by ThoughtWorks
This collection of essays covers a wide range of issues facing software developers today. In this book, you'll find a treasure trove of pragmatic advice to improve the effectiveness of your development efforts.You'll find essays on testing, controlling a project, the creation of domain specific languages, issues of build and deploy, programming languages, techniques for software development, and m...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2008
Pragmatic Version Control Using Git 
by Travis Swicegood
There's a change in the air. High-profile projects such as the Linux Kernel, Mozilla, Gnome, and Ruby on Rails are now using Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS) instead of the old stand-bys of CVS or Subversion.Git is a modern, fast DVCS. But understanding how it fits into your development can be a daunting task without an introduction to the new concepts. Whether you're just starting out a...
Price: $4.09 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2008
by Johanna Rothman
This book is a reality - based guide for modern projects. You'll learn how to recognize your project's potholes and ruts, and determine the best way to fix problems - without causing more problems....
Price: $4.35 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2007
by Kenneth C. Feldt
This is your guide to building Internet applications and user interfaces with the Mozilla component framework, which is best known for the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client. Programming Firefox demonstrates how to use the XML User Interface Language (XUL) with open source tools in the framework's Cross-Platform Component (XPCOM) library to develop a variety of projects, such as commercia...
Price: $26.07 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Greg Wilson, Andy Oram
How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed solutions to high-profile projects. You will be able to look over the shoulder of major coding and design experts to see problems through their eyes.This is not simply another design patterns book, or an...
Price: $12.17 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Tom Igoe
Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you've built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you'll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you ...
Price: $11.42 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
Head First Software Development
by Dan Pilone, Russ Miles
Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail - often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed. Instead of surrendering to these common problems, let Head First Software Development guide you through the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed projects will be a thing of...
Price: $10.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by James Shore, Chromatic
The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly.This book provides no-nonsense advice on ...
Price: $10.81 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Nicolai M. Josuttis
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is finally becoming a concrete discipline rather than a hopeful collection of cloud charts. This book demonstrates how SOA can simplify the creation of large-scale applications, whether your project involves a large set of Web Services-based components, or is a means to connect legacy applications to more modern business processes. SOA in Practice explains how -- and whet...
Price: $31.87 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries
by Aaron Gustafson, Jonathan Snook, Dan Webb, Stuart Langridge
This book is about JavaScript and using the document object model - the conduit to the HTML document. This book is not about learning how to program JavaScript from scratch. It starts with the assumption that you have done some JavaScript development before and understand the JavaScript syntax. This book builds on that knowledge to give you a deeper understanding of DOM scripting and how to apply that to yo...
Price: $4.23 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2007