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Learning XML

Creating Self-Describing Data

by Erik T. Ray ...

This second edition of the bestselling Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML.The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

This second edition of the bestselling Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML.The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements
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A Programmer's Guide to Computer Science

A Virtual Degree for the Self-Taught Developer

by William Springer ...

Series Book 1 - A Programmer's Guide to Computer Science
You know how to code......but is it enough?Do you feel left out when other programmers talk about asymptotic bounds?Have you failed a job interview because you don't know computer science?Volume one covers the most frequently referenced topics, including:- Algorithms and data structures- Graphs- Problem-solving techniques- Complexity theoryThe author, a senior developer at a major software company ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

You know how to code......but is it enough?Do you feel left out when other programmers talk about asymptotic bounds?Have you failed a job interview because you don't know computer science?Volume one covers the most frequently referenced topics, including:- Algorithms and data structures- Graphs- Problem-solving techniques- Complexity theoryThe author, a senior developer at a major software company
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Ajax: The Definitive Guide

Interactive Applications for the Web

by Anthony T. Holdener III ...

Is Ajax a new technology, or the same old stuff web developers have been using for years? Both, actually. This book demonstrates not only how tried-and-true web standards make Ajax possible, but how these older technologies allow you to give sites a decidedly modern Web 2.0 feel.Ajax: The Definitive Guide explains how to use standards like JavaScript, XML, CSS, and XHTML, along with the ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Is Ajax a new technology, or the same old stuff web developers have been using for years? Both, actually. This book demonstrates not only how tried-and-true web standards make Ajax possible, but how these older technologies allow you to give sites a decidedly modern Web 2.0 feel.Ajax: The Definitive Guide explains how to use standards like JavaScript, XML, CSS, and XHTML, along with the
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Clean Agile

Back to Basics

by Robert Martin ...

Agile Values and Principles for a New Generation“In the journey to all things Agile, Uncle Bob has been there, done that, and has the both the t-shirt and the scars to show for it. This delightful book is part history, part personal stories, and all wisdom. If you want to understand what Agile is and how it came to be, this is the book for you.”–Grady Booch“Bob’s frustration colors every sentence ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Agile Values and Principles for a New Generation“In the journey to all things Agile, Uncle Bob has been there, done that, and has the both the t-shirt and the scars to show for it. This delightful book is part history, part personal stories, and all wisdom. If you want to understand what Agile is and how it came to be, this is the book for you.”–Grady Booch“Bob’s frustration colors every sentence
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Becoming a Better Programmer

A Handbook for People Who Care About Code

by Pete Goodliffe ...

If you’re passionate about programming and want to get better at it, you’ve come to the right source. Code Craft author Pete Goodliffe presents a collection of useful techniques and approaches to the art and craft of programming that will help boost your career and your well-being.Goodliffe presents sound advice that he’s learned in 15 years of professional programming. The book’s standalone ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

If you’re passionate about programming and want to get better at it, you’ve come to the right source. Code Craft author Pete Goodliffe presents a collection of useful techniques and approaches to the art and craft of programming that will help boost your career and your well-being.Goodliffe presents sound advice that he’s learned in 15 years of professional programming. The book’s standalone
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Access Database Design & Programming

Creating Programmable Database Applications with Access 97, 2000, 2002 & 2003

by Steven Roman, PhD ...

Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications. When using software products with graphical interfaces, we frequently focus so much on the interface that we forget about the general concepts that allow us to understand and use the ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications. When using software products with graphical interfaces, we frequently focus so much on the interface that we forget about the general concepts that allow us to understand and use the
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(Part 2) You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT: Don't Ignore The Language For Functional Automation Testing

by Rex Jones ...

QTP/UFT Automation Engineers, Look No Further!This is one of the best VBScript books specifically for QTP/UFTNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.3 Tips To Master QTP/UFT Within 30 DaysWhy Read Part 2 – You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT?Part 2 of ... ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

QTP/UFT Automation Engineers, Look No Further!This is one of the best VBScript books specifically for QTP/UFTNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.3 Tips To Master QTP/UFT Within 30 DaysWhy Read Part 2 – You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT?Part 2 of ...
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Regular Expressions Cookbook

Detailed Solutions in Eight Programming Languages

by Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan ...

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.This revised edition covers the regular expression ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.This revised edition covers the regular expression
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Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers

by Jonathan Weber ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Whether you’re a marketer with development skills or a full-on web developer/analyst, Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers shows you how to implement Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager to jumpstart your web analytics measurement.There’s a reason that so many organizations use Google Analytics. Effective collection of data with Google Analytics can reduce customer ... Read more

$95.99 CAD

Whether you’re a marketer with development skills or a full-on web developer/analyst, Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers shows you how to implement Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager to jumpstart your web analytics measurement.There’s a reason that so many organizations use Google Analytics. Effective collection of data with Google Analytics can reduce customer
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Hacking Kubernetes

Threat-Driven Analysis and Defense

by Andrew Martin, Michael Hausenblas ...

