| Pro .NET Best Practices Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST 
Book Description Pro .NET Best Practices is a practical reference to the best practices that you can apply to your .NET projects today. You will learn standards, techniques, and conventions that are sharply focused, realistic and helpful for achieving results, steering clear of unproven, idealistic, and impractical recommendations. Pro .NET Best Practices covers a broad range of practices and principles that development experts agree are the right ways to develop software, which includes continuous integration, automated testing, automated deployment, and code analysis. Whether the solution is from a free and open source or a commercial offering, you will learn how to get a continuous integration server running and executing builds every time code changes. You will write clearer and more maintainable automated testing code that focuses on prevention and helping your .NET project succeed. By learning and following the .NET best practices in this book, you will avoid making the same mistakes once. With this book at your side, you’ll get: - Real-world, no-nonsense approaches to continuous integration, automated testing, automated deployment, and code analysis
- Tips and tricks you’ll need to clear hurdles that keep others from putting these common sense ideas into common practice
- Guidance from the minimal, essential approach all the way to what’s necessary to deliver at the highest levels of quality and effectiveness
Benefit immediately, even before finishing it, from the knowledge, workable advice, and experience found in Pro .NET Best Practices. What you'll learn - How to set up a continuous integration server that executes builds every time code changes
- How to create automated tests that are easier to write, easier to maintain, and focused on making sure the code-under-test works the way it's intended to work
- How to write a common automated deployment script that deploys to all target environments
- How to perform meaningful code analysis that gives the kind of information you can take action upon
- Why some best practices, which were once fresh, are now stale; avoid this trap by following best practices grounded in correct principles that endure
- How to gain support for following best practices from all project stakeholders by recognizing and overcoming biases, highlighting gaps, and demonstrating value
Who this book is for
Pro .NET Best Practices is for the .NET developer who is ready to learn realistic, practicable, and truly helpful best practices. It’s for the .NET developer who wants to take the initiative and get started following best practices today, quickly producing results. It’s for .NET developers who want to stay away from practices that only have theoretical benefits and move toward ones with real value, especially within a skeptical project environment. It’s for the technical lead who has seen best practices get started only to fall out of practice, and wants to understand what goes wrong and how to implement suitable best practices likely to be followed by project teams. Table of Contents - Ruthlessly Helpful
- .NET Practice Areas
- Achieving Desired Results
- Quantifying Value
- Strategy
- .NET Rules and Regulations
- Powerful C# Constructs
- Automated Testing
- Build Automation
- Continuous Integration
- Code Analysis
- Test Frameworks
- Aversions and Biases
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Scorecard Book Details - Paperback: 372 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430240237
- ISBN-13: 978-1430240235
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:59 AM PST 
Book Description Congratulations! You're on Mars Base Alpha, the first human outpost on the red planet. Don't relax, though. It's not all roses and unicorns up here. Mars isn't called “The Bringer of War” for nothing! You've just been rained on by a meteor shower and it's up to you—you!—to put your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics skills to work to save the day, and the base! And that's only the beginning of the challenges that lie ahead. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is a book of challenge. It's about challenging yourself to design and build robots to solve problems, tough problems. Taking a similar approach to best-selling LEGO author James Kelly's other books, this book presents a series of four challenges in the setting of mankind's first-ever manned base on the planet Mars. Each challenge begins with a backstory to set the scene. You're given instructions for constructing a playing field, including devices that your eventual robot must manipulate. Your job is to build a robot that will execute the challenge and garner you the most points. The book requires the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Education Resource Set. Scoring sheets are included that allow for the book's use in educational and group settings. Teachers can base lesson plans around the different concepts taught in each challenge. Groups and clubs can choose to run mini-competitions in which teams or individuals compete against each other in a race to save the base. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is an excellent choice for an individual, a group, or a teacher wishing to learn about and have more fun with LEGO's best-selling robotics platform. What you'll learn - How to build and test robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
- How to develop problem-solving techniques as you set up and conquer the challenges in the book
