by Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan
Since the growth of social media, human communication has become much more visual. This book presents a scholarly analysis of the images people post on a regular basis to Facebook. By including hundreds of examples, readers can see for themselves the differences between postings from a village north of London, and those from a small town ...
Free ebook | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2017
by David Crookes, Andrew Gillett, Liz Upton, Eben Upton, Sean M. Tracey, Dan Malone, Allister Brimble
This stunning 224-page hardback book not only tells the stories of some of the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, but shows you how to create your own games inspired by them using Python and Pygame Zero, following examples programmed by Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton.In the first of two volumes, we remake five classic video game...
Price: $17.07 | Free ebook | Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2019
by Lasse Koskela
In test-driven development, you first write an executable test of what your application code must do. Only then do you write the code itself and, with the test spurring you on, improve your design. In acceptance test-driven development (ATDD), you use the same technique to implement product features, benefiting from iterative development,...
Price: $33.70 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2007
Programming Ruby 1.9, 3rd Edition 
by Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, Andy Hunt
Ruby is the fastest growing and most exciting dynamic language out there. If you need to get working programs delivered fast, you should add Ruby to your toolbox.This book is the only complete reference for Ruby 1.9, the very latest version of Ruby. (If you are still using Ruby 1.8, you'll want to check out the original PickAxe.)...
Price: $4.16 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2009
by Keir Thomas
Ubuntu's rise to power has been rapid, historic and well-deserved. It's the best Linux distribution ever, but most people only use a fraction of its power. Award-winning Linux author Keir Thomas gets down and dirty with Ubuntu to provide over 300 concise tips that enhance productivity, avoid annoyances, and simply get the most f...
Price: $4.42 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2008
Enterprise Recipes with Ruby and Rails 
by Maik Schmidt
Every web site project is really an enterprise integration project in disguise. Ruby on Rails makes it easier than ever to create complex and good-looking web sites, but there's plenty of life beyond the rails. The 50+ recipes in this book not only show you how to integrate lurking legacy material using Ruby and Ruby on Rails, but al...
Price: $3.74 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2009
by Chris Pine
For this new edition of the best-selling Learn to Program, Chris Pine has taken a good thing and made it even better. First, he used the feedback from hundreds of reader e-mails to update the content and make it even clearer. Second, he updated the examples in the book to use the latest stable version of Ruby, and also to use code that lo...
Price: $5.55 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2009
Test Driven Development for Embedded C
by James W. Grenning
Still chasing bugs and watching your code deteriorate? Think TDD is only for desktop or web apps? It's not: TDD is for you, the embedded C programmer. TDD helps you prevent defects and build software with a long useful life. This is the first book to teach the hows and whys of TDD for C programmers....
Price: $13.70 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2011
by Chad Fowler
Written for novice to intermediate Rails developers, Rails Recipes: Rails 3 Edition is packed with solutions to 70 of the most vexing problems you're likely to face on the job. From building custom forms and powering pages with JQuery to integrating with legacy databases, it's all here. Each recipe has been updated to reflect th...
Price: $3.49 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2012
New Programmer's Survival Manual
by Joshua Carter
Programming at industry level requires new skills - you'll build programs that dwarf anything you've done on your own. This book introduces you to practices for working on large-scale, long-lived programs at a professional level of quality. You'll find out how to work efficiently with your current tools, and discover essent...
Price: $8.23 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2012