Build scalable and extendable web applications using Packt's new Catalyst 5.8 book
July 2010 | Open Source
Packt is pleased to announce Catalyst 5.8: the Perl MVC Framework, a new book that helps Perl Developers understand web applications with the help of MVC principles. Written by Jonathan Rockway and Antano Solar John, this book helps Web and Perl developers learn how to use Catalyst using various components which are involved in a web application.
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Manage your business processes efficiently with Packt’s new Compiere 3 book
June 2010 | Open Source
Packt is pleased to announce Compiere 3, a new book that will help readers to understand and implement Compiere. Written by Andries L Pretorius, this book will enable readers to successfully administer and co-ordinate all the resources, information, and functions of their business. In addition to managing business documents effectively, readers will also learn Compiere fundamentals and best practices along the way.
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June 2010 | Beginner's Guides, e-Commerce, Open Source, PHP
Packt is pleased to announce PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide, a new book that covers every topic required to start and run a real, trading e-commerce business with PrestaShop. Written by John Horton, this book will teach readers how to turn a single new PrestaShop into a thriving e-commerce empire and deploy it quickly and easily, while making it search engine friendly.
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Soccer World Cup Competition
June 2010 | Enterprise, Open Source
Friday 11 June sees the start of 2010’s biggest sporting event so far, the soccer World Cup, and to celebrate we are running a competition that could see you win Packt prizes.
Read Soccer World Cup Competition in fullCreate multimedia content in your Plone website using Packt's new book
June 2010 | Open Source
Packt is pleased to announce Plone 3 Multimedia , a new book that will help users to build a modern full-featured multimedia CMS with Plone and add-on products. Written by Tom Gross , this book will help users to set up a customized multimedia CMS by collaborating with external resources such as YouTube, Google videos as well as to use and extend specialized multimedia content-types for images, audio, video, and Flash.
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May 2010 | Content Management, e-Learning, Moodle, Open Source
Moodle 1.9 Extension Development is a new book from Packt that is aimed at helping Moodlers use the robust plug-in system to customize their website. Written by Jonathan Moore and Michael Churchward, this book will teach users everything about Moodle Programming and how to extend its functionality.
Read Create feature-rich extensions with Moodle using new book from Packt in fullCustomize the appearance of your Moodle theme using a new book from Packt
May 2010 | Content Management, e-Learning, Moodle, Open Source
Packt is pleased to announce a new book on Moodle that is aimed at helping users create a Moodle Theme right from the graphic design stage to the finished Moodle Theme. Written by Paul James Gadsdon, this book will offer design examples to administrators, designers or teachers and help them create appropriate themes for different student age groups and styles.
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May 2010 | Beginner's Guides, Linux Servers, Open Source
Packt is pleased to announce VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide, a new book that helps System Administrator’s utilize and manage a cost-effective virtual environment with VirtualBox 3.1. Written by Alfonso V. Romero, this book helps System Administrator’s create their first VirtualBox machine on Windows and Linux with the help of its practical approach and many screenshots.
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May 2010 | MySQL, Open Source, PHP
Packt is pleased to announce IT Inventory and Resource Management with OCS Inventory NG 1.02, a new book that helps IT professionals eliminate inventorying dilemmas using a free and feasible IT Inventory solution. Written by Barzan "Tony" Antal, this book helps System Administrators and IT professionals learn the necessary know-how in-order to solve inventory problems with the help of screenshots and diagrams.
Read Tackle inventorying problems using Packt's new IT Inventory Management book in fullPackt celebrates Plone in May: Exclusive Offer on Plone books
May 2010 | Content Management, Open Source
Packt has this week announced a series of giveaways and promotions to herald the publication of two new Plone books; Plone 3 Multimedia and Plone 3 Products Development Cookbook. Readers will be offered exclusive discounts, 20% and 30% off the cover price of all Plone print books and Plone eBooks, respectively, for a limited period only.
Plone is a free open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. It can be used for any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites. It is also well positioned to be used as a document publishing system and groupware collaboration tool. The strengths of Plone are its adaptable workflow, good security, extensibility, high usability and flexibility.
While the new Plone 3 Multimedia book, written by Tom Gross, helps users embed, display, and manage multimedia content, the new Plone 3 Products Development Cookbook, by Juan Pablo Giménez and Marcos F. Romero, helps developers to create feature rich, modern Plone add-on products.
“Plone was one of the first topics Packt published on, and it is great to see the Plone project’s loyal community maintaining Plone as one of the most popular systems around. The set of Plone books we’ve just released shows our continued commitment to Plone, and this will continue into the next version of Plone and onward”, said Packt Open Source publisher Doug Paterson.
For more information on the Plone giveaways and promotions, please visit: - www.packtpub.com/article/plone-campaign-may-2010
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