Want to run your Kubernetes workloads safely and securely? This practical book provides a threat-based guide to Kubernetes security. Each chapter examines a particular component's architecture and potential default settings and then reviews existing high-profile attacks and historical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Authors Andrew Martin and Michael Hausenblas share best-practice ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

Want to run your Kubernetes workloads safely and securely? This practical book provides a threat-based guide to Kubernetes security. Each chapter examines a particular component's architecture and potential default settings and then reviews existing high-profile attacks and historical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Authors Andrew Martin and Michael Hausenblas share best-practice
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ASP.NET Web API 2: Building a REST Service from Start to Finish

by Jamie Kurtz, Brian Wortman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
The ASP.NET MVC Framework has always been a good platform on which to implement REST-based services, but the introduction of the ASP.NET Web API Framework raised the bar to a whole new level.Now in release version 2.1, the Web API Framework has evolved into a powerful and refreshingly usable platform. This concise book provides technical background and guidance that will enable you to best use the ... Read more

$80.99 CAD

The ASP.NET MVC Framework has always been a good platform on which to implement REST-based services, but the introduction of the ASP.NET Web API Framework raised the bar to a whole new level.Now in release version 2.1, the Web API Framework has evolved into a powerful and refreshingly usable platform. This concise book provides technical background and guidance that will enable you to best use the
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Semantic Software Design

A New Theory and Practical Guide for Modern Architects

by Eben Hewitt ...

With this practical book, architects, CTOs, and CIOs will learn a set of patterns for the practice of architecture, including analysis, documentation, and communication. Author Eben Hewitt shows you how to create holistic and thoughtful technology plans, communicate them clearly, lead people toward the vision, and become a great architect or Chief Architect.This book covers each key aspect of ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

With this practical book, architects, CTOs, and CIOs will learn a set of patterns for the practice of architecture, including analysis, documentation, and communication. Author Eben Hewitt shows you how to create holistic and thoughtful technology plans, communicate them clearly, lead people toward the vision, and become a great architect or Chief Architect.This book covers each key aspect of
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ActionScript Developer's Guide to Robotlegs

Building Flexible Rich Internet Applications

by Joel Hooks, Stray (Lindsey Fallow) ...

Robotlegs is a standout among the ActionScript 3 development frameworks available today. With it, Flash, Flex, and AIR developers can create well-architected, testable, and flexible Rich Internet Applications—fast. This concise guide shows you how the light footprint and focused scope of this open source framework not only solves your immediate coding problems, it helps you gain insight into AS3 ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Robotlegs is a standout among the ActionScript 3 development frameworks available today. With it, Flash, Flex, and AIR developers can create well-architected, testable, and flexible Rich Internet Applications—fast. This concise guide shows you how the light footprint and focused scope of this open source framework not only solves your immediate coding problems, it helps you gain insight into AS3
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Mastering Mobile Test Automation

Master the full range of mobile automation and testing techniques to develop customized mobile automation solutions

by Gaurav Gupta ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionIf you want a complete understanding of mobile automation testing and its practical implementation, then this book is for you. Familiarity with the basics of VB Script and Java along with knowledge of basic testing concepts is essential.What you will learnExplore and configure the various types of mobile application packages for mobile test automationAutomate mobile web ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionIf you want a complete understanding of mobile automation testing and its practical implementation, then this book is for you. Familiarity with the basics of VB Script and Java along with knowledge of basic testing concepts is essential.What you will learnExplore and configure the various types of mobile application packages for mobile test automationAutomate mobile web
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Effective Akka

Patterns and Best Practices

by Jamie Allen ...

Avoid common mistakes when building distributed, asynchronous, high-performance software with the Akka toolkit and runtime. With this concise guide, author Jamie Allen provides a collection of best practices based on several years of using the actor model. The book also includes examples of actor application types and two primary patterns of actor usage, the Extra Pattern and Cameo Pattern.Allen, ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Avoid common mistakes when building distributed, asynchronous, high-performance software with the Akka toolkit and runtime. With this concise guide, author Jamie Allen provides a collection of best practices based on several years of using the actor model. The book also includes examples of actor application types and two primary patterns of actor usage, the Extra Pattern and Cameo Pattern.Allen,
... Read more
The Persona Lifecycle

Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design

by John Pruitt, Tamara Adlin ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
If you design and develop products for people, this book is for you. The Persona Lifecycle addresses the “how? of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn’t just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great product designs. Moreover, ... Read more

$76.99 CAD

If you design and develop products for people, this book is for you. The Persona Lifecycle addresses the “how? of creating effective personas and using those personas to design products that people love. It doesn’t just describe the value of personas; it offers detailed techniques and tools related to planning, creating, communicating, and using personas to create great product designs. Moreover,
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Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Paul Raines, Jeff Tranter ...

