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Tom Brander06/20/11
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The Essential Guide to HTML5, Using Games to Learn HTML5 and Javascript

 This book is aimed at new programmers wanting to learn basic HTML, CSS and Javascript skills, and basic game construction. It's strength is that everything taught operates entirely "in...

Markus Eisele06/02/11
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Review: "Real World Java EE Night Hacks - Dissecting the Business Tier" by Adam Bien

In a very irregular series I do some book reviews here. One paperback found it's way to my post box a few weeks ago already. And it was the one, I was most curious about this year. Adam told me, he is going to write something during last years flight back...

Giorgio Sironi05/31/11
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The Kindle is ready for programmers

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Amazon. I recently received a Kindle as a gift and substituted my ebook reader with it. In this article I talk about the 6' model form direct experience.User experience for e-books goes beyond obviously advantages,...

Manuel Jordan05/11/11
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Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

I know, Ext JS 4.0 is already available and 3.3 release is legacy now, and even worse for 3.0, but you should consider that no book about 4.0 exists yet and we have a Ext JS 3 to 4 Migration Pack,...

Hajan Selmani05/07/11
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ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook - Review

In the past few months I was working as a technical reviewer on ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook with Packt Publishing. This was my first experience to work directly with the book development team and I must say I had a great time working with Packt Publishing team...

Manuel Jordan04/13/11
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Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages

Below my appreciation of the chapters Chapter 01: Introduction to DSL and Groovy Here the author share an interesting introduction about JVM and dynamic languages like Ruby and Phyton and...

Stephen Harrison04/11/11
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DSLs in Action

So I actually went into this review thinking I knew the subject pretty well. It turns out I'd only just scratched the surface having merely implemented a simple DSL in Groovy using the built-in...

Manuel Jordan04/05/11
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jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide

For me it was a little complicated to write a review for this book, due its written style. Bear in mind this is a reference guide!, with this premise below my own appreciation for its...

Nick Winfield03/29/11
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SharePoint 2010 Workflows In Action

The author delivers a thorough, clear, and well-written book that assumes that you have SharePoint 2010 loaded or have access to it – this makes sense as why would you be reading the book if...

Kelly Robinson03/19/11
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Book review: Spring Persistence with Hibernate

Spring Persistence with Hibernate from Apress covers a lot of ground in 235 pages, delving not only into the frameworks of the title, but touching on the surface of other technologies...

John Zukowski03/17/11
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The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK

Coming from a background with the now abandoned SavaJe OS (JavaOne 2006 Jasper S20 show device), developing for the Android platform seemed like a natural progression for me. Offering great working...

Gunnar Peipman03/12/11
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Book Review: Programming Windows Identity Foundation

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Kelly Robinson03/07/11
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Book review: Spring Persistence with Hibernate

Spring Persistence with Hibernate Spring Persistence with Hibernate from Apress covers a lot of ground in 235 pages, delving not only into the frameworks of the title, but touching on the surface...

Tom Jensen03/07/11
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Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010, Third Edition

When I got this tome in the mail I felt overwhelmed. I've never read a programming book that was nearly 1700 pages long. There is a reason for the size, though, and it isn't just stuffed with a...

Morten Nobel-Jø...02/18/11
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Multicore Application Programming: for Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris

The first part of the book is about how to write code than runs efficiently on the hardware. To write such optimized code, you'll need to know: - The hardware architecture of your system - The...

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