Starts from the premise that understanding the foundations of concurrent programming is key to developing distributed computing systems. It presents the fundamental theories of concurrent computing and the programming languages that help develop distributed computing systems at a high level of abstraction, i.e both the theory and the practice of programming distributed computing systems.

A comprehensive guide to the 1Z0-803 exam. Explore a wide range of important Java topics as you systematically learn how to pass the certification exam. Each chapter starts with a list of the exam objectives and you'll find sample questions and exercises designed to reinforce key concepts and to prepare you for the real exam.

Teach yourself how to build Windows 8 applications using the Visual C++ language-one step at a time. Intended for those with intermediate to advanced C++ development skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for creating apps that can adapt to different screen sizes-including desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and slates.

Create mobile apps for Android phones and tablets faster and more easily than you ever imagined with "Processing," the free, award-winning, graphics-savvy language and development environment, to work with the touchscreens, hardware sensors, cameras, network transceivers, and other devices and software in the latest Android phones and tablets.

Gets you started with HTML5 Canvas by showing you how to build interactive multimedia applications. Updated for the latest implementations of Canvas and related HTML5 technologies, this edition includes clear and reusable code examples to help you quickly pick up the basics. See our review of previous edition.

To reflect the way web advertising is changing, educates you on the whole digital advertising process, helping you take advantage of new HTML5 features such as canvas, CSS3 animations, DOM events, audio and video, and offline storage. Learn how to get around discrepancies in browser support with JavaScript and polyfills.

Using pattern language, explains how information can be transformed, enriched, reconciled, redistributed, and utilized in even the most complex environments. Through a realistic, end-to-end case study, helpsyou blend overlapping information management, SOA, and BPM technologies that are often viewed as competitive.

5th Edition is a self-paced, professional book that shows how to use Visual Studio 2012, C# 5.0, and the .NET 4.5 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. It's an object-oriented book that shows how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they are used in the real world and a data programming book that shows how to prototype professional database applications using RAD features.

This "5th edition of "A Short Course on the Basics" introduces new features added in Java 7, including a section on NIO.2, the new file I/O API, and information on migrating legacy code to the new API. Deployment coverage has also been expanded and a section on the fork/join feature has been added to the chapter on concurrency.

Provides a systematic introduction to functions of one complex variable. Its novel feature is the consistent use of special color representations – so-called phase portraits – which visualize functions as images on their domains. The text is self-contained and covers all the main topics usually treated in a first course on complex analysis.

a hands-on guide to prototyping and building electronics using the Arduino platform. Suitable for both beginners and advanced users, this easy-to-follow book begins with the basics and then systematically guides you through projects ranging from your first blinking LED through connecting Arduino to devices like game controllers or your iPhone.

This is a book about getting the best from C# based on the principle that to write high-performance, robust applications you need to understand whats going on deep under the hood. It discusses the familiar C# language in forensic detail, examining familiar elements closely to reveal how they really work.