by Bogdan Brinzarea, Cristian Darie, Filip Chereches-Tosa, Mihai Bucica
Assuming a basic knowledge of PHP, XML, JavaScript and MySQL, this book will help you understand how the heart of AJAX beats and how the constituent technologies work together.AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications is mainly a book for beginners, but when designing its contents we tried to find the ideal blend of topics that would help both novice and experienced web developers make a big step f...
Price: $20.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2006
by Jared Richardson, Will Gwaltney, Jr
Many software projects run into trouble, and many never ship at all. Others run like well-oiled machines. This book shows you the basics of how to get your project well on the road to success.Ship It! bucks current fashion trends and marketing hype; instead, you'll find page after page of solid advice, all tried and tested in the real world: a collection of tips that show you what tools a successful te...
Price: $18.29 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2005
Software Engineering for Students, 4th edition 
by Doug Bell
Software Engineering for Students presents a range of current techniques and tools for people who have experienced the pleasures of writing programs and who want to see how things change in the scale up to large programs and software systems.The students' familiarity with programming gives them relevant background and the confidence to grasp the fundamentals of this subject.The book starts by explainin...
Price: $9.35 | Publisher: Addison-Wesley | Release: 2005
Killer Game Programming in Java
by Andrew Davison
Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an explosive growth in Java games. Java games like Puzzle Pirates, Chrome, Star Wars Galaxies, Runescape, Alien Flux, Kingdom of Wars, Law and Order II, Robof...
Price: $4.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | 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
Managing Projects with GNU Make, 3rd Edition
by Robert Mecklenburg
The utility simply known as make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems. First invented in the 1970s, make still turns up to this day as the central engine in most programming projects; it even builds the Linux kernel. In the third edition of the classic Managing Projects with GNU make, readers will learn why this utility continues to hold its top position in project b...
Price: $12.12 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2004
by Mike Clark
Pragmatic Project Automation shows you how to improve the consistency and repeatability of your project's procedures using automation to reduce risk and errors.Simply put, we're going to put this thing called a computer to work for you doing the mundane (but important) project stuff. That means you'll have more time and energy to do the really exciting and difficult stuff, like writing qualit...
Price: $3.74 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2004
by Bonnie Biafore
Providing comprehensive coverage of Visio's large feature set for technical and engineering professionals, the book begins with a quick introduction to the intuitive interface. This book quickly moves into the specialized stencils, shapes, and templates used in software and network design and documentation, engineering disciplines, and project management. Features strong coverage of Visio's tight ...
Price: $6.48 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2004
Expert One-on-One J2EE Development without EJB
by Rod Johnson
In this hands-on guide, Ill show you alternatives to EJB that can be used to create higher quality applications faster and at lower cost. Ill demonstrate how to leverage practical techniques and tools, including the popular open source Spring Framework and Hibernate. Ill guide you through productive solutions to core problems such as transaction management, persistence, remoting, and web tier design. ...
Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2004
Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies
by Keith Underdahl
Adobe Premiere Elements offers amateur and home moviemakers the opportunity to work with editing tools as powerful as those packed into Adobe Premiere Pro, one of the top tools on the market. Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies offers these same users not only a guide through all the how-to steps of using the software, but also a valuable reference on how to best apply the tools to a great video project.Cov...
Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2004