Build solid applications for Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod Touch, regardless of whether you have basic programming skills or years of programming experience. With this book, you'll learn how to use Apple's Cocoa framework and the Objective-C language through step-by-step tutorials, hands-on exercises, clear examples, and sound...
Build web applications that last, with scaling insights from the front-line of JavaScript development
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Design and implement JavaScript application architectures that scale from a number of perspectives, such as addressability, configurability, and performance
Understand how to tap the potential of MDA for your enterprise systems
In this groundbreaking book, David Frankel presents an inside look at Model Driven Architecture (MDA), a rapid software development and integration approach advanced by the OMG that promotes graceful retargeting of software to different platforms. MDA uses UML-based...
The Shelly Cashman Series® offers the finest textbooks in computer education. This
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 book utilizes an innovative step-by-step pedagogy, which
integrates demonstrations of professional-quality programs with in-depth discussions
of programming concepts and techniques and opportunities for hands-on practice...
The field of intellectual property (typically referred to as IP) is one that continues its rapid growth. Just a few years ago, individuals who identifi ed themselves as practitioners in the fi eld of intellectual property were met with blank stares. Now IP professionals are in constant demand, and it is a rare issue of any legal newspaper...
Part of the Wiley-Royal Microscopical Society Series, this book discusses the rapidly developing cutting-edge field of low-voltage microscopy, a field that has only recently emerged due to the rapid developments in the electron optics design and image processing.
It serves as a guide for current and new microscopists and...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively understand, assess, and treat individuals struggling with dyslexia
Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention provides practical, step-by-step information on accurately identifying, assessing, and using evidence-based interventions with...
The Red Hat Linux and Fedora distributions have become one of the major Linux distributions, bringing to the PC all the power and flexibility of a Unix workstation as well as a complete set of Internet applications and a fully functional desktop interface. This book is designed not only to be a complete reference on Linux, but also to provide clear...
In both industrialized and developing countries, childhood immunization has become one
of the most important and cost-effective public health interventions. National immunization
programs have prevented millions of deaths since WHO initiated the ‘Expanded
Program on Immunization’ in 1974. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979,...
Achieve streamlined, rapid production with enterprise-level DevOps
Awarded DevOps 2017 Book of the Year, The DevOps Adoption Playbook provides practical, actionable, real-world guidance on implementing DevOps at enterprise scale. Author Sanjeev Sharma heads the DevOps practice for IBM; in this book, he provides unique...
"Modifying ourselves through molecular biology is a humanitarian utopia to some, an imminent nightmare to others. But to all, the prospect should be a challenge because it touches on so many basic and unresolved questions. This excellent, probing collection of papers -- spanning philosophy, history, social science, and theology -- will be...
The rapid progress of mobile/wireless communication and embedded microsensing MEMS technologies leads us toward the dream “Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing.” Wireless local-area networks (WLANs) have been widely deployed in many cities and have become a requisite tool to many people in their daily lives. Wireless personal-area networks...
