Pro SQL Server 2012 Administration, 2nd Edition 
by Ken Simmons, Sylvester Carstarphen
Pro SQL Server 2012 Administration is a one-stop source for all the knowledge you'll need to professionally manage a database under Microsoft SQL Server 2012. SQL Server administration is a complex field requiring an unusually broad and well-rounded skill set. A good database administrator must be part system administrator, part database design expert, and part SQL tuning optimization guru. Above all, ...
Price: $59.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Egor Kuryanovich, Shy Shalom, Russell Goldenberg, Mathias Paumgarten, David Strauss, Seb Lee-Delisle, Gaetan Renaudeau, Jonas Wagner, Jonathan Bergknoff, Rob Hawkes, Brian Danchilla
HTML5 Games Most Wanted gathers the top HTML5 games developers and reveals the passion they all share for creating and coding great games. You'll learn programming tips, tricks, and optimization techniques alongside real-world code examples that you can use in your own projects. You won't just make games - you'll make great games.The book is packed full of JavaScript, HTML5, WebGL, and CSS3 c...
Price: $27.84 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords 
by Bart Weller, Lori Calcott
There is one simple way to exponentially increase the amount of traffic coming to your website and the number of people aware of your product or service: through the use of Google AdWords and related marketing technologies. The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords will walk you through every step needed to maximize your marketing and advertising power. Everything related to the platforms are covered in detai...
Price: $32.69 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning, 3rd Edition
by Grant Fritchey
Queries not running fast enough? Tired of the phone calls from frustrated users? Grant Fritchey's book SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning is the answer to your SQL Server query performance problems. The book is revised to cover the very latest in performance optimization features and techniques. It is current with SQL Server 2012. It provides the tools you need to approach your queries with perfo...
Price: $46.34 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Tom Barker
Performance is a hugely important area of web development. If your site runs slowly, users are going to leave, and the problem only grows as your site gets more popular. Pro JavaScript Performance gives you the tools you need to keep your sites smooth and responsive no matter how many users you have.Best practices are changing or becoming redefined continually because of changes and optimizations at the int...
Price: $34.98 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Drew Conway, John Myles White
If you're an experienced programmer interested in crunching data, this book will get you started with machine learning - a toolkit of algorithms that enables computers to train themselves to automate useful tasks. Authors Drew Conway and John Myles White help you understand machine learning and statistics tools through a series of hands-on case studies, instead of a traditional math-heavy presentation....
Price: $18.12 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Eli Bressert
Want to learn SciPy and NymPy quickly? Cut through the complexity of online documentation with this concise and illustrated book, and discover how easily you can get up to speed with these Python libraries. You'll understand why they're powerful enough for many of today's leading scientists and engineers.Learn how to use NumPy for numerical processing, including array indexing, math operation...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition
by Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko
How can you bring out MySQL's full power? With High Performance MySQL, you'll learn advanced techniques for everything from designing schemas, indexes, and queries to tuning your MySQL server, operating system, and hardware to their fullest potential. This guide also teaches you safe and practical ways to scale applications through replication, load balancing, high availability, and failover.Updat...
Price: $37.69 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization
by John Myles White
When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase...
Price: $15.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
by Sven Leyffer, Jon Lee
​Many engineering, operations, and scientific applications include a mixture of discrete and continuous decision variables and nonlinear relationships involving the decision variables that have a pronounced effect on the set of feasible and optimal solutions. Mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems combine the numerical difficulties of handling nonlinear functions with the challenge of optimi...
Publisher: Springer | Release: 2012