JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example 
by Carl Dea
JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example provides a quick start to programming the JavaFX 2.0 platform. JavaFX 2.0 provides a rich set of APIs for use in creating graphically exciting client applications written solely in Java. You get a large set of customizable components that can be skinned using CSS techniques that you already know from doing web development. The platform even includes a web rendering engine...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2011
by Lyza Danger Gardner, Jason Grigsby
Mobile web usage is exploding. Soon, more web browsing will take place on phones and tablets than PCs. Your business needs a mobile strategy, but where do you start? Head First Mobile Web shows how to use the web tech- nology you're already familiar with to make sites and apps that work on any device of any size. Put your JavaScript, CSS media query, and HTML5 skills to work, and then optimize your sit...
Price: $10.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Leif Madsen, Russell Bryant
Asterisk has a wealth of features to help you customize your PBX to fill very specific business needs. This short cookbook offers recipes for tackling dialplan fundamentals, making and controlling calls, and monitoring channels in your PBX environment. Each recipe includes a simple code solution you can put to work immediately, along with a detailed discussion that offers insight into why and how the recipe...
Price: $16.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef
by Stephen Nelson-Smith
Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef demonstrates a radical approach to developing web infrastructure that combines the powerful Chef configuration management framework with Cucumber, the leading Behavior-driven development (BDD) tool. Learn how to deliver real business value by developing infrastructure code test-first.Infrastructure consultant Stephen Nelson-Smith shows you how this unique approach allows...
Price: $25.26 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Daniel Jacobson, Greg Brail, Dan Woods
Programmers used to be the only people excited about APIs, but now a growing number of companies see them as a hot new product channel. This concise guide describes the tremendous business potential of APIs, and demonstrates how you can use them to provide valuable services to clients, partners, or the public via the Internet. You'll learn all the steps necessary for building a cohesive API business st...
Price: $18.50 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Alan Palazzolo, Thomas Turnbull
Build beautiful interactive maps on your Drupal website, and tell engaging visual stories with your data. This concise guide shows you how to create custom geographical maps from top to bottom, using Drupal 7 tools and out-of-the-box modules. You'll learn how mapping works in Drupal, with examples on how to use intuitive interfaces to map local events, businesses, groups, and other custom data.Although...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by John Mertic
In the crowded field of customer relationship management (CRM) systems, SugarCRM stands out - not only for its modular design, but also for the ease with which you can develop, customize, and extend your CRM applications. This concise book provides a thorough overview of the development tools and APIs available in SugarCRM 6.2, showing both developers and nondevelopers alike how to use them to build a sampl...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Q. Ethan McCallum, Stephen Weston
It's tough to argue with R as a high-quality, cross-platform, open source statistical software product - unless you're in the business of crunching Big Data. This concise book introduces you to several strategies for using R to analyze large datasets. You'll learn the basics of Snow, Multicore, Parallel, and some Hadoop-related tools, including how to find them, how to use them, when they wor...
Price: $19.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Programming Entity Framework: Code First
by Julia Lerman, Rowan Miller
Take advantage of the Code First data modeling approach in ADO.NET Entity Framework, and learn how to build and configure a model based on existing classes in your business domain. With this concise book, you'll work hands-on with examples to learn how Code First can create an in-memory model and database by default, and how you can exert more control over the model through further configuration.Code F...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Supercharged JavaScript Graphics
by Raffaele Cecco
With HTML5 and improved web browser support, JavaScript has become the tool of choice for creating high-performance web graphics. This faced-paced book shows you how to use JavaScript, jQuery, DHTML, and HTML5's Canvas element to create rich web applications for computers and mobile devices.By following real-world examples, experienced web developers learn fun and useful approaches to arcade games, DHT...
Price: $28.91 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011