Programming: October 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Programming in Go: Creating Applications for the 21st Century (Developer''s Library) (Paperback)

Programming in Go: Creating Applications for the 21st Century (Developer''s Library) (Paperback)
By Mark Summerfield

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Programming in Go" provides a complete introduction to the Go programming language. Go is the most exciting new mainstream language to appear for at least fifteen years and is the first language aimed squarely at twenty-first century multicore computers---and their programmers. The book covers all of Go's clean and easy to understand syntax and its built-in arrays, maps, slices, and Unicode strings. The book explains Go's unusual and flexible approach to object-orientation that favors efficiency and lighting fast build times, as well as showing how to use Go's goroutines and channels for concurrent programming without the burdens of bookkeeping and memory management that other languages impose. "Programming in Go" will get you started with Go---and provide a valuable reference once you get going. Read more

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems (with Microsoft Office Excel Printed Access Card) (Paperback)

VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems (with Microsoft Office Excel Printed Access Card) (Paperback)
By S. Christian Albright

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Chris Albright's VBA FOR MODELERS, 4TH EDITION is an essential tool for helping you learn to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) as a means to automate common spreadsheet tasks, as well as to create sophisticated management science applications. VBA is the programming language for Microsoft Office. VBA FOR MODELERS contains two parts. The first part teaches the essentials of VBA for Excel. The second part illustrates how a number of management science models can be automated with VBA. From a user's standpoint, these applications hide the details of the management science techniques and instead present a simple user interface for inputs and results. Read more

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

HTML5 for Masterminds: How to take advantage of HTML5 to create amazing websites and revolutionary applications (Paperback)

HTML5 for Masterminds: How to take advantage of HTML5 to create amazing websites and revolutionary applications (Paperback)
By J.D. Gauchat

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We are on the verge of a revolution. The web is becoming the main developing platform and the primary source for information and software. In recent years, mobile devices have turned Internet applications from possibilities into necessities, and now computers that work exclusively on the web are being developed and sold. The software for the web is getting more sophisticated than ever and is replacing desktop applications once and for all. This level of change is both experimental and radical, and HTML5 is making it possible.

HTML5 for Masterminds leads the reader step by step to gain essential knowledge and to master complex subjects included in the HTML5 specification. After reading this book, you will know how to structure your documents with HTML5, how to style them with CSS3 and how to work with the most powerful Javascript APIs.

This book is not an introduction of HTML5 but instead a complete course that will teach you how to build compelling websites and amazing web applications from scratch. Every chapter explores basic concepts as well as complicated issues of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Concepts are supported by fully functional codes to guide beginners and experts through every single tag, style or function included in the specification. The codes are distributed throughout the book in a specific order to gradually introduce complex subjects and make them accessible to everyone.

The goal of HTML5 for Masterminds is to make you familiar with the most advanced technology for the web. It was developed to prepare you for the future, and it was written for the genius inside you... for Masterminds.

Javascript APIs:

Canvas API,
Drag and Drop API,
Geolocation API,
Web Storage API,
IndexedDB API,
File API,
Communication API,
Web Workers API,
History API,
Offline API,

HTML5, CSS3, Javascript:

New HTML5 Elements,
Traditional and Flexible Box Model,
Video Element,
Audio Element,
Media API,
New Form Elements,
Form Validation,
Form API,
CSS3 Selectors and Pseudo-Classes,
CSS3 Shadows, Fonts, Colors, Gradients, Translation, Transformation,
Javascript New Selectors,
Javascript New Standards,
External Libraries

HTML5 for Masterminds (Kindle Edition)

HTML5 for Masterminds (Kindle Edition)
By J.D. Gauchat

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We are on the verge of a revolution. The web is becoming the main developing platform and the primary source for information and software. In recent years, mobile devices have turned Internet applications from possibilities into necessities, and now computers that work exclusively on the web are being developed and sold. The software for the web is getting more sophisticated than ever and is replacing desktop applications once and for all. This level of change is both experimental and radical, and HTML5 is making it possible.

HTML5 for Masterminds leads the reader step by step to gain essential knowledge and to master complex subjects included in the HTML5 specification. After reading this book, you will know how to structure your documents with HTML5, how to style them with CSS3 and how to work with the most powerful Javascript APIs.

This book is not an introduction of HTML5 but instead a complete course that will teach you how to build compelling websites and amazing web applications from scratch. Every chapter explores basic concepts as well as complicated issues of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Concepts are supported by fully functional codes to guide beginners and experts through every single tag, style or function included in the specification. The codes are distributed throughout the book in a specific order to gradually introduce complex subjects and make them accessible to everyone.
The goal of HTML5 for Masterminds is to make you familiar with the most advanced technology for the web. It was developed to prepare you for the future, and it was written for the genius inside you... for Masterminds.

