Book Watch Archive


Microsoft Excel 2016 Programming by Example with VBA, XML and ASP (Mercury)
Monday, 01 August 2016

Updated for Excel 2016 this a practical, how-to book on Excel programming is suitable for readers already proficient with the Excel user interface. If you are looking to automate Excel routine tasks, this book will progressively introduce you to programming concepts via numerous, illustrated, hands-on exercises. Includes a comprehensive disc with source code, supplemental files, and color screen captures.

<ASIN:1942270852>

 
Exploring Intel Edison (I/O Press)
Thursday, 28 July 2016

With built-in support for WiFi, GPIO, I2C and SPI, the Intel Edison is a capable IoT device. However, to make use of its unique qualities and bring out its full power you have make use its native mode, which means using the mini-breakout board, dealing with the fact that it is a 1.8V logic device and programming it using C. Harry Fairhead explains how with detailed guidance and complete programs for working with several useful devices.  

<ASIN:1871962447>

 
Effective DevOps (O'Reilly)
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

With the subtitle, "Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale" Katherine Daniels and Jennifer Davis provide several approaches for improving collaboration within teams, creating affinity among teams, promoting efficient tool usage in your company, and scaling up what works throughout your organization’s inflection points.

<ASIN:1491926309>

 
Murach's SQL Server 2016 for Developers
Wednesday, 20 July 2016

The 2016 edition of this Murach Classic SQL Server book starts by presenting  the SQL statements that you need to retrieve and update the data in a database. These are the SQL statements that you’ll use every day. Then, it shows you how to design a database, how to implement that design, and how to work with database features like views, scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, transactions, security, XML data, BLOB data with FILESTREAM storage, and the CLR integration feature.

<ASIN: 1890774960>

 
Identity and Data Security for Web Development (O'Reilly)
Monday, 18 July 2016

Developers, designers, engineers, and creators can no longer afford to pass responsibility for identity and data security onto others. Jonathan LeBlanc and Tim Messerschmidt provide a deep dive into the concepts, technology, and programming methodologies necessary to build a secure interface for data and identity without compromising usability.

<ASIN:1491937017>

 
Financial Functions With A Spreadsheet (I/O Press)
Friday, 15 July 2016

Spreadsheets take the hard work out of financial calculations, but you still need to know how to do them. In this revised published version of her I Programmer e-book, Janet Swift explains how to use the spreadsheet of your choice to make financial decisions relating to investments and loans, to understand how inflation affects a cashflow and to get to grips with advanced concepts like the internal rate of return.

<ASIN:1871962013>

 
Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0 (Wrox)
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Complete coverage of the latest updates, features, and capabilities, giving you everything you need for C#. Get expert instruction on the latest changes to Visual Studio 2015, Windows Runtime, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, Windows Store Apps, Windows Workflow Foundation, and more, with clear explanations, no-nonsense pacing, and valuable expert insight. This guide serves as both tutorial and desk reference, providing a professional-level review of C# architecture and its application in a number of areas. 

<ASIN:111909660X>

 
Jump Start Sass (Sitepoint)
Monday, 11 July 2016

Using Sass, you can write your stylesheets in a more concise, dynamic, and readable way, and cut down many of the tedious repetitive tasks that come with writing vanilla CSS. Sass simplifies your stylesheets, adding some useful features missing from CSS. Most importantly, Sass will save you time.

<ASIN:0994182678>

 
Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 12 (Mercury)
Friday, 08 July 2016

Frank Luna provides an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development using DirectX 12 showing how to use new Direct12 features such as command lists, pipeline state objects, descriptor heaps and tables, and explicit resource management to reduce CPU overhead and increase scalability across multiple CPU cores. 

<ASIN:1942270062>

 
Learning Swift: Building Apps for OS X and iOS (O'Reilly)
Wednesday, 06 July 2016

Get hands-on experience with Apple’s Swift programming language by building real working apps. With this practical guide, skilled programmers with little or no knowledge of Apple development will learn how to code with Swift 2 by developing three complete, tightly linked versions of the Notes application for the OS X, iOS, and watchOS platforms. 

<ASIN:1491940743>

 
Arduino Project Handbook (No Starch Press)
Monday, 04 July 2016

Beginner-friendly collection of 25 step-by-step projects anyone can build with the Arduino. Clear instructions, full-color images, simple circuit diagrams, and the complete code make it easy for even the newest maker to build fun projects right away. Author Mark Geddes, a lifelong tinkerer and gadget enthusiast, originally wrote this book to teach his kid the joys of electronics and microcontrollers without having to wade through a hundred pages of theory first.

<ASIN:1593276907>

 
Make Volume 51: Join the Drone Revolution (Maker Media)
Friday, 01 July 2016

Articles on how drones are being used to perform rescue work, the latest in aerial robotics, and tips on becoming an expert flier. You'll also learn how to hack and infrared lamp to become a night flier, build your own low-cost quadcopter, and knock drones out of the sky with a Raspberry Pi-powered drone jammer. This issue also features expert drone ratings and recommendations. 

<ASIN:1680452479>

 
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