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61. |  By: David Pogue Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 27-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows 8: The Missing Manual With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, and designed it to run on tablets as well as PCs. It’s a big change that calls for a trustworthy guide—Windows 8: The Missing Manual. This book provides technical insight, lots of wit, and hardnosed objectivity to help you hit the ground running with Microsoft’s new OS....
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62. |  By: Chris Seibold Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mac Hacks Want to take real control of your Mac? The hacks in this book help you dig below the surface to tweak system preferences, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your system that Apple doesn’t expect you to do. With a little effort, you can make your Mac and its applications perform exactly the way you want them to....
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63. |  MongoDB Applied Design Patterns By: Rick Copeland Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 18-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: MongoDB Applied Design Patterns Whether you’re building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it’s designed to solve. You’ll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming....
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64. |  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 20-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sencha Touch 2 Up and Running Launch into Sencha Touch 2 with this hands-on book, and quickly learn how to develop robust mobile web apps that look and behave like native applications. Using numerous code samples, author Adrian Kosmaczewski guides you every step of the way through this touchscreen-enabled JavaScript framework—from creating your first basic app to debugging, testing, and deploying a finished product....
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65. |  By: Bruce Hartpence Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 04-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Packet Guide to Voice over IP Go under the hood of an operating Voice over IP network, and build your knowledge of the protocols and architectures used by this Internet telephony technology. With this concise guide, you’ll learn about services involved in VoIP and get a first-hand view of network data packets from the time the phones boot through calls and subsequent connection teardown....
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66. |  By: Henri Binsztok; Adam Koprowski; Ida Swarczewskaja Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 27-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 26-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Opa: Up and Running Want to simplify web development? This hands-on book shows you how to write frontend and backend code simultaneously, using the Opa framework. Opa provides a complete stack for web application development, including a web server, database engine, distribution libraries, and a programming language that compiles to JavaScript....
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67. |  By: Jeff Gothelf Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 05-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 23-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lean UX The Lean UX approach to interaction design is tailor-made for today’s web-driven reality. In this insightful book, leading advocate Jeff Gothelf teaches you valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques from the ground up—how to rapidly experiment with design ideas, validate them with real users, and continually adjust your design based on what you learn....
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68. |  By: O'Reilly TOC Team Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 12-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Best of TOC, 3rd Edition 2012 was quite a year for change in the publishing industry.
Throughout the year we used the TOC community site (toc.oreilly.com)
to provide insightful analysis of the latest industry developments.
And since ours is a community site, the articles we publish aren't
just from the TOC team; we also feature perspectives from many of the
top innovators and publishing experts.
It wasn't easy, but we hand-picked the most noteworthy articles from
2012 for inclusion in this Best of TOC collection. We think you'll
agree that the more than 60 pieces featured here represent some of the
most...
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69. |  By: David Beazley; Brian K. Jones Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 14-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Python Cookbook, 3rd Edition If you need help writing programs in Python 3, or want to update older Python 2 code, this book is just the ticket. Packed with practical recipes written and tested with Python 3.3, this unique cookbook is for experienced Python programmers who want to focus on modern tools and idioms....
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70. |  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 26-APR-2013 Insert Date: 14-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: PHP Web Services Whether you’re sharing data between two internal systems or building an API so users can access their data, this practical book provides everything you need to build web service APIs with PHP. Author Lorna Jane Mitchell uses code samples, real-world examples, and advice based on her extensive experience to guide you through the process—from the underlying theory to methods for making your service robust....
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71. | Rough Cuts  By: Russell Jurney Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-NOV-2013 Insert Date: 14-FEB-2013 | Overview: Agile Data With this hands-on book, you’ll learn a flexible toolset and methodology for building effective analytics applications. Agile Data shows you how to create an environment for exploring data, using lightweight tools such as Ruby, Python, Apache Pig, and the D3.js (Data-Driven Documents) JavaScript library. You’ll learn an iterative approach that allows you to quickly change the kind of analysis you’re doing, as you discover what the data is telling you....
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72. |  NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition By: Preston Gralla Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 22-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 13-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition You can do many things with NOOK HD right out of the box, but if you really want to get the most from your HD or HD+ tablet, start with this book. With clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and savvy advice from technology expert Preston Gralla, you’ll learn how to use email and the Web, watch movies and shows, play games, listen to music, and enjoy your personal ebook library....
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73. |  By: Cody Lindley Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 14-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 09-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: DOM Enlightenment With DOM Enlightenment, you’ll learn how to manipulate HTML more efficiently by scripting the Document Object Model (DOM) without a DOM library. Using code examples in cookbook style, author Cody Lindley (jQuery Cookbook) walks you through modern DOM concepts to demonstrate how various node objects work....
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74. |  Developing with Couchbase Server By: MC Brown Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 07-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 02-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Developing with Couchbase Server Today’s highly interactive websites pose a challenge for traditional SQL databases—the ability to scale rapidly and serve loads of concurrent users. With this concise guide, you’ll learn how to build web applications on top of Couchbase Server 2.0, a NoSQL database that can handle websites and social media where hundreds of thousands of users read and write large volumes of information....
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75. |  By: Eric J Gruber Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 26-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Coding with Coda Like to build websites in the wild with your MacBook? This concise hands-on guide introduces you to the ideal editor: Coda 2. Rather than clutter your screen with shell access, a separate CSS editor, and a version control app, you’ll discover how Coda’s "one-window web development" bundles everything into one neat application....
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76. |  By: Dick Buttlar; Jacqueline Farrell; Bradford Nichols Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 01-SEP-1996 Insert Date: 25-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: PThreads Programming POSIX threads, or pthreads, allow multiple tasks to run concurrently within the same program. This book discusses when to use threads and how to make them efficient. It features realistic examples, a look behind the scenes at the implementation and performance issues, and special topics such as DCE and real-time extensions....
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77. |  By: Matt Garrish; Markus Gylling Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 30-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 25-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: EPUB 3 Best Practices Ready to take your ebooks to the next level with EPUB 3? This concise guide includes best practices and advice to help you navigate the format’s wide range of technologies and functionality. EPUB 3 is set to turn electronic publishing on its head with rich multimedia reading experiences and scripted interactivity, but this specification can be daunting to learn. This book provides you with a solid foundation....
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78. |  Kindle Fire HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition By: Peter Meyers Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 28-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Kindle Fire HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD combines the most popular e-reader and tablet features in one sleek package, and with this entertaining guide, you’ll master everything the Fire has to offer. With loads of illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and savvy tips, you’ll learn how to manage your media library in the cloud, find the coolest apps, and make the most of your Kindle Fire experience—no matter which model you choose....
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79. |  By: Roy Sutton Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 29-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Enyo: Up and Running Learn how easy it is to design and build responsive, cross-platform apps with the Enyo open source JavaScript framework. With this hands-on book, Enyo contributor Roy Sutton shows you how to get started with the framework’s core object-oriented features, including its modular design, reusable and extensible components, layout and widget libraries, easy-to-use deployment options, and support for HTML5 standards....
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80. |  By: Kevin Dooley Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 21-NOV-2001 Insert Date: 19-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Designing Large Scale Lans
This unique book offers a vendor-neutral approach for designing
large local area networks according to business or organizational
needs, rather than from a product perspective. Author and
independent network design consultant Kevin Dooley outlines
"top-down network design" for building a technological
infrastructure to fit your organization's requirements, a process
far more effective and cost-efficient than fitting the organization
to the parameters of a shrink-wrapped proprietary solution. Dooley
argues that the design of a network is largely independent of the
products used. Whether you...
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