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Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed

Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed

By: Daniel Vaughan

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 16-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 11-MAY-2013

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours

By: Mike Geig

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 10-JAN-2014

Insert Date: 01-MAY-2013

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, Third Edition

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

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, Second Edition

Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours, Second Edition

By: Katie Cunningham

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 29-SEP-2013

Insert Date: 26-APR-2013

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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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Hidden Visual Studio LightSwitch: Secrets from the Real World for Creating Great Apps

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

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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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C# 5.0 Unleashed

C# 5.0 Unleashed

By: Bart De Smet

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 22-APR-2013

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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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Microsoft® Lync® Server 2013 Unleashed Second Edition

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

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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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Fluent Entity Framework

Fluent Entity Framework

By: Rebecca M. Riordan

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 21-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 28-FEB-2013

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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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System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, Second Edition

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

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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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Hidden WPF: Secrets for Creating Great Applications in Windows Presentation Foundation

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

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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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PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

PowerShell™ for SharePoint® 2013 How-To

By: Steven Mann

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 25-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 22-FEB-2013

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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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Sams Teach Yourself iOS 6 Application Development in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition

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

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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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Visual Basic® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition

Visual Basic® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition

By: Alessandro Del Sole

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 18-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 23-JAN-2013

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Maya in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Maya in 24 Hours

By: Kenny Roy; Fiona Rivera

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 12-AUG-2013

Insert Date: 20-DEC-2012

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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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Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

By: Adam Nathan

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 12-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 15-DEC-2012

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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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Sams Teach Yourself Windows® 8 Apps with JavaScript and HTML5 in 24 Hours

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

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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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Microsoft® Exchange Server 2013 Unleashed

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

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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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Windows® 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed

Windows® 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed

By: Stephen Walther

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 20-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012

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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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Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours

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

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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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Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition

Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Unleashed, Second Edition

By: Mike Snell; Lars Powers

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 14-NOV-2012

Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012

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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...