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JavaScript The Complete Reference 3rd Edition

by Thomas Powell, Fritz Schneider ...

This fully updated definitive JavaScript guide covers the latest features—including its uses in Ajax and HTML5-based Web applicationsJavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition is completely revised to cover the newest changes to JavaScript up to version 1.9, the latest browser-specific features for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, as well popular JavaScript frameworks like jQuery. ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

This fully updated definitive JavaScript guide covers the latest features—including its uses in Ajax and HTML5-based Web applicationsJavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition is completely revised to cover the newest changes to JavaScript up to version 1.9, the latest browser-specific features for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, as well popular JavaScript frameworks like jQuery.
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Head First Kotlin

A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Dawn Griffiths, David Griffiths ...

What will you learn from this book?Head First Kotlin is a complete introduction to coding in Kotlin. This hands-on book helps you learn the Kotlin language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and teaches you how to think like a great Kotlin developer. You’ll learn everything from language fundamentals to collections, generics, lambdas, and higher-order functions. Along ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

What will you learn from this book?Head First Kotlin is a complete introduction to coding in Kotlin. This hands-on book helps you learn the Kotlin language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and teaches you how to think like a great Kotlin developer. You’ll learn everything from language fundamentals to collections, generics, lambdas, and higher-order functions. Along
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Jython Essentials

Rapid Scripting in Java

by Samuele Pedroni, Noel Rappin ...

Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language written in 100% pure Java, so it runs under any compliant Java Virtual Machine. The secret to Jython's popularity lies in the combination of Java's librariesand tools with Python's rapid development capabilities. With Jython, you can write Python programs that integrate seamlessly with any Java code. And like Python, Jython can be used ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language written in 100% pure Java, so it runs under any compliant Java Virtual Machine. The secret to Jython's popularity lies in the combination of Java's librariesand tools with Python's rapid development capabilities. With Jython, you can write Python programs that integrate seamlessly with any Java code. And like Python, Jython can be used
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SQL in easy steps, 3rd edition

for Web Developers, Programmers and Students

by Mike McGrath ...

Series series In Easy Steps
SQL is THE standard language used world-wide for database communication on all popular database software. It allows the storage and manipulation of data both on Windows platforms and on Unix-based platforms, such as Linux.SQL in easy steps, 3rd edition has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to anyone who wants to begin using databases. It is aimed at those with little or no experience of SQL ... Read more

$20.53 CAD

SQL is THE standard language used world-wide for database communication on all popular database software. It allows the storage and manipulation of data both on Windows platforms and on Unix-based platforms, such as Linux.SQL in easy steps, 3rd edition has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to anyone who wants to begin using databases. It is aimed at those with little or no experience of SQL
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RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0

Designing and Developing Distributed Web Services

by Bill Burke ...

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java, using RESTful architectural principles and the JAX-RS 2.0 specification in Java EE 7. By focusing on implementation rather than theory, this hands-on reference demonstrates how easy it is to get started with services based on the REST architecture.With the book’s technical guide, you’ll learn how REST and JAX-RS work and when to use ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java, using RESTful architectural principles and the JAX-RS 2.0 specification in Java EE 7. By focusing on implementation rather than theory, this hands-on reference demonstrates how easy it is to get started with services based on the REST architecture.With the book’s technical guide, you’ll learn how REST and JAX-RS work and when to use
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Programming 8-bit PIC Microcontrollers in C

with Interactive Hardware Simulation

by Martin P. Bates ...

Microcontrollers are present in many new and existing electronic products, and the PIC microcontroller is a leading processor in the embedded applications market. Students and development engineers need to be able to design new products using microcontrollers, and this book explains from first principles how to use the universal development language C to create new PIC based systems, as well as ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Microcontrollers are present in many new and existing electronic products, and the PIC microcontroller is a leading processor in the embedded applications market. Students and development engineers need to be able to design new products using microcontrollers, and this book explains from first principles how to use the universal development language C to create new PIC based systems, as well as
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The Big Book of Small Python Projects

81 Easy Practice Programs

by Al Sweigart ...

Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.If you’ve mastered basic Python syntax and you’re ready to start writing programs, you’ll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting programs, and ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.If you’ve mastered basic Python syntax and you’re ready to start writing programs, you’ll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting programs, and
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Time Predictions

Understanding and Avoiding Unrealism in Project Planning and Everyday Life

by Torleif Halkjelsvik, Magne Jørgensen ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Predicting the time needed to complete a project, task or daily activity can be difficult and people frequently underestimate how long an activity will take. This book sheds light on why and when this happens, what we should do to avoid it and how to give more realistic time predictions. It describes methods for predicting time usage in ... Read more

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This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Predicting the time needed to complete a project, task or daily activity can be difficult and people frequently underestimate how long an activity will take. This book sheds light on why and when this happens, what we should do to avoid it and how to give more realistic time predictions. It describes methods for predicting time usage in
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How to Speak Tech

The Non-Techie’s Guide to Key Technology Concepts

by Vinay Trivedi ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Things you’ve done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it’s time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology.This revised second edition of How to ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Things you’ve done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it’s time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology.This revised second edition of How to
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BluePrint for Software Engineering

by Prakash Hegade ...

