and its related programming languages. He explores the intricacies of the development platform and the Flex Builder 3 integrated development environment, then gives in-depth, hands-on tutorials on creating, designing, customizing, and publishing dynamic web and desktop applications in Flex 3. Exercise files accompany the course.

Released on: 2/24/2008


Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome 0:48 0.8 MB
Setting up the exercise files 2:28 3 MB
Understanding the prerequisites 1:16 1.3 MB
1. Getting Started
Understanding Adobe Flex 3 7:22 8.1 MB
Installing Flex Builder on Windows 5:23 4.7 MB
Installing Flex Builder on Mac OS X 4:45 5.9 MB
Starting Flex Builder 3:10 3.5 MB
Creating a Flex project 6:16 6.6 MB
Touring through Flex Builder 3 13:15 16.1 MB
Building a basic application 6:49 8.7 MB
Understanding the anatomy of an MXML application 7:58 9.9 MB
Understanding Flex application output files 7:23 11.2 MB
Importing and exporting projects 3:50 5 MB
2. Programming Languages
Understanding Flex programming languages 7:20 6.8 MB
Translating MXML to ActionScript 9:38 11.6 MB
Understanding the Flex framework 3:33 4.4 MB
Getting language and API help 5:50 9.9 MB
3. Using Visual Controls
Understanding visual controls 2:46 3.1 MB
Displaying text with the Label and Text controls 8:27 10.4 MB
Using Text Data Entry controls 11:30 13.9 MB
Using binding expressions 7:44 9.2 MB
Formatting data 8:37 12.8 MB
Presenting images 9:39 12.2 MB
4. Using Custom Components
Creating custom components 4:32 4.9 MB
Instantiating custom components in MXML 4:54 5.2 MB
Instantiating custom components in ActionScript 5:26 6.5 MB
Declaring component properties 6:05 8.4 MB
Declaring component methods 5:28 7.1 MB
5. Using Design View
Understanding Design view 3:27 4.9 MB
Using the Components view 3:49 5.5 MB
Using the Flex Properties view 4:29 6.8 MB
Navigating the Design Area 5:59 8.5 MB
Creating View States 5:44 7.6 MB
Changing View States at Runtime 3:34 4.5 MB
6. Application Layout
Understanding containers 1:56 2.4 MB
Using the VBox, HBox, and Canvas containers 8:07 10.1 MB
Using the Panel and Control Bar containers 7:25 9.7 MB
Laying out the Photo Album application 5:41 7.5 MB
Using the Tile container 4:50 7 MB
Using constraint-based layout 7:23 10.6 MB
7. Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 5:35 7.1 MB
Using embedded style sheets 4:03 5.2 MB
Understanding style selectors 8:00 10.7 MB
Using external style sheets 7:25 10.9 MB
Applying styles to the Photo Album application 6:19 9.7 MB
Embedding fonts 4:48 6.5 MB
8. Application Navigation
Using the ViewStack container 3:02 3.8 MB
Creating programmatic navigation with ActionScript 3:43 5.1 MB
Using Navigation Bar containers 6:35 8.7 MB
Using the TabNavigator and Accordion containers 3:28 4.6 MB
Creating navigation in the Photo Album application 5:49 11.2 MB
9. Debugging
Understanding the Debugging perspective 2:43 3.5 MB
Tracing application execution 6:24 9.5 MB
Using breakpoints 5:26 7.6 MB
Watching variables and expressions 8:54 12 MB
10. Programming with Events
Understanding the Flex event architecture 5:34 6.1 MB
Using MXML attribute-based event listeners 4:06 5.1 MB
Understanding event objects 8:43 11.7 MB
Creating event listeners with addEventListener() 7:05 10.3 MB
Dispatching Events from Custom Components 6:22 8.6 MB
Handling events from custom components 4:13 5.5 MB
Creating and using custom event classes 5:33 7.3 MB
Dispatching and handling custom events 4:44 6.7 MB
11. Using Dynamic Data
Loading XML data with HTTPService 9:23 11.3 MB
Handling HTTPService result events 7:22 9.5 MB
Handling HTTPService fault events 6:41 9.4 MB
Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Windows 6:44 8.5 MB
Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X 5:26 7.2 MB
Creating a sample database 2:51 3.8 MB
Creating a Flex project for use with PHP 3:21 3.9 MB
Generating a dynamic Flex/PHP application 5:44 6.7 MB
Reviewing generated PHP code 3:25 5 MB
Using a dynamic XML based service 5:28 10.3 MB
Using a Repeater to display dynamic data 6:39 12.9 MB
12. Using Data-Driven List Controls
Using List-Based controls 5:26 6.6 MB
Using the labelField property 3:26 5 MB
Using the labelFunction Property 6:17 8.9 MB
Creating custom item renderers 5:17 7.1 MB
Using component item renderers 4:50 7.4 MB
Using the TileList in the Photo Album application 6:54 11.6 MB
Using the DataGrid control 6:30 8.9 MB
Using advanced DataGrid cell rendering 5:22 7.7 MB
Working with List Control events and properties 4:58 8.5 MB
13. Creating Data Entry Form Components
Building a form component 6:40 8.3 MB
Validating Data Entry controls 9:52 13.8 MB
Packaging data with a Value Object Class 4:23 6.3 MB
Sharing data with custom events 4:38 6.2 MB
Sending data to the server 5:45 8.4 MB
14. Deploying Flex Applications to the Web
Exporting a Release Build 2:56 4.1 MB
Using the View Source feature 5:16 8.2 MB
Conclusion
Goodbye 0:28 0.5 MB

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