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By: Jeremy Ary; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Drools Starter
The ultimate Starter guide for evaluating rules engines and getting started with Drools
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Discover Drools and learn to harvest the power of rules
Write a rules engine and put it into practice
Explore key features from brass tacks syntax to testing and troubleshooting
In Detail
Drools is a popular business rule management system. The book introduces the concept of rules separation, from what to do to how to do it. This Starter guide supports your development to keep pace with...
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By: Fabio Biondi ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant EaselJS Starter
Build innovative and engaging HTML5 canvas applications for your mobile and desktop browsers
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn to create interactive web content with the latest version of EaselJS framework and the HTML5 Canvas element
Starts with the basics and you will soon find yourself creating responsive and customized applications
Learn how to use EaselJS, TweenJS, and PreloadJS to create user interfaces and interactive animations
In Detail
EaselJS, created by Grant Skinner, greatly simplifies...
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83. |  Developing Mobile Games with Moai SDK By: Francisco Tufro; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Developing Mobile Games with Moai SDK
Learn the basics of Moai SDK through developing games
Develop games for multiple platforms with a single code base
Understand the basics of Moai SDK
Build two prototype games including one with physics
Deploy your game to iPhone
In Detail
Moai SDK is a fast, minimalist, open-source Lua mobile framework for pro game developers. Moai is built around Lua, a common programming language for games, and offers a single open-source platform for both the front-end elements seen by consumers and the back-end infrastructure.
Developing Mobile Games with Moai SDK will guide you...
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Instant jQuery Drag-and-Drop Grids How-to By: Marcos Placona; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant jQuery Drag-and-Drop Grids How-to
A practical, hands-on guide to building drag-and-drop layouts using Gridster, jQuery, and CSS
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Configure your website for drag-and-drop layouts
Create simple layouts with Gridster in a matter of minutes
Learn how to use Gridster’s API methods
In Detail
Gridster is a drag-and-drop jQuery plugin that allows users to build interactive layouts from elements spanning multiple columns. Its API permits users to easily implement draggable elements on their layouts for highly...
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Instant jQuery 2.0 Table Manipulation How-to By: Charlie Griefer; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant jQuery 2.0 Table Manipulation How-to
Enhance and add functionality with interactivity to your HTML tables with jQuery
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Use simple jQuery functions to enhance your HTML tables
Demonstrate client side functionality and add AJAX for server side integration
Modify your tables without editing your HTML
In Detail
When jQuery was introduced, it took the JavaScript world by storm. Years later, it shows no sign of slowing down. Its powerful yet concise syntax helps to simplify tasks that might otherwise be difficult or...
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Instant Prezi for Education How-to By: Domi Sinclair; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Prezi for Education How-to
A fast-paced, practical guide to creating impressive presentations for your students and
colleagues
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn to create engaging presentations for your students and colleagues.
Convert existing PowerPoints into Prezi presentations
Create interactive presentations from scratch by adding video, images, and PDFs.
In Detail
Using a digital presentation tool can be a great way of structuring lectures but can lead to "death by slides" for students. Prezi offers great flexibility to...
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By: Atul Palandurkar; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant NetBeans IDE How-to
Develop different Java applications such as desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications using NetBeans IDE
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Explore the drag-and-drop features of NetBeans IDE to write bug-free code without writing anything
Generate different code snippets and files with only a few clicks
Easy to use images and various controls within projects.
Build and Deploy java applications easily.
Rapid Application Development supported for Java Technologies, also supports many other technologies...
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By: Tochi Eke-Okoro; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Wijmo Widgets How-to
Learn how to use Wijmo tools to speed up UI development and browser compatibility
through practical recipes
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Make calendars, sliders, dynamic and animated charts quickly and easily
Create a live stream chart displaying real time data
Roll out customized themes via JQuery UI themerollers
In Detail
With Wijmo you will always be one step ahead of regular UI developers. Wijmo doesn’t require a re-invention of the wheel; it is written with JQuery, so it supports regular JQuery...
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By: Jo Rhett; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Puppet 3 Starter
Gain complete consistency from your systems with minimal effort using Instant Puppet 3 Starter
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn how deterministic results can vastly reduce your workload
Deploy Puppet Server as a Ruby-on-Rails application to handle thousands of clients
Design your own module for complex configurations
In Detail
Puppet is the tool that will save you time. This book teaches you how to do more with less using Puppet 3. This guide ensures the highest level of accuracy so everything is...
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90. |  By: Faruk Akgul; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: ZeroMQ
Use ZeroMQ and learn how to apply different message patterns
Learn fundamental message/queue design patterns
Work with multi-threaded programs
Work with multiple sockets
In Detail
ØMQ (also spelled ZeroMQ, 0MQ, or ZMQ) is a high-performance asynchronous messaging library aimed at use in scalable distributed or concurrent applications. It provides a message queue, but unlike message-oriented middleware, a ØMQ system can run without a dedicated message broker. The library is designed to have a familiar socket-style API.
"ZeroMQ" teaches you to use ZeroMQ through examples...
