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Java Script is loosely based on Java which is an object-oriented programming language that became popular for use on the Web by way of embedded applets. It has a similar syntax & programming methodology to Java however it should not be considered the light" version of the language. Java Script is its own language that found its home in web browsers around the world & enabled enhanced user interaction on websites as well as web applications. In this book Java Script is covered from its beginning in the earliest Netscape browsers to the present-day versions that can support the DOM & Ajax. You will learn how to extend the language to suit specific needs & how to create client-server communications without intermediaries such as Java or hidden frames. You will also learn how to apply Java Script solutions to business problems faced by web developers everywhere. This book provides a developer-level introduction along with more advanced & useful features of Java Script. The book begins by exploring how Java Script originated & evolved into what it is today. There is a discussion of the components that make up a Java Script implementation that follows that has a specific focus on standards such as ECMAScript & the Document Object Model (DOM). The differences in Java Script implementations used in different popular web browsers are also discussed. After building a strong base the book goes on to cover basic concepts of Java Script including its version of object-oriented programming inheritance & its use in HTML. The book then explores new APIs such as HTML5 the Selectors API & the File API. The last part of the book is focused on advanced topics including performance/memory optimization best practices & a look at Where Java Script is going in the future. The book is broken up into 25 chapters. Chapter 1 explains the origins of Java Script including where it came from how it evolved & what it is today. Chapter 2 examines how Java Script is used in conjunction with HTML to create dynamic webpages. Chapter 3 introduces basic language concepts including syntax & flow control statements. Chapter 4 explores how variables are handled in Java Script given their loosely typed nature. Chapter 5 covers all of the details regarding Java Scripts built-in reference types such as object & array. Chapter 6 explains how to use object-oriented programing in Java Script. Chapter 7 explores one of the most powerful aspects of Java Script: function expressions. Chapter 8 introduces the Browser Object Model (BOM) which is responsible for objects allowing interaction with the browser itself. Chapter 9 explains various approaches to detecting the client machine & its capabilities. Chapter 10 introduces the Document Object Model (DOM) objects available in Java Script as defined in DOM Level 1. Chapter 11 explains how other APIs as well as other browsers extend the DOM with more functionality. Chapter 12 builds on the previous two chapters by explaining how DOM Levels 2 & 3 augmented the DOM with additional properties methods & objects. Chapter 13 explains the nature of events in Java Script where they originated legacy support & how the DOM redefined how events should work. Devices such as the Wii & iPhone are covered. Chapter 14 looks at using Java Script to enhance form interactions & work around browser limitations. Chapter 15 discusses the tag & how to use it to create on-the-fly graphics. Chapter 16 introduces Java Script API changes as defined in HTML5. Chapter 17 discusses how browsers handle errors in Java Script code & presents several ways to handle errors. Chapter 18 presents the features of Java Script used to read & manipulate e Xtensible Markup Language (XML) data. Chapter 19 discusses the ECMAScript for XML (E4X) extension to Java Script which is designed to simplify working with XML. Chapter 20 introduces the JSON data format as an alternative to XML. Chapter 21 looks at common Ajax" ...

From 2009 all LGV drivers will need to acquire the new EU driver CPC in addition to a LGV driver licence. This book is the ultimate LGV training manual for any professional driver or transport manager as it covers all areas a driver will need to know & understand in order to gain the licences necessary to drive a LGV vehicle. Not only does the book deliver the essential information to ensure drivers gain these licences but it also provides a complete guide to driving safely professionally & legally. Including information on; driving skills health & safety law how to deal with paperwork use of tachographs & driving abroad. The Professional LGV Drivers Handbook" is the ultimate resource for anyone training to drive a LGV vehicle as well as being an indispensible reference for experienced drivers & managers." ...

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This is the reference of choice for thousands of pastry chefs & home cooks. A favorite of pastry lovers & serious chefs worldwide The Professional Pastry Chef" presents comprehensive coverage of basic baking & pastry techniques in a fresh & approachable way. Now skillfully revised & redesigned to meet the needs of todays pastry kitchen this classic reference is better & easier to use than ever. The new edition contains more than 650 recipes which offer a new emphasis on American applications of European techniques with yields suitable for restaurant service or for entertaining at home. It shares encyclopedic guidance on everything from mise en place preparation & basic doughs to new chapters covering flatbreads crackers & homestyle desserts. Throughout award winning Executive Pastry Chef Bo Friberg explains not only how to perform procedures but also the principles behind them helping readers to build a firm foundation based on understanding rather than memorizing formulas. Illustrated step by step instructions demystify even the most complex techniques & presentations while 100 vivid color photographs bring finished dishes to life with a sublime touch of visual inspiration. Whether used to develop skills or refine techniques to gain or simply broaden a repertoire " The Professional Pastry Chef" is filled with information & ideas for creating mouthwatering baked goods & tantalizing desserts today & for years to come." ...

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The hero of Charlotte Brontes first novel escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There however his entanglement with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher & pupil in Reuters school. ...

The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel in which she audaciously inhabits the voice & consciousness of a man William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels. But as a man William has freedom of action & as a writer Bronte is correspondingly liberated exploring the relationship between power & sexual desire. Williams first person narration reveals his attraction to the dominating directress of the girls school where he teaches played out in the schools secret garden. Balanced against this is his more temperate relationship with one of his pupils Frances Henri in which mastery & submission interplay. The Professor was published only after Charlotte Brontes death; today it gives us a fascinating insight into the first stirrings of her supreme creative imagination. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics. ' The Professor' is Charlotte Bronte's first novel reflecting her own experience of life in Brussels & published after her untimely death. Viewed as a precursor to the narrative style & characterisation she perfected in her later works such as ' Jane Eyre' the novel is Bronte's portrayal of a love story from a male perspective. Writing from the point of view of orphaned young teacher William Crimsworth
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- the author allows herself a freedom of action in love & will that reveals her character's loves desires & ambitions as he forges a new life on his own terms in Brussels. William finds himself caught between the desire he feels for Zoraide Reuter the beguiling head of the girls' school where he teaches & the gentle love he feels for one of his pupils Frances Henri. Exploring questions of love identity freedom & independence ' The Professor' is an important work in the small opus that is Charlotte Bronte's significant contribution to English literature.

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It is Christmas Eve & 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone drinking coffee & cognac in his living room. Lost in thought he looks out of the window & sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. The days pass & he becomes paralysed by indecision. Desperate for respite the professor sets off to a local sushi bar only to find himself face to face with the murderer. Professor Andersen's Night" is an unsettling yet highly entertaining novel of apathy rebellion & morality. In flinty prose Solstad presents an uncomfortable question: would we like his cerebral protagonist do nothing?" ...