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Wow! eBook: Windows Phone 8 Development Internals, Preview 2 - 7 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Windows Phone 8 Development Internals, Preview 2 - 7 new eBooks

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Windows Phone 8 Development Internals, Preview 2

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT

Book Description

Drill into Windows Phone 8 design and architecture—and learn best practices for building a variety of applications. Led by two senior members of the core Windows Phone Developer Platform team, you’ll learn the underlying technology that will help you build better apps. Each chapter focuses on a single Windows Phone building block or feature area and shows you how to apply it in your applications—offering you invaluable insights into the Windows Phone platform design and API surface.

Discover how to:

  • Master the Windows Phone application model
  • Employ built-in sensors to enhance usability and appeal
  • Use media services APIs for video streaming
  • Consume web services and connect to the cloud
  • Bring your application to the marketplace

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Vision and Architecture
Chapter 2. App Model and Navigation
Chapter 4. Data Binding and MVVM
Chapter 5. Phone and Media Services
Chapter 6. Sensors
Chapter 7. Web and Cloud
Chapter 10. Local Storage and Databases
Chapter 12. Tiles and Notifications
Chapter 13. Contacts and Calendar
Chapter 16. Location and Maps
Chapter 17. Speech

Book Details

  • Paperback: 800 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735676232
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735676237
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Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 03:42 AM PDT

Book Description

Prepare for Exam 70-410—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows Server 2012 core infrastructure services. Exam 70-410 is one of three required exams for the new MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification from Microsoft.

Organized by exam objectives, and featuring challenging, what-if scenarios, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical skills and knowledge needed to implement and configure Windows Server 2012 core services in an enterprise environment.

Validate your expertise on these exam objectives:

  • Install and Configure Servers
  • Configure Server Roles and Features
  • Configure Hyper-V
  • Deploy and Configure Core Network Services
  • Install and Administer Active Directory
  • Create and Manage Group Policy

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring Servers
Chapter 2. Configure Server Roles and Features
Chapter 3. Configure Hyper-V
Chapter 4. Deploying and Configuring Core Network Services
Chapter 5. Install and Administer Active Directory
Chapter 6. Create and Manage Group Policy

Book Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735673160
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735673168
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Learning iOS Programming, 3rd Edition

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Book Description

Get a rapid introduction to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll learn how to develop your first marketable iOS application, from opening Xcode to submitting your product to the App Store. Whether you're a developer new to Mac programming or an experienced Mac developer ready to tackle iOS, this is your book.

You'll learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing several sample iOS applications, giving you the basic skills for building your own applications independently. Packed with code samples, this book is refreshed and updated for iOS 6 and Xcode 4.

  • Discover the advantages of building native iOS apps
  • Get started with Objective-C and the Cocoa Touch frameworks
  • Dive deep into the table view classes for building user interfaces
  • Handle data input, parse XML and JSON documents, and store data on SQLite
  • Use iOS sensors, including the accelerometer, magnetometer, camera, and GPS
  • Build apps that use the Core Location and MapKit frameworks
  • Integrate Apple's iCloud service into your applications
  • Walk through the process of distributing your polished app to the App Store

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Why Go Native?
Chapter 2. Becoming a Developer
Chapter 3. Your First iOS App
Chapter 4. Coding in Objective-C
Chapter 5. Table View-Based Applications
Chapter 6. Other View Controllers
Chapter 7. Connecting to the Network
Chapter 8. Handling Data
Chapter 9. Using Sensors
Chapter 10. Geolocation and Mapping
Chapter 11. Introduction to iCloud
Chapter 12. Integrating Your Application
Chapter 13. Distributing Your Application
Chapter 14. Going Further

Book Details

  • Paperback: 430 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449303773
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449303778
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Web Audio API

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:52 AM PDT

Book Description

Go beyond HTML5's Audio tag and boost the audio capabilities of your web application with the Web Audio API. Packed with lots of code examples, crisp descriptions, and useful illustrations, this concise guide shows you how to use this JavaScript API to make the sounds and music of your games and interactive applications come alive.

You need little or no digital audio expertise to get started. Author Boris Smus introduces you to digital audio concepts, then shows you how the Web Audio API solves specific application audio problems. You'll not only learn how to synthesize and process digital audio, you'll also explore audio analysis and visualization with this API.