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91. |  By: Pedro Teixeira; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Using Node.js for UI Testing
Learn how to easily automate testing of your web apps using Node.js, Zombie.js, and Mocha
Use automated tests to keep your web app rock solid and bug-free while you code
Use a headless browser to quickly test your web application every time you make a small change to it
Use Mocha to describe and test the capabilities of your web app
In Detail
Automating tests for your user interfaces has always been the holy grail of programming. Now, using Zombie.js and Mocha you can create and quickly run your tests, allowing you to test even small changes. Increase your confidence in...
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92. |  PlayStation®Mobile Development Cookbook By: Michael Fleischauer; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: PlayStation®Mobile Development Cookbook
Over 65 recipes that will help you create and develop amazing mobile applications!
Learn how you can create your own fantastic PlayStation®Mobile (PSM) applications
Develop 2D games quickly and easily, complete with graphics, audio, and input
Discover how to construct your own 3D world, import models, and even create texture and vertex shaders
In Detail
With the PlayStation®Mobile SDK you can create stunning games for the PlayStation®Vita and PlayStation™Certified devices (PS Certified devices). It includes everything you need to get started, including an IDE for...
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Instant IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 How-to By: Barry Max Rosen; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 How-to
Master IBM Lotus Notes with tips, hints, and instructions that will help you increase your
productivity
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Customize your Lotus Notes 8.5.3 experience
Work with Calendars and To do lists
Move from Outlook to IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3
In Detail
IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 is more than just an email client. It is a powerful collaboration tool that has been around for over 20 years. Moving from Microsoft Outlook to IBM Lotus Notes has never been easy, but this book will allow you to...
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Instant HTML5 Local Storage How-to By: Alex Libby ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant HTML5 Local Storage How-to
Over 15 recipes to take advantage of the HTML5 Local Storage standard
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Learn the basics of how to use the LocalStorage standard, and view the results in your browser
Learn how to detect when you can use LocalStorage, or when to fall back to using cookies, as well as how to convert an existing site to use LocalStorage
Using LocalStorage to store images, arrays, and objects for use in your site
In Detail
The use of cookies to store information in a browser has been around for...
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95. |  Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform By: Zahir Hussain Shah; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform
Building a Hyper-V infrastructure with secured multitenancy, flexible infrastructure,
scalability, and high availability
A complete step-by-step Hyper-V deployment guide, covering all Hyper-V features for configuration and management best practices
Understand multi-tenancy, flexible architecture, scalability, and high availability features of new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Learn Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch, Virtual Machine Migration, Hyper-V Storage, Hyper-V Failover Clustering, and also System Center VMM and DPM for management, backup, and...
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96. |  WordPress Theme Development Beginner's Guide By: Rachel McCollin; Tessa Blakeley Silver Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: WordPress Theme Development Beginner's Guide
Learn how to design and build great WordPress themes
Learn how to design WordPress themes and build them from scratch
Learn how to create a WordPress theme design using HTML5 and CSS3
With clear and easy to follow worked examples to help you build your first WordPress theme if you’ve never done it before
In Detail
If you’ve been using WordPress to build websites for yourself or clients, you’ve probably reached a point where you need to build your own theme. Being able to build your own themes means you can build beautiful, bespoke websites using WordPress and means...
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97. |  By: Eric Tiggeler; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide
A clear, hands-on guide on creating perfect content managed websites with the free
Joomla! CMS
Create a Joomla! website in an hour with the help of easy-to-follow steps and screenshots
Build and maintain your own website quickly, easily and efficiently, getting the most out of the latest release of the Joomla! content management system
Go beyond a typical Joomla! site to make a website meet your specific needs
Learn by doing: follow step-by-step instructions on how to design, secure, administrate, and fill your site with content
Update to the popular "Joomla! 2.5...
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Instant Apache Cassandra for Developers Starter By: Vivek Mishra; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Apache Cassandra for Developers Starter
Start developing with Cassandra and learn how to handle big data
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Tune and optimize Cassandra to handle big data
Learn all about the Cassandra Query Language and Cassandra-CLI
Practical examples of Cassandra’s Java APIs
In Detail
Apache Cassandra is an open source, distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data, spread out across many commodity servers while providing a highly available service with no single point of failure. If you want to...
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Instant Pygame for Python Game Development How-to By: Ivan Idris ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Pygame for Python Game Development How-to
Create engaging and fun games with Pygame, Python's Game development
library
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Quickly develop interactive games by utilizing features that give you a great user experience
Create your own games with realistic examples and easy to follow instructions
Learn about the game development process, from installing simple games to more complicated multiplayer games, ensuring compatibility with mobile devices
In Detail
Pygame is a library created to make multimedia software...
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100. |  Clojure Data Analysis Cookbook By: Eric Rochester; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 25-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 27-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Clojure Data Analysis Cookbook
Over 110 recipes to help you dive into the world of practical data analysis using Clojure
Get a handle on the torrent of data the modern Internet has created
Recipes for every stage from collection to analysis
A practical approach to analyzing data to help you make informed decisions
In Detail
Data is everywhere and it's increasingly important to be able to gain insights that we can act on. Using Clojure for data analysis and collection, this book will show you how to gain fresh insights and perspectives from your data with an essential collection of practical,...
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