Book Watch Archive


App Inventor (O'Reilly)
Friday, 17 June 2011

Introduces you to a powerful tool that exposes you to the world of computer programming, so you can create technology rather than merely consume it. Teaches you how to quickly design and code apps for anything from texting to location awareness to data storage on the Web, using App Inventor's unique visual interface.

<ASIN:1449397484>

 
Brilliant HTML5 & CSS3 (Prentice Hall)
Thursday, 16 June 2011

Guides you through essential tasks step-by-step, showing you how to create standards-compliant and accessible websites; develop the coding skills and best practices to build sophisticated web pages, understand HTML tags and attributes to mark-up text, links, images, tables and forms and get started with CSS Style Sheets and format basic elements and font styles.

<ASIN:0273747126>

 
Pro Android Media (Apress)
Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Subtitled "Developing Graphics, Music, Video, and Rich Media Apps for Smartphones and Tablets" provides concise and clear instruction on how to utilize the media APIs available to create dynamic apps. It takes you from a simple means to gain access to the camera to complex video capture and sharing examples. It also covers sound, graphics, painting, and more.

<ASIN:1430232676>

 
Scaling CouchDB (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 14 June 2011

A practical guide for web developers who need to scale CouchDB database instances. Covers basic concepts, replicating using both Futon and CouchDB's RESTful API, conflict resolution, load balancing and clustering with CouchDB Lounge.

<ASIN:1449303439>

 
ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice (Manning)
Monday, 13 June 2011

Contains real world techniques from well-known professionals who have been using ASP.NET since the first previews. Using a practical Problem-Solution-Discussion format, it will guide readers through the most common scenarios they will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take their applications to another level.

<ASIN:1935182463>

 
Motorola Xoom: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly)
Sunday, 12 June 2011

Motorola Xoom, the first tablet to rival the iPad, doesn't come with a printed guide. Gadget expert Preston Gralla helps you master your Xoom with step-by-step instructions and clear explanations. As with all Missing Manuals, this book offers refreshing, jargon-free prose and informative illustrations.

<ASIN:1449301754

 
Way Beyond Monochrome 2nd Edition (Focal Press)
Saturday, 11 June 2011

Large format hardback subtitled "Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography including digital negatives and hybrid printing". This new edition has been  revised and expanded with new chapters on digital negatives, utilizing digital technologies for alternative processes, and do-it-yourself projects.

<ASIN:0240816250>

 
Getting Started with the Internet of Things (O'Reilly)
Friday, 10 June 2011

Subtitled "Connecting Sensors and Microcontrollers to the Cloud" shows how to program embedded devices using the .NET Micro Framework and the Netduino Plus board, and then connect these devices to the Internet using Pachube, a cloud platform for sharing real-time sensor data.

<ASIN:1449393578>

 
Windows Azure Step By Step (Microsoft Press)
Thursday, 09 June 2011

Teach yourself how to build and host scalable applications in the cloud using Windows Azure one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for working with the services and features of the Windows Azure platform.

<ASIN:0735649723>

 
Asterisk: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 08 June 2011

Revised for the 1.8 release of the Asterisk open source PBX, this bestselling guide provides a complete roadmap for installing, configuring, and integrating this powerful software with existing phone systems. Covers everything you need to know to design a complete VoIP or analog system with little or no Asterisk experience, and no more than rudimentary telecommunications knowledge.

<ASIN:0596517343>

 
Pro .NET 4.0 Parallel Programming in C# (Apress)
Tuesday, 07 June 2011

Expert advice that guides you through the process of creating concurrent C# applications from the ground up. You’ll be introduced to .NET’s parallel programming features, both old and new, discover the key functionality that has been introduced in .NET 4, and learn how you can take advantage of the power of multi-core and multi-processor machines with ease.

<ASIN:1430229675>

 
C++ Without Fear (Prentice Hall)
Monday, 06 June 2011

Subtitled "A Beginner's Guide That Makes You Feel Smart" this book opens with short, simple examples that are easy to enter; then, within a couple of chapters, has you creating useful utilities, playing games, and using the computer to solve interesting puzzles. This second edition has been updated to cover important features of the newest standard, C++0x.

<ASIN:0132673266>

 
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