Minggu, 16 Maret 2014

Wow! eBook: Linux Utilities Cookbook - 6 new eBooks


Wow! eBook: Linux Utilities Cookbook - 6 new eBooks

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Linux Utilities Cookbook

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Book Description

Linux is a stable, reliable and extremely powerful operating system. It has been around for many years, however, most people still don’t know what it can do and the ways it is superior to other operating systems. Many people want to get started with Linux for greater control and security, but getting started can be time consuming and complicated.

A practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step examples to help you solve many of the questions that crop up when using an operating system you may not be familiar with.

Presenting solutions to the most common Linux problems in a clear and concise way, this helpful guide starts with spicing up the terminal sessions by command retrieval and line editing, and shell prompt variables. We will then get to know the different desktops (GUIs) available for Linux systems and which is the best fit for you. We will then explore the world of managing files and directories, connectivity, and what to do when it goes wrong. We will also learn a range of skills, from creating and managing user accounts to securing your system, managing and limiting processes, and letting information flow from one process to another using pipes. Later, we will master disk management, working with scripts and automating tasks quickly, and finally, understand the need for a custom kernel and tips on how to build one.

Based on the author’s extensive experience, there is a section on best practices that every Linux user should be familiar with.

What you will learn from this book

  • Configure the network and using the Internet on your Linux Desktop
  • Learn about permissions, access, and security
  • Understand processes under Linux
  • Work with disks and partitions
  • Write shell scripts
  • Automate tasks with crontab
  • Learn how to build a custom kernel

Approach
A Cookbook-style guide packed with examples and illustrations, it offers organized learning through recipes and step-by-step instructions. The book is designed so that you can pick exactly what you need, when you need it.

Who this book is written for
Written for anyone that would like to familiarize themselves with Linux. This book is perfect migrating from Windows to Linux and will save your time and money, learn exactly how to and where to begin working with Linux and troubleshooting in easy steps.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 178216300X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782163008
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Zend Framework 2 Application Development

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 09:58 AM PDT

Book Description

Zend Framework 2 has a flexible architecture that lets us build modern web applications and web services easily. It also provides an easy-to-use, high quality component library that is designed to be used the way you want.

It’s easy to get started and produce a powerful and professional looking website with Zend Framework 2 Application Development. Exploring real life applications, we will explore the Zend Framework 2 components, as well as throwing some light on best practices and design concerns faced when building complex MVC applications.

Zend Framework 2 Application Development is a hands-on guide to building your application.

We will explore the components of this new version of the framework and discover how to use each component, the options available, and how to get the most from each component. Whilst learning everything you need to know, we'll even create our own social network.

We will also learn to engineer an application using an API-centric approach, broadly used today to build applications that work seamlessly on desktops, mobiles and tablets. We will learn how to filter and validate data, interact with databases to retrieve and store data, handle and manipulate file uploads, interact with other websites, deal with spam, and also protect your APIs using OAuth authentication whilst allowing people from all over the world to interact with your application.

Zend Framework 2 Application Development is your guide to everything you need to know to build applications of any size for big and small companies alike, whilst using the right components for the job.

What you will learn from this book

  • Get to grips with the features of Zend Framework 2's MVC architecture
  • Filter and validate data no matter what the content is
  • Handle and manage file uploads
  • Gather content from other websites
  • Fight spam with services such as Akismet
  • Pull content from RSS feeds
  • Quickly build forms such as login, register, and so on.
  • Protect your API layer by using authentication protocols such as OAuth
  • Manage database operations
  • Build web services using the latest controller types

Approach
Every concept is put into practice with clear, step-by-step instructions and a hands-on approach. Forget about hundreds of pages full of theory; learn everything by example with Zend Framework 2 Application Development.

