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Masoud Kalali01/27/09
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Win Your Copy: OSGI in Action

The first chapter of every Mannig book that I read was some kind of introduction and was covering the background of the domain which book was going to cover. The OSGI in Action is not an exception...

James Sugrue01/27/09
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EMF: Eclipse Modelling Framework (Your Chance to Win a Copy)

While Chapter One gets the unfamiliar acquainted with Eclipse, it's Chapter Two, Introducing EMF, that most people will begin at. Here the Ecore model is explained, along with the different ways to...

Jill Tomich01/25/09
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EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework, 2nd Edition

The Eclipse Modeling Framework enables developers to rapidly construct robust applications based on surprisingly simple models. Now, in this thoroughly...

James Sugrue01/19/09
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Eclipse Plug-ins (Your Chance to Win A Copy)

Chapter 1 introduces Eclipse to the readers, including all the new capabilities of Eclipse 3.4. An overview of Mylyn is provided – while not part of the core, it is a very popular developer tool,...

Burk Hufnagel01/18/09
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Inside Steve's Brain

There are eight chapters to “Inside Steve’s Brain” and all but chapter seven (which is a case study) focuses on a different aspect of Jobs’ personality. Each chapter starts with a quote from...

Jill Tomich01/16/09
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Open Source ESBs in Action

Open-Source ESBs in Action describes how to use ESBs in real-world situations. You will learn how the various features of an ESB such as transformation,...

Meera Subbarao01/14/09
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Free Book: JBoss in Action

This book is divided into four parts, containing 15 chapters and two appendices. Part 1: The JBoss Application ServerIf you are using JBoss than you can simply skip Chapter 1(Vote for JBoss). This...

Jill Tomich01/09/09
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Eclipse Rich Client Platform

Eclipse is more than a state-of-the-art IDE: its Rich Client Platform (RCP) plug-ins form an outstanding foundation for any desktop application, from chat...

Jill Tomich01/09/09
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Equinox and OSGi: The Power Behind Eclipse

Equinox and OSGi incrementally guides you through building an application. It focuses on OSGi and its application to building highly modular and dynamic...

Meera Subbarao01/09/09
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An Interview with JBoss in Action authors Javid Jamae and Peter Johnson

JBoss in Action is the first book to focus in detail on how to use the JBoss 5 application server from installation to configuration to production development.

Jill Tomich01/03/09
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SOA Design Patterns

SOA Design Patterns is a definitive work that offers clarity on the purpose and functioning of service oriented architecture. SOA Design Patterns not only...

Meera Subbarao12/22/08
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The Top 5 Books I Read in 2008

I read several books in 2008, 90% of them were technical. I also read a number of books related to software development rather than a specific framework or technology. Listed below are the top 5 books I read in 2008 in no particular order.

Jill Tomich12/18/08
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Pro XML Development with Java Technology

Pro XML Development with Java Technology covers all the essential XML topics, including XML Schemas, addressing of XML documents through XPath, transformation...

Manuel Jordan12/17/08
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Book Comparison: Spring Recipes and Pro Spring 2.5

Since about 2 years ago I have been an evangelist for Pro Spring book in the Spring Forum, the best and definitive book to learn Spring from the scratch (really I learnt Spring from there). Now Spring has improved with new features, and new modules,...

Meera Subbarao12/16/08
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2008: A Developer's Retrospective

I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so long. However, I never made resolutions which I couldn’t keep at all. I might have not succeeded in...