When you're programming C# 4.0 and need a little help, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know -- without long introductions or bloated examples. It's ideal as a succinct quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of...
Your CPU meter shows a problem. One core is running at 100 percent, but all the other cores are idle. Your application is CPU-bound, but you are using only a fraction of the computing power of your multicore system. Is there a way to get better performance?
The answer, in a nutshell, is parallel programming. Where you...
The new and exciting field of computational science, and in particular sim-
ulational science, has seen rapid change since the first edition of this book
came out. New methods have been found, fresh points of view have
emerged, and features hidden so far have been uncovered. Almost all the
methods presented in the first addition have...
Welcome to Twitter, the Social Networking site that was called “utterly
devoid of any sort of merit” by New Zealand Herald’s Canvas Magazine,
(June 6, 2009) in the same week it appeared on the cover of TIME
Magazine as “a powerful form of communication” and “the future of
American innovation.”...
This is an unconventional book for an unconventional reader. It is intended
for those professionals who, in addition to their specialized knowledge,
would like to get a handle on life so they may put their special text into its
proper context. It speaks to those thinkers and practitioners who have
come to realize that learning to be...
When you need answers for programming with C# 5.0, this practical and tightly focused book tells you exactly what you need to know—without long introductions or bloated samples. Easy to browse, it’s ideal as quick reference or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version...
Netscape Navigator 4.0! Internet Explorer 4.0! HTML 3.2! JavaScript! Style sheets! Layers! HTML is changing so fast it's almost impossible to keep up with developments. How do you know what's real, and how do you use it? This book brings it all together for you. HTML: The Definitive Guide is the most comprehensive book...
My first encounter with PHP came about 10 years ago. By that time, I already had plenty of
experience developing websites. I had started out writing HTML in a text editor before settling
on Dreamweaver as my favorite authoring tool. A new project involved publishing more than
30 articles a day. It was a subscription service, so the...
XPages is a truly groundbreaking technology. Its initial release in 2009 revolutionized web application
development on Notes®/Domino® and brought new life and vibrancy to the developer community.
As a runtime framework built on top of standards-based technologies and open source
libraries, it greatly simplified the art of...
Essentials of Computational Chemistry provides a balanced introduction to this dynamic subject. Suitable for both experimentalists and theorists, a wide range of samples and applications are included drawn from all key areas. The book carefully leads the reader thorough the necessary equations providing information explanations...
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is the glue that holds together MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT. It is a client-server technology -- a way of making programs on two different systems work together like one. The advantage of RPC over other distributing programming techniques is that you can link two systems together using simple C...
Computers are just as busy as the rest of us nowadays. They have lots of tasks to do at once, and need some cleverness to get them all done at the same time.That's why threads are seen more and more often as a new model for programming. Threads have been available for some time. The Mach operating system, the Distributed Computer...
