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AngularJS

AngularJS

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 23-APR-2013

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Develop smaller, lighter web apps that are simple to create and easy to test, extend, and maintain as they grow. This hands-on guide introduces you to AngularJS, the open source JavaScript framework that uses Model–view–controller (MVC) architecture, data binding, client-side templates, and dependency injection to create a much-needed structure for building web apps....

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Effective Java™, Second Edition

Effective Java™, Second Edition

By: Joshua Bloch

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 08-MAY-2008

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Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the Java™ programming language so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! Effective Java™, Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer’s rules of thumb: working, best-practice solutions for the programming challenges you encounter every day. This highly anticipated new edition of the classic, Jolt Award-winning work has been thoroughly updated to cover Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 features introduced since the first edition. Bloch explores new design patterns...

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A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (PMBOK® Guide)

A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (PMBOK® Guide)

By:  Project Management Institute

Publisher: Project Management Institute

Publication Date: 01-JAN-2008

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"The PMBOK® Guide – Fourth Edition continues the tradition of excellence in project management with a standard that is even easier to understand and implement, with improved consistency and greater clarification. What's new? • Standard language has been incorporated throughout the document to aid reader understanding. • New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process. • Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing process groups. • Two new...

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Spring in Action, Third Edition

Spring in Action, Third Edition

By: Craig Walls

Publisher: Manning Publications

Publication Date: 29-JUN-2011

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Summary Totally revised for Spring 3.0, this book is a hands-on guide to the Spring Framework. It covers the latest features, tools, and practices including Spring MVC, REST, Security, Web Flow, and more. Following short code snippets and an ongoing example developed throughout the book, you'll learn how to build simple and efficient J2EE applications. About the Technology Spring Framework is required knowledge for Java developers, and Spring 3.0 introduces powerful new features like SpEL, the Spring Expression Language, new annotations for the IoC...

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Head First jQuery

Head First jQuery

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 22-SEP-2011

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Want to add more interactivity and polish to your websites? Discover how jQuery can help you build complex scripting functionality in just a few lines of code. Head First jQuery shows you how to navigate HTML documents while handling events, effects, callbacks, and animations. By the time you've completed the book, you'll be incorporating Ajax apps, working seamlessly with HTML and CSS, and building your own plug-ins....

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Head First C#, 2nd Edition

Head First C#, 2nd Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 21-MAY-2010

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You want to learn C# programming, but you're not sure you want to suffer through another tedious technical book. You're in luck: Head First C# introduces this language in a fun, visual way. You'll quickly learn everything from creating your first program to learning sophisticated coding skills with C# 4.0, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4, while avoiding common errors that frustrate many students....

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Management Information Systems, Moving Business Forward

Management Information Systems, Moving Business Forward

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 18-JAN-2012

Insert Date: 21-AUG-2012

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This new first edition from best-selling author Kelly Rainer, and highly respected coauthor, Hugh Watson, supports your teaching goals by allowing for maximum flexibility of coverage, and by engaging students with a tested pedagogical structure. Utilizing flexible Learning Units comprised of tightly coupled concepts and Student Activities, Rainer transports the student from passively learning about IS to doing IS in a realistic context. Plug IT In learning extensions enable instructors to introduce material of interest at their discretion. Plug IT In's cover such topics as project...

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CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition

CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th Edition

By: Shon Harris

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 18-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012

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A complete, up-to-date revision of the leading CISSP training resource from the #1 name in IT security certification and training, Shon Harris. Well regarded for its engaging and informative style, CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Sixth Edition provides 100% complete coverage of the exam objectives for the Certified Information Security Specialist credentialing exam from (ISC)2. Updated to ensure total coverage of the latest body of knowledge and domains from (ISC)2, this new edition also provides references for government employees and contractors subject to new requirements.Exam tips...

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Head First Servlets and JSP, 2nd Edition

Head First Servlets and JSP, 2nd Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 25-MAR-2008

Insert Date: 25-MAR-2008

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Looking to study up for the new J2EE 1.5 Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the brand new J2EE 1.5 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use servlets and JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse, one that puts you to sleep). Learn how to write servlets and JSPs,...

