A practical guide for web developers who need to scale CouchDB database instances. Covers basic concepts, replicating using both Futon and CouchDB's RESTful API, conflict resolution, load balancing and clustering with CouchDB Lounge.

Contains real world techniques from well-known professionals who have been using ASP.NET since the first previews. Using a practical Problem-Solution-Discussion format, it will guide readers through the most common scenarios they will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take their applications to another level.

Motorola Xoom, the first tablet to rival the iPad, doesn't come with a printed guide. Gadget expert Preston Gralla helps you master your Xoom with step-by-step instructions and clear explanations. As with all Missing Manuals, this book offers refreshing, jargon-free prose and informative illustrations.

Large format hardback subtitled "Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White Photography including digital negatives and hybrid printing". This new edition has been  revised and expanded with new chapters on digital negatives, utilizing digital technologies for alternative processes, and do-it-yourself projects.

Subtitled "Connecting Sensors and Microcontrollers to the Cloud" shows how to program embedded devices using the .NET Micro Framework and the Netduino Plus board, and then connect these devices to the Internet using Pachube, a cloud platform for sharing real-time sensor data.

Teach yourself how to build and host scalable applications in the cloud using Windows Azure one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for working with the services and features of the Windows Azure platform.

Revised for the 1.8 release of the Asterisk open source PBX, this bestselling guide provides a complete roadmap for installing, configuring, and integrating this powerful software with existing phone systems. Covers everything you need to know to design a complete VoIP or analog system with little or no Asterisk experience, and no more than rudimentary telecommunications knowledge.

Expert advice that guides you through the process of creating concurrent C# applications from the ground up. You’ll be introduced to .NET’s parallel programming features, both old and new, discover the key functionality that has been introduced in .NET 4, and learn how you can take advantage of the power of multi-core and multi-processor machines with ease.

Subtitled "A Beginner's Guide That Makes You Feel Smart" this book opens with short, simple examples that are easy to enter; then, within a couple of chapters, has you creating useful utilities, playing games, and using the computer to solve interesting puzzles. This second edition has been updated to cover important features of the newest standard, C++0x.

This book is about Light Art Performance Photography, a unique form of art that was invented and developed by its authors and requires the photographer to create and capture new subjects constructed entirely of light. LAPP pieces are usually shot at night using long exposure times to capture complex sequences of precisely choreographed movements.

A flash on the cover proclaims 3rd Edition - covers HTML5. However closer inspection shows that it does more than just add a few pages to the previous edition. Look out for our full review of this new version, coming soon

An introduction to the Entity Framework for .NET developers  who possess a working knowledge of ADO.NET. Beginning with a review of the core ideas behind the objectrelational management (ORM) model, it outlines how Entity Framework offers a smooth transition from a traditional ADO.NET approach.