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Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery

Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery

By : Detrick DeBurr
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Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery

Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery

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By: Detrick DeBurr

Overview of this book

Gamification involves the process of leveraging the features of real games into real life. A gamified website has the potential to increase user engagement, ROI, and learning. This book will help you build gamified websites with PHP and jQuery by making you understand the gamification design process to implement game mechanics in practical applications. Gamified websites are very popular amongst Internet users. The gamification of a web content draws users into action to empower them and help them develop new skills. Games engage user attention into the task and each task accomplished will mean the development and enhancement of new skills. This book will help you to apply the essence of games into real word applications such as business and education. Build Gamified Websites with PHP and jQuery aims at empowering and educating the users with an educational gamified website. The book walks through the process of developing a gamified website. Through the course of the book, you will learn gamification development process. The book emphasizes on the application of game mechanics to motivate the user. You will then use the Fogg behaviour model to influence the user behaviour. By the end of the book, you will see yourself building more engaging yet simple websites based on rational principles.
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About the Reviewers

P. Alex is a young webmaster who loves the Web. His full name is Pruteanu Alexandru and he was born in Moldavia. He is currently living in Italy, where he studies Web and Multimedia Technologies at the University of Udine. He wakes up every morning with the desire to learn something absolutely new and always tries to widen his knowledge.

He is currently working on several projects and putting together his experience, passion, and creativity. He is a happy Linux user and an open source advocate. He was selected at the Google Summer of Code, 2013 with his project Improve Joomla! Frontend Semantics & Accessibility for the Joomla! organization. He created a new library and implemented Schema.org microdata semantics in Joomla! CMS. In his free time, he works on a website called HenGames.com, which he has created himself. P. Alex is also keen on Psychology, Marketing, Design, and all that is connected to the Web world. His home page is http://p-alex.com; you can also find him on Twitter (@PAlexcom).

Robert Wąs is always watching out for something new. Professionally, he is a programmer who prefers working in scripting languages or Java and creating UI. He likes working with human-centered projects and constantly observes UX trends and user behavior. In his private life, he's a husband and father who takes a keen interest in education and gamification. He can be found live on Twitter at @robertwpl or Facebook at robert.was.krk.

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