An innovative tutorial designed for administrators. Starts with the basicswhat is PowerShell and what can you do with it. Moves systematically through techniques and features to make your job easier and your day shorter. This totally revised second edition covers new PowerShell 3 features.

Everything you need to know about the Raspberry Pi's GUI and command line so you can get started doing amazing things. Goes from setting up, through getting around at the Linux command line and using different shells to full projects.

Capitalize on today's faster GPU processors with the C++ AMP code library which brings massive parallelism to your project. With this practical book, experienced C++ developers will learn parallel programming fundamentals with C++ AMP through detailed examples, code snippets, and case studies.

Practical guide to building breakthrough applications for Windows 8 from project templates through publication to the new Windows Store. Illuminates the entire apps lifecycle, from planning and Model-View-View Model (MVVM) based design through coding, testing, packaging, and deployment.

Fully updated for Windows 8 support, .NET 4.5, and Windows Phone development, this is 1300-page book is a comprehensive, practical reference to modern programming with Visual Basic 2012. See our review of the VB 2010 edition by the same author.

A practical guide to building fast, light-weight and scalable websites using fully standards compliant techniques and best practices. Best-practice information for when you’re building ground up plus instantly applicable techniques to help you solve issues with your existing projects.

The programming fundamentals of SQL Server 2012-one step at a time. Ideal for beginning SQL Server database administrators and developers, this tutorial provides clear guidance and practical, learn-by-doing exercises for building database solutions that solve real-world business problems.

Gets you started with the Restlet Framework and the REST architecture style. You'll create and deploy applications while learning to use RESTful Web APIs effectively. Llooks at the many aspects of web development, on both the server and client side, along with cloud computing, mobile Android devices, and Semantic Web applications.

Build server-side applications more efficiently—and improve your PHP programming skills in the process—by learning how to use design patterns in your code. This book shows you how to apply several object-oriented patterns through simple examples, and demonstrates many of them in full-fledged working applications.

Focusing on Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, demonstrates the key concepts and techniques of ALM starting with a guide to the overall methodology.Then delves into architecture and testing illustrating concepts, tips and tricks using the tools TFS provides with code samples and examples.

Learn to build interactive Android apps, starting with device sensors. Shows Android devs how to exploit the rich set of device sensors—locational, physical (temperature, pressure, light, acceleration, etc.), cameras, microphones, and speech recognition to build fully human–interactive Android applications.

Breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it tells you which settings to use, when to use them, and why.