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Essential JavaFX

Essential JavaFX is a well written introduction to JavaFX. It is written in a conversational style and there's lots of diagrams and screen shots to break up the text and show you the results of...

5 replies - 2688 views - 09/25/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference

As a developer who typically doesn't venture too far into the "visual" side of things, normally hiding in the invisibility of server side logic, I was really surprised by this book. I've...

0 replies - 1120 views - 08/21/09 by chris.baughman in Book Reviews

Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference

As a developer who typically doesn't venture too far into the "visual" side of things, normally hiding in the invisibility of server side logic, I was really surprised by this book. I've...

0 replies - 504 views - 08/14/09 by chris.baughman in Book Reviews

Win Your Copy: Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

“Practical API Design” is divided into three parts:In part one, Jaroslav describes the theories underlying his approach to API design and his reasons for writing “another design book.” This...

18 replies - 3487 views - 03/28/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

The Productive Programmer

Chapter 1 is the introduction, and in it Neal explains what productivity is and why he felt the need to write a book on how to improve it. This is followed by a nifty example of a tip that anyone can...

0 replies - 5905 views - 08/15/08 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems

My favorite chapter of Wicked Cool PHP is chapter five: Working with Text and HTML. Regular expressions are extremely powerful and the amount of information you can acquire from simple page...

0 replies - 3761 views - 03/18/08 by David Walsh in Book Reviews