Book Watch is I Programmer's listing of new books and is compiled using publishers' publicity material. It is not to be read as a review where we provide an independent assessment. Some, but by no means all, of the books in Book Watch are eventually reviewed.
Click on the title (in blue) for more information on any book.
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 |
Practical tutorial approach (includes CD) demonstrates how, when, and why to use the features of the C# rapid application development environment. Learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0; develop a fundamental understanding of C# language features; and then get to work creating actual components and working applications. <ASIN:0735626707> |
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
This comprehensive tutorial and reference guide provides programmers and developers of all skill and experience levels with a broad, solid understanding of essential Visual Basic 2010 topics and clearly explains how to use it to perform a variety of tasks. Presents categorized information regarding specific operations and reveals useful tips and tricks.
<ASIN: 0470499834> |
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 |
Second edition has been updated to reflect changes in computer technology in the past 7 years and now encompasses FreeBSD and Mac OS X in addition to Windows and Linux. High Level Assembler which incorporates many features found in high-level languages is used to to take much of the mystery and headache out of assembly and now uses HLA version 2. <ASIN:1593272073> |
Monday, 29 March 2010 |
All the information you need to jumpstart your software career: the best ways to get hired, move up, avoid mistakes that coulld destroy your career and blaze your way to the top. Sam Lightstone supplements his own advice with insights from 17 of the industry's most highly regarded "stars"
<ASIN: 0137059671> |
Friday, 26 March 2010 |
Subtitled "From Xcode to App Store" this book guides you through building sample applications showing how to use Xcode tools, the Objective-C programming language, and the core frameworks. It covers the skills for developing apps and submitting them to the iTunes App Store. <ASIN:0596806434> |
Thursday, 25 March 2010 |
Takes you step by step through many of the useful applications of workflow technology. Along the way, you will create designer-based and code-based workflows, communicate between applications using workflow activities, create workflow extensions and custom activities and host workflows in WCF services. <ASIN:1430224851> |
Wednesday, 24 March 2010 |
Aimed at complete beginners to programming or at those who are new to .NET this book devotes early chapters to Visual Studio 2010 with help to install the IDE and an introduction to the .NET Framework and the CLR. It then goes from the basics - variables, data types, he If statement and loops but quickly gets to XAML and WPF programmng. By the end of the book you reach XML and ClickOnce technology.
<ASIN:0470502223> |
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 |
If you're building a mission-critical site, Kyle Loudon, a manager at Yahoo, will help you achieve the same rigor in web applications that developers have traditionally applied to other types of software by providing you with practical steps for building sites that remain effective as they add features, functions, and users. Covers HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, and database interaction.
<ASIN:0596803028> |
Monday, 22 March 2010 |
Subtitled "Managing Complexity in the Face of Uncertainty" this book looks at a new framework for project management, APF, and shows how to apply it in any domain. Robert K. Wysocki introduces all five phases of the framework and shows how to utilize each one effectively in your environment. <ASIN:0321525612> |
Friday, 19 March 2010 |
Practical advice from seasoned veterans on the special challenges of writing for first-person shooter games (FPS), role-playing games (RPG) plus multiplayer online games, real-time strategy games, sports games, horror games, serious games, casual games, handheld games, and more. Game writing samples included.<ASIN:1568814178> |
Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
Covers all aspects of web page design, from typography and color to layout, to help discover which pieces of HTML and CSS deserve focus, and which can be abandoned. You'll discover how the two technologies mesh, understand how the Web 2.0 era has changed the way we use HTML and CSS and recognize the bad and downright awful parts of HTML and CSS to understand why warning labels are sometimes necessary.
<ASIN:0596157606> |
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
Tim Isted takes you through concrete, working examples to give you the core concepts and principles of development in context. Introduces you to Objective-C and the Cocoa framework in clear, easy-to-understand lessons, and demonstrates how you can use them together to write for the Mac, as well as the iPhone and iPod. <ASIN:1934356514> |
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