iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners
by packets on May.28, 2010, under Software Dev | 113 views
Product Description
The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple’s online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps have been downloaded in the 9 months the App Store has been open, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling iPhone app—presumably that’s why you’re reading this now.
So how do you build an iPhone application? Don’t you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, and the SDK? The answer is that you don’t need to know any of those things. Anybody can start building simple applications for the iPhone, and this book will show you how.
This book takes you to getting your first applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. (continue reading…)
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Data Driven Applications
by packets on May.21, 2010, under .Net | 79 views
Product Description
The new .NET CF 3.5 framework provides enterprise application developers with a whole arsenal of possibilities at their disposal, but without proper guidance on developing performance-critical enterprise applications, it is easy to make the wrong design and technology decisions.
This book guides you to build each part of a robust enterprise application by illustrating the .NET CF 3.5 framework with the help of real-world business applications. It will not only help you to master basic .NET CF skills, but also outlines the best methods, techniques, and tools available to create high-impact and performance-critical data-driven enterprise mobile applications. It provides a solid set of guidelines to aid .NET CF developers to understand how best to apply the features of the .NET CF 3.5 framework. (continue reading…)
High Availability MySQL Cookbook
by packets on May.14, 2010, under DataBase | 119 views
Product Description
High Availability is something that all web sites hope to achieve, especially those that are linked to big companies.
MySQL, an open source relational database management system (RDBMS), can be made highly available to protect from corruption, hardware failure, software crashes, and user error. Running a MySQL setup is quite simple. Things start getting complex when you start thinking about the best way to provide redundancy. There are a large number of techniques available to add ‘redundancy’ and ‘high availability’ to MySQL, but most are both poorly understood and documented. (continue reading…)
Windows 7 Annoyances
by packets on May.13, 2010, under Operating System | 63 views
Product Description
Windows 7 may be faster and more stable than Vista, but it’s a far cry from problem-free. David A. Karp comes to the rescue with the latest in his popular Windows Annoyances series. This thorough guide gives you the tools you need to fix the troublesome parts of this operating system, plus the solutions, hacks, and timesaving tips to make the most of your PC. (continue reading…)
XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer’s Reference, 4th Edition
by packets on May.08, 2010, under XML | 84 views
Product Description
This book is primarily a practical reference book for professional XSLT developers. It assumes no previous knowledge of the language, and many developers have used it as their first introduction to XSLT; however, it is not structured as a tutorial, and there are other books on XSLT that provide a gentler approach for beginners.The book does assume a basic knowledge of XML, HTML, and the architecture of the Web, and it is written for experienced programmers. There’s no assumption that you know any particular language such as Java or Visual Basic, just that you recognize the concepts that all programming languages have in common.
The book is suitable both for XSLT 1.0 users upgrading to XSLT 2.0, and for newcomers to XSLT. The book is also equally suitable whether you work in the Java or .NET world. (continue reading…)
Ivor Horton’s Beginning Visual C++ 2010
by packets on May.07, 2010, under Visual Basic | 86 views
Product Description
The leading author of programming tutorials for beginners introduces you to Visual C++ 2010Ivor Horton is the preeminent author of introductory programming language tutorials; previous editions of his Beginning Visual C++ have sold nearly 100,000 copies. This book is a comprehensive introduction to both the Standard C++ language and to Visual C++ 2010; no previous programming experience is required.
All aspects of the 2010 release are covered, including changes to the language and the C++ standard. (continue reading…)
Joomla! 1.5 SEO
by packets on May.05, 2010, under Opensource, SEO, Web Dev | 96 views
Product Description
Some sites always appear at the top of a search result while others fail to even make it to the top ten. Wouldn’t you want to see your site on the first page of any search result? This is not easily feasible if you are depending solely on the marketing guys whom you hire for SEO.
Joomla! SEO will help you to attract more visitors and improve the way you rank in search engines by giving you the techniques and knowledge to work your site into higher visitor numbers. It will help you to create and improve your site in an easy way. Joomla! is great, and you can make it perform even better by using the guidelines and ideas in this book. (continue reading…)
Beginning Visual Basic 2010
by packets on May.05, 2010, under Software Dev, Visual Basic | 139 views
Product Description
This book is designed to teach you how to write useful programs in Visual Basic 2010 as quickly and easily as possible.There are two kinds of beginners for whom this book is ideal:
- You’re a beginner to programming and you’ve chosen Visual Basic 2010 as the place to start. That’s a great choice! Visual Basic 2010 is not only easy to learn, it’s also fun to use and very powerful.
- You can program in another language but you’re a beginner to .NET programming. Again, you’ve made a great choice! Whether you’ve come from Fortran or Visual Basic 6, you’ll find that this book quickly gets you up to speed on what you need to know to get the most from Visual Basic 2010.
Beginning Drupal
by packets on May.04, 2010, under Opensource, PHP | 67 views
Product Description
A thorough introduction that lessens the learning curve to building sites with Drupal 7Drupal 7 is the latest version of the free, open source content management system Drupal. A powerful content management system and framework Drupal has an unfortunate reputation of having a steep learning curve. This guide to Drupal 7 methodically demystifies Drupal and shortening the learning curve.
Author Jacob Redding is deeply embedded in the Drupal community, and walks first-time Drupal developers through the installation and configuration of a Drupal system. In-depth information on key areas of Drupal explore the Drupal hook system, Drupal’s theming layer, and Drupal’s API. You’ll also get sample code, and lessons that guide you through various aspects of Drupal. (continue reading…)
Beginning Visual Basic 2010
by packets on May.03, 2010, under .Net, Visual Basic | 50 views
Product Description
This book is designed to teach you how to write useful programs in Visual Basic 2010 as quickly and easily as possible.There are two kinds of beginners for whom this book is ideal:
- You’re a beginner to programming and you’ve chosen Visual Basic 2010 as the place to start. That’s a great choice! Visual Basic 2010 is not only easy to learn, it’s also fun to use and very powerful.
- You can program in another language but you’re a beginner to .NET programming. Again, you’ve made a great choice! Whether you’ve come from Fortran or Visual Basic 6, you’ll find that this book quickly gets you up to speed on what you need to know to get the most from Visual Basic 2010.
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