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Ubuntu on a Dime: The Path to Low-Cost Computing
Ubuntu on a Dime: The Path to Low-Cost Computing
280 pages | Apress; 1 edition (June 8, 2009) | 1430219726 | PDF | 6 Mb
You know that Ubuntu software costs nothing. Now you want the PC system that costs as little as possible and runs Ubuntu and OS applications without complaints and calls to tech support.
So you spend your hard–earned dollars on the hardware only and have your own optimized Ubuntu PC. This is the book that will show you how to get what you need without wreaking havoc on your finances. Put together the parts to make a great work computer for little cost.
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Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition: In C# and VB
Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition: In C# and VB
1856 pages | Wrox; Har/Cdr edition (April 13, 2009) | 0470478268 | PDF | 18 Mb
ASP.NET 3.5 brings the power of Visual Studio® 2008 along with the multitude of language improvements in C# 2008 and Visual Basic® 2008 as well as powerful new technology called LINQ, together with the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework you already know and love. Packed with valuable coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 SP1, this essential resource offers both C# and VB examples throughout the book, and shares new and updated content on the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Dynamic Data, and ADO.NET Data Services.
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Energy Optimization in Process Systems
Energy Optimization in Process Systems
768 pages | Elsevier Science (July 10, 2009) | 0080451411 | PDF | 8 Mb
Despite the vast research on energy optimization and process integration, there has to date been no synthesis linking these together. This book fills the gap, presenting optimization and integration in energy and process engineering. The content is based on the current literature and includes novel approaches developed by the authors.
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Practical Ext JS Projects with Gears
Practical Ext JS Projects with Gears
600 pages | Apress; 1 edition (July 11, 2009) | 1430219246 | PDF | 23 Mb
Discover Ext JS, one of today’s most powerful and highly regarded javascript frameworks, with perhaps the best set of GUI widgets around, and a whole host of components that make developing client–side applications a breeze. Using a pragmatic approach, you’ll dissect seven full–fledged applications, covering
How Ext JS allows you to create these applications with a slick user interface with a minimum of effort
How the other parts of Ext JS aside from the GUI widgets provide many of the capabilities modern applications need, such as Ajax and data mechanisms
How other technologies such as Gears can be brought in to make the applications more powerful
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Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
270 pages | Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 9, 2009) | 0521898110 | PDF | 1 Mb
Python for Software Design is a concise introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material.
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Natural Language Processing with Python
Natural Language Processing with Python
502 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (June 30, 2009) | 0596516495 | PDF | 3 Mb
This book offers a highly accessible introduction to Natural Language Processing, the field that underpins a variety of language technologies, ranging from predictive text and email filtering to automatic summarization and translation.
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The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
260 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc. (June 29, 2009) | 0596523025 | PDF | 1 Mb
If you think computer security has improved in recent years, The Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega, formerly Chief Security Architect at McAfee, reports on the sorry state of the industry, and offers concrete suggestions for professionals and individuals confronting the issue. Why is security so bad?
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Beautiful Security: Leading Security Experts Explain How They Think
Beautiful Security: Leading Security Experts Explain How They Think
300 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc. (May 11, 2009) | 0596527489 | PDF | 2 Mb
In this thought-provoking anthology, today's security experts describe bold and extraordinary methods used to secure computer systems in the face of ever-increasing threats. Beautiful Security features a collection of essays and insightful analyses by leaders such as Ben Edelman, Grant Geyer, John McManus, and a dozen others who have found unusual solutions for writing secure code, designing secure applications, addressing modern challenges such as wireless security and Internet vulnerabilities, and much more. Among the book's wide-ranging topics, you'll learn how new and more aggressive security measures work--and where they will lead us.
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Beginning JSF™ 2 APIs and JBoss® Seam
Beginning JSF™ 2 APIs and JBoss® Seam
300 pages | Apress; 1 edition (May 11, 2009) | 143021922X | PDF | 5 Mb
The Enterprise Java™ platform, Java EE 6, is getting a facelift … JavaServer™ Faces (JSF™) 2, is a big part of what’s new in Java EE 6! JSF 2, a significant upgrade from JSF 1.2, now includes Facelets and integration/use options with a variety of web frameworks, including the popular JBoss® Seam and even the Spring Framework.
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Complete Web Monitoring: Watching your visitors, performance, communities, and competitors
Complete Web Monitoring: Watching your visitors, performance, communities, and competitors
662 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (June 29, 2009) | 0596155131 | PDF | 13 Mb
Do you really understand your online presence? Are you confident that visitors can use your website? Do you know their motivations? How do online communities perceive your company? To innovate and adapt your business quickly, you must know the answers to these questions. Complete Web Monitoring demonstrates how to measure every aspect of your web presence -- including analytics, backend performance, usability, communities, customer feedback, and competitive analysis -- whether you're running an e-commerce site, a community, a media property, or a Software-as-a-Service company.
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Erlang Programming
Erlang Programming
494 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (June 26, 2009) | 0596518188 | PDF | 3 Mb
This book is an in-depth introduction to Erlang, a programming language ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault tolerance, and fast response is essential. Erlang is gaining widespread adoption with the advent of multi-core processors and their new scalable approach to concurrency. With this guide you'll learn how to write complex concurrent programs in Erlang, regardless of your programming background or experience.
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Wireless Broadband: Conflict and Convergence
Wireless Broadband: Conflict and Convergence
254 pages | Wiley-IEEE Press (November 3, 2008) | 0470227621 | PDF | 1 Mb
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The Definitive Guide to Lift: A Scala-based Web Framework
The Definitive Guide to Lift: A Scala-based Web Framework
200 pages | Apress (May 25, 2009) | 1430224215 | PDF | 3 Mb
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The Findability Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing
The Findability Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing
288 pages | John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (March 9, 2009) | 0470420901 | PDF | 3 Mb
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The Definitive Guide to NetBeans™ Platform
The Definitive Guide to NetBeans™ Platform
450 pages | Apress (June 1, 2009) | 1430224177 | PDF | 10 Mb
The Definitive Guide to NetBeans™ Platform is a thorough and definitive introduction to the NetBeans Platform, covering all its major APIs in detail, with relevant code examples used throughout.
The original German book on which this title is based was well received. The NetBeans Platform Community has put together this English translation, which author Heiko Böck updated to cover the latest NetBeans Platform 6.5 APIs. With an introduction by known NetBeans Platform experts Jaroslav Tulach, Tim Boudreau, and Geertjan Wielenga, this is the most up-to-date book on this topic at the moment.
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