Selasa, 01 Oktober 2013

Wow! eBook: Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook - 5 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook - 5 new eBooks

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Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 08:08 AM PDT

Book Description

Since their introduction to Unity, Shaders have been notoriously difficult to understand and implement in games: complex mathematics have always stood in the way of creating your own Shaders and attaining that level of realism you crave. Transform your game into a highly polished, refined product with Unity's post-processing effects.

“Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook” is the first of its kind to bring you the secrets of creating Shaders for Unity3D – guiding you through the process of understanding vectors, how lighting is constructed with them, and also how textures are used to create complex effects without the heavy math.

Starting with essential lighting and finishing up by creating stunning Screen Effects alike those in high quality 3D and mobile games. Discover techniques including Normal mapping, Image based lighting, and how to animate your models inside of a Shader. Explore the secrets behind some of the most powerful Shaders including skin and hair! With “Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook” what seems like a dark art today will be second nature by tomorrow.

What you will learn from this book

  • Use textures to create complex lighting without the need for complex and performance-heavy lighting rigs
  • Master the art of using math to construct shiny objects as well as soft objects
  • See what it takes to create more complex surfaces like skin and cloth
  • Take a look at why a Shader is expensive and what works well for mobile platforms as opposed to PC platforms
  • Enter the world of creating post effects and make your game look visually stunning
  • Understand what goes into the structure of Shaders and why lighting works the way it does
  • Build your Shader knowledge by understanding how Diffuse and Specular work and understand how to use them in creative ways

Approach
Unity Effects and Shader Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, teaching you to create stunning Shaders and effects through step-by-step, illustrated examples.

Who this book is for
Unity Effects and Shader Cookbook is written for developers wanting to create your first Shaders in Unity3D, or who wish to take their game to a whole new level with effects. No previous Shader writing experience is necessary to use this book, though a solid understanding of Unity is required.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 268 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849695083
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849695084
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Java Persistence with MyBatis 3

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Book Description

Storing and retrieving data to and from relational databases is a very common requirement, and is a crucial part of many applications. Even though Java provides a JDBC API for database access, it is not very effective and involves writing the boilerplate code again and again. Getting data out of a database, populating into Java objects, and persisting data from Java objects into a database using JDBC involves a lot of repetitive coding and is a very tedious process. MyBatis takes the simplest approach of leveraging the existing knowledge and power of Java and SQL yet provides powerful features to make data persistence implementation easy.

Java Persistence with MyBatis 3 is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises, which will help you to understand how MyBatis works and how to use it for your real application needs. With MyBatis, you will learn how to use the MyBatis framework effectively through simple instructions.

Java Persistence with MyBatis 3 will highlight the cumbersome process of data persistence using plain JDBC and will also show you how easy it is to implement the same using MyBatis. You will also take a deeper look into the implementation of MyBatis with XML and Annotation-based Mappers, and finally learn how to integrate MyBatis with a Spring framework.

You will learn how to map Complex SQL query results to Java beans using XML and Annotation-based Mappers, including One-To-Many and Many-To-Many relationships. You will also learn how to use TypeAliases and Custom Type Handlers, and build dynamic queries using XML and SqlProvider annotations. It progresses to detailed instructions on integrating MyBatis with Spring and leveraging Spring's Annotation-based transaction handling mechanism, which further simplifies the usage of MyBatis.With Java Persistence with MyBatis 3, you will learn how to use the MyBatis framework effectively through simple instructions.

What you will learn from this book

  • Simplify database persistence layer implementation
  • Install and configure MyBatis using XML and Java API
  • Map One-To-Many and Many-To-Many results using XML and Annotated Mappers
  • Use TypeAliases and Custom Type Handlers
  • Handle pagination and custom SQL ResultSet processing
  • Build Dynamic Queries using XML and SqlProvider annotations
  • Use Spring's Annotation-based Transaction Handling with MyBatis

Approach
This book will have a practical approach, thus making it easy for the readers to understand and learn with step-by-step instructions.

Who this book is written for
This book is for Java developers who would like to learn all about the MyBatis framework and are looking for a practical guide to get started. The prerequisites required for this book are basic Java and SQL skills. No prior knowledge of MyBatis is expected.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 132 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782166807
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782166801
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Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 08:02 AM PDT

Book Description

Virtualization is the present and the future of the technological world and to keep up with the latest trends is critical for all of us. With cloud technology gaining popularity day by day it is important to get familiar with the basics and move quickly to a practical implementation. Citrix is one of the leading virtualization and cloud technology vendors and the number one choice of experts around the globe.

Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter is a practical, hands-on guide which will walk you through a series of steps from the initial installation of Citrix XenServer to more advanced topics and enables you to readily build your own virtual environments.

Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter starts with the background knowledge related to XenServer and quickly moves on to your very first installation of Citrix XenServer. From there we move on to the creation of virtual machines and browse through various concepts related to virtual machine management, helping you get to grips with the virtual machine administrator role.

You will get a complete, practical, and hands-on experience along with the required knowledge of all the core components involved in deploying and maintaining a virtualization environment.

