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81. |  By: Aditya Ravi Shankar Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 12-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 27-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro HTML5 Games
Build your next game on a bigger scale with Pro HTML5 Games. This book teaches you the essentials of advanced game programming in HTML5. You'll learn techniques that you can transfer to any area of HTML5 game development to make your own professional HTML5 games!
Led by an expert game programmer, you'll build two complete games in HTML5: a strategy puzzle game based on the Box2d physics engine and in the style of Angry Birds and a real-time strategy (RTS) game complete with units, buildings, path-finding, artificial intelligence, and multiplayer support. In the process, you'll learn how...
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82. |  Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down By: Chris Lauer Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 05-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 27-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down
Just about every month, housing values in the U.S. fall. That, in turn, increases the number of people who owe more on their houses than they are worth—either trapping them in homes they may no longer want or putting them in danger of financial catastrophe if they lose a job or are otherwise unable to meet the mortgage. Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down offers valuable advice to homeowners on ways they can unload a house they no longer want, save a home from foreclosure, or undergo foreclosure and start anew. The book offers smart advice from lawyers, bankers, real...
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83. |  The Definitive Guide to Grails 2 By: Jeff Scott Brown; Graeme Rocher Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 23-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 27-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Definitive Guide to Grails 2
Grails is a full stack framework which aims to greatly simplify the task of building serious web applications for the JVM. The concepts within Grails, like interceptors, tag libs, and Groovy Server Pages (GSP), make those in the Java community feel right at home.
Grails' foundation is on solid open source technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, and SiteMesh, which gives it even more potential in the Java space: Spring provides powerful inversion of control and MVC, Hibernate brings a stable, mature object relational mapping technology with the ability to integrate with legacy systems,...
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84. |  Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program By: Tom Funk Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 05-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program
Hundreds of millions of Americans are using social media (SM), and already some 70% of businesses have joined them there, using Facebook and other SM platforms to connect with their customers, and attract new ones. So the real question isn't whether to take your business onto social media platforms—but how to do it quickly, effectively, on a budget, with smart goals, and a road map for success.
Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program cuts through the hype and fluff about how social media is changing the world, and it gets down to...
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85. |  Pro WPF 4.5 in C#: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4.5, Fourth Edition By: Matthew MacDonald Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 21-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro WPF 4.5 in C#: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4.5, Fourth Edition
Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides you with a development framework for building high-quality user experiences for the Windows operating system. It blends together rich content from a wide range of sources and allows you unparalleled access to the processing power of your Windows computer.
Pro WPF 4.5 in C# provides a thorough, authoritative guide to how WPF really works. Packed with no-nonsense examples and practical advice you'll learn everything you need to know in order to use WPF in a professional setting. The book begins by building a firm foundation of...
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86. |  Tech Job Hunt Handbook: Career Management for Technical Professionals By: Kevin W. Grossman Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 10-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Tech Job Hunt Handbook: Career Management for Technical Professionals
Tech Job Hunt Handbook is a career management book—just for technology professionals—that reflects today's new economic realities. The world of work is constantly changing, and staying professionally relevant while competing for more specialized tech jobs in areas like cloud computing, mobile and social applications, and big data in a highly competitive global economy is critical. The world is churning out hungry programmers and developers in record numbers, making the global labor market highly competitive. It is now essential to plan a campaign to get a better job as well as your overall...
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87. |  iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach By: Hans-Eric Grönlund; Colin Francis; Shawn Grimes Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 16-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your code reference and guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 6 SDK devices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases that will enable you to build fully functional applications quickly and efficiently.
The recipes included in this book are wide in scope, and have been geared toward the professional developer. You'll find clear and concise code samples accompanying each recipe, and will be...
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88. |  The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law By: Jonathan T. Hyman Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 21-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law
Any employee can sue any employer at any time, and for just about any reason. There is no such thing as a bulletproof personnel decision. It's no wonder businesses fear lawsuits from employees—they are costly in terms of time, money, and distraction.
But fear not. The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law is a practical handbook designed to help managers and business owners navigate the ever-changing maze of labor and employment laws, rules, and regulations. Following its practical guidelines will help you deter most lawsuits and place you in the best possible...
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89. |  How to Get Government Contracts: Have a Slice of the $1 Trillion Pie By: Olessia Smotrova-Taylor Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Get Government Contracts: Have a Slice of the $1 Trillion Pie
How to Get Government Contracts demystifies the process of how a company can enter the government market, win its first and subsequent contracts, and then grow itself into a multi-million-dollar government contractor within a couple of years. It offers an insider's view into the latest best practices that government contractors use to succeed in an increasingly competitive market, and it shows exactly how your company can apply these techniques to build a strong business.
Many companies venture into the government market with a certain naiveté and pay a hefty price to find out that there...
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90. |  Pro Windows 8 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript By: Adam Freeman Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro Windows 8 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript
Apps are at the heart of Windows 8, bringing rich and engaging experiences to both tablet and desktop users. Windows 8 uses the Windows Runtime (WinRT), a complete reimagining of Windows development that supports multiple programming languages and is built on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. These applications are the future of Windows development and JavaScript is perfect language to take advantage of this exciting and flexible environment.
Seasoned author Adam Freeman explains how to get the most from WinRT and Windows 8 by focusing on the features you need for your project. He starts with...
