WCF 4.0 Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ to Entities 
by Mike Liu
WCF is the Microsoft model for building services, whereas LINQ to Entities is the Microsoft ORM for accessing underlying data storage. Want to learn both? You would normally have to dig through huge reference tomes - so wouldn't you agree that a simple-to-follow practical tutorial on WCF and LINQ to Entities is the way to get ahead?This book is the quickest and easiest way to learn WCF and LINQ to Enti...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2010
FREE EBOOK - .NET Performance Testing and Optimization
by Paul Glavich, Chris Farrell
As we develop the applications to meet current and future needs, it is only natural to use current best practices and techniques for our designs and implementations. In the quest to improve how we develop, we can access a true wealth of information which is available on design patterns, object-oriented analysis, low-level code techniques and language features.The technology community is full of articles, bl...
Price: $5.00 | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2010
by Paolo Perrotta
As a Ruby programmer, you already know how much fun it is. Now see how to unleash its power, digging under the surface and exploring the language's most advanced features: a collection of techniques and tricks known as metaprogramming. Once the domain of expert Rubyists, metaprogramming is now accessible to programmers of all levels from beginner to expert. Metaprogramming Ruby explains metaprogramming...
Price: $3.98 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2010
by Andy Oppel
With a focus on proper database design, Databases: A Beginner's Guide provides an introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) and Microsoft Access. The book covers key topics such as security, data warehouse and data mart design techniques, storing complex data such as XML documents, and connecting databases to applications. Written by a database technology instructor and bestselling author, this b...
Price: $24.99 | Publisher: McGraw-Hill | Release: 2009
Windows 7 Just the Steps For Dummies
by Nancy C. Muir
Coming in day and date with Microsoft's exciting release of the new Window 7 operating system, this friendly, accessible book shows you the features and functions you need from this exciting new operating system. Presented in a series of numbered steps that are concise, visually clear, and easy to follow, you'll learn to navigate the Windows 7 desktop, create files, connect to the Internet, search...
Price: $4.98 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2009
by Chris Smith
Why learn F#? This multi-paradigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, it also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. With Programming F#, you'll quickly discover the many advantages of Microsoft's new language, which includes access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET ...
Price: $33.20 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
Natural Language Processing with Python
by Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper
This book offers a highly accessible introduction to Natural Language Processing, the field that underpins a variety of language technologies ranging from predictive text and email filtering to automatic summarization and translation. You'll learn how to write Python programs to analyze the structure and meaning of texts, drawing on techniques from the fields of linguistics and artificial intelligence....
Price: $20.10 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Dan Sanderson
As one of today's cloud computing services, Google App Engine does more than provide access to a large system of servers. It also offers you a simple model for building applications that scale automatically to accommodate millions of users. With Programming Google App Engine, you'll get expert practical guidance that will help you make the best use of this powerful platform. Google engineer Dan Sa...
Price: $3.74 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Jeremy Leipzig, Xiao-Yi Li
This article demonstrates how the realworld data is imported, managed, visualized, and analyzed within the R statistical framework. Presented as a spatial mashup, this tutorial introduces the user to R packages, R syntax, and data structures. The user will learn how the R environment works with R packages as well as its own capabilities in statistical analysis. We will be accessing spatial data in several f...
Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
Pro Web Gadgets for Mobile and Desktop
by Sterling Udell
The miniature web applications known as gadgets (or widgets) are a key component of the distributed web and an ideal way to publish your content far beyond the reach of your own web site. Packaging web content and functionality into a gadget enables it to be seen anywhere from iGoogle to the iPhone - wherever the user may be, on or off the traditional web. Everyone can access your content without having to ...
Price: $6.03 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2009