Head First Android Development 
by Dawn Griffiths, David Griffiths
What will you learn from this book?If you have an idea for a killer Android app, this book will help you build your first working application in a jiffy. You'll learn hands-on how to structure your app, design interfaces, create a database, make your app work on various smartphones and tablets, and much more. It's like having an experienced Android developer sitting right next to you! All you need...
Price: $25.91 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Alan Cohen
Product development is the magic that turns circuitry, software, and materials into a product, but moving efficiently from concept to manufactured product is a complex process with many potential pitfalls. This practical guide pulls back the curtain to reveal what happens - or should happen - when you take a product from prototype to production.For makers looking to go pro or product development team member...
Price: $12.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Russell J.T. Dyer
If you're a programmer new to databases - or just new to MySQL and its community-driven variant, MariaDB - you've found the perfect introduction. This hands-on guide provides an easy, step-by-step approach to installing, using, and maintaining these popular relational database engines.Author Russell Dyer, Curriculum Manager at MariaDB and former editor of the MySQL Knowledge Base, takes you throug...
Price: $38.70 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Vince Buffalo
Learn the data skills necessary for turning large sequencing datasets into reproducible and robust biological findings. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use freely available open source tools to extract meaning from large complex biological data sets.At no other point in human history has our ability to understand life's complexities been so dependent on our skills to work with and a...
Price: $32.29 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Andrew Lombardi
Until recently, creating desktop-like applications in the browser meant using inefficient Ajax or Comet technologies to communicate with the server. With this practical guide, you'll learn how to use WebSocket, a protocol that enables the client and server to communicate with each other on a single connection simultaneously. No more asynchronous communication or long polling!For developers with a good ...
Price: $22.77 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Mohammad Kamrul Islam, Aravind Srinivasan
Get a solid grounding in Apache Oozie, the workflow scheduler system for managing Hadoop jobs. With this hands-on guide, two experienced Hadoop practitioners walk you through the intricacies of this powerful and flexible platform, with numerous examples and real-world use cases.Once you set up your Oozie server, you'll dive into techniques for writing and coordinating workflows, and learn how to write ...
Price: $24.68 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Anton Kovalyov
JavaScript is arguably the most polarizing and misunderstood programming language in the world. Many have attempted to replace it as the language of the Web, but JavaScript has survived, evolved, and thrived. Why did a language created in such hurry succeed where others failed?This guide gives you a rare glimpse into JavaScript from people intimately familiar with it. Chapters contributed by domain experts ...
Price: $19.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Renee DiResta, Brady Forrest, Ryan Vinyard
Thanks to the decreasing cost of prototyping, it's more feasible for professional makers and first-time entrepreneurs to launch a hardware startup. But exactly how do you go about it? This book provides the roadmap and best practices you need for turning a product idea into a full-fledged business.Written by three experts from the field, The Hardware Startup takes you from idea validation to launch, co...
Price: $12.72 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Claire Rowland, Elizabeth Goodman, Martin Charlier, Ann Light, Alfred Lui
Networked thermostats, fitness monitors, and door locks show that the Internet of Things can (and will) enable new ways for people to interact with the world around them. But designing connected products for consumers brings new challenges beyond conventional software UI and interaction design.This book provides experienced UX designers and technologists with a clear and practical roadmap for approaching co...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
by Lea Verou
In this practical guide, CSS expert Lea Verou provides 47 undocumented techniques and tips to help intermediate-to advanced CSS developers devise elegant solutions to a wide range of everyday web design problems.Rather than focus on design, CSS Secrets shows you how to solve problems with code. You'll learn how to apply Lea's analytical approach to practically every CSS problem you face to attain ...
Price: $19.69 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
