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Adobe AIR in Action

Learn the essential features of the AIR API through examples and code that will get you up and running in AIR quickly.


Struts 2 in Action

Introduces the Apache Struts 2 web application framework and shows you how to quickly develop professional, production-ready modern web applications by walking you through the key features in example-driven, easy-to-digest sections.


GWT in Practice

An example-driven, code-rich book designed for web developers who have already learned the basics of GWT. This book skips the theory and looks at the way things really work when you're building projects in GWT.


C# in Depth

Learn how and where (and why) to use the new C# features. This book provides a good background in C# 1 --- and it will also make you comfortable and proficient with C# 2 and 3.


Recent Releases

jQuery in Action

Offers a rich investigation of the up-and-coming jQuery library for client-side JavaScript. This book will help web developers gain a deep understanding of how to use jQuery to simplify their pages and their lives, as well as learn the philosophy behind writing jQuery-enhanced pages.

LINQ in Action

A fast-paced, comprehensive tutorial for professional developers who want to use LINQ, a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction.

Laszlo in Action

Laszlo sites are continuous and flowing, often implemented as single-page apps that users can navigate with ease. This book is the authoritative source for Laszlo, a declarative, open-source programming language and environment that compiles to Flash, DHTML (i.e., AJAX), or Java/J2ME, with other platforms coming.

Flexible Rails

Learn how to use Ruby on Rails and Adobe Flex to build next-generation rich Internet applications. This book takes you to the leading edge of RIA development, presenting examples in Flex 3 and Rails 2 along with specific techniques that teach you how to make this combination especially powerful.

SOA Security

Shows why SOA security is different from ordinary computer security, with real-life examples from popular domains such as finance, logistics, and government.

Test Driven

Uses carefully chosen examples to illustrate TDD tools and design patterns, not in the abstract but concretely, in the context of the technologies that you face every day at work.

ASP.NET AJAX in Action

A fast-paced, example-rich tutorial written by ASP.NET AJAX experts. Beginners will appreciate the clear explanations of key ideas and terminology, while intermediate and advanced developers will find a no-nonsense learning source and well-organized reference.

Spring in Action, Second Edition

Completely updated to cover the exciting new features of Spring 2.0. The book begins by introducing the core concepts of Spring and then quickly launches into a hands-on exploration of the framework.

Ant in Action, Second Edition

Based on Ant 1.7 the book covers the management of big projects and how to use Ant for test-driven Java application development. A single application of increasing complexity, followed throughout the book, shows how an application evolves and how to handle the problems of building and testing. Ant's advanced features are discussed in detail—and in depth.

PHP in Action

Takes on the most important challenges of web programming in PHP 5 using state-of-the art programming and software design techniques including unit testing, refactoring, and design patterns.

GWT in Action

A clearly written, comprehensive tutorial on the Google Web Toolkit. GWT enables developers to create Ajax applications in Java. Instead of trying to bring tool support to Ajax, Google brought Ajax to a place where the tools already existed. By folllowing a running example in the book, you will learn the GWT from the ground up.

Manning Early Access Program

Our Early Access program lets you get new chapters as they are being written and receive the final book immediately when it is published. You can use the Author Forum to interact with the authors, ask questions, provide feedback and errata, and help shape the final manuscript ( NEW CHAPTER).

JAVA
JBoss in Action (All 15 chapters available, plus appendixes)

Seam in Action (All 15 available, plus appendixes)
Hibernate Search in Action (11 chapters available)
Unlocking Android (10 chapters available, plus appendix)
AspectJ in Action, Second Edition (4 chapters available)
Lucene in Action, Second Edition (4 chapters available, plus appendix)
Grails in Action (2 chapters available)
ActiveMQ in Action (3 chapters available)
JavaFX in Action (2 chapters available)

LINUX
Ubuntu Server in Action (8 chapters available)

PROGRAMMING
Ruby in Practice (All chapters available)
The Well-Grounded Rubyist (4 chapters available)
Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners (1 chapter available)
C++ Concurrency in Action (4 chapters available)

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SOA Patterns (5 chapters available)
Open-Source ESBs in Action (All 11 chapters revised)

Becoming Agile (11 chapters available)
The Art of Unit Testing (8 chapters available)
Gnuplot in Action (All chapters available)
Platform Second Life (3 chapters available)
Dependency Injection (8 chapters available)
Open Source SOA (8 chapters available)
Taming Text (4 chapters available)

WEB DEVELOPMENT
Wicket in Action (All 15 chapters available)
Zend Framework in Action (All chapters are available)
Collective Intelligence in Action (12 chapters available)
Flex 3 in Action (All chapters are available)
CakePHP in Action (6 chapters available)

Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja (9 chapters available)
Algorithms of the Intelligent Web (4 chapters available)
Flex on Java (3 chapters available)
iPhone in Action (8 chapters available)
Unlocking Facebook (5 chapters available, plus 1 appendix)
Enterprise Flexible Rails (2 chapters available)
Merb in Action (2 chapter available)
Website Owner's Manual (7 chapter available)
Hello! Flex 3 (2 chapters available)
Appcelerator in Action (2 chapters available)
Hello! Drupal (2 chapters available)

MICROSOFT/.NET
NHibernate in Action (10 chapters available, plus appendix)
WPF in Action with Visual Studio 2008 (All 21 chapters available)

IronPython in Action (15 chapters available)
Silverlight 2 in Action (10 chapters available)
Building Domain Specific Languages in Boo (8 chapters available, plus 1 appendix)
ASP.NET MVC in Action (6 chapters available)
Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action (10 chapters available)
Hacking Silverlight 2 (7 chapters available)
Brownfield Application Development in .NET (6 chapters available)
SQL Server 2008 Administration (12 chapters available, plus appendixes)
IronRuby in Action (3 chapters available)
Hello! Silverlight 2 (3 chapters available)
SharePoint Server 2007 Survival Guide (15 chapters available)
SharePoint 2007 Site Administrator's Handbook (4 chapters available)
Hello! XNA (5 chapters available)

Manning in the News

Two articles (Pattern Based Development with Mule 2.0 and Pattern Based Development with ServiceMix), based on Open Source ESBs were recently posted on the DZone site.

LINQ in Action received high praise in the recent July 2008 MSDN Magazine.

An article, based on a chapter from Becoming Agile, was posted in MethodsandTools.com, offering practical wisdom about migrating to Agile.

Two articles (Understanding the GWT Compiler and Working with the GWT Shell), based on GWT in Practice were recently posted on the DZone site.

.NET Blogger, Michael Sync, is currently running an article contest on his blog. Winners will receive copies of Silverlight 2 in Action and cash prizes!

An article (Silverlight 2 Data Binding), based on Silverlight 2 in Action, was recently posted to Dr. Dobb's.

Eggheadcafe.com reader's poll declares LINQ in Action "The best book about C#/LINQ".

"Battle of the Frameworks" podcast now available
At the Emerging Technologies conference held in March, Manning's publisher Marjan Bace moderated a free-wheeling debate between various Manning and other authors called the "Battle of the Frameworks". Chariot Solutions just released a 2 part podcast of the conference here.

JavaLobby Interviews Debu Panda
Debu Panda, the author of EJB 3 in Action, was recently interviewed over at Javalobby. Along with questions about the book and the writing process, Debu was asked his thoughts on the current status of the Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 and its place in the industry.

Platform Second Life author Nicholas Chase closed out the Life 2.0 Conference with a talk on TANGIBLE INVOLVEMENT: PROJECTING HUMANITY INTO VIRTUAL WORLDS.

"PHP in Action is a competent, engaging, and detailed discussion of object-oriented and agile programming principles that can help PHP developers boost their effectiveness and the quality of their code".
--Michael J. Ross, Web developer, Slashdot.org

SOA Security
"This book well justifies its addition to the prestigious ranks of Manning Publications.".
--David Sills, JavaLobby

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FREE CONTENT CENTER
Every week you can find new content here, including "Green Papers," excerpted articles from our upcoming titles and free chapters! Download now and let us know what you think!

Rich Internet Applications with Appcelerator (Green Paper - PDF)
This green paper based on Appcelerator in Action introduces RIA using Appcelerator, which is an open source framework.

Functional Programming in .NET (Green Paper - PDF)
This green paper based on Real World Functional Programming in .NET looks at several aspects of functional programming and their application in F# and C# 3.0 with LINQ.

Hot Backups with Lucene (Green Paper - html)
This excerpt from the upcoming Lucene in Action Second Edition introduces a new feature of release 2.3 that enables backing up an index without pausing indexing or restarting searches.

What is Brownfield Development? (Green Paper - pdf)
An excerpt from Brownfield Application Development in .NET by Kyle Baley and Donald Belcham

What is Merb? (Green Paper - html)
A detailed look inside Merb from the authors of Merb in Action.

What is the Zend Framework? (Green Paper - pdf)
An overview of the Zend Framework and its benefits by the author of Zend Framework in Action.

Indexing Associated Objects (pdf)
Excerpted from Hibernate Search in Action.

Routing and Transformations in Service Mix (pdf)
Excerpted from Open-Source ESBs in Action.

Hello! Wicket (html)
Creating Secure Web Applications with Apache Wicket
Excerpted from Wicket in Action.


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