Book Watch Archive


Developing Android on Android (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Quickly create Android tasks, scripts, and programs entirely on your Android device - no PC required. Learn how to build your own innovative Android programs and workflows with tools you can run on Android itself, and tailor the Android default user interface to match your mobile lifestyle needs.

<ASIN:1937785548>

 
SysML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Systems Modeling Language (Addison Wesley)
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

A guide to creating effective models with Systems Modeling Language (SysML) which  extends UML with powerful systems engineering capabilities for modeling a wider spectrum of systems.   Delligatti begins with an overview of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and an explanation of how SysML enables effective system specification, analysis, design, optimization, verification, and validation.

<ASIN:0321927869>

 
Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step (Microsoft Press)
Monday, 27 January 2014

Teach yourself the essential tools and techniques for Visual Basic 2013-one step at a time. No matter what your skill level, you'll find the practical guidance and examples you need to start building professional applications for Windows, for the web, and for Windows Phone.

<ASIN:0735667047>

 
HTML5 Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)
Sunday, 26 January 2014

This fifth edition of handy reference updated to reflect the current state of HTML5, including the HTML5 Candidate Recommendation, the emerging HTML5.1 Working Draft, and the living WHATWG standard. Includes an alphabetical listing of every element and attribute in HTML5, HTML5.1, and the WHATWG living standard plus descriptions, markup examples, content categories, content models, and start- and end-tag requirements for every element.

<ASIN: 1449363350>

 
Create Mobile Games with Corona (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
Saturday, 25 January 2014

Develop cross-platform mobile games for iOS and Android with Corona using the Lua programming language! Corona is experiencing explosive growth and this book gets you up to speed on how to use this versatile platform. Use the Corona SDK to simplify game programming and take a fun, no-nonsense approach to write and add must-have gameplay features.

<ASIN:1937785572>

 
Being Agile (IBM Press)
Friday, 24 January 2014

When agile teams don’t get immediate results, it’s tempting for them to fall back into old habits that make success even less likely. Leslie Ekas and Scott Will present eleven powerful techniques for rapidly gaining substantial value from agile, making agile methods stick, and launching a “virtuous circle” of continuous improvement.

<ASIN:0133375625>

 

 
Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours (Sams)
Thursday, 23 January 2014

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, get started fast, master all the core concepts of programming, and build anything from websites to games. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll move from the absolute basics through functions, objects, classes, modules, database integration, and more.

<ASIN:0672336871>

 
Pro jQuery 2.0 (Apress)
Wednesday, 22 January 2014

This second edition of Adam Freeman's practical reference to jQuery has been updated and extended for jQuery 2.0, the version of the framework that doesn't support older browsers. See our  review of  Pro jQuery in which Kay Ewbank recommended it for its "well written, in depth descriptions of jQuery and how to use it."

<ASIN:1430263881>

 
C# in Depth, 3rd Ed (Manning)
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Jon Skeet's insightful coverage of C# has been updated to cover the new features of C# 5, including the challenges of writing maintainable asynchronous code. In our review of the second edition Nikos Vaggalis commented The author's excitement really shines through the book, making it lively and animated.

<ASIN:161729134X>

 
Developing Backbone.js Applications (O'Reilly)
Monday, 20 January 2014

If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. Author Addy Osmani takes you through creating structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.

<ASIN:1449328253>

 
UI is Communication (Morgan Kaufmann)
Sunday, 19 January 2014

In a lavishly illustrated book subtitled "How to Design Intuitive, User Centered Interfaces by Focusing on Effective Communication" Everett McKay explains that a user interface is ultimately a conversation between users and technology and shows how a well-designed ones use the language of UI to communicate to users efficiently and naturally.

<ASIN:0123969808>

 
Civility in the Digital Age (Que)
Saturday, 18 January 2014

In a slim volume subtitled "How Companies and People Can Triumph Over Haters, Trolls, Bullies and Other Jerks" Andrea Weckerle proposes a way to "Re-civilize Life Online!" with a 30-Day Action Plan for restoring civility to your corner of the digital world. It  looks at ways to avoid misunderstandings that lead to flame wars, and promote constructive conversation amongst those with strongly held views

<ASIN:0789750244>

 
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