Book Watch Archive


Rails AntiPatterns (Addison-Wesley)
Monday, 23 May 2011

This book subtitled "Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring" is organized into concise, modular chapters, each outlining a single common AntiPattern with detailed, cookbook-style code solutions that were previously difficult or impossible to find.

<ASIN:0321604814>

 
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 (Rocky Nook)
Saturday, 21 May 2011

With its electronic viewfinder and interchangeable lenses, the G2 is capable of not only recording professional-quality still images, but can record HD video as well. This "Unofficial Quintessential Guide" explains its features and versatile capabilities in detail using example images throughout.

<ASIN:1933952776>

 
21 Recipes for Mining Twitter (O'Reilly)
Friday, 20 May 2011
This short and concise book, extracted from Mining the Social Web, offers a collection of recipes to help you extract nuggets of Twitter information using easy-to-learn Python tools. Each recipe offers a discussion of how and why the solution works, so you can quickly adapt it to fit your particular needs.

<ASIN:1449303161>

 
Successful Project Management (Microsoft Press)
Thursday, 19 May 2011

This practical guide shows you how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, shares the real-world experiences of project managers in several industries, and shows you how to put the best practices and hard-won lessons of experts to work using powerful Project 2010 tools.

<ASIN:0735649804>

 
Nikon D7000: From Snapshots to Great Shots (Peachpit Press)
Wednesday, 18 May 2011

This book has one goal: to teach D7000 owners how to make great shots using their new Nikon camera. Users learn how to use the D7000 to create the type of photos that inspired them to buy the camera in the first place. Everything in the book is in service of creating a great image.

<ASIN:0321766547>

 
Network Your Computer & Devices Step by Step (Microsoft Press)
Tuesday, 17 May 2011

How to use the networking features in Windows 7 to connect your home computers, even if they use different operating systems, share printers, devices, and files with everyone in your home, stream media over your network or to a remote PC, tweak network and sharing settings, troubleshoot problems and perform easy maintenance. Includes access to fully searchable online edition of this book on the Web.

<ASIN:0735652163>

 
Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide (Microsoft Press)
Monday, 16 May 2011

Describes a scenario around a fictitious company named Tailspin that has decided to include Windows Phone 7 as a client device for their existing cloud-based application. After reading this book, you will be familiar with how to design and implement applications for Windows Phone 7 that take advantage of remote services to obtain and upload data while providing a great user experience.

<ASIN:0735656096>

 
Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets (O'Reilly)
Sunday, 15 May 2011

With Arduino, building your own embedded gadgets is easy, even for beginners. This book has six fun projects you can build for under $100 each: a stalker guard, robot insect, interactive painting, wireless smart home controller, boxing timer, and a cell phone controlled soccer robot. Gain the know-how and experience you need to invent your own gadgets. See our full review.

<ASIN:1449389716>

 
Remote Exposure: A Guide to Hiking and Climbing Photography (Rocky Nook)
Saturday, 14 May 2011

Alexandre Buisse goes beyond the basics of photography and gives you the tools needed to create images that are not only of good technical quality but that are compelling as well. Guides you through the various options for equipment, since the requirement for lightweight gear that is able to withstand cold, adverse weather conditions presents unique challenges.

<ASIN:1933952652>

 
Learning ActionScript 3.0 2nd Edition (O'Reilly)
Friday, 13 May 2011

Introductory guide for Flash designers and developers. Learn the language and how it works through hands-on exercises that build skills as the book progresses. Compatible with Flash CS3 through Flash CS5.

<ASIN:144939017X>

 
Microsoft Expression Web 4 in Depth (Que)
Thursday, 12 May 2011

Guidance, big-picture insights, and troubleshooting help for building standards-compliant, cross-browser web sites. Harness ASP.NET's power without writing code - and use the free Visual Web Developer Express Edition to develop robust ASP.NET apps.

<ASIN:0789747243>

 
Camel in Action (Manning)
Wednesday, 11 May 2011

A tutorial full of small examples showing how to work with  Apache Camel, a  Java framework that lets you implement the standard enterprise integration patterns in a few lines of code. With a concise but sophisticated DSL you cab snap integration logic into your app using Java, XML, or Scala. Camel supports over 80 common transports such as HTTP, REST, JMS, and Web Services.

<ASIN:1935182366>

 
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