Who this book is written for
Written for PHP developers who want to get started with Zend Framework 2. Whether you are learning Zend framework from scratch or looking to sharpen up your skills from previous versions, Zend Framework 2 Application Development will help you to harness the power of Zend to produce better and more powerful applications. Basic knowledge of object-oriented design will be helpful.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 298 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1782162100
  • ISBN-13: 978-1782162100
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Apache Maven Dependency Management

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Book Description

Managing dependencies in a multi-module project is difficult. In a multi-module project, libraries need to share transitive relations with each other. Maven eliminates this need by reading the project files of dependencies to figure out their inter-relations and other related information. Gaining an understanding of project dependencies will allow you to fully utilize Maven and use it to your advantage.

Aiming to give you a clear understanding of Maven’s functionality, this book focuses on specific case studies that shed light on highly useful Maven features which are often disregarded. The content of this book will help you to replace homebrew processes with more automated solutions.

This practical guide focuses on the variety of problems and issues which occur during the conception and development phase, with the aim of making dependency management as effortless and painless as possible. Throughout the course of this book, you will learn how to migrate from non-Maven projects to Maven, learn Maven best practices, and how to simplify the management of multiple projects. The book emphasizes the importance of projects as well as identifying and fixing potential conflicts before they become issues. The later sections of the book introduce you to the methods that you can use to increase your team's productivity. This book is the perfect guide to help make you into a proud software craftsman.

What you will learn from this book

  • Learn how to use profiles, POM, parent POM, and modules
  • Increase build-speed and decrease archive size
  • Set, rationalize, and exclude transitive dependencies
  • Optimize your POM and its dependencies
  • Migrate projects to Maven including projects with exotic dependencies

Approach
An easy-to-follow, tutorial-based guide with chapters progressing from basic to advanced dependency management.

Who this book is written for
If you are working with Java or Java EE projects and you want to take advantage of Maven dependency management, then this book is ideal for you. This book is also particularly useful if you are a developer or an architect. You should be well versed with Maven and its basic functionalities if you wish to get the most out of this book.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 158 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1783283017
  • ISBN-13: 978-1783283019
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Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 09:44 AM PDT

Book Description

OpenCart is an online shopping tool which is free to use. It has become widely popular because of its support for custom extensions and module development. This book helps you understand how to use the features available in OpenCart using step-by-step instructions.

Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development gives you step-by-step explanations and illustrations on how to clone, customize, and develop modules and pages with OpenCart.

This book shows you how to create custom OpenCart modules and pages which are needed as per the requirements of the clients to manage custom data. It describes each and every code used to make a Hello World module, a feedback module, a tips module, an order total module, and a shipping and payment module.

The book covers installing, configuring, and uninstalling modules as well as how to clone them. It also discusses all the available Global Library methods of OpenCart as well as ways to handle the files and folders of a shipping and payment module. At the end of the book, you will learn how to make custom pages to manage data by creating a feedback module and how to create the order total using a tips module.

In Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development, you will learn everything you need to know to create custom OpenCart modules.

What you will learn from this book

  • Create custom modules using OpenCart
  • Learn how to clone OpenCart modules
  • Understand the Global Library methods used in OpenCart
  • Learn about the featured modules of OpenCart
  • Create order total modules using OpenCart
  • Install, configure, and uninstall modules

Approach
Written as a step-by-step guide, Getting Started with OpenCart Module Development will teach you all you need to know about OpenCart, from custom extensions to module development.

Who this book is written for
This book is for developers who want to develop OpenCart extensions and for those who want to learn more about the code workflow of OpenCart. Basic knowledge of OpenCart would be an added advantage.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1783280379
  • ISBN-13: 978-1783280377
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Rapid BeagleBoard Prototyping with MATLAB and Simulink

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 09:39 AM PDT

Book Description

As an open source embedded single-board computer with many standard interfaces, Beagleboard is ideal for building embedded audio/video systems to realize your practical ideas. The challenge is how to design and implement a good digital processing algorithm on Beagleboard quickly and easily without intensive low-level coding

Rapid BeagleBoard Prototyping with MATLAB and Simulink is a practical, hands-on guide providing you with a number of clear, step-by-step exercises which will help you take advantage of the power of Beagleboard and give you a good grounding in rapid prototyping techniques for your audio/video applications.

