This task-based tutorial on Python is for those new to the language and walks you through the fundamentals. You'll learn about arithmetic, strings, and variables; writing programs; flow of control, functions; strings; data structures; input and output; and exception handling. At the end of the book, a special section walks you through a longer, realistic application, tying the concepts of the book together.

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This is the third edition of a classic that provides the insight that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success. The new edition has six new chapters to bring it inline with  today development environment and challenges.

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Teach yourself how to build your own database  from scratch or using templates with Access 2013.Create easy-to-use data-entry forms; write queries to extract and manipulate data; design reports to summarize data in effective ways; import data from other databases and documents. Includes downloadable practice files and a companion eBook.

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Definitive guide to stylesheet authoring using these two tools. Written for both designers and developers, demonstrates Sass and Compass through examples that address common pain points associated with traditional stylesheet authoring. Begins with simple topics such as CSS resets and moves on to more involved ones such as grid frameworks and CSS3 vendor implementation differences.

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A crash course in Windows 8 development. Using the open standards of XAML and C# ensures you understand the changes that are being made to Windows development practices and puts you on the right course to creating innovative and elegant applications.

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Sixth edition of the definitive programmer’s guide, tutorial, and reference for the 3D API for real-time computer graphics, OpenGL 4.3. An all-around introduction to OpenGL for developers at all levels of experience, it explains the newest API and indispensable related concepts, covering transformations, texture mapping, shaders, buffers, geometry management, and more.

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Powerful scripting and automation tool, PowerShell. allows you to control virtually every aspect of Windows and most Microsoft servers like IIS and SQL Server. This trove of essential techniques, practical guidance, and the expert insights you earn only through years of experience. Its editors have hand-picked the 28 chapters in the book's four parts: Administration, Scripting, Development, and Platforms.

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It’s the little things that turn a good digital product into a great one. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design effective microinteractions: the small details that exist inside and around features. How can users change a setting? How do they turn on mute, or know they have a new email message?

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The front cover of this book proclaims "The #1 WPF book - Now Updated for WPF 4.5. Mike James' verdict "If you work with WPF you really need a copy of this book" in his review of WPF 4 Unleashed continues to apply to this full-colour reference.

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Focusing on F# 3.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, C# programmers will learn how to exploit F# features to solve computationally-complex problems and everyday programming tasks. Topics include: C# and F# data structures; F# for functional, object-oriented, and imperative programming; design patterns; type providers; and portable support for Windows 8.

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A comprehensive tutorial that introduces Scala through clear explanations and numerous hands-on examples. Because Scala is a rich and deep language, it can be daunting to absorb all the new concepts at once. This book takes a "how-to" approach, explaining language concepts as you explore familiar programming challenges that you face in your day-to-day work.

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Written by a member of the Java EE specification request and review board in the JCP, this tutorial book goes step by step and is easy to follow. It describes many of the Java EE 7 specifications and reference implementations, and shows them in action using practical examples. It uses the newest version of GlassFish to deploy and administer the code examples.

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