Best practices for flexible design that meet common challenges
The web is constantly changing and evolving with an increased range of devices, browsers, and standards that need to be considered in design. Web designers know they must stay sharp in order to keep up with the rapid pace of technology change. This much-needed...
As other complex systems in social and natural sciences as well as in engineering, the Internet is hard to understand from a technical point of view. Packet switched networks defy analytical modeling. The Internet is an outstanding and challenging case because of its fast development, unparalleled heterogeneity and the inherent lack of...
Concurrent data structures simplify the development of concurrent programs by encapsulating commonly used mechanisms for synchronization and commu nication into data structures. This thesis develops a notation for describing concurrent data structures, presents examples of concurrent data structures, and describes an architecture to support...
The GIMP project was started in 1995 by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball, and is now maintained by a group of volunteers under the auspices of the GNU Project. The first release was in January 1996, The latest version of GIMP, version 2.6.1, was released on December 21, 2010. Available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, GIMP...
Developing C# Applications for iPhone and iPad using MonoTouch shows you how to use your existing C# skills to write apps for the iPhone and iPad. Fortunately, there's MonoTouch, Novell's .NET library that allows C# developers to write C# code that executes in iOS. Furthermore, MonoTouch allows you to address all the unique...
I suspect Martin plied me to write this foreword while out one evening during the 2010 Plone Conference in Bristol. Full from an excellent dinner and even better conversation, beer in hand, who could say no?
I've long envied Martin's ability to write. Text and code flow from his fingers at a rate that I can't even begin...
Don’t be fooled. Although the .5 might give the impression that Dreamweaver CS5.5 is a point release, it’s anything but. Dreamweaver engineers have packed a stunning amount of new features into this version. To mention just a few, there’s code hinting for the popular jQuery JavaScript library, the ability to see what pages...
The book you hold in your hands, or see on your screen, is the result of a series
of studies of how teams all over the world specify, develop, and deliver the
right software, without defects, in very short cycles. It presents the collective
knowledge of about 50 projects, ranging from public websites to internal back-office
systems....
Kernel development can be a daunting task and is very different from programming traditional user
applications. The kernel environment is more volatile and complex. Extraordinary care must be taken to
ensure that kernel code is free of bugs because any issue may have serious consequences to the stability,
security, and performance...
As computing and networking technologies are gradually integrated with every
aspect of human lives and activities, computer and network security has become
a critical issue. The Handbook of Security and Networks presents a collection of
recent advances in computer networking and security areas. These include applied...
Kenneth Louden and Kenneth Lambert's new edition of PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 3E gives advanced undergraduate students an overview of programming languages through general principles combined with details about many modern languages. Major languages used in this edition include C, C++, Smalltalk, Java, Ada, ML,...
Ziel des Buchs ist es, Lesern die Andersartigkeit der Gestaltung für elektronische Medien bewusst zu machen und Wege zu einem mediengerechten Entwurf aufzuzeigen: von der Sitearchitektur über die kreative Entwurfsphase bis zum Navigations- und Screendesign und der Umsetzung eines Internetauftritts mit (X)HTML und CSS. Begleitend...