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
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide 
by Bryan O'Sullivan
This instructive book takes you step by step through ways to track, merge, and manage both open source and commercial software projects with Mercurial, using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and other systems. Mercurial is the easiest system to learn when it comes to distributed revision control. And it's a very flexible tool that's ideal whether you're a lone programmer working on a small ...
Price: $24.61 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide
by Chris Seibold
Whether you're new to the Mac or a longtime user, this handy book is the quickest way to get up to speed on Snow Leopard. Packed with concise information in an easy-to-read format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide covers what you need to know and is an ideal resource for problem-solving on the fly.This book goes right to the heart of Snow Leopard, with details on system preferences, built-in applicat...
Price: $5.53 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2009
by Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif
You may regard cloud computing as an ideal way for your company to control IT costs, but do you know how private and secure this service really is? Not many people do. With Cloud Security and Privacy, you'll learn what's at stake when you trust your data to the cloud, and what you can do to keep your virtual infrastructure and web applications secure. This book offers you sound advice from three w...
Price: $25.00 | 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
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
FREE EBOOK - Protecting SQL Server Data
by John Magnabosco
In Protecting SQL Server Data, John Magnabosco demonstrates how sensitive data, stored in SQL Server, can be protected using an efficient and maintainable encryption-based data architecture.He explains how to assess and categorize data elements according to sensitivity, regulate access to the various categories of data using database roles, views and stored procedures, and then how to implement a secure dat...
Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2009
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
by Andy Hunt
Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. You're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and it's all in your head.In this book by Andy Hunt, you'll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain's arch...
Price: $4.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2009
Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition
by Adam Myatt
Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition is the second Apress book to cover the agile, open source NetBeans IDE platform. The book focuses on the new features of NetBeans 6 as well as what has changed since NetBeans 5.5, empowering you to be a more effective and productive developer....
Price: $30.05 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2008
by Javier Ramirez
A comprehensive guide to using RadRails to develop your Ruby on Rails projects in a professional and productive manner.Aptana RadRails is an Integrated Development Environment for Ruby on Rails projects. Built on top of the well-known Eclipse platform, RadRails provides all the tools you need to create a whole Rails application from a single interface, allowing you to focus on the creative part of the devel...
Price: $23.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2008