Brings together standardized, repeatable techniques to quickly solve virtually any Linux server problem. Walks you through using DevOps techniques to troubleshoot everything from boot failures and corrupt disks to lost email and downed websites.

Learn how to build  applications with Visual Basic 2012. The step-by-step approach covers the entire process, from navigating VB 2012 to deploying finished solutions.See our review of 2010 edition. New edition does not include CD.

In order to master JavaScript, you need to learn how to work effectively with the language’s flexible, expressive features and how to avoid its pitfalls. With 68 items arranged in seven chapters thisa book will deepen your understanding of this powerful language, so you can build more predictable, reliable, and maintainable programs.

This hands-on book shows you how to work with HTML5, JavaScript MVC frameworks, and the latest W3C specifications to build mobile and desktop web apps that are widely supported across all browsers and devices. You’ll quickly master building client-side applications with a loosely coupled backend infrastructure that supports offline clients.

Introduces you to the Windows 8 modern app design paradigm and the new Windows 8 programming model developed around this paradigm.  You'll learn to build rich, immersive applications designed to run on the many devices that will be powered by Windows 8.

This ninth edition of the definitive guide to the Java platform. has been fully updated to reflect the language changes in Java SE 7.  Designed for serious programmers it provides a reliable, unbiased, no-nonsense tutorial which illuminates key Java language and library features with thoroughly tested code examples. See our review of the previous edition.

With the subtitle, Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams. this book sets out to show how to make programmers and software teams manageable. Looks at how to hire, motivate the right people and lead then to develop and deliver great products.

This practical guide provides best practices for each phase of the process of organizing a Civic Apps Competition (CAC) in your city., based largely on firsthand experience. Learn everything from setting goals and creating a budget to running the competition and measuring the outcome.

Written to help ASP .NET developers make the leap to the inevitable world of HTML5, covers features that can be used within existing ASP .NET applications with practical hands-on demonstrations. You will also learn how your enterprise applications can benefit from new technology such as local storage and web sockets.

As software ages, it becomes brittle: difficult to understand, fix, manage, use, and improve. Developers working with many platforms have encountered this problem; now, developers working with Microsoft’s .NET are facing it as well. This book introduces proven best practices for revitalizing older .NET code into business-critical systems that can’t go offline.

A book for the new computer user that shows the simplest ways to get things done with Windows 8. Covers how to run apps, and manage calendar and contacts; explore the web, and send and receive email and messages; play games, manage music, and watch movies; view share, and store photos and video; organize files on the PC and in the cloud with Microsoft SkyDrive

Described as a user-friendly reference guide, this book starts with an introduction to HTML5 markup and then takes a quick tour through forms, graphics, drag-and-drop, multimedia, and more. Next, you'll explore CSS3, including new features like drop shadows, borders, colors, gradients, and backgrounds. Hands-on examples, both large and small, to help you learn by doing.