Book Watch Archive


The Essential Guide to Flash Games (Friends of ED)
Friday, 07 May 2010

Divided into specific game genre projects this book covers everything from old classics such as a Missile Command-style game, to new genres such as tower defense. The chapters build in complexity and new tools are introduced along the way that can be reused for other games.

<ASIN:1430226145>

 
The LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Discovery Book (No Starch Press)
Thursday, 06 May 2010

This Adventure Book has building and programming instructions for eight innovative robots. Follow two astronauts through training in the basics of programming NXT robots, building increasingly sophisticated robots as the book progresses. Learn essential programming skills - how to make robots move, how to use sensors.

<ASIN:1593272111>

 
Beginning Perl 3rd Ed (Apress)
Wednesday, 05 May 2010

Perl has evolved into a multipurpose, multiplatform language for heavy-duty web applications, the cloud, systems administration, natural language processing, and financial engineering. Now in its 3rd edition this book explores Perl’s role regarding all of these tasks and more.

<ASIN:1430227931>

 
Cocoa and Objective-C: Up and Running (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 04 May 2010

This introduction to Apple's Cocoa programming environment and its Objective-C language quickly gets you up to speed with step-by-step tutorials, hands-on tasks, and numerous examples. You'll learn just enough foundation and theory to ground you before jumping right into building applications, managing events, creating GUIs, and more.

<ASIN:0596804792>

 
Silverlight 4 Problem - Design - Solution (Wrox)
Monday, 03 May 2010

Using a Web site created by the author as a reference point, you′ll go through the steps of creating a live, fully functional application for the Web using Silverlight 4 and the Silverlight Control Toolkit. Along the way, the book addresses important design considerations, such as the use of Web Services and the SQL Server database.

<ASIN:0470534044>

 
Facebook: The Missing Manual, 2nd Ed (O'Reilly)
Friday, 30 April 2010

Second edition has been updated to help you take advantage of everything Facebook now offers. It helps  you with specific Facebook tasks, such as signing up, networking, shopping, joining groups, finding or filling a job, and a whole lot more. You'll learn how to create your own Facebook page and make connections with other members.

<ASIN:144938014X>

 
Information Foraging Theory (OUP)
Thursday, 29 April 2010

Traditional research models tell us very little about how people will actively navigate and search through information structures and what information they will choose to consume. IFT is a new theory in Adaptive Information Interaction. Its main aim is to create technology that is better shaped to users. 

<ASIN:0195387791>

 
Cocoa Programming (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
This Quick-Start Guide for Developers jumps right in to building a web browser using Cocoa. In just a few minutes you'll have something that works. A couple of minutes more, and you'll have code in your custom controller, listening for notifications and call-backs. Soon you'll have the functionality you'd expect in a full browser.
<ASIN:1934356301>
 
Social Networking Spaces (Apress)
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Covers the main social networking "spaces," and how they are being used within a family or business context. It includes information on posting pictures, using add-ons, and working with Facebook and LinkedIn groups. It also covers the phenomenon of Twitter, including how it has grown and the road ahead.

<ASIN:1430225963>

 
Fancy Form Design (Sitepoint)
Monday, 26 April 2010

Step-by-step guide to creating web forms that are aesthetically pleasing, highly functional, and compatible across all major browsers. All aspects of form creation are covered in this book—from layout and composition through to best-practice CSS and HTML—topped off with a touch of JavaScript sparkle!

<ASIN:0980576849>

 
Practical Code Generation in .NET (Addison-Wesley)
Friday, 23 April 2010

Code generation with Visual Studio 2010, 2008, and 2005, as well as all recent versions of .NET, including .NET 4.0. Peter Vogel shows how to generate reliable code using procedural code, Visual Studio add-ins, XML, configuration files, and more. Brings everything together in three complete, chapter-length case studies.

<ASIN: 0321606787>

 
Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2010 (Wrox)
Thursday, 22 April 2010
A comprehensive introduction to both the Standard C++ language and to Visual C++ 2010; no previous programming experience required. Covers all the language changes in Visual C++ 2010, library additions, new MFC features and changes in the Visual Studio development environment. Plus a brief introduction to programming for multicore processors in native C++ and C++/CLR.
<ASIN:0470500883>
 
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