The Tcl language and Tk graphical toolkit are simple and powerful building blocks for custom applications. The Tcl/Tk combination is increasingly popular because it lets you produce sophisticated graphical interfaces with a few easy commands, develop and change scripts quickly, and conveniently tie together existing utilities or programming libraries.One of the attractive features of Tcl/Tk is the ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

The Tcl language and Tk graphical toolkit are simple and powerful building blocks for custom applications. The Tcl/Tk combination is increasingly popular because it lets you produce sophisticated graphical interfaces with a few easy commands, develop and change scripts quickly, and conveniently tie together existing utilities or programming libraries.One of the attractive features of Tcl/Tk is the
... Read more
Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins

Create secure applications by building complete CI/CD pipelines

by Rafał Leszko ...

Create a complete Continuous Delivery process using modern DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker Hub, Ansible, GitHub and many more. Key FeaturesBuild reliable and secure applications using Docker containers.Create a highly available environment to scale a Docker servers using KubernetesImplement advance continuous delivery process by parallelizing the pipeline tasksBook ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Create a complete Continuous Delivery process using modern DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker Hub, Ansible, GitHub and many more. Key FeaturesBuild reliable and secure applications using Docker containers.Create a highly available environment to scale a Docker servers using KubernetesImplement advance continuous delivery process by parallelizing the pipeline tasksBook
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Professional Product Owner, The

Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage

by Don McGreal, Ralph Jocham ...

Series series The Professional Scrum Series
The Professional Product Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Value with Scrum“This book presents a method of communicating our desires, cogently, coherently, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.”—Ken Schwaber, Chairman & Founder, Scrum.orgThe role of the Product Owner is more crucial than ever. But it’s about much more than mechanics: it’s about taking accountability and refocusing on value as the ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

The Professional Product Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Value with Scrum“This book presents a method of communicating our desires, cogently, coherently, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.”—Ken Schwaber, Chairman & Founder, Scrum.orgThe role of the Product Owner is more crucial than ever. But it’s about much more than mechanics: it’s about taking accountability and refocusing on value as the
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CMake Cookbook

Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake

by Radovan Bast, Roberto Di Remigio ...

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building
... Read more
Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications

by Sebastian Bergmann, Stefan Priebsch ...

Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHPPacked with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World-renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapted ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHPPacked with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World-renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapted
... Read more
Mastering Software Quality Assurance

Best Practices, Tools and Techniques for Software Developers

by Murali Chemuturi ...

This comprehensive reference on software development quality assurance addresses all four dimensions of quality: specifications, design, construction and conformance. It focuses on quality from both the micro and macro viewpoint. From a micro view, it details the aspect of building-in quality at the component level to help ensure that the overall deliverable has ingrained quality. From a macro ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

This comprehensive reference on software development quality assurance addresses all four dimensions of quality: specifications, design, construction and conformance. It focuses on quality from both the micro and macro viewpoint. From a micro view, it details the aspect of building-in quality at the component level to help ensure that the overall deliverable has ingrained quality. From a macro
... Read more
Learning Python

Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

by Mark Lutz ...

Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz's popular training course, this updated sixth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It's an ideal way to begin, whether you're new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.Complete with quizzes, exercises, and ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz's popular training course, this updated sixth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It's an ideal way to begin, whether you're new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.Complete with quizzes, exercises, and
... Read more
BDD in Action, Second Edition

Behavior-Driven Development for the whole software lifecycle

by John Ferguson Smart, Jan Molak ...

Deliver software that does what it’s supposed to do! Behavior-Driven Development guides your software projects to success with collaboration, communication techniques, and concrete requirements you can turn into automated tests.In BDD in Action, Second Edition you’ll learn how to:Implement and improve BDD practicesPrioritize features from business goalsFacilitate an example mapping sessionWrite ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Deliver software that does what it’s supposed to do! Behavior-Driven Development guides your software projects to success with collaboration, communication techniques, and concrete requirements you can turn into automated tests.In BDD in Action, Second Edition you’ll learn how to:Implement and improve BDD practicesPrioritize features from business goalsFacilitate an example mapping sessionWrite
... Read more

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