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Software Language Engineering: Creating Domain-Specific Languages Using Metamodels
Author Anneke Kleppe
Software practitioners are rapidly discovering the immense value of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) in solving problems within clearly definable problem domains. Developers are applying DSLs to improve productivity and quality in a wide range of areas, such as fina....
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Common Design Patterns for Symbian OS: The Foundations of Smartphone Software
Author Adrian A. I. Issott
Common Design Patterns for Symbian OS is the first design patterns book that addresses Symbian OS specifically. It introduces programmers to the common design patterns that help implement a large variety of applications and services on Symbian OS. The goal of the bo....
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Requirements Modelling and Specification for Service Oriented Architecture
Author Ian Graham
Many software developers often confuse requirements engineering with software specification and, as a result, build unusable systems, despite meeting specifications. Bringing together all the techniques needed by the modern software developer, here is a practical ha....
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Author David Griffiths
Ready to transport your web applications into the Web 2.0 era? Head First Rails takes your programming -- and productivity -- to the max. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals of Rails scaffolding to building customized interactive web apps using Rails' ri....
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How We Test Software at Microsoft®
Author Alan Page , Ken Johnston , and Bj Rollison
It may surprise you to learn that Microsoft employs as many software testers as developers. Less surprising is the emphasis the company places on the testing discipline—and its role in managing quality across a diverse, 150+ product portfolio.This book—written by th....
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Author Robert Foster
As the Internet user experience (UX) progresses, more users are demanding and expecting their custom-built business applications to provide the same UX that they see on the Internet every day. ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed empowers ASP.NET developers to easily provide ....
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Expert C# 2008 Business Objects
Author Rockford Lhotka
Do you want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability? Do you want to employ object-oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment? Do you want to maximize the reuse and maintainability of your code? Then this book is fo....
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Author Max Katz
JBoss RichFaces is a rich JSF component library that helps developers quickly develop next-generation web applications. Practical RichFaces describes how to best take advantage of RichFaces, the integration of the Ajax4jsf and RichFaces libraries, to create a flexib....
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Author Bashar Abdul-Jawad
Groovy and Grails Recipes is the busy developer's guide to developing applications in Groovy and Grails. Rather than boring you with theoretical knowledge of "yet another language/framework," this book delves straight into solving real-life problems in Groovy and G....
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Author Dave Mark
Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, this popular guide has been updated for Mac OS X. Don't know anything about programming? No problem! Acclaimed author Dave Mark starts out with the basics and takes you through a complete course in pr....
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Building Content Type Solutions In SharePoint® 2007
Author Kevin Martin , David Gerhardt
Content types are a core concept used throughout the functionality and services offered in SharePoint 2007, and are designed to help users organize their SharePoint content in a more meaningful manner. A content type is a reusable collection of settings users apply ....
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Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
Author Travis Swicegood
There's a change in the air. High-profile projects such as the Linux Kernel, Mozilla, Gnome, and Ruby on Rails are now using Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS) instead of the old stand-bys of CVS or Subversion.Git is a modern, fast, DVCS. But understanding....
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WCF Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ
Author Mike Liu
Build SOA applications on the Microsoft platform in this hands-on guideMaster WCF and LINQ concepts by completing practical examples and apply them to your real-world assignments First book to combine WCF and LINQ in a multi-tier real-world WCF serviceSetting up, ma....
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WPF in Action with Visual Studio 2008
Author Maxx Daymon , Arlen Feldman
Now more than ever, Windows applications have to work well and look good. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft's new user interface framework, gives you the ability to create stunning graphics, rich interactions, and highly-usable Windows applications.....
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100 NetBeans™ IDE Tips & Tricks
Author Ruth Kusterer
Netbeans is not only a great IDE and platform, it is also a community of programming enthusiasts. 100 NetBeansTMIDE Tips and Tricks is a collection of the best technical tips for the NetBeans IDE, collected from community blogs, forums, NetBeans evangelists, and the....
