by Aidan Temple
Game development has traditionally only been accessible to those with experience in computer science and access to the best or most expensive development tools. However, with the advent of technologies such as HTML5 and the ability to self-publish, web-based games such as those on Facebook and smartphones are becoming more attractive to develop than ever before. Through the use of open technologies such as ...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2013
by Shaun Mitchell
SDL 2.0 is the latest release of the popular Simple DirectMedia Layer API, which is designed to make life easier for C++ developers, allowing you simple low-level access to various multiplatform audio, graphics, and input devices.SDL Game Development guides you through creating your first 2D game using SDL and C++. It takes a clear and practical approach to SDL game development, ensuring that the focus rema...
Price: $27.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2013
by Artur Moreira, Jan Haller, Henrik Vogelius Hansson
Game development comprises the combination of many different aspects such as game logics, graphics, audio, user input, physics and much more. SFML is an Open Source C++ library designed to make game development more accessible, exposing multimedia components to the user through a simple, yet powerful interface.If you are a C++ programmer with a stack of ideas in your head and seeking a platform for implemen...
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2013
PySide GUI Application Development 
by Venkateshwaran Loganathan
Elegantly built GUI applications are always a massive hit among users. PySide is an open source software project that provides Python bindings for the Qt cross-platform UI framework. Combining the power of Qt and Python, PySide provides easy access to the Qt framework for Python developers and also acts as an excellent rapid application development platform available on all major operating systems.This book...
Price: $20.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2013
by Nilanjan Raychaudhuri
Scala in Action is a comprehensive tutorial that introduces the language through clear explanations and numerous hands-on examples. It takes a "how-to" approach, explaining language concepts as you explore familiar programming tasks. You'll tackle concurrent programming in Akka, learn to work with Scala and Spring, and learn how to build DSLs and other productivity tools. You'll ...
Price: $27.17 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2013
by Nick Krym
Offshore outsourcing can reduce operating expenses, decrease time to market, and provide access to a flexible workforce or hard-to-find skills. To get the most from your outsourced project, you need to know how outsourcing works - what it can do, what it can't do, and what you can expect from it.Outsource It! tells you how to estimate your potential savings, how to figure out what, how, and where to go...
Price: $139.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2013
by Stefano Ceri, Alessandro Bozzon, Marco Brambilla, Emanuele Della Valle, Piero Fraternali, Silvia Quarteroni
With the proliferation of huge amounts of (heterogeneous) data on the Web, the importance of information retrieval (IR) has grown considerably over the last few years. Big players in the computer industry, such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, are the primary contributors of technology for fast access to Web-based information; and searching capabilities are now integrated into most information systems, rang...
Price: $48.32 | Publisher: Springer | Release: 2013
by Katie Cunningham
Get practical guidelines for making your website accessible to people with disabilities. With this handbook, you'll learn how to design or develop a site that conforms to Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act - and in the process you'll discover how to provide a better user experience for everyone.The Accessibility Handbook introduces you to several audiences that have difficulty using today�...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Madhusudhan Konda
JDBC has simplified database access in Java applications, but a few nagging wrinkles remain - namely, persisting Java objects to relational databases. With this book, you'll learn how the Spring Framework makes that job incredibly easy with dependency injection, template classes, and object-relational-mapping (ORM).Through sample code, you'll discover how Spring streamlines the use of JDBC and ORM...
Price: $15.82 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
The ComSoc Guide to Passive Optical Networks
by Stephen B. Weinstein, Yuanqiu Luo, Ting Wang
The ComSoc Guide to Passive Optical Networks provides readers with a concise explanation of the key features of Passive Optical Networks (PONs); the different types of PON architectures and standards; key issues of PON devices, management, and implementation; and the promising business opportunities in access networks.Written for a broad audience, ranging from developers to users, this indispensable book pr...
Price: $52.99 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2012