BluePrint walks towards design thinking. Design thinking is the next competitive advantage recently talked about. There are companies who specifically ask design thinking in their technical rounds. There are companies having dedicated courses on design thinking. Design thinking involves the phases: Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. The step-wise guided process directs one towards the ... Read more

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BluePrint walks towards design thinking. Design thinking is the next competitive advantage recently talked about. There are companies who specifically ask design thinking in their technical rounds. There are companies having dedicated courses on design thinking. Design thinking involves the phases: Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. The step-wise guided process directs one towards the
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Mastering OAuth 2.0

Create powerful applications to interact with popular service providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and more by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework

by Charles Bihis ...

Create powerful applications to interact with popular service providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and more by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 Authorization FrameworkKey Features\[\*\] Learn how to use the OAuth 2.0 protocol to interact with the world's most popular service providers, such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Slack, Box, and more\[\*\] Master the finer details of this complex protocol ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create powerful applications to interact with popular service providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and more by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 Authorization FrameworkKey Features\[\*\] Learn how to use the OAuth 2.0 protocol to interact with the world's most popular service providers, such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Slack, Box, and more\[\*\] Master the finer details of this complex protocol
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Getting Started With MicroPython Development for Raspberry Pi Pico

by Agus Kurniawan ...

This book is designed for anyone who learns how to get started with MicroPython development for Raspberry Pi Pico. The book covers Raspberry Pi Pico with Python. The following is a list of highlight topics:Preparing Development EnvironmentSetting Up MicroPythonGPIO ProgrammingPWM and Analog InputWorking with I2CWorking with UARTWorking with SPIWorking with Temperature and humidity (DHT Module)Buil ... Read more

$4.47 CAD

This book is designed for anyone who learns how to get started with MicroPython development for Raspberry Pi Pico. The book covers Raspberry Pi Pico with Python. The following is a list of highlight topics:Preparing Development EnvironmentSetting Up MicroPythonGPIO ProgrammingPWM and Analog InputWorking with I2CWorking with UARTWorking with SPIWorking with Temperature and humidity (DHT Module)Buil
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AI for Games, Third Edition

by Ian Millington ...

AI is an integral part of every video game. This book helps professionals keep up with the constantly evolving technological advances in the fast growing game industry and equips students with up-to-date information they need to jumpstart their careers. This revised and updated Third Edition includes new techniques, algorithms, data structures and representations needed to create powerful AI in ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

AI is an integral part of every video game. This book helps professionals keep up with the constantly evolving technological advances in the fast growing game industry and equips students with up-to-date information they need to jumpstart their careers. This revised and updated Third Edition includes new techniques, algorithms, data structures and representations needed to create powerful AI in
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Professional Visual Studio 2013

by Bruce Johnson ...

Comprehensive guide to Visual Studio 2013Visual Studio is your essential tool for Windows programming. Visual Studio 2013 features important updates to the user interface and to productivity. In Professional Visual Studio 2013, author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Microsoft Visual C# MVP Bruce Johnson brings three decades of industry experience to guide you through the update, and he doesn't ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

Comprehensive guide to Visual Studio 2013Visual Studio is your essential tool for Windows programming. Visual Studio 2013 features important updates to the user interface and to productivity. In Professional Visual Studio 2013, author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Microsoft Visual C# MVP Bruce Johnson brings three decades of industry experience to guide you through the update, and he doesn't
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Professional SharePoint 2013 Development

by Reza Alirezaei, Brendon Schwartz, Matt Ranlett, Scot Hillier, Brian Wilson, Jeff Fried, Paul Swider ...

Thorough coverage of development in SharePoint 2013A team of well-known Microsoft MVPs joins forces in this fully updated resource, providing you with in-depth coverage of development tools in the latest iteration of the immensely popular SharePoint. From building solutions to building custom workflow and content management applications, this book shares field-tested best practices on all aspect ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Thorough coverage of development in SharePoint 2013A team of well-known Microsoft MVPs joins forces in this fully updated resource, providing you with in-depth coverage of development tools in the latest iteration of the immensely popular SharePoint. From building solutions to building custom workflow and content management applications, this book shares field-tested best practices on all aspect
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CMake Cookbook

Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake

by Radovan Bast, Roberto Di Remigio ...

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building
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Data Mashups in R

A Case Study in Real-World Data Analysis

by Jeremy Leipzig, Xiao-Yi Li ...