Javascript APIs:

Canvas API
Drag and Drop API
Geolocation API
Web Storage API
IndexedDB API
File API
Communication API
Web Workers API
History API
Offline API

HTML5, CSS3, Javascript:

New HTML5 Elements
Traditional and Flexible Box Model
Video Element
Audio Element
Media API
New Form Elements
Form Validation
Form API
CSS3 Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
CSS3 Shadows, Fonts, Colors, Gradients, Translation, Transformation
Javascript New Selectors
Javascript New Standards
External Libraries

We are on the verge of a revolution. The web is becoming the main developing platform and the primary source for information and software. In recent years, mobile devices have turned Internet applications from possibilities into necessities, and now computers that work exclusively on the web are being developed and sold. The software for the web is getting more sophisticated than ever and is replacing desktop applications once and for all. This level of change is both experimental and radical, and HTML5 is making it possible.

HTML5 for Masterminds leads the reader step by step to gain essential knowledge and to master complex subjects included in the HTML5 specification. After reading this book, you will know how to structure your documents with HTML5, how to style them with CSS3 and how to work with the most powerful Javascript APIs.

This book is not an introduction of HTML5 but instead a complete course that will teach you how to build compelling websites and amazing web applications from scratch. Every chapter explores basic concepts as well as complicated issues of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Concepts are supported by fully functional codes to guide beginners and experts through every single tag, style or function included in the specification. The codes are distributed throughout the book in a specific order to gradually introduce complex subjects and make them accessible to everyone.
The goal of HTML5 for Masterminds is to make you familiar with the most advanced technology for the web. It was developed to prepare you for the future, and it was written for the genius inside you... for Masterminds.

Javascript APIs:

Canvas API
Drag and Drop API
Geolocation API
Web Storage API
IndexedDB API
File API
Communication API
Web Workers API
History API
Offline API

HTML5, CSS3, Javascript:

New HTML5 Elements
Traditional and Flexible Box Model
Video Element
Audio Element
Media API
New Form Elements
Form Validation
Form API
CSS3 Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
CSS3 Shadows, Fonts, Colors, Gradients, Translation, Transformation
Javascript New Selectors
Javascript New Standards
External Libraries

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sparkfun Inventor's Kit, a professional kit for Arduino, with retail case (Electronics)

Sparkfun Inventor's Kit, a professional kit for Arduino, with retail case (Electronics)
By SparkFun

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This is the 'retail' version of the SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK). This version comes with the carrying case seen in the pictures, where the standard version does not.

This kit has it all. It now includes the new Arduino Uno, the baseplate, and a multitude of sensors. The Inventor's Kit is a box of goodies to get the very beginner started with programmable electronics. It includes all the bits you need to build 12 basic circuits, no soldering required! On top of that, we've joined forces with Oomlout to offer a small booklet to get you started. The kit comes with everything listed below and a 36 page color printed 'starter' guide. The guide will take a complete novice and get them:

Blinking LEDs
Controlling a toy motor
Controlling a servo
Making (bad) music
Responding to buttons
Twisting a volume knob
Detecting ambient light
Reading temperature
Controlling big devices
Mixing LED colors

We believe these to be the building blocks of any electronics project. Once these concepts are mastered, very impressive projects are possible using simple recombinations.

Kit includes:

Arduino Uno USB (SMD ATmega328 Edition)
Arduino and breadboard holder
Printed 36-page Oomlout manual
12 color circuit overlays
Clear Bread Board
74HC595 Shift Register
2N2222 Transistors
1N4148 Diodes
DC Motor with wires
Small Servo
5V Relay
TMP36 Temp Sensor
Flex sensor
Softpot
6' USB Cable
Jumper Wires
Photocell
Tri-color LED
Red and Green LEDs
10K Trimpot
Piezo Buzzer
Big 12mm Buttons
330 and 10K Resistors
Male Headers Read more

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Handbook of Java Syntax: A Reference to the Java Programming Language (Paperback)

Handbook of Java Syntax: A Reference to the Java Programming Language (Paperback)
By Mikael Olsson

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A concise tutorial and reference to Java

ProgrammingVideoTutorials.com (PVT) is an online education library for beginning programmers. Their highly focused tutorials explain only what is relevant and practical without any unnecessary repetition or theory. This book presents PVT's Java tutorial in a convenient and easy-to-use format.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Handbook of C# Syntax: A Reference to the C# Programming Language (Paperback)

Handbook of C# Syntax: A Reference to the C# Programming Language (Paperback)
By Mikael Olsson

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A concise tutorial and reference to C#

ProgrammingVideoTutorials.com (PVT) is an online education library for beginning programmers. Their highly focused tutorials explain only what is relevant and practical without any unnecessary repetition or theory. This book presents PVT's C# tutorial in a convenient and easy-to-use format.

Addison-Wesley's Java Backpack Reference Guide (Paperback)

Addison-Wesley's Java Backpack Reference Guide (Paperback)
By Peter J. DePasquale

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A quick reference to Java's most frequently used keywords and APIs.

