by James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, Duane Nickull
This illuminating book puts substance behind Web 2.0. Using several high-profile Web 2.0 companies as examples, authors Duane Nickull, Dion Hinchcliffe, and James Governor have distilled the core design patterns of Web 2.0 coupled with an abstract model and reference architecture. The result is a base of knowledge that developers, business people, futurists, and entrepreneurs can understand and use as a sou...
Price: $26.15 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Federico Biancuzzi, Chromatic
Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today.If you're interested i...
Price: $7.54 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Peter Saint-Andre, Kevin Smith, Remko Troncon
This practical book provides everything you need to know about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) -- the open technology for real-time communication used in instant messaging, Voice over IP, real-time collaboration, social networking, microblogging, lightweight middleware, cloud computing, and more. XMPP: The Definitive Guide walks you through the thought processes and design decisions in...
Price: $28.03 | 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 Gregory T Brown
Ruby Best Practices is for programmers who want to use Ruby the way Rubyists do. Written by the developer of the Ruby project Prawn (prawn.majesticseacreature.com), this concise book explains how to design beautiful APIs and domain-specific languages, work with functional programming ideas and techniques that can simplify your code and make you more productive, write code that's readable and expressive...
Price: $25.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Jennifer Greene, Andrew Stellman
Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, in a unique and inspiring way with Head First PMP . The second edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book.More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP ce...
Price: $10.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Dan Pilone, Tracey Pilone
Let's say you have an idea for a killer iPhone app. Where do you begin? Head First iPhone Development will help you get your first application up and running in no time. You'll quickly learn to use iPhone SDK tools, including Interface Builder and Xcode, and master Objective-C programming principles that will make your app stand out. It's a complete learning experience for creating eye-catchi...
Price: $7.72 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Ron Severdia, Kenneth Crowder
With Joomla, you don't need to have any technical expertise or web design experience to create effective websites and web apps. Whether you're creating your first website or building a multi-function site for a client, this book provides straightforward, hands-on instruction that makes it easy to learn this open source web content management system....
Price: $3.74 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition 
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
After years of using spacer GIFs, layers of nested tables, and other improvised solutions for building your web sites, getting used to the more stringent standards-compliant design can be intimidating. HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference is the perfect little book when you need answers immediately.HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference features easy-to-find listings of every HTML and XHTML tag, and every Cascading Sty...
Price: $6.09 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
WPF Control Development Unleashed
by Pavan Podila, Kevin Scott Hoffman
In this book, two leading Windows Presentation Foundation experts give developers everything they need to build next-generation WPF applications - software that is more robust, usable, and compelling.Drawing on their close ties with Microsoft's WPF development team, Pavan Podila and Kevin Hoffman give you a clear, robust, and practical understanding of WPF, its underpinnings, its overall architecture, ...
Price: $5.85 | Publisher: SAMS Publishing | Release: 2009