by D. Ryan Stephens, Christopher Diggins, Jonathan Turkanis, Jeff Cogswell
The C++ Cookbook will make your path to mastery much shorter. This practical, problem-solving guide is ideal if you're an engineer, programmer, or researcher writing an application for one of the legions of platforms on which C++ runs. The algorithms provided in C++ Cookbook will jump-start your development by giving you some basic building blocks that you don't have to develop on your own.Less a ...
Price: $32.21 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2005
by Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher
Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. It is now being used by an increasing number of major organizations, including NASA and Google.Updated for Python 2.4, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition offers a wealth of useful code for all Python programmers, not just advanced practit...
Price: $7.17 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2005
by Korry Douglas
The 2nd edition of the best-selling PostgreSQL has been updated to completely cover new features and capabilities of the 8.0 version of PostgreSQL. You will be lead through the internals of the powerful PostgreSQL open source database chapter, offering an easy-to-read, code-based approach that makes it easy to understand how each feature is implemented, how to best use each feature, and how to get more perf...
Price: $2.99 | Publisher: SAMS Publishing | Release: 2005
by Nicholas A. Solter, Scott J. Kleper
C++ is one of the most popular programming languages, but this fast and powerful language is also notoriously complex. Many useful aspects of C++ remain a mystery to even the most experienced programmers. Too often, programming books concentrate more on the syntax of the language and less on its real-world applications. This code-intensive, practical guide changes that by teaching all facets of C++ developm...
Price: $3.49 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2005
by Grant Palmer
Physics for Game Programmers shows you how to infuse compelling and realistic action into game programming even if you dont have a college-level physics background! Author Grant Palmer covers basic physics and mathematical models and then shows how to implement them, to simulate motion and behavior of cars, planes, projectiles, rockets, and boats.This book is neither code heavy nor language specific, and al...
Price: $33.21 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2005
by Magnus Lie Hetland
Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional is the most comprehensive book on the Python ever written. Based on Practical Python, this newly-revised book is both an introduction and practical reference for a swath of Python-related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services. Advanced topics, such as extending Python and packagin...
Price: $4.55 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2005
Java Network Programming, 3rd Edition 
by Elliotte Rusty Harold
The new third edition of this highly regarded introduction to Java networking programming has been thoroughly revised to cover all of the 100+ significant updates to Java Developers Kit (JDK) 1.5. It is a clear, complete introduction to developing network programs (both applets and applications) using Java, covering everything from networking fundamentals to remote method invocation (RMI).Java Network Progr...
Price: $6.01 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2004
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Programming Inside Out
by Curtis Frye, Wayne S. Freeze, Felicia K. Buckingham
You're a sophisticated user of Excel - a real pro with spreadsheet - so now dig into its powerful programming capabilities and really put your data to work! From writing code in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to taking advantage of new XML data-sharing features, this book packs hundreds of timesaving programming solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds all in concise, fast-...
Price: $14.98 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2004
by Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, Andy Hunt
The Pickaxe book, named for the tool on the cover, is the definitive reference to Ruby, a highly-regarded, fully object-oriented programming language. This Second Edition has more than 200 pages of new content, and substantial enhancements to the original, covering all the new and improved language features of Ruby 1.8 and standard library modules....
Price: $0.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2004
Beginning .NET Game Programming in VB .NET
by David Weller, Alexandre Santos Lobao, Ellen Hatton
This highly-anticipated title provides a clear introduction to game programming for VB .NET programmers! Microsoft insiders have written an easy-to-read guide, so you can start programming games quickly. This book even includes an introduction to Managed DirectX9, and other advanced .NET features, like animation and sounds.Code examples are actually complete games, and include .Nettrix , .Netterpillars, Riv...
Price: $27.15 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2004