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Author Larry Ullman
This book is for those new to programming or that know other programming languages and would like to know Ruby. The book teaches the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and starts with creating a basic program. Everything is covered such as control structure....
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Panoramic Imaging: Sensor-Line Cameras and Laser Range-Finders
Author Karsten Scheibe , Reinhard Klette , Fay Huang
Panoramic imaging is a progressive application and research area. This technology has applications in digital photography, robotics, film productions for panoramic screens, architecture, environmental studies, remote sensing and GIS technology. Applications demand d....
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C# 2008 Programmer's Reference
Author Wei-Meng Lee
Have access to all aspects of the C# programming language at hand with the C# 2008 Programmer's Reference, the only comprehensive reference guide for C# programmers. Regardless of your experience with C#, you will appreciate the detailed code samples, which offer a....
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Author Aaron Reed
Do you have what it takes to become a game developer? With this hands-on book, you'll learn quickly and easily how to develop computer games with Microsoft's XNA 3.0 framework-not just for your PC, but for Xbox 360 and the Microsoft Zune as well. Written by an exp....
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Author Edd Dumbill , Simon St. Laurent
While most books written about Rails cater to programmers looking for information on data structures, Learning Rails targets web developers whose programming experience is tied directly to the Web. Rather than begin with the inner layers of a Rails web application-....
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Author Brian MacDonald , Jesse Liberty
If you're new to C#, this popular book is the ideal way to get started. Completely revised for the latest version of the language, Learning C# 3.0 starts with the fundamentals and takes you through intermediate and advanced C# features -- including generics, interf....
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Author Jon Flanders
RESTful .NET is the first book that teaches Windows developers to build RESTful web services using the latest Microsoft tools. Written by Windows Communication Foundation (WFC) expert Jon Flanders, this hands-on tutorial demonstrates how you can use WCF and other co....
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Author Donald Bruce Stewart , John Goerzen , Bryan O'Sullivan
This easy-to-use, fast-moving tutorial introduces you to functional programming with Haskell. You'll learn how to use Haskell in a variety of practical ways, from short scripts to large and demanding applications. Real World Haskell takes you through the basics of ....
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Programming WCF Services, 2nd Edition
Author Juval Lowy
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 ....
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Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft® Platform
Author Daniel Larson
Delve into the fundamental architectural principles and techniques for developing service-oriented AJAX applications for the enterprise. This guide offers a code-heavy, example-based approach to learning how to write a modern services API and an AJAX front end that ....
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Embedded Linux Development Using Eclipse
Author Doug Abbott
The Eclipse environment solves the problem of having to maintain your own Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is time consuming and costly. Embedded tools can also be easily integrated into Eclipse. The C/C++CDT is ideal for the embedded community....
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Discrete Fourier Analysis and Wavelets: Applications to Signal and Image Processing
Author Kurt M. Bryan , S. Allen Broughton
A thorough guide to the classical and contemporary mathematical methods of modern signal and image processingDiscrete Fourier Analysis and Wavelets presents a thorough introduction to the mathematical foundations of signal and image processing. Key concepts and appl....
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The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures
Author Tom Merendino , DeWitt T. Latimer IV , Charles B. Hammons , Dietrich Falkenthal , Pe
The architects of today's large and complex systems all too often struggle with the lack of a consistent set of principles and practices that adequately address the entire breadth of systems architecture. The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures (....
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Author Ricston Ltd. , Antoine Borg , Peter Delia
Published with the developer in mind, firstPress technical briefs explore emerging technologies that have the potential to be critical for tomorrow's industry. Apress keeps developers one step ahead by presenting key information as early as possible in a PDF of 150....
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Fundamentals of Network Game Development
Author Guy W. Lecky-Thompson
Learn to create network games from start to finish with "Fundamentals of Network Game Development." Covering all the essential elements of network game development, this book provides the techniques and strategies necessary to create a quality game. Organized into t....
Release Date 2008/11