Learn IT - Books tags machines

Dart: Up and Running

O'Reilly, 2012

When we joined Google and entered the fascinating world of web browser development more than six years ago, the web was a different place. It was clear that a new breed of web apps was emerging, but the performance of the underlying platform left much to be desired. Given our background in designing and implementing...

Computational Optimization, Methods and Algorithms (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2011

Computational optimization is an important paradigm with a wide range of applications. In virtually all branches of engineering and industry, we almost always try to optimize something - whether to minimize the cost and energy consumption, or to maximize profits, outputs, performance and efficiency. In many cases, this search for...

Digital Character Animation 2, Volume II: Advanced Techniques (Digital Character Animation)

Waite Group Press, 2001

At last, George Maestri’s advanced-techniques volume of his groundbreaking [digital] Character Animation book. Completely new: No updated material from the first volume (covering Essential Techniques) or from the first edition (published in 1996 and now out of print). If you are into 3D animation at all—learning, practicing (or managing...

Mastering SaltStack

Packt Publishing, 2015

Take charge of SaltStack to automate and configure enterprise-grade environments

About This Book

Automate tasks effectively, so that your infrastructure can run itself

Take advantage of cloud-based services that can expand the capabilities of your own data centers

Tackle...

Pro JavaFX Platform: Script, Desktop and Mobile RIA with Java Technology

Apress, 2009

JavaFX was born amid a particularly interesting confluence of upheavals in the technology industry and the way commerce was conducted in the developed world. At the turn of the twenty-first century, companies were looking for ways to do business directly with their customers. Whether they had goods to sell, information to impart, or entertainment...

Knowledge-Free and Learning-Based Methods in Intelligent Game Playing

Springer, 2010

The book is focused on the developments and prospective challenging problems in the area of mind game playing (i.e. playing games that require mental skills) using Computational Intelligence (CI) methods, mainly neural networks, genetic/evolutionary programming and reinforcement learning. The majority of discussed game playing ideas were...

Compiler Design: Virtual Machines

Springer, 2010

While compilers for high-level programming languages are large complex software systems, they have particular characteristics that differentiate them from other software systems. Their functionality is almost completely well-defined – ideally there exist complete precise descriptions of the source and target languages, while additional...

Control Systems for Live Entertainment, Third Edition

Focal Press, 2007

If you are interested in how control systems and computer networks are used in all areas of live entertainment, Control Systems for Live Entertainment is the industry standard reference. With a unique combined focus on computers, networking, art, and practice, this book offers an in-depth examination of control for lighting, lasers, sound, ,...

Mac OS X Panther Hacks: 100 Industrial Strength Tips & Tools

O'Reilly, 2004

Like the animal it's named for, Mac OS X Panther is beautiful, sleek, superbly efficient, dangerously alluring, and all muscle under the surface. Beneath its appealing interface, it's a hard-working machine. Those coming to Mac OS X from previous incarnations of the operating system recognize much of the friendly face of the Macintosh they're used...

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

Sybex, 2009

Hyper-V is one of the top virtualization products, and this practical guide focuses on the essentials of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Written by the Microsoft team behind the Hyper-V product, this book shows you how to perform key virtualization scenarios, such as server consolidation, software test and development, and a dynamic data center and...

Modern Robotics: Building Versatile Machines (Milestones in Discovery and Invention)

Chelsea House Publications, 2006

The Milestones in Science and Discovery set is based on a simple but powerful idea—that science and technology are not separate from people’s daily lives. Rather, they are part of seeking to understand and reshape the world, an activity that virtually defines being human.

More than a million years ago, the ancestors of...

OpenGL Insights

AK Peter, 2012

OpenGL is not a single API anymore. OpenGL has involved into a family of APIs, with OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and WebGL being closely related siblings that enable application developers to write and deploy graphics applications on a wide variety of platforms and operating systems. OpenGL has become an ecosystem; 3D graphics is truly everywhere now....

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