Rapid BeagleBoard Prototyping with MATLAB and Simulink looks at rapid prototyping and how to apply these techniques to your audio/video applications with Beagleboard quickly and painlessly without intensive manual low-level coding. It will take you through a number of clear, practical recipes that will help you to take advantage of both the Beagleboard hardware platform and Matlab/Simulink signal processing. We will also take a look at building S-function blocks that work as hardware drivers and interfaces for Matlab/Simulink. This gives you more freedom to explore the full range of advantages provided by Beagleboard.

By the end of this book, you will have a clear idea about Beagleboard and Matlab/Simulink rapid prototyping as well as how to develop voice recognition systems, motion detection systems with I/O access, and serial communication for your own applications such as a smart home.

What you will learn from this book

  • Understand rapid prototyping on a Windows host, including Matlab/Simulink code generation for Beagleboard
  • Set up a cross-development environment on Windows for Beagleboard
  • Access Beagleboard's GPIO pins and RS232 communication in Matlab and Simulink
  • Develop your own S-function block in Simulink to access Beagleboard's hardware devices
  • Create an audio player and equalizer in Simulink, including audio file reading
  • Adjust the parameters of your target system on-the-fly for the purpose of performance optimization
  • Penetrate into an infrared sensor in Matlab/Simulink for smart home applications
  • Build a video motion detection system for security applications

Approach
This book is a fast-paced guide with practical, hands-on recipes which will show you how to prototype Beagleboard-based audio/video applications using Matlab/Simlink and Sourcery Codebench on a Windows host.

Who this book is written for
Rapid BeagleBoard Prototyping with MATLAB and Simulink is great for students and academic researchers who have practical ideas and who want to build a proof-of-concept system on an embedded hardware platform quickly and efficiently. It is also useful for product design engineers who want to ratify their applications and reduce the time-to-market. It is assumed that you are familiar with Matlab/Simulink and have some basic knowledge of computer hardware. Experience in Linux is favoured but not necessary, as our software development is purely on a Windows host.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849696047
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849696043
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Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PDT

Book Description

Pro Tools HD is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. It is the leading audio software when it comes to professional audio work. Working effectively with audio and producing professional music with Pro Tools HD is not an easy task

Beginning with what the software is about, we will take you all the way through to the steps required to efficiently record your audio. You will discover how to improve the workflow of Pro Tools software and receive innovative tips to enable flawless editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television post-production.

Packed with concise and clear instructions on using An easy-to-follow guide for using Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows, this book starts with different possible hardware and software combinations to help you understand the strengths and limitations of each, before taking you through powerful editing and advanced mixing techniques

When it comes to choosing a ProTools HD system there are different technologies available and therefore, many ways to use the system optimally so, you will learn about some digital audio concepts for better software optimisation. You will then learn editing using Beat detective, as well as covering excellent workflow and routing concepts to take full advantage of ProTools mixing capabilities, integrating both hardware analogue units with your favorite plugins. Finally, you will see how you can export your project safer, faster and better.

This guide shows you the framework to enable you to take your usage of ProTools to the next level by explaining and discussing new and advanced features to achieve industry standard techniques.

What you will learn from this book

  • Choose and optimize a Pro Tools HD system
  • Implement and configure MIDI devices to improve your workflow
  • Learn editing techniques for drums and vocals to enhance and be more creative with recorded performances
  • Understand workflow and routing concepts to take full advantage of ProTools mixing capabilities
  • Experience import options as well as other ways to improve workflow across different sessions
  • Map plugins with a midi controller
  • Use external analogue hardware

Approach
An easy-to-follow guide for using An easy-to-follow guide for using Pro Tools HD: Advanced Techniques and Workflows effectively

Who this book is written for
This book is ideal for anyone who already uses ProTools and wants to learn more, or is new to Pro Tools HD and wants to use it effectively in their own audio workstations.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849698163
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849698160
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