Brimming with expert advice and easy-to-follow instructions, Swift For Dummies shows new and existing programmers how to quickly port existing Objective-C applications into Swift and get into the swing of the new language like a pro. Designed from the ground up to be a...

• Be a top programmer by being able to visualize programming concepts; how data is saved in computer memory, and how a program flows
• Keep track of player inventory, create...

Programming in Objective-C, Fifth Edition
Updated for OS X Mountain Lion, iOS 6, and Xcode 4.5

Programming in Objective-C is a concise, carefully written tutorial on the basics of Objective-C and object-oriented programming for Apple's iOS and OS X platforms.

The book makes...

• Learn how to build full-fledged image processing applications using free tools and libraries
• Take advantage of cutting-edge image processing...

• Gain an understanding of what version control is, and how you can benefit and effectively...

One day a couple of years ago, I was stunned when my son told me, "Dad, my JAR snapshot messed up the configuration." As a curious dad and an experienced Java programmer, my question to him was, "How do you know what a JAR is?"

What I didn't anticipate at that time was how that one question would...

This textbook explains the concepts and techniques required to write programs that can handle large amounts of data efficiently. Project-oriented and classroom-tested, the book presents a number of important algorithms supported by examples that bring meaning to the problems faced by computer programmers. The idea of computational complexity...

This book will...

• Learn to use the facilities provided by D3.js to create data-driven visualizations
• Explore the concepts of D3.js through examples that enable you to quickly create visualizations including charts, network diagrams, and maps
• Get practical examples of visualizations using...