Jump Start books

Jump Start your learning.

Fast books for busy people.

What is Jump Start?

Jump Start is a series of fast books for busy people.

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In the Series....

Responsive Web Design

By Craig Sharkie & Andrew Fisher

No longer just a buzz phrase, Responsive Web Design is now an essential skill for every web designer and developer. Learn responsive techniques to make your designs look magnificent on any device, future proof them, and reduce development time and budget.

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Jump Start Sinatra

By Darren Jones

Sinatra makes creating web applications with Ruby easy and fast. Sinatra’s super streamlined codebase is great to work with and lets you decide how simple or complicated you want you applications to be. In short, it empowers you, and will make your Ruby projects sing!

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Jump Start CoffeeScript

By Earle Castledine

CoffeeScript is redefining the way JavaScript is written. Knowing CoffeeScript allows you to streamline your JavaScript into shorter, easier-to-read, and more maintainable code.

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Jump Start Node.js

By Don Nguyen

Node.js is changing the way web apps are built. As Node.js apps are written in JavaScript, you can quickly and simply use your front-end skills to develop staggeringly fast, scalable real-time web applications.

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