- How to organize and host a challenge at your school or between friends
- About challenges we might face as humans move beyond Earth
- To work as a team to brainstorm solutions to tough problems
- To grow in your ability to make decisions when faced with multiple solutions
Who this book is for
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is written for individuals, clubs, and teachers who want to have fun with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT while learning more about robotics and problem-solving. The book is an excellent choice for individuals who own the kit and are slightly bored with it. The Mars Base storyline and ensuing challenges cure that boredom. Teachers and club leaders will appreciate the book for its problem-solving and teamwork applications. Table of Contents - Plan B
- The Power Interrupt Device
- The Power Redirect
- The Solar Collector
- Synopsys and Rules: Plan B Challenge
- Storm Front
- The Lander Mark VII: Part I
- The Lander Mark VII: Part II
- Synopsys and Rules: Storm Front Challenge
- Internal Medicine
- Commander Evan’s Hand: Part I
- Commander Evan’s Hand: Part II
Book Details - Paperback: 364 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430238046
- ISBN-13: 978-1430238041
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| Arduino Projects to Save the World Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:57 AM PST 
Book Description Arduino Projects to Save the World shows that it takes little more than a few tools, a few wires and sensors, an Arduino board, and a bit of gumption to build devices that lower energy bills, help you grow our own food, monitor pollution in the air and in the ground, even warn you about earth tremors. Arduino Projects to Save the World introduces the types of sensors needed to collect environmental data—from temperature sensors to motion sensors. You’ll see projects that deal with energy sources—from building your own power strip to running your Arduino board on solar panels so you can actually proceed to build systems that help, for example, to lower your energy bills. Once you have some data, it’s time to put it to good use by publishing it online as you collect it; this book shows you how. The core of this book deals with the Arduino projects themselves: - Account for heat loss using a heat loss temperature sensor array that sends probes into every corner of your house for maximum measurement.
- Monitor local seismic activity with your own seismic monitor.
- Keep your Arduino devices alive in the field with a solar powered device that uses a smart, power-saving design.
- Monitor your data and devices with a wireless radio device; place your sensors where you like without worrying about wires.
- Keep an eye on your power consumption with a sophisticated power monitor that records its data wherever you like.
Arduino Projects to Save the World teaches the aspiring green systems expert to build environmentally-sound, home-based Arduino devices. Saving the world, one Arduino at a time. What you'll learn - Help the environment by using Arduino
- Install and use environmental sensors
- Use low-energy or solar energy sources for your Arduino board to avoid loading conventional energy grids
- Build an Arduino-based seismic monitor to protect your home
- Measure energy flows inside your home using temperature sensor arrays
- Pull together your environmental data in an energy consumption monitor
Who this book is for - Programmers excited by Arduino
- Arduino users looking for green projects
- Embedded systems engineers interested in Arduino
Table of Contents - Saving the World: One Sensor at a Time
- Spider Temps: A Temperature Measurement Tool with Six Legs
- Jungle Power: Keeping an Arduino Alive on Solar, Batteries, and Super Capacitors
- Tele-sensation: Wireless Communication for Long-Distance Measurement
- Contributing to the Hive Mind: Submitting Your Data to Pachube
- The Mass Effect: Measuring Traffic and Earthquakes with This Seismometer
- The Tempest Probe: A Weather Station Need Not Be Stationary
- Radiation: McGeiger has your back
- Meter Beater: Manage Your Electrical Energy Usage with this Current Monitor and Switch
Book Details - Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 143023623X
- ISBN-13: 978-1430236238
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| Pro iOS Web Design and Development Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:57 AM PST 
Book Description With Pro iOS Web Design and Development, you'll design websites and develop web applications for iPhone and iPad using web standards deployed with Apple’s Safari browser. Utilizing the very latest web and mobile technologies and releases, this book shows every web professional how to use HTML5 to do the heavy lifting, CSS3 to create the look and feel, and JavaScript to add program logic to their mobile sites and Web applications. In addition, you'll learn how to address the specific features made available through Apple’s iOS, especially with regard to designing Web-based touch-screen interfaces. Pro iOS Web Design and Development will help you deliver rich mobile user experiences without compromise by optimizing your sites for WebKit and Safari, the de facto standard for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. What you'll learn - Design an optimal website for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Use web standards to develop professional sites on Apple's key platforms and see why this is important for Web developers and designers.
