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61. |  By: Kyle Rankin Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 31-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 11-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | No matter where you fit in a DevOps organization, network
troubleshooting skills are invaluable. It can be difficult to track
down networking problems, sometimes because they often impact a
system in strange ways. In this digital short, Kyle Rankin
walks you through how to isolate and diagnose a network problem
step-by-step by testing problems on different network layers.
He also lays the groundwork for troubleshooting
techniques for specific network services (such as DNS).
This digital short is an adapted excerpt from DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best
Practices (isbn...
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62. |  By: Mark Michaelis; Eric Lippert Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 27-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 31-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Essential C# 5.0 Essential C# 5.0 is a well-organized, no-fluff
guide to the latest versions of C# for programmers at all levels of
C# experience. Fully updated to reflect new features and
programming patterns introduced with C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5, this
guide shows you how to write C# code that is simple, powerful,
robust, secure, and maintainable. Microsoft MVP Mark Michaelis and
C# principal developer Eric Lippert provide comprehensive coverage
of the entire language, offering a complete foundation for
effective software development.
The authors illustrate key constructs with
succinct, downloadable code...
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63. |  By: Stanley B. Lippman; Josée Lajoie; Barbara E. Moo Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 06-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 30-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: C++ Primer, Fifth Edition Bestselling Programming Tutorial and Reference Completely
Rewritten for the New C++11 Standard
Fully updated and recast for the newly
released C++11 standard, this authoritative and comprehensive
introduction to C++ will help you to learn the language fast, and
to use it in modern, highly effective ways. Highlighting
today’s best practices, the authors show how to use both the
core language and its standard library to write efficient,
readable, and powerful code.
C++ Primer, Fifth Edition,
introduces the C++ standard library from the outset, drawing on its
common functions and facilities...
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64. |  Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting Requirements Right, Third Edition By: Suzanne Robertson; James Robertson Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 06-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 14-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting Requirements Right, Third Edition
“If the purpose is to create one of
the best books on requirements yet written, the authors have
succeeded.”
—Capers Jones
Software can solve almost any problem. The
trick is knowing what the problem is. With about half of all
software errors originating in the requirements activity, it is
clear that a better understanding of the problem is needed.
Getting the requirements right is crucial if
we are to build systems that best meet our needs. We know, beyond
doubt, that the right requirements produce an end result that is as
innovative and beneficial as it can be, and that system...
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65. |  Architecting Composite Applications and Services with TIBCO® By: Paul C. Brown Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 24-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 28-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Architecting Composite Applications and Services with TIBCO®
“Paul Brown has done a favor for the
TIBCO community and anyone wanting to get into this product set.
Architecting TIBCO solutions without knowing the TIBCO architecture
fundamentals and having insight to the topics discussed in this
book is risky to any organization. I fully recommend this book to
anyone involved in designing solutions using the TIBCO ActiveMatrix
products.”
—Nikky Sooriakumar, TIBCO
Architect, PruHealth
“An effective primer for building
composite services using TIBCO, this book provides a holistic
approach to strategy integrated with implementation details. I find
it...
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66. |  By: Angie Radtke Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 01-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 28-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Joomla!® Templates Master All Facets of Joomla! Site Customization with
Templates
Now, for the first time, there’s a
complete, authorized guide to template design, development, and
customization with Joomla!. Packed with examples, this clear,
concise, practical text covers everything from beginning-level
skills to power techniques–even creating new HTML5-native
mobile views, today’s most exciting new Joomla!
capability.
Internationally renowned Joomla! expert
Angie Radtke brings together essential knowledge about usability,
CSS, information architecture, PHP, JavaScript, accessibility,
HTML5, and more....
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67. |  Mastering Data Modeling: A User-Driven Approach By: John Carlis Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 09-NOV-2000 Insert Date: 21-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mastering Data Modeling: A User-Driven Approach Data modeling is one of the most critical phases in the database
application development process, but also the phase most likely to
fail. A master data modeler must come into any organization,
understand its data requirements, and skillfully model the data for
applications that most effectively serve organizational needs.
Mastering Data Modeling is a complete guide to
becoming a successful data modeler. Featuring a requirements-driven
approach, this book clearly explains fundamental concepts,
introduces a user-oriented data modeling notation, and describes a
rigorous, step-by-step process...
