by Jonathan Alexander
How can you help your software team improve? This concise book introduces codermetrics, a clear and objective way to identify, analyze, and discuss the successes and failures of software engineers-not as part of a performance review, but as a way to make the team a more cohesive and productive unit.Experienced team builder Jonathan Alexander explains how codermetrics helps teams understand exactly what occu...
Price: $33.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by John Ferguson Smart
Streamline software development with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about Continuous Integration (CI). This complete guide shows you how to automate your build, integration, release, and deployment processes with Jenkins - and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.Ideal for developers, software architects, and project m...
Price: $16.50 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5 
by Rich Tretola
Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on mobile apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with Android APIs, and get complete code examples for working with Android device components - GPS, camera, gallery, accelerometer, mu...
Price: $16.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Matthew B. Doar
If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an ideal ...
Price: $12.53 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Mitch Garnaat
If you intend to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for remote computing and storage, Python is an ideal programming language for developing applications and controlling your cloud-based infrastructure. This cookbook gets you started with more than two dozen recipes for using Python with AWS, based on the author's boto library.You'll find detailed recipes for working with the S3 storage service as well...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Developing BlackBerry Tablet Applications with Flex 4.5
by Rich Tretola
Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on mobile apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application for Blackberry Tablets from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with Blackberry APIs, and get complete code examples for working with tablet components - including the acceler...
Price: $3.87 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
Packet Guide to Core Network Protocols
by Bruce Hartpence
Take an in-depth tour of core Internet protocols and learn how they work together to move data packets from one network to another. With this concise book, you'll delve into the aspects of each protocol, including operation basics and security risks, and learn the function of network hardware such as switches and routers.Ideal for beginning network engineers, each chapter in this book includes a set of...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Jurg van Vliet, Flavia Paganelli, Steven van Wel, Dara Dowd
While it's always been possible to run Java applications on Amazon EC2, Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk makes the process easier - especially if you understand how it works beneath the surface. This concise, hands-on book not only walks you through Beanstalk for deploying and managing web applications in the cloud, you'll also learn how to use this AWS tool in other phases of development.Ideal if ...
Price: $16.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Rafiq Elmansy
How do you transform user interface designs created in Photoshop or Illustrator into interactive web pages? It's easier than you think. This guide shows you how to use Adobe Flash Catalyst to create interactive UIs and website wireframes for Rich Internet Applications - without writing a single line of code.Ideal for web designers, this book introduces Flash Catalyst basics with detailed step-by-step i...
Price: $3.30 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Allen B. Downey
If you know how to program, you have the skills to turn data into knowledge using the tools of probability and statistics. This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally, rather than mathematically, with programs written in Python.You'll work with a case study throughout the book to help you learn the entire data analysis process - from collecting data and gener...
Price: $81.90 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011