Marketplace books
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Mathematica Cookbook
by Salvatore Mangano, Mangano Salvatore
As the leading software application for symbolic mathematics, Mathematica is standard in many environments that rely on math, such as science, engineering, financial analysis, software development, and many other fields. This cookbook provides practical solutions on a wide range of topics for anyone using this remarkable program.
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Metaprogramming Ruby
by Perrotta Paolo
Everyone in the Ruby world seems to be talking about metaprogramming--how you can use it to remove duplication in your code and write elegant, beautiful programs. Now you can get in on the action as well.This book describes metaprogramming as an essential component of Ruby. Once you understand the principles of Ruby, including the object model, scopes, and eigenclasses, you're on your way to applying metaprogramming both in your daily work and in your fun, after-hours projects.
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Enterprise Java Development on a Budget: Leveraging Java Open Source Technologies
by Brian SamBodden, Christopher M. Judd
Developers in the J2EE space may feel that they've got a good handle on all the different open-source tools and utilities that are floating out there around on the Internet; I know I did. After reading just the first three chapters, it became (painfully) obvious that I was wrong. — Ted Neward, Author, Instructor, Editor-in-Chief of TheServerSide.NET Open source has had a profound effect on the Java community. Many Java open source projects have even become de-facto standards.
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Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008 (Expert's Voice in Web Development)
by Matthew MacDonald
Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X
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J2EE FrontEnd Technologies: A Programmer's Guide to Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and JavaBeans
by Lennart Jorelid
J2EE FrontEnd Technologies: A Programmer's Guide to Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and Enterprise JavaBeans concisely and accurately describes what you need to know about effective enterprise development based on servlets, JSPs, and EJBs. Servlets, JSPs, and EJBs are the most important aspects of Java as it is used in the production of enterprise Web applications today.
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Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP
by Ray Rischpater
The enormous popularity of the World Wide Web can be attributed in large part to the fact that it is a dynamic, highly interactive medium. As web accessibility through wireless devices becomes increasingly popular, developers are challenged to maintain the high level of interactivity and flexibility that users are accustomed to on their personal computer browsers.
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MySQL
by Michael Kofler
Unmistakably, the advent of Open Source technologies has made a considerable impact upon the IT sector in recent years. Perhaps the repercussions of this impact resonate no more loudly than in the database sector, where Open Source databasing products offer users a comparable alternative to the costly commercial solutions available on the market today. One such Open Source database enjoying enormous popularity is MySQL.
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Linux in Small Business: A Practical User's Guide
by John P. Lathrop
Employing a practical, hands-on approach, Linux in Small Business: A Practical User's Guide author John Lathrop guides the reader through a multitude of scenarios commonplace in a real-world corporate environment. Eschewing evangelism, Lathrop instead presents real Linux solutions that reduce software purchases, enhance stability, and lower the costs of maintenance and hardware upgrades.
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Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security
by Matt Curtin, Peter G. Neumann
Suitable for the IP manager or developer seeking to improve Web privacy and security, Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security provides an intriguing, though at times somewhat theoretical, guide to the issues surrounding privacy today.Interestingly, this book straddles an expert-eye, theoretical overview of what privacy is and a more practical view of how it is often undermined on the Internet today. Early sections cover basic terms and concepts of privacy at a fairly high level.
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Power AOL
by Kirk Lafler
Power AOL: A Survival Guide is designed to provide AOL users everywhere with the largest and most comprehensive collection of tips and techniques ever offered. Kirk Lafler is an Internet and software consultant with 25 years of experience providing clients around the world with comprehensive technical solutions and training. Lafler presents tips on using some of the latest features and offerings available with Version 7.
Events coming up
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Nov
25
VBUG NEWCASTLE: SysInternals Tools
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Following on from his very well received presentation on Windows performance monitoring and analysis at our September meeting, Richard Diver returns t
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Nov
25
Lean, Kanban and Theory of Constraints
Dundee, United Kingdom
The TalkThe application of Lean principles, Kanban and pull-systems theory along with Goldratt's Theory of Constraints revolutionised the manufacturing world in the second half of the twentieth century. Belatedly, the software world is waking up to the transformative effects these tools can have. There are still no silver bullets in the software world, but that doesn't mean that we can't improve our aim.
