Open Source Books
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Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets: Six Embedded Projects with Open Source Hardware and Software
Published 9 years ago
by Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen, Make
Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly.Gain the know-how and experience to invent your own cool gadgets.With Arduino, building your own embedded gadgets is easy, even for beginners.
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C++ How to Program (8th Edition)
Published 9 years ago
by Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel, Prentice Hall
For Introduction to Programming (CS1) and other more intermediate courses covering programming in C++. Also appropriate as a supplement for upper-level courses where the instructor uses a book as a reference for the C++ language.This best-selling comprehensive text is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It teaches programming by presenting the concepts in the context of full working programs and takes an early-objects approach.
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PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition)
Published 9 years ago
by Larry Ullman, Peachpit Press
With PHP for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users this popular open-source scripting language.
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concrete5 Beginner's Guide
Published 9 years ago
by Remo Laubacher, Packt Publishing
This book is part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series. You will be guided through the set up of a Concrete5 site with step-by-step practical examples. This book is ideal for developers who would like to build their first site with Concrete5. Some knowledge of PHP, MySQL, or HTML would be useful, but you will likely have little to no experience in using Concrete5. This book will teach you everything you need to know!
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Agile Web Development with Rails
Published 10 years ago
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Pragmatic Bookshelf
Ruby on Rails helps you produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications quickly. You concentrate on creating the application, and Rails takes care of the details.Tens of thousands of developers have used this award-winning book to learn Rails. It's a broad, far-reaching tutorial and reference that's recommended by the Rails core team. If you're new to Rails, you'll get step-by-step guidance.
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Building PHP Applications with Symfony, CakePHP, and Zend Framework
Published 10 years ago
by Bartosz Porebski, Karol Przystalski, Leszek Nowak, Wrox
The first detailed, unbiased comparison of the three leading PHP frameworksWeb developers have been eager for an impartial comparison of leading PHP frameworks so they can make educated decisions about the most effective tool for their needs. This guide uses Symfony, CakePHP, and Zend Framework to solve key problems, providing source code examples and comparisons for each.
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Eloquent Ruby (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)
Published 10 years ago
by Russ Olsen, Addison-Wesley Professional
It’s easy to write correct Ruby code, but to gain the fluency needed to write great Ruby code, you must go beyond syntax and absorb the “Ruby way” of thinking and problem solving. In Eloquent Ruby, Russ Olsen helps you write Ruby like true Rubyists do–so you can leverage its immense, surprising power.Olsen draws on years of experience internalizing the Ruby culture and teaching Ruby to other programmers.
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Joomla! For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)
Published 10 years ago
by Seamus Bellamy, Steven Holzner, For Dummies
Build template-based web sites without the hassle of writing code!Joomla! is a free, open source PHP & MySQL-based content management system that allows you to create interactive, community-based Web sites without having to write or program code in PHP or ASP.NET. This fun and friendly introduction to Joomla! shows you how to create a rich, interactive Web site that does not require any code.
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Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK
Published 10 years ago
by David Mark, Jeff LaMarche, Jack Nutting, Apress
The authors of the bestselling Beginning iPhone 3 Development are back, with the same excellent material completely updated for iOS 4 and written from the ground up using the latest version of Apple's Xcode 3. All source code has been updated to use the latest Xcode templates and current APIs, and all-new screenshots show Xcode 3 in action.Beginning iPhone 4 Development is a complete course in iOS development. You'll master techniques that work on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Using JRuby: Bringing Ruby to Java
Published 10 years ago
by Charles O Nutter, Thomas Enebo, Nick Sieger, Ola Bini, Ian Dees, Pragmatic Bookshelf
Using JRuby helps experienced Java hands and Rubyists see what's on the other side of the fence--and bring the best of Ruby to the broad universe of Java environments.With JRuby, you can:Run your interpreted or compiled Ruby program in environments where the Java Virtual Machine is a requirement. Treat JRuby as a "better Ruby," with faster performance for some uses and hassle-free linkage to third-party code. Make your Java program scriptable with Ruby.