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1. |  By: Daniel Vaughan Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 16-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 11-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed is
the definitive guide to Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 8
platform for intermediate to advanced developers. Written by
Microsoft MVP and leading Windows Phone and WPF innovator Daniel
Vaughan, this full-color guide covers everything developers need to
rapidly build highly competitive Windows Phone 8 mobile apps.
Vaughan teaches through complete sample
apps—leveraging the MVVM pattern—illuminating each key
concept with fully explained code and real-world context. He
presents best practices for building highly functional,
maintainable, and attractive mobile...
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2. | Rough Cuts  Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours By: Mike Geig Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 10-JAN-2014 Insert Date: 01-MAY-2013 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours A complete beginner's guide to game development with the
powerful Unity game engine. CS Instructor and game designer, Mike
Geig, offers a do-it-yourself approach to game development - with
all of the main essentials covered. In just 24 hours, readers will
learn how to get started developing games with Unity. The approach
is hands-on and modular. Each chapter will cover an essential
component of the game development process. Topics will be
illustrated with sample projects. While the book will be tutorial
intensive, it will be written with the intention of being a
reference. Items will be...
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3. | Rough Cuts  Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition By: Carmen Delessio; Lauren Darcey; Shane Conder Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 21-SEP-2013 Insert Date: 29-APR-2013 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
A thoroughly revised and revamped 3rd edition of Sams Teach
Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours that
addresses the many Android platform and market changes that have
taken place. In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, readers learn
how to build powerful applications for many different types of
Android devices, from smartphones to tablets and TVs. In the new
edition, individual hours/chapters are self-contained lessons with
step-by-step instructions that allow readers to spend more time
doing and less time reading. The...
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4. | Rough Cuts  Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, Second Edition By: Katie Cunningham Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 29-SEP-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, Second Edition This is the Rough Cut version of the printed
book.
The perfect guide for programming
beginners who want to get started with a language that’s both
powerful and easy: Python
Python is the perfect “first
programming language.” It’s easy for beginners to read
and understand, and since it’s so widely used, you can apply
what you’ve learned practically anywhere. Now, there’s
a simple, up-to-date beginner’s tutorial that will help you
master the newest versions of Python: Sams Teach Yourself
Python in 24 Hours, Second Edition.
Completely rewritten by pioneering Python
developer and advocate...
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5. |  Hidden Visual Studio LightSwitch: Secrets from the Real World for Creating Great Apps By: Alessandro Del Sole Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 20-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hidden Visual Studio LightSwitch: Secrets from the Real World for Creating Great Apps This eBook offers practical tips and tricks as well as useful
guidance on how to implement common features in LightSwitch, such
as those for working with documents, business analysis, screen
customization, optimal server configuration, usage with databases
other than SQL Server, and so on.
What you can expect to find is solutions for everyday problems,
with suggestions on how to implement requirements that are very
common in any business application, especially for running across
distributed networks in the enterprise.
In summary, what you’ll find in this eBook is how to solve
problems...
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6. |  By: Bart De Smet Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 22-APR-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: C# 5.0 Unleashed C# 5.0 Unleashed is for anyone who
wants to learn the C# programming language in depth, understanding
how language features truly work. While giving you those insights,
you learn where and how to use the features to design various kinds
of software. This book not only teaches the language’s
capabilities, it also looks behind the scenes to build a solid
foundation to aid you in understanding the .NET platform as a
whole.
Bart De Smet offers exceptional insight into
the features of both the language and Microsoft’s broader
framework. He doesn’t just cover the “what” and
“how” of effective C#...
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7. |  Microsoft® Lync® Server 2013 Unleashed Second Edition By: Alex Lewis; Tom Pacyk; David Ross; Randy Wintle Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 09-APR-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® Lync® Server 2013 Unleashed Second Edition The most comprehensive, realistic, and useful guide to
Microsoft Lync Server 2013, today’s leading Unified
Communications system.
