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Going GAS
From VBA to Google Apps Script
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Whether you’re moving from Microsoft Office to Google Docs or simply want to learn how to automate Docs with Google Apps Script, this practical guide shows you by example how to work with each of the major Apps Script services.
Office still supports VBA, but it’s not likely to do so for...
Heroku: Up and Running
Effortless Application Deployment and Scaling
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Take full advantage of Heroku’s cloud-based hosting services. This guide takes you through the inner workings of this PaaS platform and delivers practical advice for architecting your application to work as efficiently as possible. You’ll learn best practices for improving speed and throughput,...
Concurrency in C# Cookbook
Asynchronous, Parallel, and Multithreaded Programming
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
If you're one of the many developers uncertain about concurrent and multithreaded development, this practical cookbook will change your mind. With more than 75 code-rich recipes, author Stephen Cleary demonstrates parallel processing and asynchronous programming techniques, using libraries and language...
Elastic Beanstalk
Simple Cloud Scaling for Java Developers
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
While it's always been possible to run Java applications on Amazon EC2, Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk makes the process easier—especially if you understand how it works beneath the surface. This concise, hands-on book not only walks you through Beanstalk for deploying and managing web applications...
Juniper SRX Series
A Comprehensive Guide to Security Services on the SRX Series
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
This complete field guide, authorized by Juniper Networks, is the perfect hands-on reference for deploying, configuring, and operating Juniper’s SRX Series networking device. Authors Brad Woodberg and Rob Cameron provide field-tested best practices for getting the most out of SRX deployments, based...
Database in Depth
Relational Theory for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
This book sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which is fundamental to all database-backed applications--and, consequently, most of the work that goes on in the computing world today. Database in Depth: The Relational Model for Practitioners goes beyond the hype and gets to the...
Getting Started with GEO, CouchDB, and Node.js
New Open Source Tools for Location Data
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Today's mobile devices have GPS and standard APIs to give you access to coordinates—but what can you do with that data? With this concise book, application developers learn how to work with location data quickly and easily, using Node.js, CouchDB, and other open source tools and libraries.
Node.js...
Drupal Development Tricks for Designers
A Designer Friendly Guide to Drush, Git, and Other Tools
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Take your Drupal skills even further with valuable tricks for making site building truly efficient. In this concise guide—the third in a series by award-winning designer Dani Nordin—you’ll learn how to set up your own development environment, quickly update your modules, and use version control...
Building Mobile Applications with Java
Using the Google Web Toolkit and PhoneGap
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Do you want to develop mobile apps with Java—and have them work on a variety of devices powered by iOS and Android? You’ve come to the right place.
This project-driven book shows you how to build portable apps with two amazing open source frameworks, Google Web Tools (GWT) and PhoneGap....
Understanding Computation
From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Finally, you can learn computation theory and programming language design in an engaging, practical way. Understanding Computation explains theoretical computer science in a context you’ll recognize, helping you appreciate why these ideas matter and how they can inform your day-to-day programming.
Rather...
Programming 3D Applications with HTML5 and WebGL
3D Animation and Visualization for Web Pages
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Create high-performance, visually stunning 3D applications for the Web, using HTML5 and related technologies such as CSS3 and WebGL—the emerging web graphics standard. With this book, you’ll learn how to use the tools, frameworks, and libraries for building 3D models and animations, mind-blowing...
Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Fast-paced and easy to use, this new book teaches you the basics of Excel 2007 so you can start using the program right away. This concise guide shows readers how to work with Excel's most useful features and its completely redesigned interface. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions,...
by Matthew MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Today's Web pages need to pop. Even weekend webmasters can make their site shimmy using JavaScript, a simple yet powerful programming language. This clear, jargon-free book shows you, with step by step instructions, how to add free JavaScript programs to give you menus that expand when a visitor clicks...
Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. For anyone who wants to create an engaging web site--for either personal or business purposes--Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing...