Book Watch Archive


The C++ Standard Library, 2nd Ed (Addison-Wesley)
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

The C++ standard library provides a set of common classes and interfaces that greatly extend the core C++ language but is not self-explanatory. This tutorial and reference, updated for C++11 , provides comprehensive documentation of each component, including purpose and design; explanations of complex concepts and practical programming details.

<ASIN:0321623215>

 
Maintainable JavaScript (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

You may have definite ideas about writing code when working alone, but team development requires that everyone use the same approach. With the JavaScript practices in this book, including code style, programming tips, and automation, you’ll learn how to write maintainable code that other team members can easily understand, adapt, and extend.

<ASIN:1449327680>

 
SQL in Easy Steps 3rd Edition ( Easy Steps)
Monday, 11 June 2012

With an easy-to-follow style, Mike McGrath's book is aimed at those with little or no experience of SQL - web developers wanting to add database interaction to their websites, programmers wanting to quickly add SQL to their skills set, hobbyists who want to begin creating SQL scripts, to students or to those seeking a career in computing.

<ASIN:1840785438>

 
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 (Adobe Press)
Sunday, 10 June 2012

The 11 project-based lessons in this "Classroom in a book" show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop Lightroom 4. Learn how to manage large volumes of digital photographs while experimenting in a non-destructive environment. Perform sophisticated image processing tasks to produce polished presentations for both web and print.

<ASIN:0321819578>

 
The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra (No Starch Press)
Saturday, 09 June 2012

Follow along in as Reiji takes Misa from the absolute basics of this tricky subject through mind-bending operations like performing linear transformations, calculating determinants, and finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues. With memorable examples like miniature golf games and karate tournaments, Reiji transforms abstract concepts into something concrete, understandable, and even fun.

<ASIN:1593274130>

 
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 In Focus (Microsoft Press)
Friday, 08 June 2012

Hands-on guide to Business Connectivity Services for project managers, business analysts, architects, and administrators. Covers how to access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services; create external lists in SharePoint to display  business data; build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators and more.

<ASIN:0735660182>

 

 
Pro Android 4 (Apress)
Thursday, 07 June 2012

How to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for smartphones, Honeycomb for tablets and augments further with Google TV and more. Updates Pro Android 3 and goes from the fundamentals of building apps to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and more.

<ASIN:1430239301>

 
Learning iOS Programming: From Xcode to App Store 2nd Ed (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 06 June 2012

Covers the steps necessary for developing your first marketable iOS application, from opening Xcode to submitting your product to the App Store. Learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing iOS applications that use them, aqcuiring the basic skills for building applications independently. Packed with code samples, this 2nd edition is refreshed and updated for iOS 5 and Xcode 4.

<ASIN:1449303773>

 
Hadoop: The Definitive Guide 3rd Ed (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 05 June 2012

Learn how to build and maintain reliable, scalable, distributed systems with Apache Hadoop. For programmers looking to analyze datasets of any size, and administrators who want to set up and run Hadoop clusters, this book has case studies that demonstrate how Hadoop is used.  New edition covers recent changes to Hadoop, including material on the new MapReduce API. 

<ASIN:1449311520>

 
Programming Clojure, 2nd Ed (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Monday, 04 June 2012

Update to the classic book on the Clojure language by Stuart Halloway and Aaron Bedra, both members of Clojure/core . Covers all the new features of Clojure 1.3 in reorganized and rewritten chapters that reflect the significance of new Clojure concepts. Many code examples have been rewritten or replaced, and every page has been reevaluated for Clojure 1.3.

<ASIN:1934356867>

 
The Audio Expert (Focal Press)
Sunday, 03 June 2012

With in-depth descriptions of how audio really works, common sense explanations and mechanical analogies and minimal math, this book is for people who want to understand audio at a deep technical level. Brings together the concepts of audio, aural perception, musical instrument physics, acoustics, and basic electronics, showing how they're  related.

<ASIN:0240821009>

 
Alan M. Turing: Centenary Edition (Cambridge University Press)
Saturday, 02 June 2012

To commemorate the centenary of Turing's birth, this republication of his mother's biography is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alan's older brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turing's relationship with his family, and on the man himself.

<ASIN:1107020581>

 
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