How do you use R to import, manage, visualize, and analyze real-world data? With this short, hands-on tutorial, you learn how to collect online data, massage it into a reasonable form, and work with it using R facilities to interact with web servers, parse HTML and XML, and more. Rather than use canned sample data, you'll plot and analyze current home foreclosure auctions in Philadelphia.This ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

How do you use R to import, manage, visualize, and analyze real-world data? With this short, hands-on tutorial, you learn how to collect online data, massage it into a reasonable form, and work with it using R facilities to interact with web servers, parse HTML and XML, and more. Rather than use canned sample data, you'll plot and analyze current home foreclosure auctions in Philadelphia.This
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Developing Enterprise iOS Applications

iPhone and iPad Apps for Companies and Organizations

by James Turner ...

If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting—for internal consumption or for sale to end users—you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.With lots of examples and solid advice, you’ll learn how to use ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting—for internal consumption or for sale to end users—you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.With lots of examples and solid advice, you’ll learn how to use
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Trade Options with an Edge

by Russell Richards ...

Would you like to have success in trading options much like the success of a casino that consistently grinds out profits each day? Casinos are successful because they have a definite probability edge on every gambling opportunity that they offer. They rely on the law of large numbers to guarantee that their probability edge will produce profits. When trading options, you can also do this if you ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Would you like to have success in trading options much like the success of a casino that consistently grinds out profits each day? Casinos are successful because they have a definite probability edge on every gambling opportunity that they offer. They rely on the law of large numbers to guarantee that their probability edge will produce profits. When trading options, you can also do this if you
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Clean Craftsmanship

Disciplines, Standards, and Ethics

by Robert C. Martin ...

How to Write Code You're Proud of . . . Every Single Day". . . [A] timely and humble reminder of the ever-increasing complexity of our programmatic world and how we owe it to the legacy of humankind--and to ourselves--to practice ethical development. Take your time reading Clean Craftsmanship. . . . Keep this book on your go-to bookshelf. Let this book be your old friend--your Uncle Bob, your ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

How to Write Code You're Proud of . . . Every Single Day". . . [A] timely and humble reminder of the ever-increasing complexity of our programmatic world and how we owe it to the legacy of humankind--and to ourselves--to practice ethical development. Take your time reading Clean Craftsmanship. . . . Keep this book on your go-to bookshelf. Let this book be your old friend--your Uncle Bob, your
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The Agile Samurai

How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software

by Jonathan Rasmusson ...

Printed in full color.Faced with a software project of epic proportions? Tired of over-committing and under-delivering? Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. Combining cutting-edge tools with classic agile practices, The Agile Samurai gives you everything you need to deliver something of ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Printed in full color.Faced with a software project of epic proportions? Tired of over-committing and under-delivering? Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. Combining cutting-edge tools with classic agile practices, The Agile Samurai gives you everything you need to deliver something of
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Python in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Alex Martelli, Anna Martelli Ravenscroft, Steve Holden, Paul McGuire ...

Python was recently ranked as today's most popular programming language on the TIOBE index, thanks to its broad applicability to design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance. With this updated fourth edition, you'll learn how to get the most out of Python, whether you're a professional programmer or someone who needs this language to solve problems in a particular field.Carefully ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

Python was recently ranked as today's most popular programming language on the TIOBE index, thanks to its broad applicability to design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance. With this updated fourth edition, you'll learn how to get the most out of Python, whether you're a professional programmer or someone who needs this language to solve problems in a particular field.Carefully
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Writing Excel Macros with VBA

Learning to Program the Excel Object Model Using VBA

by Steven Roman, PhD ...

Newly updated for Excel 2002, Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd Edition provides Excel power-users, as well as programmers who are unfamiliar with the Excel object model, with a solid introduction to writing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros and programs for Excel. In particular, the book focuses on:The Visual Basic Editor and the Excel VBA programming environment. Excel features a ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Newly updated for Excel 2002, Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd Edition provides Excel power-users, as well as programmers who are unfamiliar with the Excel object model, with a solid introduction to writing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros and programs for Excel. In particular, the book focuses on:The Visual Basic Editor and the Excel VBA programming environment. Excel features a
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XML Hacks

100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

by Michael Fitzgerald ...

Developers and system administrators alike are uncovering the true power of XML, the Extensible Markup Language that enables data to be sent over the Internet from one computer platform to another or one application to another and retain its original format. Flexible enough to be customized for applications as diverse as web sites, electronic data interchange, voice mail systems, wireless devices, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Developers and system administrators alike are uncovering the true power of XML, the Extensible Markup Language that enables data to be sent over the Internet from one computer platform to another or one application to another and retain its original format. Flexible enough to be customized for applications as diverse as web sites, electronic data interchange, voice mail systems, wireless devices,
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