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68. |  Presentation Patterns: Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations By: Neal Ford; Matthew McCullough; Nathaniel Schutta Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 15-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 21-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Presentation Patterns: Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations Presentation Patterns
is the first book on presentations that categorizes and organizes
the building blocks (or patterns) that you’ll need to
communicate effectively using presentation tools like Keynote and
PowerPoint.
Patterns are like the lower-level steps
found inside recipes; they are the techniques you must master to be
considered a master chef or master presenter. You can use the
patterns in this book to construct your own recipes for different
contexts, such as business meetings, technical demonstrations,
scientific expositions, and keynotes, just to name a few.
Although there are...
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69. |  The Essence of Software Engineering: Applying the SEMAT Kernel By: Ivar Jacobson; Pan-Wei Ng; Paul E. McMahon; Ian Spence; Svante Lidman Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 16-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 17-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Essence of Software Engineering: Applying the SEMAT Kernel SEMAT (Software Engineering Methods and
Theory) is an international initiative designed to identify a
common ground, or universal standard, for software engineering. It
is supported by some of the most distinguished contributors to the
field. Creating a simple language to describe methods and
practices, the SEMAT team expresses this common ground as a
kernel–or framework–of elements essential to all
software development.
The Essence of Software
Engineering introduces this kernel and shows how to apply
it when developing software and improving a team’s way of
working. It is a book for...
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70. |  Implementing Domain-Driven Design By: Vaughn Vernon Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 06-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 14-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Implementing Domain-Driven Design “For software developers of all experience levels looking
to improve their results, and design and implement domain-driven
enterprise applications consistently with the best current state of
professional practice, Implementing Domain-Driven
Design will impart a treasure trove of knowledge hard won
within the DDD and enterprise application architecture communities
over the last couple decades.”
–Randy Stafford, Architect At-Large,
Oracle Coherence Product Development
“This book is a must-read for anybody
looking to put DDD into practice.”
–Udi Dahan, Founder of NServiceBus
Implementing...
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71. |  By: Sam Guckenheimer; Neno Loje Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 11-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 14-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Use Visual Studio® Team Foundation
Server 2012 and Agile Methods to Deliver Higher Value Software
Faster
This is the definitive guide to applying
agile development and modern software engineering practices
with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
2012—Microsoft’s complementary Application
Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform. Written by the Microsoft
Visual Studio product owner and a long-time Team Foundation
Server implementation specialist, it focuses on solving real
development challenges, systematically eliminating waste, improving
transparency, and delivering better software more...
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72. |  Learning Quartz Composer: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Motion Graphics with Quartz Composer By: Graham Robinson; Surya Buchwald Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 18-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 13-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Quartz Composer: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Motion Graphics with Quartz Composer Create Amazing Real-Time Motion Graphics
with Quartz Composer!
Apple’s Quartz Composer makes it
amazingly easy to create real-time graphics of all kinds: for
screensavers, animations, kiosk art, film effects, Dashboard
Widgets, graphically-rich apps, and more. But few content creators
use QC, because they’ve had practically no useful
help–until now. In this book/DVD bundle, two renowned VJs
who’ve pushed this tool to the limit show you how to do it,
too!
You needn't be a technical expert: Graham
Robinson and Surya Buchwald introduce each concept through a
hands-on project, with videos...
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73. | Rough Cuts  Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment, Third Edition By: W. Richard Stevens; Stephen A. Rago Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 17-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 30-JUN-2012 | Overview: Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment, Third Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
For more than twenty years, serious C
programmers have relied on one book for practical, in-depth
knowledge of the programming interfaces that drive the UNIX and
Linux kernels: W. Richard Stevens’ Advanced
Programming in the UNIX® Environment. Now, once
again, Rich’s colleague Steve Rago has thoroughly updated
this classic work. The new third edition supports today’s
leading platforms, reflects new technical advances and best
practices, and aligns with Version 4 of the Single UNIX
Specification.
Steve carefully retains the spirit...
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74. |  By: Lauren Darcey; Shane Conder Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 13-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Master Android™ App Development for Amazon’s
Bestselling Kindle Fire™—Hands-On,
Step-by-Step!