  • Learn Web Audio API, including audio graphs and the audio nodes
  • Provide quick feedback to user actions by scheduling sounds with the API's precise timing model
  • Control gain, volume, and loudness, and dive into clipping and crossfading
  • Understand pitch and frequency: use tools to manipulate soundforms directly with JavaScript
  • Generate synthetic sound effects and learn how to spatialize sound in 3D space
  • Use Web Audio API with the Audio tag, getUserMedia, and the Page Visibility API

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Fundamentals
Chapter 2. Perfect Timing and Latency
Chapter 3. Volume and Loudness
Chapter 4. Pitch and the Frequency Domain
Chapter 5. Analysis and Visualization
Chapter 6. Advanced Topics
Chapter 7. Integrating with Other Technologies
Chapter 8. Conclusion

Appendix A. Deprecation Notes
Appendix B. Glossary

Book Details

  • Paperback: 76 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (March 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449332684
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449332686
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MongoDB Applied Design Patterns

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:47 AM PDT

Book Description

Whether you're building a social media site or an internal-use enterprise application, this hands-on guide shows you the connection between MongoDB and the business problems it's designed to solve. You'll learn how to apply MongoDB design patterns to several challenging domains, such as ecommerce, content management, and online gaming. Using Python and JavaScript code examples, you'll discover how MongoDB lets you scale your data model while simplifying the development process.

Many businesses launch NoSQL databases without understanding the techniques for using their features most effectively. This book demonstrates the benefits of document embedding, polymorphic schemas, and other MongoDB patterns for tackling specific big data use cases, including:

  • Operational intelligence: Perform real-time analytics of business data
  • Ecommerce: Use MongoDB as a product catalog master or inventory management system
  • Content management: Learn methods for storing content nodes, binary assets, and discussions
  • Online advertising networks: Apply techniques for frequency capping ad impressions, and keyword targeting and bidding
  • Social networking: Learn how to store a complex social graph, modeled after Google+
  • Online gaming: Provide concurrent access to character and world data for a multiplayer role-playing game

Table of Contents
Part I: Design Patterns
Chapter 1. To Embed or Reference
Chapter 2. Polymorphic Schemas
Chapter 3. Mimicking Transactional Behavior

Part II: Use Cases
Chapter 4. Operational Intelligence
Chapter 5. Ecommerce
Chapter 6. Content Management Systems
Chapter 7. Online Advertising Networks
Chapter 8. Social Networking
Chapter 9. Online Gaming

Book Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (March 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449340040
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449340049
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Lean Analytics

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Book Description

Whether you're a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction.

This book shows you how to validate your initial idea, find the right customers, decide what to build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts, Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won, real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without.

  • Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindset
  • Look at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes
  • Find the One Metric That Matters to you
  • Learn how to draw a line in the sand, so you'll know it's time to move forward
  • Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products

Table of Contents
Part I: Stop Lying to Yourself
Chapter 1. We're All Liars
Chapter 2. How to Keep Score
Chapter 3. Deciding What to Do with Your Life
Chapter 4. Data-Driven Versus Data-Informed

Part II: Finding the Right Metric for Right Now
Chapter 5. Analytics Frameworks
Chapter 6. The Discipline of One Metric That Matters
Chapter 7. What Business Are You In?
Chapter 8. Model One: E-commerce
Chapter 9. Model Two: Software as a Service (SaaS)
Chapter 10. Model Three: Free Mobile App
Chapter 11. Model Four: Media Site
Chapter 12. Model Five: User-Generated Content
Chapter 13. Model Six: Two-Sided Marketplaces
Chapter 14. What Stage Are You At?
Chapter 15. Stage One: Empathy
Chapter 16. Stage Two: Stickiness
Chapter 17. Stage Three: Virality
Chapter 18. Stage Four: Revenue
Chapter 19. Stage Five: Scale
Chapter 20. Model + Stage Drives the Metric You Track

Part III: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 21. Am I Good Enough?
Chapter 22. E-commerce: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 23. SaaS: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 24. Free Mobile App: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 25. Media Site: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 26. User-Generated Content: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 27. Two-Sided Marketplaces: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 28. What to Do When You Don't Have a Baseline

Part IV: Putting Lean Analytics to Work
Chapter 29. Selling into Enterprise Markets
Chapter 30. Lean from Within: Intrapreneurs
Chapter 31. Conclusion: Beyond Startups

Book Details

  • Hardcover: 440 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (March 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449335675
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449335670
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The New Kingmakers

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Book Description

The New Kingmakers documents the rise of the developer class, and provides strategies for companies to adapt to the new technology landscape. From recruiting to retention, it provides a playbook to work more efficiently and effectively with the most important members of your organization.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The New Kingmakers
Chapter 3. How Did We Get Here
Chapter 4. The Evidence
Chapter 5. What To Do? 10 Recommendations
Chapter 6. Final Thoughts

About the Author
Stephen O'Grady is a co-founder of the developer-focused technology analyst firm, RedMonk. Regularly cited in publications such as the New York Times, BusinessWeek, and the Wall Street Journal, Stephen's work revolves around understanding developer needs and trends and working with businesses to help them work more effectively with the New Kingmakers. Although his birth certificate says New York City, Stephen is a Red Sox fan, born and raised. A graduate of Williams College, Stephen lives in Midcoast Maine with his wife.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 56 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (March 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449356346
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449356347
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