Open Source Books
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Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python
Published 10 years ago
by John Goerzen, Brandon Rhodes, Apress
This second edition of Foundations of Python Network Programming targets Python 2.5 through Python 2.7, the most popular production versions of the language. Python has made great strides since Apress released the first edition of this book back in the days of Python 2.3. The advances required new chapters to be written from the ground up, and others to be extensively revised.
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Rails 3 Way, The (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)
Published 10 years ago
by Obie Fernandez, Addison-Wesley Professional
The Rails™ 3 Way is a comprehensive resource that digs into the new features in Rails 3 and perhaps more importantly, the rationale behind them.—Yehuda Katz, Rails CoreThe Bible for Ruby on Rails Application DevelopmentRuby on Rails strips complexity from the development process, enabling professional developers to focus on what matters most: delivering business value via clean and maintainable code.
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Illustrated C# 2010 (Expert's Voice in .NET)
Published 10 years ago
by Daniel Solis, Apress
It was while teaching numerous seminars on various programming languages that author Daniel Solis realized the immense power diagrams have in explaining programming language concepts. Most people learn quicker and retain information better when the material is presented in a clean, simple, visual format. And that approach is exactly what you'll find in Illustrated C# 2010.
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Cassandra: The Definitive Guide
Published 10 years ago
by Eben Hewitt, O'Reilly Media
The rising popularity of Apache Cassandra rests on its ability to handle very large data sets that include hundreds of terabytes -- and that's why this distributed database has been chosen by organizations such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Rackspace. With this hands-on guide, you'll get all the details and practical examples you need to understand Cassandra's non-relational database design and put it to work in a production environment.
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Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook
Published 10 years ago
by Nurul Ferdous, Packt Publishing
This book is a collection of straightforward recipes to build a faster and more impressive Magento store. The recipes will give you the optimum solutions for common and complex problems you face while developing a Magento store by writing effective custom modules and widgets. The recipes are explained in simple English and are easy to understand and implement in your projects.
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Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One
Published 10 years ago
by Julie C. Meloni, Sams Publishing
The all-in-one HTML, CSS and JavaScript beginner's guide: covering the three most important languages for web development!*Covers everything beginners need to know about the new HTML5 and CSS3 standards and today's JavaScript and Ajax libraries - all in one book, for the first time*Integrated, well-organized coverage expertly shows how to use all these key technologies together*Short, simple lessons teach hands-on skills readers can apply immediately
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Drupal 7 Module Development
Published 10 years ago
by Matt Butcher, Larry Garfield, John Albin Wilkins, Matt Farina, Ken Rickard, Greg Dunlap, Packt Publishing
This book takes a hands-on, practical approach to software development. The authors, all professional Drupal developers and contributors to the Drupal project, provide accessible coding samples designed to exhibit not only the technical merits and abilities of Drupal, but also proper architectural and stylistic approaches to coding on one of the world's most popular content management systems.
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PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy
Published 10 years ago
by David Powers, Apress
This is the second edition of David Power's highly-respected PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy. This new edition has been updated by David to incorporate changes to PHP since the first edition and to offer the latest techniques--a classic guide modernized for 21st century PHP techniques, innovations, and best practices.
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Murach's PHP and MySQL (Murach: Training & Reference)
Published 10 years ago
by Joel Murach, Ray Harris, Mike Murach & Associates
This book was developed by the same team that authored Murach's JavaScript and DOM Scripting, and it has the same strong content organization that lets you focus on what you need to know, when you need to know it.So it's a great first book in web programming if you're just starting out: *It shows you how to get an Apache web server environment set up, so you can test the apps on your computer
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MCTS Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-667
Published 10 years ago
by James Pyles, Sybex
A Sybex study guide for the new SharePoint Server 2010 Configuration examSharePoint holds 55 percent of the collaboration and content management market, with many more companies indicating they plan to join the fold. IT professionals interested in enhancing their marketability with the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Configuring exam will find this guide may be their only alternative to costly classroom training.