by Jason McC. Smith
Even experienced software professionals find it difficult to apply patterns in ways that deliver substantial value to their organizations. In Elemental Design Patterns, Jason McC. Smith addresses this problem head-on, helping developers harness the true power of patterns, map them to real software implementations more cleanly and directly, and achieve far better results. Part tutorial, part example-rich coo...
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Addison-Wesley | Release: 2017
by Jonathan Shariat, Cynthia Savard Saucier
Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn't intend harm, so what can you do to avoid making similar mistakes?Tragic Design examines real case studies tha...
Price: $25.12 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
by Roland Kuhn, Brian Hanafee, Jamie Allen
Modern web applications serve potentially vast numbers of users - and they need to keep working as servers fail and new ones come online, users overwhelm limited resources, and information is distributed globally. A Reactive application adjusts to partial failures and varying loads, remaining responsive in an ever-changing distributed environment. The secret is message-driven architecture - and design patte...
Price: $24.95 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2017
FREE EBOOK - Resilient Web Design
by Jeremy Keith
Resilient Web Design, you might think that this is a handbook for designing robust websites. This is not a handbook. It's more like a history book.But in the world of web design, we are mostly preoccupied with the here and now. When we think beyond our presentmoment, it is usually to contemplate the future - to imaginethe devices, features, and interfaces that don't yet exist. We don't have t...
Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2017
Communications Receivers, 4th Edition
by Ulrich L. Rohde, Jerry C. Whitaker, Hans Zahnd
This thoroughly updated guide offers comprehensive explanations of the science behind today's radio receivers along with practical guidance on designing, constructing, and maintaining real-world communications systems. You will explore system planning, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, filters, mixers, demodulation, digital communication, and the latest software defined radio ...
Price: $79.00 | Publisher: McGraw-Hill | Release: 2017
FREE EBOOK - Game Design Research
by Petri Lankoski, Jussi Holopainen
Design research, or design studies as it is also called, has been gaining momentum as a field of academic inquiry since the beginning of 20th century. Originally, design research focused on design methods and processes but it has moved to cover more varied research questions related to design. Current research topics include, for example, how to study design and what methods can be used to study design alon...
Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2017
by Rochelle King, Elizabeth Churchill, Caitlin Tan
On the surface, design practices and data science may not seem like obvious partners. But these disciplines actually work toward the same goal, helping designers and product managers understand users so they can craft elegant digital experiences. While data can enhance design, design can bring deeper meaning to data.This practical guide shows you how to conduct data-driven A/B testing for making design deci...
Price: $29.34 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
Designing Data-Intensive Applications 
by Martin Kleppmann
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense...
Price: $24.95 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
by Deepali Mayekar
Implement a headless/decoupled Drupal design to build easily maintainable web applications. This book begins by showing you CMS workflows and best practices to give you the basics you need for working with decoupled Drupal. As part of this process, Decoupling Drupal reveals the advantages of using content management systems and explains that decoupled Drupal is the answer to various problems faced in creati...
Price: $26.04 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2017
Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, 2nd Edition
by Scott Murray
Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the web - even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development. It's inspiring and fun with this friendly, accessible, and practical hands-on introduction. This fully updated and expanded second edition takes you through the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, the most powerful JavaScript library f...
Price: $33.82 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2017
