Wow! eBook - Blog http://www.wowebook.be Great ebook, great site! Wed, 16 May 2012 17:55:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 wowebookhttp://feedburner.google.com Visual C# 2010 How to Program, 4th Edition http://www.wowebook.be/book/visual-csharp-2010-how-to-program-4th-edition/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/visual-csharp-2010-how-to-program-4th-edition/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:53 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18773 Visual C# 2010 How to Program, 4th Edition

Book Description

Appropriate for all basic-to-intermediate level courses in 2010 .

Created by world-renowned instructors Paul and Harvey Deitel, 2010 How to Program, Fourth Edition introduces all facets of the C# 2010 language hands-on, through hundreds of working programs. This book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the major innovations Microsoft has incorporated in Visual C# 2010 and 4; all discussions and sample code have been carefully audited against the newest Visual C# language specification.

Students begin by getting comfortable with the C# Express 2010 IDE and basic Visual C# syntax. Next, they build their skills one step at a time, mastering control structures, classes, objects, methods, variables, arrays, and the core techniques of programming. With this strong foundation in place, the Deitels introduce more sophisticated techniques, including searching, sorting, data structures, generics, and collections. Throughout, the authors show students how to make the most of Microsoft’s tools. A series of appendices provide essential programming reference material on topics ranging from number systems to the Debugger, 2 to Unicode and ASCII.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers, the and Visual C#
Chapter 2. Dive Into® Visual C# 2010 Express
Chapter 3. Introduction to C# Applications
Chapter 4. Introduction to Classes, Objects, Methods and strings
Chapter 5. Control Statements: Part 1
Chapter 6. Control Statements: Part 2
Chapter 7. Methods: A Deeper Look
Chapter 8. Arrays
Chapter 9. Introduction to LINQ and the List Collection
Chapter 10. Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look
Chapter 11. Programming: Inheritance
Chapter 12. OOP: Polymorphism, Interfaces and Operator Overloading
Chapter 13. Exception Handling: A Deeper Look
Chapter 14. Graphical User Interfaces with Windows Forms: Part 1
Chapter 15. Graphical User Interfaces with Windows Forms: Part 2
Chapter 16. Strings and Characters
Chapter 17. Files and Streams
Chapter 18. Databases and LINQ
Chapter 19. Web App with
Chapter 20. Searching and Sorting
Chapter 21. Data Structures
Chapter 22. Generics
Chapter 23. Collections

Appendix A. Operator Precedence Chart
Appendix B. Simple Types
Appendix C. ASCII Character Set

Book Details

  • Paperback: 992 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4th Edition (October 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0132151421
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132151429
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Book Description

For Introduction to Programming (CS1) and other more intermediate courses covering programming in ++. Also appropriate as a supplement for upper-level courses where the instructor uses a book as a reference for the ++ language.

This best-selling comprehensive text is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It teaches programming by presenting the concepts in the context of full working programs and takes an early-objects approach. The authors emphasize achieving program clarity through structured and programming, software reuse and component-oriented software construction. The Eighth Edition encourages students to connect computers to the community, using the to solve problems and make a difference in our world. All content has been carefully fine-tuned in response to a team of distinguished academic and industry reviewers.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers and ++
Chapter 2. Introduction to C++ Programming
Chapter 3. Introduction to Classes, Objects and Strings
Chapter 4. Control Statements: Part 1
Chapter 5. Control Statements: Part 2
Chapter 6. Functions and an Introduction to Recursion
Chapter 7. Arrays and Vectors
Chapter 8. Pointers
Chapter 9. Classes: A Deeper Look, Part 1
Chapter 10. Classes: A Deeper Look, Part 2
Chapter 11. Operator Overloading; Class string
Chapter 12. Programming: Inheritance
Chapter 13. Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism
Chapter 14. Templates
Chapter 15. Stream Input/Output
Chapter 16. Exception Handling: A Deeper Look
Chapter 17. File Processing
Chapter 18. Class string and String Stream Processing
Chapter 19. Searching and Sorting
Chapter 20. Custom Templatized Data Structures
Chapter 21. Bits, Characters, C Strings and structs
Chapter 22. Standard Template Library (STL)
Chapter 23. Boost Libraries, Technical Report 1 and C++0x
Chapter 24. Other Topics
Chapter 25. ATM Case Study, Part 1: Object-Oriented Design with the
Chapter 26. ATM Case Study, Part 2: Implementing an Object-Oriented Design