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91. |  Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: The Web Evolved By: Christopher Murphy; Richard Clark; Oli Studholme; Divya Manian Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 21-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: The Web Evolved
Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5—all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code you've hoped for is available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3—which means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects.
For all forward-looking web professionals who want to start enjoying and deploying the new HTML5 and CSS3 features...
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92. |  How to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers: Building a Crack Development Team By: Patrick McCuller Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 14-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers: Building a Crack Development Team
Want a great software development team? Look no further. How to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers: Building a Crack Development Team is a field guide and instruction manual for finding and hiring excellent engineers that fit your team, drive your success, and provide you with a competitive advantage. Focusing on proven methods, the book guides you through creating and tailoring a hiring process specific to your needs. You'll learn to establish, implement, evaluate, and fine-tune a successful hiring process from beginning to end.
Some studies show that really good programmers can...
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93. |  Winning LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming By: James J. Trobaugh; Mannie Lowe Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 15-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Winning LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming
Winning LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming is your ticket to successfully programming for fun and competition with LEGO MINDSTORMS and the NXT-G programming language commonly used in FIRST LEGO League events. The book is a companion title to author James Trobaugh's acclaimed book on physical robot design, Winning Design!. This new book focuses squarely on the programming side of working with MINDSTORMS. Together the two books put you on a rock-solid foundation for creating with LEGO MINDSTORMS, whether for fun at home or in competition with a team.
Winning LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming sets the...
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94. |  Windows 8 Apps Revealed: Using HTML5 and JavaScript By: Adam Freeman Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 14-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows 8 Apps Revealed: Using HTML5 and JavaScript
This 88-page primer unveils the key features of Microsoft's eagerly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 contains Microsoft's revolutionary new application framework for building dynamic and responsive touch-enabled applications that target both desktops and mobile devices.
Experienced author Adam Freeman invites you to take a crash course in Windows 8 development. Using the open standards of HTML5 and JavaScript, he ensures you understand the changes that are being made to Windows development practices and puts you on the right course to creating innovative and elegant...
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95. |  Tactical Trend Trading: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Markets By: Robert Robbins Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 21-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Tactical Trend Trading: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Markets
"Follow trends and make money, or don't follow trends and don't make money. Robert Robbins wants investors to follow trends. His effort is to be saluted." —Michael W. Covel, bestselling author of Trend Following, The Complete Turtle Trader, and Trend Commandments
"A must-read for both the experienced and newcomers. The student has bypassed his mentor." —Ralph Bloch, consultant at Bulls, Bears, & Bloch
"Rob presents both the new and experienced trader with insights needed for successful trading. As a long-time trend follower, I share many of Rob's thoughts in Tactical Trend Trading. If...
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96. |  The CPO: Transforming Procurement in the Real World By: Christian Schuh; Michael F. Strohmer; Stephen Easton; Armin Scharlach; Peter Scharbert Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 21-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The CPO: Transforming Procurement in the Real World
In the novel The CPO: Transforming Procurement in the Real World, we meet Thomas Sutter, a German-American living in Dusseldorf and working as a procurement manager for a major global automobile manufacturer, Autowerke. On a chance encounter while flying to Chicago, he meets the CEO of Heartland, a major food company in the U.S. Sutter impresses the CEO with his knowledge and, after a whirlwind courtship, he joins Heartland as its new Chief Procurement Officer, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Hired to transform procurement at Heartland, Sutter has an enormous challenge: to bring its...
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97. |  Reputation, Stock Price, and You: Why the Market Rewards Some Companies and Punishes Others By: Dr. Nir Kossovsky Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 14-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Reputation, Stock Price, and You: Why the Market Rewards Some Companies and Punishes Others
"All of our working lives we have heard the mantra, 'a reputation lost is never regained.' Still, the firms we work for, admire and invest in seem to take costly reputation hits all too often. Everyone interested in managing, regulating or investing in public firms will find Nir Kossovsky's book a wonderful read through reputations won, lost and regained over the last 20 years. This is the first book which goes beyond platitudes to explain how to spot value destroying reputation risk and how to manage it or live with its consequences. Couldn't be more timely."
—Tom Skwarek, Managing...
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98. |  HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers By: Bipin Joshi Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 07-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers
HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers teaches you to harness the power and flexibility of HTML5 in your ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications. Focusing on the programmable features of HTML5 that will be most useful to you as an ASP.NET developer, this book will take you straight to the heart of what you can get out of this new technology.
HTML5 is an emerging web standard that has received a great deal of attention from browser companies and the developer community, encompassing HTML, JavaScript enhancements and CSS3 specifications. But HTML5 isn't just about markup. A major...
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99. |  By: Don Syme; Adam Granicz; Antonio Cisternino Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 31-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Expert F# 3.0, Third Edition
Expert F# 3.0 is about practical programming in a beautiful language that puts the power and elegance of data-rich functional programming into the hands of professional developers. In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity.
Expert F# 3.0 is:
A comprehensive guide to F# by the inventor of F#
A treasury of F# techniques for practical problem-solving
An in-depth case book of how F# applications and of F# 3.0 concepts, syntax, and features
F# isn't just another functional programming language. It's a general-purpose...
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100. |  Beginning Android Games, Second Edition By: Mario Zechner; Robert Green Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 07-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 19-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beginning Android Games, Second Edition
Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers, including Android tablet game app development considerations. You'll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and earlier version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.
The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes...
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