Four expert Lync consultants and implementers bring together
in-the-trenches guidance for all facets of planning, integration,
deployment, and administration. The authors introduce Microsoft
Lync Server 2013, outline what it can do, and review the key
improvements Microsoft has made in this version.
They cover every form of communication Lync Server can manage,
including IP voice, instant messaging, audio/video conferencing,
web conferencing, and more....
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8. |  By: Rebecca M. Riordan Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 21-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 28-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fluent Entity Framework A Fluent Learning Book
Based on the principles of cognitive science
and instructional design, Fluent Entity Framework, part of
the Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you
build effective working models for understanding a large and
complex subject: developing Entity Framework applications using
Visual Studio.
Most introductory books just talk at you and
give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking
dictation than actually learning. Fluent Entity Framework is
different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes
to learn: by solving puzzles, making...
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9. |  System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, Second Edition By: Kerrie Meyler; Cameron Fuller; John Joyner Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 28-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, Second Edition This is the first comprehensive Operations
Manager 2012 technical resource for every IT implementer and
administrator. Building on their bestselling OpsMgr 2007 book,
three Microsoft System Center Cloud and Data Center Management MVPs
thoroughly illuminate major improvements in Microsoft’s
newest version–including new enhancements just added in
Service Pack 1.
You’ll find all the information you
need to efficiently manage cloud and datacenter applications and
services in even the most complex environment. The authors provide
up-to-date best practices for planning, installation,...
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10. |  Hidden WPF: Secrets for Creating Great Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation By: Alessandro Del Sole Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 05-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 22-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hidden WPF: Secrets for Creating Great Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation Get tips and tricks to help you create great WPF applications,
exploring possibilities that you’ve probably missed before
now. Alessandro Del Sole shows you how to add value to your
applications by leveraging both the development environment and the
.NET runtime for WPF. The following chapters include tips for
working with the user interface and the data-binding engine,
improving an application’s performance, and so on. Put
succinctly, the goal this book is to share tips and tricks that can
help you solve problems you might encounter in a real-world
development experience--things that no...
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11. |  PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To By: Steven Mann Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 25-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 22-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To Need fast, reliable, easy-to-implement solutions for automating
SharePoint 2013 administration with PowerShell? This guide delivers
exactly what you’re looking for: step-by-step help and
guidance with the tasks you’ll perform most often.
You’ll find tested PowerShell scripts and techniques for
managing installations, servers, farms, IIS, users, services,
sites, data, solutions, enterprise services, search,
PerformancePoint business intelligence, and more. This edition adds
time-saving techniques for managing user licensing and new
SharePoint 2013 service applications, covers new cmdlets,...
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12. |  Sams Teach Yourself iOS 6 Application Development in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition By: John Ray Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 23-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 25-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself iOS 6 Application Development in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition Covers iOS 6, Xcode 4.5+, iPhone, iPad, and More!
Figures and code appear as they do in Xcode 4.5+
In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful
applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone
and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step
approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need,
from setting up your iOS development environment to building great
responsive user interfaces, from sensing motion to writing
multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve
already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for...
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13. |  Visual Basic® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition By: Alessandro Del Sole Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 18-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 23-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Visual Basic® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition Fully updated for Windows 8 support, .NET
4.5, and Windows Phone development, this is the most comprehensive,
practical reference to modern programming with Visual Basic 2012.
Written by Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, a long-time leader
of the global VB community, this book illuminates the core of the
VB language and demonstrates its effective use in many current
programming scenarios.
Del Sole covers both Visual Basic 2012
Professional Edition for professional developers and the Express
Edition for hobbyists, novices, and students. Writing for VB
programmers at all levels of...
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14. | Rough Cuts  Sams Teach Yourself Maya in 24 Hours By: Kenny Roy; Fiona Rivera Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 12-AUG-2013 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Maya in 24 Hours This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less,
artists can learn how to create stunning images and engaging
animations using the popular Industry-standard program Autodesk
Maya. The unique format of this book/DVD package stands out in that
it gives artists the chance to get fully up and running on Maya in
just 24 hours. Kenny Roy provides the necessary tools to get
started in the shortest amount of time possible: step by step
tutorials, quizzes and exercises.
