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Books and Videos

Sharpen your Alpha Five Skills

Alpha Five books and training videos are designed for people of all experience levels. Combined with hands on experience, these materials will get you up to speed and building database applications fast.


 
 
Alpha Five v10 Total Training Video

Alpha Five v10/10.5 Total Training Video

Fundamentals for both Desktop and Web Applications

Get up to speed fast with this intensive 5 hours training course. Instructor Steve Workings has been teaching people to use Alpha Five for over 10 years. He's also taught the official Alpha Five v10 training courses in Boston and Las Vegas. In this course, Steve takes you through the essentials and some advanced topics using very methodical, clear and proven teaching techniques - so you know how to tackle your own desktop and web application projects with confidence.

For more information see Sample Chapters and Table of Contents.

$6900
order
  $6900
order

*DVD is a DVD-ROM and may be played on any PC or Mac.
**You will also receive the download link when you place a DVD order.


 

 
Alpha Five v10 Total Web Apps

Alpha Five 10.5: Total Web Apps

 

The Quick Way to Learn Web Apps

  • Learn to Build Powerful Web 2.0 / AJAX Applications
  • Build apps for your clients or your own business
  • 56 Lessons in 4 Hours of Video
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Suitable for all skill levels
  • FREE Server Space to Test Publish your Work!
  • For version 10.5 - and prior versions, too.

For over 10 years, Steve Workings has been a professional Alpha Five developer and trainer. In this video, Steve takes you step-by-step through everything you need to know to build robust, secure and full featured web 2.0 applications. His years of hands on experience, gives you a terrific head start in tackling your own custom Alpha Five applications.

For more information, see the Sample Chapters and Table of Contents.

$6900
order
  $6900
order

*DVD is a DVD-ROM and may be played on any PC or Mac.
**You will also receive the download link when you place a DVD order.


 

 
Alpha Five v10 Building an Integrated Desktop Application

Alpha Five v10: Building an Integrated Desktop Application

with Jay Talbot

A complete course for building desktop applications.

  • Step-by-step Instructions
  • Build a Complete Contact Manager
  • Includes Application Files

With all of the excitement surrounding web based applications - we haven't forgotten that half of all of new applications are still being built for the desktop. As you know, Alpha Five is an excellent tool for building single and multi-user database applications for PCs (and Macs running PC emulation software). In fact, Alpha Five has triumphed over Microsoft Access to win the coveted PC Magazine Editors' choice award.

So if you are thinking of building a desktop based application - Alpha Five is a terrific choice - and this new video with Jay Talbott will help you get the job done. In a few hours, Jay shows you exactly what you need to know to build a complete, integrated desktop application from the ground up. The example he uses is a contact manager. The finished application can easily be adapted for your own use, or you can use the video and files purely as learning tools.

Either way this video will give you a super head start and the confidence to tackle your own custom desktop applications.

See the Cover Artwork for the Table of Contents.

$3900
order
  $2900
order

*DVD is a DVD-ROM and may be played on any PC or Mac.
**You will also receive the download link when you place a DVD order.


 

 
jQuery and Alpha Five v10.5

jQuery and Alpha Five v10.5

with Jeff Cogswell

Alpha Five Expert Jeff Cogswell shows you what you need to know to integrate jQuery into your Alpha Five web applications. In about 40 minutes you'll see how and where to get the jQuery Source files, how to get Alpha Five to publish them, how to reference objects and collection of objects on an A5W page, and more. The examples he provides include how to build fade in buttons, tabs, and auto-complete fields that you can use anywhere.

The Javascript that is used is all carefully explained, so that it is clear even if you are new to Javascript. (Some basic familiarity with HTML is helpful.)

See the Table of Contents and Description for more details.

$3900
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Alpha Five v10 The Tutorial

Alpha Five v10/10.5: The Tutorial

for Web Applications. Volume I

In this book, Martin Heller (Contributing Editor to InfoWorld) makes Alpha Five v10/v10.5 accessible to everyone. The step-by-step approach, teaches you (regardless of prior experience) how to build sophisticated web applications in Alpha Five v10. By following along with this book, you'll learn exactly what you need to tackle any web application with confidence.

For more information see First Chapter and Table of Contents.

  • Full size 8.5" x 11" book, 150 pages
  • Hundreds of screenshots, figures and illustrations
  • Suitable for all experience levels
  • Extensive coverage of grid building - the core to building your apps
  • Tons of callouts, tips and tricks
  • Available both as a PDF and in Printed Form
$2400
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  $3400
order

*You will also receive the download link when you place an order for the Printed Book.