Windows Internals, Sixth Edition is intended for advanced computer professionals
(both developers
and system administrators) who want to understand how the
core components of the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating
systems work internally. With this knowledge, developers can better...
Are you eager to make your Android device your own but you're not sure where to start? Then this is the book for you. XDA is the world's most popular resource for Android hacking enthusiasts, and a huge community has grown around customizing Android devices with XDA....
When I joined IBM in early 2001, WebSphere Portal was little more than an idea. But
some believed this was going to be the future of web technology. When WebSphere
Portal v1 was released later in that same year, spending the time required to cobble
together the components needed to make it run, was an exercise in patience and...
Indexes are important. Not only that, they are vastly important. No single structure aids in retrieving data from a
database more than an index. Indexes represent both how data is stored and the access paths by which data can
be retrieved from your database. Without indexes, a database is an unordered mess minus the roadmap to find...
HTML5 is such an exciting opportunity for software developers. For a long time, the web has been the favorite
platform for providing software applications to both external and internal users because of its reach and ease of
deployment and maintenance. The primary limitation has been the client-side support, which can severely limit...
This in-depth resource teaches you to craft mechanics that generate challenging, enjoyable, and well-balanced gameplay. You’ll discover at what stages to prototype, test, and implement mechanics in games and learn how to visualize and simulate game mechanics in order to design better games. Along the way, you’ll practice what...
Joomla! is one of the best known Open Source content management systems with many hundreds of thousands of applications in the most varied areas of use. It offers the best possible conditions for implementing a comprehensive and accessible Web presence. Thousands of extensions for almost any purpose are freely available. The developer and...
Since the concept of the first DNA biochip, biotechnologies have soared, deeply
changing the world of biology. In fact, they have already had direct implications on
each of us. Since the very beginning of this science in the 1980s, spectacular
advances have been made, such as the analysis of the human DNA genome
sequence, while...
When in 1986 Yves Kodratoff started the European Working Session on Learning
at Orsay, France, it could not be foreseen that the conference would grow
year by year and become the premier European conference of the field, attracting
submissions from all over the world. The first European Conference on
Principles of Data Mining...
Although some familiarity with revision control systems will be good background
material, a reader who is not familiar with any other system will still be able to learn
enough about basic Git operations to be productive in a short while. More advanced
readers should be able to gain insight into some of Git’s...
When I first heard of NetLedger in an internal Oracle e-mail around the turn of the
century, it was one of those 'aha' moments that we all have in life. There was, at this
time, a fledgling industry of Application Service Providers (ASPs), who offered to
host enterprise software at a data center. But I was skeptical, since I...
