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James Sugrue05/15/12
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Scala For The Impatient

With one of the most appealing titles I've ever seen in a programming book,  I could not recommend Scala for the Impatient highly enough. The author, Cay Horstmann, has written many books about...

Nicolas Frankel05/09/12
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Specification by Example review

Facts 18 chapters, 254 pages, $29.21This book covers Specifications by Example (you could have guessed it from the title). In effect, SBE are a way to build the right software (for the...

Mike Driscoll05/05/12
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eBook Review – Guide to: Learning Iteration and Generators in Python

Last month around the time of PyCon USA 2012, Matt Harrison sent me a copy of his newest book, Guide to: Learning Iteration and Generators in Python. I’ve been wanting to learn more about generators anyway, so I thought this was pretty fortuitous. We’ll take a quick look at the good and the bad after the jump.

John Cook04/26/12
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The Linux Command Line: Book Review

No Starch Press recently released The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction by William E. Shotts, Jr. True to its name, the book is about using Linux from command line. It’s not an...

Mohamed Sanaulla04/23/12
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Book Review: Code Simplicity

Lot of the concepts explained in the book are put forth as science, but I don't agree. A lot still depends on the individual, they can be stated as guidelines but not something as concrete as Newtons Laws of Motion.

Ivan Ilijasic04/15/12
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PHP Ajax Cookbook

I've been in PHP development for more than 10 years and this book is really useful material.I could recommend it to beginners and experienced developers. From my point of view, there are three types...

James Betteley03/22/12
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Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef – A Book Review

A while ago I ordered a copy of “Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef” from Amazon. It must have been sometime last summer in fact. It took months to arrive, because they simply didn’t have...

Geertjan Wielenga03/02/12
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Interview: Joel Murach, Author of "Murach's Java Programming"

A new book on learning Java programming was recently released. In this interview, the author talks about the book and especially about why NetBeans was chosen as the key programming tool throughout the book.

Shane Willerton01/05/12
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Review of Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design

The authors provide practical advice for developing software in an Agile context by showing how to code for future enhancements while avoiding unnecessary over-design. They leverage their extensive...

Tim Dams12/17/11
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Mobile Learning to cook with WP 7.5 data (a book review)

Recently I received a review copy of the “Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook” by Ramesh Thalli from Packt Publishing (ISBN 978-1-84969-122-2). This book, divided in 8 chapters, shows how simple it is to write data-driven programs WP7 applications. What...

Greg Duncan12/17/11
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"Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth" 2nd edition, free Windows Phone 7.1(5) PDF now available

Windows Phone Geek - New FREE e-book: Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth 2nd edition "We are pleased to announce that we have just released our new FREE e-book "Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth" 2nd edition by Boryana Miloshevska.

Greg Duncan12/03/11
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31 Days of Mango - eBooked (for purchase)

Blankenblog - 31 Days of Mango | Now In eBook Format! "The entire series, 31 Days of Mango, is now available in e-book format for Kindle and Nook! If you would like to read all of these articles on-the-go, while supporting the developers that...

Greg Duncan11/29/11
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Free eBook - "Razor View Engine in MVC 3"

Itorian - Razor View Engine in MVC 3 "In this e-book you will learn all about Razor View Engine introduced in MVC 3. I will walk through the simple steps and even I will keep my ideas simple so that you can understand the Razor View Engine better....

James Sugrue11/25/11
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The Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)

The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) is one of the most popular projects in the Eclipse eco-system, being used across a number of commercial and open source products. Google's WindowBuilder is one...

Jason Hull11/11/11
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Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server Published

We are pleased to announce that Eric Pugh and David Smiley have published the second Solr book in publication, Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search Server. It is an update to the blockbuster Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server, and is available at Packt Publishing.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.
— Brian Kernigan