- Take advantage of Apple's multi-touch screen technology in your Web apps, maximizing user experience and accessibility.
- Carry out usability testing for mobile websites and Web apps.
- Define an agile project flow optimized for mobile development.
- Use a cognitive approach to UI design using the laws of perception, color psychology theory, and the concepts behind positive and negative space.
Who this book is for
Web designers who are interested in mobile Web design and/or mobile Web development; desktop developers who are interested in mobile Web application development; or any Web professional who wants to learn how to design and develop for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Table of Contents - Think Touch Mobile
- Design Touch Mobile
- Develop Touch Mobile
- User Interface Design for Mobile Touch Devices
- iPhone UI Design: Think Simple
- iPad UI Design: Think Inverted
- Web Standards for WebKit—Maximizing MobileSafari
- Creating WebApps—Mobile Application Development
- Working in Apple’s Native Mobile Environments
- Optimizing WebApps
- Testing iPhone and iPad WebApps
- Maximizing the Market for WebApps
- Looking Beyond the Mobile Web to Ubiquitous Computing
Book Details - Paperback: 484 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430232463
- ISBN-13: 978-1430232469
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| iPhone 4S Made Simple Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:57 AM PST 
Book Description Congratulations—you've purchased the new iPhone 4S, the coolest smartphone on the market. Now it's time to learn how to take advantage of the new iOS 5 and all its features, apps, and secret techniques available. To accomplish this, look no further than iPhone 4S Made Simple. More than 1,000 screen visuals and clear-cut instructions guide you through both basic and advanced features of the iPhone 4S, from email and calendar tips to navigating the App Store and understanding Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks. Written by two successful smartphone trainers and authors, this is the go-to guide for the latest and greatest version of the iPhone. This book should also help those who use the popular iPhone 4 or earlier iPhones, that are now running or can run the new iOS 5 operating system as well. What you'll learn - Use copy/paste, spotlight search, and voice memos
- Support for both Windows and Mac users
- Use music, videos, photos and voice notes
- Detailed iTunes instructions
- Sync playlists, videos, contacts, calendar, and notes
- Fast email, phone, calendar, and browser tips
- Create your own ringtones and wallpapers
- Use Google Maps to find just about anything!
- Navigate the App Store for games, productivity apps, and more
- Understand Bluetooth and Wi-Fi network setup & security
- Install and remove software icons
- Use you phone internationally and save money when traveling overseas
- Save your battery life by understanding the network settings
- All the best tips and tricks for the touch screen
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who has or is considering an iPhone, whether it’s the new iPhone 4S or earlier iPhone running the new iOS 5. Table of Contents - Getting Started
- Typing Tips, Copy/Paste and Search
- Sync Your iPhone with iTunes
- Other Sync Methods
- Wi-Fi and 3/4G Connectivity
- Bluetooth on the iPhone 5
- Organize Your iPhone: Icons and Folders
- Multitasking and Voice Control
- Personalize and Secure Your iPhone
- Using Your iPhone as a Phone
- SMS and MMS Messaging
- FaceTime Video Messaging and Skype
- Playing Music
- iBooks and E-Books
- New Media: Reading Newspapers, Magazines, and More
- Viewing Videos, TV Shows, and More
- Surfing the Web with Safari
- Email on Your iPhone
- Working with Contacts
- Your Calendar
- iPhone Photography
- Maps
- Eliminate Your Paper Notes
- Utilities: Clock, Calculator, Compass, and Weather
- iTunes on Your iPhone 5
- The Amazing App Store
- Games and Fun
- Social Networking
- Troubleshooting
- Your iTunes User Guide
Book Details - Paperback: 632 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 143023587X
- ISBN-13: 978-1430235873
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