O Reilly: 1860 books
Learning Virtual Reality
Developing Immersive Experiences and Applications for Desktop, Web, and Mobile
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
As virtual reality approaches mainstream consumer use, a vibrant development ecosystem has emerged in the past few years. This hands-on guide takes you through VR development essentials for desktop, mobile, and browser-based applications. You’ll explore the three go-to platforms—OculusVR, Gear...
Web Workers
Multithreaded Programs in JavaScript
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Web apps would run much better if heavy calculations could be performed in the background, rather than compete with the user interface. With this book, you’ll learn how to use Web Workers to run computationally intensive JavaScript code in a thread parallel to the UI. Yes, multi-threaded programing...
by Matthew MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
HTML5 is more than a markup language—it’s a collection of several independent web standards. Fortunately, this expanded guide covers everything you need in one convenient place. With step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples, HTML5: The Missing Manual shows you how to build web apps that...
PHP Hacks
Tips & Tools For Creating Dynamic Websites
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2005
Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in...
Active Directory Cookbook
Solutions for Administrators & Developers
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Take the guesswork out of deploying, administering, and automating Active Directory. With hundreds of proven recipes, the updated edition of this popular cookbook provides quick, step-by-step solutions to common (and not so common) problems you might encounter when working with Microsoft’s network...
by Joshua D. Drake, John C. Worsley
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2002
Arguably the most capable of all the open source databases, PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system first developed in 1977 by the University of California at Berkeley. In spite of its long history, this robust database suffers from a lack of easy-to-use documentation. Practical...
Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide
A Distributed Real-Time Search and Analytics Engine
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Whether you need full-text search or real-time analytics of structured data—or both—the Elasticsearch distributed search engine is an ideal way to put your data to work. This practical guide not only shows you how to search, analyze, and explore data with Elasticsearch, but also helps you deal...
Android Cookbook
Problems and Solutions for Android Developers
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Jump in and build working Android apps with the help of more than 200 tested recipes. With this cookbook, you’ll find solutions for working with the user interfaces, multitouch gestures, location awareness, web services, and device features such as the phone, camera, and accelerometer. You also...
Beautiful Code
Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
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...
SQL Tuning
Generating Optimal Execution Plans
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
A poorly performing database application not only costs users time, but also has an impact on other applications running on the same computer or the same network. SQL Tuning provides an essential next step for SQL developers and database administrators who want to extend their SQL tuning expertise...
Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python
A Test-Driven Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Gain the confidence you need to apply machine learning in your daily work. With this practical guide, author Matthew Kirk shows you how to integrate and test machine learning algorithms in your code, without the academic subtext.
Featuring graphs and highlighted code examples throughout, the...
Google: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Google.com is one of the most popular sites on the Internet and is used around the world by millions of people every day. Sure, you know how to "Google it" when you're searching for something--anything!--on the Web. It's plenty fast and easy to use. But did you know how much more you could...
Cloud Foundry: The Definitive Guide
Develop, Deploy, and Scale
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
How can Cloud Foundry help you develop and deploy business-critical applications and tasks with velocity? This practical guide demonstrates how this open source, cloud-native application platform not only significantly reduces the develop-to-deploy cycle time, but also raises the value line for application...
Learning from jQuery
Building on Core Skills
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
If you’re comfortable with jQuery but a bit shaky with JavaScript, this concise guide will help you expand your knowledge of the language—especially the code that jQuery covers up for you. Many jQuery devotees write as little code as possible, but with some JavaScript under your belt, you can...