Architecture Books
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Programming WCF Services
Published 12 years ago
by Juval Lowy, O'Reilly Media
Programming WCF Services is the authoritative, bestselling introduction to Microsoft's unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. Hailed as the most definitive treatment of WCF available, this relentlessly practical book provides insight, not documentation, to help you learn the topics and skills you need for building WCF-based applications that are maintainable, extensible, and reusable.
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Simply Rails 2
Published 12 years ago
by Patrick Lenz, SitePoint
Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, the web application framework that is inspiring developers around the world? The second edition of this practical, hands on book will: show you how to install Ruby on Rails on Windows, Mac, or Linux walk you, step by step, through the development of a Web 2.0 social news application, just like digg.
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Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5 (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
Published 13 years ago
by Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, Chris Bowen, Addison-Wesley Professional
“Whether this is the first time or the fifty-first time you’re using WCF, you’ll learn something new by reading this book.” --Nicholas Allen, Program Manager, Web Services, Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the easiest way to produce and consume Web services on the Microsoft platform. With .NET 3.5, WCF has been extensively revamped--and Visual Studio 2008 gives developers powerful new tools for utilizing it.
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GWT in Practice
Published 12 years ago
by Robert Cooper, Charlie Collins, Manning Publications
If you're a web developer, you know that you can use Ajax to add rich, user-friendly, dynamic features to your applications. With the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a new Ajax tool from Google that automatically converts Java to JavaScript, you can build Ajax applications using the Java language. GWT in Practice is an example-driven, code-rich book designed for web developers already familiar with the basics of GWT who now want hands-on experience.
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Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam
Published 11 years ago
by Jennifer Greene, Andrew Stellman, O'Reilly Media
Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, in a unique and inspiring way with Head First PMP . The second edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book.More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems.
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Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition
Published 11 years ago
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Hansson, Pragmatic Bookshelf
You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and across your organization), and proper release management. But Rails is more than a set of best practices. Rails makes it both fun and easy to turn out very cool web applications. Need Ajax support, so your web applications are highly interactive?
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
Published 21 years ago
by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Don Roberts, Addison-Wesley Professional
Your class library works, but could it be better? Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code shows how refactoring can make object-oriented code simpler and easier to maintain. Today refactoring requires considerable design know-how, but once tools become available, all programmers should be able to improve their code using refactoring techniques. Besides an introduction to refactoring, this handbook provides a catalog of dozens of tips for improving code.
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JavaScript Patterns
Published 10 years ago
by Stoyan Stefanov, O'Reilly Media
What's the best approach for developing an application with JavaScript? This book helps you answer that question with numerous JavaScript coding patterns and best practices. If you're an experienced developer looking to solve problems related to objects, functions, inheritance, and other language-specific categories, the abstractions and code templates in this guide are ideal -- whether you're writing a client-side, server-side, or desktop application with JavaScript.
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Adobe Fireworks CS5 Classroom in a Book
Published 10 years ago
by Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Press
Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Fireworks CS5 choose Adobe Fireworks CS5Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 13 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Fireworks CS5.
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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition
Published 10 years ago
by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Prentice Hall
“As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competition–except in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.”–From the Foreword by Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media“This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference. If you use UNIX and Linux systems, you need this book in your short-reach library.