What you will learn from this book

  • How to install Citrix XenServer
  • Discover different XenServer licenses and their features
  • Create virtual machines and perform management operations like taking snapshots
  • Learn how to import and export virtual machines in different formats
  • Convert physical machines to virtual ones using XenConvert
  • Learn how different storage formats and storage repositories can be created easily
  • Get to know basic concepts related to networking, storage, and memory related to virtual machines

Approach
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you get started with the Citrix XenServer Virtualization technology with easy-to-follow instructions.

Who this book is for
Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter is for system administrators who have little to no information on virtualization and specifically Citrix XenServer Virtualization. If you’re managing a lot of physical servers and are tired of installing, deploying, updating, and managing physical machines on a daily basis over and over again, then you should probably explore your option of XenServer Virtualization. This book will be your best friend to make you a better systems engineer.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 134 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849689822
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849689823
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Oracle Business Intelligence 11g R1 Cookbook

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

Book Description

Extracting meaningful and valuable business information from transactional databases is crucial for any organization. OBIEE 11g is a reporting tool that satisfies all the business requirements regarding complex reporting. It consists of a powerful back-end engine with a repository and a highly customizable graphical web interface.

Oracle Business Intelligence 11g R1 Cookbook provides all the key concepts of the product including the architecture of the BI Server. This practical guide shows each and every step of creating analytical reports starting from building a well-designed repository. You will learn how to create analytical reports that will support different business perspectives.

This practical guide covers how to implement OBIEE 11g suite in order to enable BI developers to create sophisticated web based reports. All of tasks will be covered step by step in detail.

You will explore the architecture of the Oracle Business Intelligence Server and learn how to build the repository (RPD). We will also discuss how to implement the business rules in the repository with real-life scenarios.

Best practices of a successful BI implementation are esssential for any BI developer so they are also covered in depth.If you are planning to implement OBIEE 11g suite, this step-by-step guide is a must have resource.All the key tasks are defined in detail and supported with diagrams and screenshots.

What you will learn from this book

  • Understand the architecture of the Oracle BI Server
  • Explore the three layers of the repository and learn how to implement complex business rules
  • Build a secure, well-designed repository for the BI Server
  • Work with multidimensional sources to improve the performance of the analyses
  • Create the simple analyses and use advanced features of the analyses
  • Measure the productivity by implementing Key Performance Indicators
  • Customize dashboards to support your business requirements
  • Build a BI solution based on the best practices

Approach
Providing simple solutions, useful techniques and best practices to ensure that your business is intelligent as it can possibly be, this book is a must buy for anyone that works with Oracle BI

Who this book is for
If you are a business analyst, BI administrator or developer working with Oracle Business Intelligence 11g R1 then this book is exactly what you have been looking for. Hands on practical examples, real world solutions and best practices make this book an essential guide for Oracle BI. Clear a space on your desk as you won’t want this handy reference to be too far away.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 364 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849686009
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849686006
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Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administration Cookbook

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 07:56 AM PDT

Book Description

Oracle WebLogic Server is the core application server product of the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.

It is the premier application server for enterprise applications and has now been updated to 12C.

If your company or client uses Oracle technology then you must know how to administer the Oracle WebLogic Server

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administration Cookbook guides you through 70 recipes covering from the basics of WebLogic 12c installation, and passing through JDBC, JMS, cluster configuration and tuning. The book covers the day-by-day tasks of a WebLogic Administrator, enhanced with a lot of tips to build a WebLogic production environment focused on stability, high availability and performance.

The best place to start with any book is at the beginning so the first thing that is covered is the basics. This quick refresher should get you back up to speed with WebLogic server and get you in the right frame of mind to get stuck into the more complex techniques.

Each chapter then covers a specific topic with complex solutions simplified and explained. This is not only a book that guides you through complex techniques but also ensure you have a solid understanding of the theory behind the techniques.

We dive into high availability clusters, configuring JMS and JDBC, and then moving on to more general WebLogic Server aspects. Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune the performance of your WebLogic server with time tested solutions.

If you want to take your WebLogic server to the next level of performance and security or simply just want to be more in control this book is full of solutions that will allow you to achieve that aim.

What you will learn from this book

  • Install, create and configure WebLogic Server
  • Configure an Administration Server with high availability
  • Create and configure JDBC data sources, multi data sources and gridlink data sources
  • Tune the multi data source to survive database failures
  • Setup JMS distributed queues
  • Use WLDF to send threshold notifications
  • Configure WebLogic Server for stability and resilience

Approach
Using real life problems and simple solutions this book will make any issue seem small. WebLogic Server books can be a bit dry but Dalton keeps the tone light and ensures no matter how complex the problem you always feel like you have someone right there with you helping you along.

Who this book is for
This book is ideal for those who know the basics of WebLogic but want to dive deeper and get to grips with more advanced topics. So if you are a datacenter operator, system administrator or even a Java developer this book could be exactly what you are looking for to take you one step further with Oracle WebLogic Server.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 284 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (June 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 184968684X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849686846
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