by Tom Igoe
If you want to experiment with radio frequency identification (RFID), this book is the perfect place to start. All you need is some experience with Arduino and Processing, the ability to connect basic circuits on a breadboard with jumper wire - and you're good to go. You'll be guided through three hands-on projects that let you experience RFID in action.RFID is used in various applications, such a...
Price: $3.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Dani Nordin
Are you a solo web designer or part of a small team itching to build interesting projects with Drupal? This hands-on book provides the tools and techniques to get you going. Award-winning designer Dani Nordin guides you through site planning, teaches you how to create solid, user-centered design for the Drupal framework, and shows you tricks for using real, honest-to-goodness, developer Ninja Magick.If you&...
Price: $21.87 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Mobile JavaScript Application Development 
by Adrian Kosmaczewski
When developing apps for the latest smartphones, you're faced with several vexing questions. How many platforms do you need to accommodate? What level of support do mobile browsers provide? To help you address these and many other key issues, this guide provides a hands-on tour of the most powerful JavaScript frameworks available today.You'll build sample apps with jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, and...
Price: $18.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer
by Simon Monk
Learn how to quickly build cool electronic gadgets with .NET Gadgeteer. With the easy-to-follow instructions in this guide, you'll tackle five fascinating projects, using Microsoft's rapid prototyping Gadgeteer platform. There's no soldering involved - you simply plug in modules that make gadget-building quick and easy.Ideal for beginners, this book shows you how to work with modules and othe...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Learning JavaScript Design Patterns
by Addy Osmani
If you want to write beautiful, structured, and maintainable JavaScript code, this guide shows you how to apply both classical and modern design patterns to the language. The patterns in this book provide reusable code solutions to common problems in software design, and give you a shared vocabulary for describing solutions to others.You'll explore several popular design patterns in plain JavaScript as...
Price: $23.49 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1
by Charles Platt
Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects-complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You'll learn what each one does, how it works, why it's useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you'll find fascinating details you've never come ...
Price: $14.69 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Alex Davies
If you're writing one of several applications that call for asynchronous programming, this concise hands-on guide shows you how the async feature in C# 5.0 can make the process much simpler. Along with a clear introduction to asynchronous programming, you get an in-depth look at how the async feature works and why you might want to use it in your application.Written for experienced C# programmers - yet...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Building Node Applications with MongoDB and Backbone
by Mike Wilson
Build an application from backend to browser with Node.js, and kick open the doors to real-time event programming. With this hands-on book, you'll learn how to create a social network application similar to LinkedIn and Facebook, but with a real-time twist. And you'll build it with just one programming language: JavaScript.If you're an experienced web developer unfamiliar with JavaScript, the...
Price: $4.85 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Interactive Data Visualization for the Web
by Scott Murray
Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the Web, even if you have no experience with either web development or data visualization. It's easy with this hands-on guide. You'll start with an overview of data visualization concepts and simple web technologies, and then learn how to use D3, a JavaScript library that lets you express data as visual elements in a web page....
Price: $10.79 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Eric A. Meyer
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a powerful tool that transforms the presentation of a document or a collection of documents, and it's spread to nearly every corner of the Web - as well as many non-web environments. In this free introduction to Cascade Style Sheets, you'll learn how CSS makes it possible for you to completely change the way document elements are presented by a user agent. You'...
Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012