Security researcher Michael Collins shows several techniques for understanding how your network is used, and what actions are necessary to protect and improve it. For network administrators and operational security analysts familiar with scripting, he examines the process of collecting and organizing data, various tools for analysis, and several different analytic scenarios and techniques.

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In this pocket-sized guide, William R. Stanek delivers ready answers for managing storage, security, and networking features in Windows 8.1. Zero in on core procedures and operations through quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. You'll get the focused information you need to save time and get the job done - whether at your desk or in the field.

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100+ instantly useful code snippets and idioms for performing a wide spectrum of common web application tasks. Brad Dayley presents carefully tested, flexible, adaptable code - all organized for quick lookup and gets to the essence of what’s new and important in jQuery and JavaScript. Coverage ranges from the basics to advanced jQuery capabilities, including jQueryUI widgets and mobile development.

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Experienced game developer Alan Thorn shows both newcomers and established developers, experienced game developer how to use the Unity engine to create fun and imaginative 2D games. Covers how to set up a step-by-step 2D workflow, how to build and import textures, how to configure and work with cameras and put that infrastructure to work in a real, playable game.

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Dreamweaver CC comes packed with features and a new, online-only home, but it still doesn’t include a printed guide to working in the cloud or tapping the program’s amazing features. That’s where this Missing Manual comes in. With its jargon-free explanations and hands-on tutorials, you’ll learn how to create every kind of website, from single-purpose static sites to interactive, multimedia-driven web dynamos.

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Fully reworked edition of a real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade Android apps revised and updated for the Android 4.3 SDK and the newest development best practices. Three expert developers guide you through setting up your development environment, designing user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your entire app-development process—from design through publication. Bonus KitKat chapter available online.

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Grails is a full-stack web development framework that enables you to build complete web applications in a fraction of the time and with less code than other frameworks using the dynamic Groovy programming language. In this revised and updated Quick-Start Guide, Dave & Ben Klein show you how to use Grails by iteratively building a unique, working application while exploring topics such as Ajax in Grails, custom tags, and plugins.

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Guided by Dino Esposito, delve into the features and architecture of the ASP.NET MVC 4 framework-and develop highly customizable and maintainable applications and learn how the Model, View, Controller programming model differs from-and improves upon-standard ASP.NET Web Forms. If you’re an experienced web developer, this book is an ideal way to get started with ASP.NET MVC 4. See our review of highly-rated previous edition. <ASIN:0735680949>

Jump into the world of Near Field Communications (NFC), the fast-growing technology that lets devices in close proximity exchange data, using radio signals. With lots of examples, sample code, exercises, and step-by-step projects, this hands-on guide shows you how to build NFC applications for Android, the Arduino microcontroller, and embedded Linux devices using the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) in PhoneGap, Arduino, and node.js.

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Dorian Yeager explains essential concepts of programming language design and implementation  in the context of the object-oriented programming language (OOPL) paradigm. Written with the upper-level undergraduate student in mind, starts with the essential features of an OOPL, then moves on to other major paradigms.

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Vikram Chandra is the award-winning author of two acclaimed novels and a collection of short stories - and has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a writer. In his extraordinary new book he looks at the connection between these two worlds of art and technology. Coders are obsessed with elegance and style, just as writers are, but do the words mean the same thing to both?

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With more than 60 practical and creative hacks, Ruth Suehle and Tom Callaway help you turn this inexpensive yet powerful Linux computer into the centerpiece of some cool electronics projects. Want to create a controller for a camera or a robot? Set up Linux distributions for media centers or PBX phone systems? That’s just the beginning of what you’ll find.

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