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SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS® 9, Third Edition

SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS® 9, Third Edition

By:  SAS Institute

Publisher: SAS Institute

Publication Date: 11-JUL-2011

Insert Date: 07-JUN-2012

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New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the Base Programming for SAS 9 exam will find the this book to be an invaluable, convenient, and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on the exam. ...

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Pro Spring 3

Pro Spring 3

By: Clarence Ho

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 18-APR-2012

Insert Date: 07-APR-2012

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The agile, lightweight, open-source Spring Framework continues to be the de facto leading enterprise Java application development framework for today's Java programmers and developers. It works with other leading open-source, agile and lightweight Java technologies like Hibernate, Groovy, MyBatis, and more. Spring now also works with Java EE and JPA 2 as well. Pro Spring 3 updates the bestselling Pro Spring with the latest that the Spring Framework has to offer: version 3.1. At 1000 pages, this is by far the most comprehensive Spring book available, thoroughly exploring the power of...

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 31-OCT-1994

Insert Date: 19-DEC-2009

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Unlike other books in Safari, this title had to be scanned in order to generate the Safari version. As a result, viewing quality is not what we would want it to be; and for this reason, we have disabled PDF downloads. Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions...

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Head First SQL

Head First SQL

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 28-AUG-2007

Insert Date: 06-SEP-2007

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Is your data dragging you down? Are your tables all tangled up? Well we've got the tools to teach you just how to wrangle your databases into submission. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory SQL learning experience, Head First SQL has a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Maybe you've written some simple SQL queries to interact with databases. But now you want more, you want to really dig into those databases and work...

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HTML5 24-Hour Trainer

HTML5 24-Hour Trainer

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Publisher: Wrox

Publication Date: 01-FEB-2011

Insert Date: 29-MAR-2011

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A unique book-and-video package for HTML5 24-Hour Trainer Comprehensive written and interactive instruction for learning HTML5 HTML is the core technology for building websites. Today, with HTML5 opening the Internet to new levels of rich content and dynamic interactivity, developers are looking for information to learn and utilize HTML5. HTML5 24-Hour Trainer provides that information, giving new and aspiring web developers the knowledge they need to achieve early success when building websites. Covers the most basic aspects of a web page, including a brief introduction to...

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Developing Backbone.js Applications

Developing Backbone.js Applications

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 26-APR-2012

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If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You’ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture....

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Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours

By: George Ornbo

Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 05-SEP-2012

Insert Date: 26-JAN-2012

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In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours will help you master the Node.js platform and use it to build server-side applications with extraordinary speed and scalability. Using this text’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll move from basic installation, configuration, and programming all the way through real-time messaging between browser and server, testing and deployment. Every lesson and case-study application builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-step instructions...

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Think Python

Think Python

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 20-AUG-2012

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If you want to learn how to program, working with Python is an excellent way to start. This hands-on guide takes you through the language one step at a time, beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to functions, recursion, data structures, and object-oriented design. Through exercises in each chapter, you’ll try out programming concepts as you learn them....

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RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 & EX300), Sixth Edition

RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 & EX300), Sixth Edition

By: Jang Michael

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 17-JUN-2011

Insert Date: 25-SEP-2011

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The best fully integrated study system available (Exams EX200 and EX300) With hundreds of review questions and complete coverage of performance-based requirements, RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide, Sixth Edition covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for these challenging exams. The ebook version does not provide access to the companion files. ...

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Learning Perl, Sixth Edition

Learning Perl, Sixth Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 24-JUN-2011

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Popularly known as "the Llama," Learning Perl is the book most programmers rely on to get started with this versatile language. The bestselling Perl tutorial since it was first published in 1993, this sixth edition includes recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.14 as well as a major overhaul for Unicode. Reflecting years of classroom testing and experience, this edition is packed with exercises that let you practice the concepts while you follow the text. ...

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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 03-MAY-2011

Insert Date: 16-JUN-2010

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<div><p>Whether you need an example-driven programmer's guide or a complete desk reference, <em>JavaScript: The Definitive Guide</em> is the most authoritative book on the language that runs the Web. The sixth edition offers comprehensive coverage of ECMAScript 5 (the new language standard) and also the new APIs introduced in HTML5. The chapters on functions and classes have been completely rewritten and updated to match current best practices. A new chapter covers language extensions and subsets.</p> </div> ...