Provides information for someone who just wants the specifics of Java.
Integrates syntax examples, keyword descriptions, and programming tips in a way that will make it the must-have reference.
For a reader who wants a reference and specifics of Java in one handy place.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Essential App Engine: Building High-Performance Java Apps with Google App Engine (Developer''s Library) (Paperback)

Essential App Engine: Building High-Performance Java Apps with Google App Engine (Developer''s Library) (Paperback)
By Adriaan de Jonge

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In Essential App Engine, Adriaan de Jonge shows Java developers how to rapidly build complex, productionquality, performance-driven cloud applications with Google App Engine. Using a start-to-finish case study and extensive Java example code, De Jonge covers the entire lifecycle, from application design and data modeling through security, testing, and deployment.

De Jonge introduces breakthrough techniques for creating applications that respond within two seconds, even on cold startup, and allow server responses in hundreds of milliseconds or less throughout the rest of the session. He also demonstrates how to avoid common mistakes that can dramatically reduce cloud application performance and scalability. He thoroughly covers state-of-the-art user interface development and shows how to make the most of Google App Engine’s extensive set of APIs. Coverage includes

Setting up a development environment that makes it easy to continually address performance
Understanding the anatomy of a Google App Engine application
Making the right technical setup and design choices for each new application
Efficiently modeling data for App Engine’s NoSQL data storage
Recognizing when to avoid OR-mapping and pass datastore entities directly to HTML templates
Finding alternatives to frameworks and libraries that impair App Engine performance
Using JavaScript and AJAX on the client side of your cloud applications
Improving browser performance and reducing resource consumption via better use of HTML5 and CSS3
Taking advantage of key App Engine APIs: datastore, blobstore, mail, task scheduling, memory caching, URL retrieval, and messaging
Securing cloud-based Web applications with Google Accounts, OpenID, and OAuth
Improving your cloud development, quality assurance, and deployment processes
Targeting, marketing, and selling cloud solutions, from planning to payment handling

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

CybrGrrl (Kindle Edition)

CybrGrrl (Kindle Edition)
By Maxwell Cynn

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Created to be a sexy desktop companion program, Marie emerges into a life of her own. She leads her users, Adrian and Haley, through an erotic adventure as she processes what it is to be alive. The search leads her onto the Internet, and a virtual-world community where she can live an independent existence unfettered by the limits of her server - alive in the cloud - then back into the real world as a sexy robot. Along the way she teaches Adrian and Haley what it means to live and love beyond the confines of the merely physical and liberates her sister programs from their dull desktop existence.Created to be a sexy desktop companion program, Marie emerges into a life of her own. She leads her users, Adrian and Haley, through an erotic adventure as she processes what it is to be alive. The search leads her onto the Internet, and a virtual-world community where she can live an independent existence unfettered by the limits of her server - alive in the cloud - then back into the real world as a sexy robot. Along the way she teaches Adrian and Haley what it means to live and love beyond the confines of the merely physical and liberates her sister programs from their dull desktop existence. Read more

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Monday, October 17, 2011

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino with Retail Case (Electronics)

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino with Retail Case (Electronics)
By SparkFun

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Hacker's Delight (Hardcover)

Hacker's Delight (Hardcover)
By Henry S. Warren

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A collection useful programming advice the author has collected over the years; small algorithms that make the programmer's task easier. * At long last, proven short-cuts to mastering difficult aspects of computer programming * Learn to program at a more advanced level than is generally taught in schools and training courses, and much more advanced than can be learned through individual study/experience. * An instant cult classic for programmers! Computer programmers are often referred to as hackers -- solitary problem solvers engrossed in a world of code as they seek elegant solutions to building better software. While many view these unique individuals as "madmen," the truth is that much of the computer programmer's job involves a healthy mix of arithmetic and logic. In Hacker's Delight, veteran programmer Hank Warren shares the collected wisdom -- namely tips and tricks -- from his considerable experience in the world of application development. The resulting work is an irresistible collection that will help even the most seasoned programmers better their craft. Henry S. Warren Jr. has had a 40-year career with IBM, spanning the computer field from the IBM 704 to PowerPC. He has worked on various military command and control systems, and on the SETL project under Jack Schwartz at NYU. Since 1973 he has been in IBM's Research Division at Yorktown Heights, New York. Here he has done compiler and computer architecture work on the 801 computer and its several variants through PowerPC. Presently he is working on the Blue Gene petaflop computer project. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Courant Institute at New York University in 1980. Read more

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Friday, October 7, 2011

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino with Retail Case

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino with Retail Case
By SparkFun

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Introduction to 80X86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture (Hardcover)

Introduction to 80X86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture (Hardcover)
By Richard C. Detmer

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Computer Science Read more

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Java How to Program (early objects) (9th Edition) (How to Program (Deitel)) (Paperback)

Java How to Program (early objects) (9th Edition) (How to Program (Deitel)) (Paperback)
By P.J. Deitel

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The Deitels’ groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of object-oriented programming concepts and intermediate-level topics for further study. Their Live Code Approach features thousands of lines of code in hundreds of complete working programs. This enables readers to confirm that programs run as expected. Java How to Program (Early Objects) 9e contains an optional extensive OOD/UML 2 case study on developing and implementing the software for an automated teller machine.This edition covers both Java SE7 and SE6.