In this book, bestselling Android programming authors Lauren Darcey
and Shane Conder teach you every skill and technique you need to
write production-quality apps for Amazon Kindle Fire, the
world’s hottest Android tablet. You’ll learn the very
best way: by building a complete app from start to finish. Every
chapter builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you
construct, expand, and extend your working app as you move through
the entire development lifecycle.
Packed with fully tested,...
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75. |  DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux® Server Best Practices By: Kyle Rankin Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 13-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux® Server Best Practices “If you’re a developer trying to figure out why
your application is not responding at 3 am, you need this book!
This is now my go-to book when diagnosing production issues. It has
saved me hours in troubleshooting complicated operations
problems.”
–Trotter Cashion, cofounder,
Mashion
DevOps can help developers, QAs, and admins
work together to solve Linux server problems far more rapidly,
significantly improving IT performance, availability, and
efficiency. To gain these benefits, however, team members need
common troubleshooting skills and practices.
In DevOps Troubleshooting:...
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76. |  Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript By: Chris Sells; Brandon Satrom; Don Box Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 29-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building Windows 8 Apps with JavaScript Building Windows 8 Apps with
JavaScript is the definitive guide for every
experienced developer who wants to create, ship, and profit from
Windows 8 apps built with HTML5 and JavaScript. Written by Chris
Sells, former Visual Studio Principal Program Manager who led the
team that built Microsoft’s official Windows 8 JavaScript app
templates, and Brandon Satrom, expert web/mobile developer, this
book covers every facet of development with Microsoft’s new
JavaScript framework and WinRT.
The authors guide you through building
full-featured Windows Store apps that merge the best aspects...
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77. |  The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference, Second Edition By: Nicolai M. Josuttis Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 30-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 03-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference, Second Edition The Best-Selling C++ Resource
Now Updated for C++11
The C++ standard library provides a set of
common classes and interfaces that greatly extend the core C++
language. The library, however, is not self-explanatory. To make
full use of its components–and to benefit from their
power–you need a resource that does far more than list the
classes and their functions.
The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial
and Reference, Second Edition, describes this library as
now incorporated into the new ANSI/ISO C++ language standard
(C++11). The book provides comprehensive documentation of each
library...
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78. |  OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 4.3, Eighth Edition By: Dave Shreiner; Graham Sellers; John M. Kessenich; Bill M. Licea-Kane Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 20-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 31-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 4.3, Eighth Edition Includes Complete Coverage of the
OpenGL® Shading Language!
Today’s OpenGL software interface
enables programmers to produce extraordinarily high-quality
computer-generated images and interactive applications using 2D and
3D objects, color images, and programmable shaders.
OpenGL® Programming Guide: The
Official Guide to Learning OpenGL®, Version 4.3, Eighth
Edition, has been almost completely rewritten and
provides definitive, comprehensive information on OpenGL and the
OpenGL Shading Language. This edition of the best-selling
“Red Book” describes the features through OpenGL
version 4.3....
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79. |  NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence By: Pramod J. Sadalage; Martin Fowler Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 08-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 25-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence The need to handle increasingly larger data
volumes is one factor driving the adoption of a new class of
nonrelational “NoSQL” databases. Advocates of NoSQL
databases claim they can be used to build systems that are more
performant, scale better, and are easier to program.
NoSQL Distilled is a concise
but thorough introduction to this rapidly emerging technology.
Pramod J. Sadalage and Martin Fowler explain how NoSQL databases
work and the ways that they may be a superior alternative to a
traditional RDBMS. The authors provide a fast-paced guide to the
concepts you need to know in order to...
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80. |  By: Brent Callaghan Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 28-DEC-1999 Insert Date: 19-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: NFS Illustrated The Network File System (NFS) protocol that enables remote
access to files is now a key element of any LAN. It is also
currently and increasingly used as a key technology with the Web
and wide area networks.
Written for programmers creating NFS-based applications, network
engineers creating new implementations of NFS, and network
managers, NFS Illustrated promotes a thorough understanding
of that protocol through extensive diagrams and real protocol
traces that show NFS in action. Covering NFS versions 2 and 3, the
book also looks into WebNFS and the new NFS version 4, with
Internet...
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