This book and DVD package takes novices
through all of the paces of Maya, in a...
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15. |  Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed By: Adam Nathan Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 12-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 15-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed Windows 8 enables you to build stunning
applications that integrate with each other, services, and Windows
itself like never before. And you can sell them in the Windows
Store for tablets such as Surface, laptops, and traditional desktop
PCs! Now, world-renowned Microsoft programming guru Adam Nathan
shows you exactly how to write first-class apps for this radically
new version of Windows.
Clear, accessible, and intensely practical,
this guide teaches through concise code examples, fully color-coded
to match their appearance in Visual Studio--the same approach that
made Nathan’s WPF 4...
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16. |  Sams Teach Yourself Windows® 8 Apps with JavaScript and HTML5 in 24 Hours By: Chad Carter Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 29-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Windows® 8 Apps with JavaScript and HTML5 in 24 Hours Write Windows 8 Metro apps
capable of running on one billion devices -- and do it with
familiar HTML5 and JavaScript technologies! Sams Teach Yourself
Windows 8 Metro Apps with JavaScript and HTML5 in 24 Hours is
the fastest way for web and Windows developers to profit from the
massive new Windows 8/Metro opportunity. Microsoft MVP Chad Carter
teaches every facet of HTML5/JavaScript Metro development simply
and clearly, through 24 concise, hands-on lessons focused on
knowledge you can apply immediately. Each lesson builds on what's
come before, helping you get practical results fast! You'll...
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17. |  Microsoft® Exchange Server 2013 Unleashed By: Rand Morimoto; Michael Noel; Guy Yardeni; Chris Amaris; Andrew Abbate Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 27-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2013 Unleashed Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 doesn’t just add dozens of
new features: It integrates multiple technologies into a common,
unified communications system that can add value in many new ways.
Now, five leading Exchange Server consultants help you deploy
Exchange Server 2013 quickly and smoothly--and then efficiently
manage, troubleshoot, and support it for years to come. More than a
comprehensive, authoritative reference, Microsoft Exchange
Server 2013 Unleashed presents hundreds of helpful tips and
tricks based on the authors’ unsurpassed early adopter
experience with Exchange Server 2013 in...
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18. |  Windows® 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed By: Stephen Walther Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 20-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Windows® 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed Already comfortable with JavaScript and HTML? Microsoft
has just empowered you to build breakthrough apps for Windows 8.
It’s a remarkable opportunity--and best-selling Microsoft web
development author Stephen Walther will show you how to take full
advantage of it.
Offering the same deep insight and practical code that has made his
ASP.NET Unleashed the #1 ASP.NET book of all time, Walther
covers everything you need to build, test, and distribute
outstanding Windows 8 software with JavaScript and HTML5.
Walther clearly demonstrates the unique advantages Windows 8 offers
to web...
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19. |  Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours By: Scott J. Dorman Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 20-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 29-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build
great Windows Store apps, Windows desktop applications, and Web
applications with C# 5.0. Using this tutorial’s
straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master
everything from the absolute basics to the newest innovations, so
you can solve real problems with C#. One step at a time,
you’ll learn core techniques like flow control and error
handling, construct complete solutions with Visual Studio, use
advanced features like attributes and dynamic types, and even build
engaging, immersive Windows Store apps. Each lesson builds on...
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20. |  Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition By: Mike Snell; Lars Powers Publisher: Sams Publication Date: 14-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 significantly
improves developer productivity across virtually all application
lifecycle management tasks, while providing first-class support for
Windows 8, Windows Phone, WindowsRT, and Windows Azure cloud
development. This end-to-end deep dive will help working developers
squeeze maximum productivity out of Microsoft’s powerful new
toolbox.
The authors combine authoritative and
detailed information about Microsoft’s latest IDE, with
extensive insights and best practices drawn from decades of
development experience. Developers will quickly get comfortable
with...
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