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	Building a Dynamic Website with ExpressionEngine by Ryan Irelan Looking to create, deploy, and manage a dynamic website without all the fuss of programming? ExpressionEngine gets you up and running in no time. It’s a flexible content management system that’s becoming very popular with top web designers. Throughout these screencasts, veteran web developer and ExpressionEngine guru Ryan Irelan incrementally builds a full-featured newspaper website with ExpressionEngine. You’ll learn how to get started with ExpressionEngine, light up your existing static content, and add must-have publishing features.
	Creating a Compelling User Interface with Core Animation by Bill Dudney What better way to learn how to create an animated and cinematic user interface than seeing it in action! In these screencasts, experienced Objective-C developer Bill Dudney incrementally builds a Cover Flow application using Core Animation. You’ll learn how to get started with Xcode and use the Core Animation API to add stunning animations to your Cocoa applications.
	Erlang in Practice by Kevin Smith Learn how to write Erlang programs by sitting next to an experienced Erlang programmer as he builds a full-featured application from the ground up! In these screencasts, Kevin Smith incrementally builds a distributed chat system using Erlang. You’ll learn first-hand how each aspect of the Erlang language fits together into a real-world application, starting with Erlang primitives and ending with an OTP application.
	Everyday Active Record by Ryan Bates Active Record models are the foundation of every good Rails application. Learn how to get the most out of the Active Record features that you use on a day-to-day basis from a popular Rails developer and screencaster. In these screencasts, Ryan Bates incrementally builds the models for a Rails application and refactors them over time to address new features. All the code is based on Rails 2.1 features.
	Rails Development for the Facebook Platform by Mike Mangino Since the Facebook Development Platform was released in May 2007, more than 12,000 Facebook applications have been launched. The platform provides a very powerful means of distributing your application to potentially millions of users, but it can also be a bit intimidating. These screencasts give you a front-row seat to learn from an experienced Facebook developer. You’ll learn how to quickly build a real Facebook application from scratch, and add social features, using the popular Ruby on Rails framework. Follow along with these screencasts, and your application could be the next hit on Facebook!
	The Ruby Object Model and Metaprogramming by Dave Thomas Metaprogramming lets you program more expressively. This makes your code easier to write and easier to maintain and extend. Learn both the hows and whys of metaprogramming Ruby from Dave Thomas, one of the most experienced Ruby programmers in the western world.
	Writing Your First iPhone Application by Bill Dudney Now that the iPhone 2.1 SDK has officially been released and the Apple App Store is open for business, it’s time to write killer mobile applications! To do that, you’ll need to use several powerful (and possibly unfamiliar) tools: Xcode, Interface Builder, Objective-C, and then the iPhone SDK itself. It can all be a little overwhelming at first. So how do you get started on the right foot? Well, the good news is you don’t have to go it alone. Let Bill Dudney, an experienced iPhone developer, show you how to write your first iPhone application in these screencasts. Building iPhone applications is a visual process, and screencasts are a great way to shoulder-surf with an expert. You’ll learn his workflow, his development techniques, and the tricks of the trade.