Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers 
by Adam Freeman
Web API 2 is the latest evolution of Microsoft's web services toolkit, which allows the creation of RESTful applications built on the ASP.NET platform. It provides a standards-based approach and a high-productivity development model that makes it easy to deliver services to a wide-range of clients, including mobile devices.This book puts Web API into context for the experienced MVC Framework developer ...
Price: $45.58 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
FREE EBOOK - Android Application Development for the Intel Platform
by Ryan Cohen, Tao Wang
The number of Android devices running on Intel processors has increased since Intel and Google announced, in late 2011, that they would be working together to optimize future versions of Android for Intel Atom processors. Today, Intel processors can be found in Android smartphones and tablets made by some of the top manufacturers of Android devices, such as Samsung, Lenovo, and Asus.The increase in Android ...
Price: $32.30 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
FREE EBOOK - GUI Design for Android Apps
by Ryan Cohen, Tao Wang
GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect - and concise - introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by Intel S...
Price: $23.57 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
Beginning Java 8 Games Development
by Wallace Jackson
Beginning Java 8 Games Development, written by Java expert and author Wallace Jackson, teaches you the fundamentals of building a highly illustrative game using the Java 8 programming language. In this book, you'll employ open source software as tools to help you quickly and efficiently build your Java game applications. You'll learn how to utilize vector and bit-wise graphics; create sprites and ...
Price: $44.43 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
Migrating to Swift from Android
by Sean Liao
In 250 pages, Migrating to Swift from Android gives you - as an experienced Android app developer - all you need to create native iOS apps using the latest Swift programming language. Starting with preparing your Xcode 6.1 IDE and introducing just enough iOS application framework fundamentals, you'll understand how to create meaningful Swift applications for iOS 8 immediately.After the short IDE setup ...
Price: $30.01 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Leslie Sikos
Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML provides solutions to the most common web design problems, and gives you a deep understanding of web standards and how they can be implemented to improve your web sites. You will learn how to develop fully standards-compliant, mobile-friendly, and search engine-optimized web sites that are robust, fast, and easy to update while providing excellent user experienc...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
The Art of Application Performance Testing, 2nd Edition
by Ian Molyneaux
Because performance is paramount today, this thoroughly updated guide shows you how to test mission-critical applications for scalability and performance before you deploy them-whether it's to the cloud or a mobile device. You'll learn the complete testing process lifecycle step-by-step, along with best practices to plan, coordinate, and conduct performance tests on your applications.Written by a ...
Price: $30.49 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
FileMaker Pro 13: The Missing Manual
by Susan Prosser, Stuart Gripman
You don't need a technical background to build powerful databases with FileMaker Pro 13. This crystal-clear guide covers all new FileMaker Pro 13 features, such as its improved layout tools and enhanced mobile support. Whether you're running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you'll learn how to customize your database to run on a PC, Mac, Web browser, or iOS device....
Price: $23.11 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
by Joe Arnold
Get up and running with OpenStack Swift, the free, open source solution for deploying high-performance object storage clusters at scale. In this practical guide, Joe Arnold, co-founder and CEO of SwiftStack, brings you up-to-speed on the basic concepts of object storage and walks you through what you need to know to plan, build, operate, and measure the performance of your own Swift storage system.Object st...
Price: $5.31 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
Building Applications with iBeacon
by Matthew S. Gast
High-precision location information is increasingly useful for mobile application developers, since it allows devices to interact with the world around them. This practical book shows you how to achieve arm's reach accuracy with iBeacons, simple transmitters that enable your applications to react to nearby surroundings and then deliver timely, relevant information - especially indoors, where GPS and ce...
Price: $9.95 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014