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Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

O'Reilly, 2005

If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written...

Rapid Mobile Enterprise Development for Symbian OS: An Introduction to OPL Application Design and Programming

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

A guide to programming Symbian OS smartphones using OPL (The Open Programming Language): a simple to learn, open-source scripting language, ideal for fast-track development of enterprise applications.

This book provides a hands-on development environment for both the experienced and aspiring programmer, demonstrating the ease of use of Symbian...

Microsoft Excel VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition

Course Technology PTR, 2005

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA for short) is a programming environment
designed to work with Microsoft’s Office applications (Word, Excel,
Access, and PowerPoint). Components in each application (for example,
worksheets or documents) are exposed as objects to the programmer to use and
manipulate to a desired end....

Microwaves and Wireless Simplified, Second Edition

Artech House Publishers, 2005

Every technical book that is written has a definite lifetime. This is true if it is a highly theoretical book or a book such as this one, which simplifies a highly technical field. This is why you see first editions, second editions, and so on. There is nothing wrong with this arrangement and it actually is a natural progression since it keeps the...

Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition

Course Technology PTR, 2005

What is programming? Programming, according to Dictionary.com, is “a set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.” In other words, programming allows you to make your computer do whatever you want it to do. Programming is used in everything related to the computer,...

Web Client Programming with Perl

O'Reilly, 1997

If you've ever wanted to learn more about Web protocols so you could build custom client-side tools to automate tasks--or just so you have a better understanding of what's happening behind the scenes--then Web Client Programming with Perl is the book for you. Wong explains HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests and...

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Addison Wesley, 1995

Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to...

Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual

Addison Wesley, 2004

“If you are a serious user of UML, there is no other book quite like this one. I have been involved with the UML specification process for some time, but I still found myself learning things while reading through this book—especially on the changes and new capabilities that have come with UML.”

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Data Compression: The Complete Reference

Springer, 2006

Data compression is one of the most important techniques in computing engineering. From archiving data to CD-ROMs and from coding theory to image analysis, many facets of computing make use of data compression in one form or another. This book is intended to provide an overview of the many different types of compression: it includes a taxonomy, an...

Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory

Baylor University Press, 2005

This is a brave book. With due awareness of the historical traps and with a mastery of the recent relevant literature, McKnight here asks the crucial question, How did Jesus interpret his own death? His answer, which hearkens back to Albert Schweitzer, does full justice to Jesus' eschatological outlook and makes good sense within a first-century...

Structured Query Language (SQL): a Practical Introduction

NCC Blackwell, 1994

Let's start from basics. What is a database? In very general terms, a database is a collection of related data. Notice the word related, this implies that the collection of letters on this page do not by themselves constitute a database. But if we think of them as a collection of letters arranged to form words, then they can be conceptualised as...

The MPEG-21 Book

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Understand the MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework, the standard for the creation, delivery and consumption of multimedia.

This text is the comprehensive guide to MPEG-21, the technology that provides an open framework for multimedia applications. Whereas previous MPEG standards defined compression techniques, MPEG-21...

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