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Analogous to Applets in Java, Dashboard Widgets are essentially mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information. With a single click, Dashboard appears, complete with widgets that bring you a world of information, including real-time weather, stock tickers, sports scores, flight information and more. Mac OS X Dashboard Widget Recipes lets the reader create Apple Dashboard Widgets using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, C and PHP. It also presents some existing widgets and how to use them. The book lets the reader create Apple Dashboard Widgets using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, C and PHP. It also presents some existing widgets and how to use them. TOC:Part I Using Existing Widget Recipes.- The Dashboard.- Existing Widgets (Recipes).- Part II Creating Widgets Recipes.- The Hello World widget.- A widget using JavaScript.- A widget using Ajax.- A widget using Perl.- A widget that uses PHP.- A widget using C.- Part III Advanced Widget Recipe Techniques.- An advanced JavaScript widget example.- A more advanced JavaScript widget example.- An advanced Widget using Ajax.- A widget that interacts with a MySQL database.- Installing, Debugging and Optimizing widgets.- Appendices.- An introduction to HTML.- An introduction to CSS.- Explaining an existing Apple widget.- Useful Tools.- References (books and URLs).

Book details

• Full title: Mac OS X Dashboard Widget Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
• Author: Mihalis Tsoukalos
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350
• EAN: 9781590597194
• ISBN: 1590597192
• ID: 12332737
• Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH
• Date of publishing: October 2006

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