Appendix A. Operator Precedence and Associativity
Appendix B. ASCII Character Set
Appendix C. Fundamental Types
Appendix D. Number Systems
Appendix E. Preprocessor
Appendix F. C Legacy Code Topics
Appendix G. 2: Additional Diagram Types
Appendix H. Using the Debugger
Appendix I. Using the GNU C++ Debugger

Book Details

  • Paperback: 1104 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8th Edition (March 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0132662361
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132662369
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Book Description

This newest edition examines fundamental data structures by following a consistent framework that builds intuition and analysis skills of data structures and algorithms

Presents new figures, simpler language, and more practical motivations from real-world scenarios

Numerous illustrations, -based animations, and simplified mathematical analyses help readers quickly learn important concepts

From the Back Cover
A Clear, Visual Approach to Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms

Goodrich and Tamassia’s DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS IN , 5/E, incorporates the design paradigm, using as the implementation language. The authors provide intuition, description, and analysis of fundamental data structures and algorithms. Numerous illustrations, -based animations, and simplified mathematical analyses justify important analytical concepts.

In the Second Edition, the authors have improved their text by simplifying advanced topics, including many new exercises, and revising most Java code exmples. You’ll also find updated and expanded coverage of -related topics, Object-oriented design, and the Java language, including the Collections framework and Design Patterns.

Features

  • Visual justifications help readers better understand difficult concepts.
  • Object-oriented design provide clear approaches for creating Java code.
  • Randomization replaces complex coverage-case analysis of sophisticated data structures.
  • Improved Web site (www.wiley.com/college/cs2java) includes:
    PILOT – An interactive for visualizing, solving and grading graph problems
    Java code examples
    Algorithms visualization tools
    A Complete Java Software Library especially designed for a CS2 course
    A student hint server for selected exercises
    Numerous instructor resources

Book Details

  • Paperback: 720 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 5th Edition (March 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470398809
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470398807
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Book Description

’s Definitive One-Stop to IMS Versions 12, 11, and 10: for Every IMS , Developer, and Programmer

Over 90% of the top Fortune® 1000 companies rely on ’s Information (IMS) for their most critical IBM z® data needs: 50,000,000,000+ transactions run through IMS databases every day. What’s more, IBM continues to upgrade IMS: Versions 12, 11, and 10 meet today’s challenges more flexibly and at a lower cost than ever before. In An Introduction to IMS, Second Edition, leading IBM experts present the definitive technical introduction to these versions of IMS.

More than a complete tutorial, this book provides up-to-date examples, cases, problems, solutions, and a complete glossary of IMS terminology. Prerequisite reading for the current Mastery Certification Program, it reflects major recent enhancements such as dynamic information generation; new access, interoperability and tools; improved SOA support; and much more. Whether you’re a , developer, or system programmer, it brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to succeed with IMS in today’s mission critical environments.

Coverage includes:

  • What IMS is, how it works, how it has evolved, and how it fits into modern enterprise IT architectures
  • Providing access to IMS via IMS-managed application programs
  • Understanding how IMS and z/OS® work together to use hardware and software more efficiently
  • Setting up, running, and maintaining IMS
  • Running IMS Manager: using the IMS Hierarchical Model, sharing data, and reorganizing databases
  • Understanding, utilizing, and optimizing IMS Transaction Manager
  • IMS application : application programming for the IMS Database and IMS Transaction Managers, editing and formatting messages, and programming applications in Java™
  • IMS system administration: the IMS system definition process, customizing IMS, , logging, IMS operations, database and system recovery, and more
  • IMS in Parallel Sysplex® environments: ensuring high availability, providing adequate capacity, and balancing workloads

Book Details

  • Paperback: 567 pages
  • Publisher: IBM Press; 2nd edition (March 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0132886871
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132886871
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Book Description

A Practical Primer for Application Development, Debugging, and Performance

Using , Lotus® Notes® and Domino® developers can quickly create state-of-the-art web, mobile, and Notes client business applications using standard technologies like HTML, , CSS, and XML. Now, there’s a perfect portable XPages quick reference for every working developer. Straight from the experts at ®, XPages Portable offers fast access to working code, tested solutions, expert tips, and example-driven best practices. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience as XPages lead developers and customer consultants, the authors explore many lesser known facets of the XPages runtime, illuminating these capabilities with dozens of examples that solve specific XPages development problems. Using their easy-to-adapt code examples, you can develop XPages solutions with outstanding performance, scalability, flexibility, efficiency, reliability, and value.

Covers lots of commands and parameters related to

  • XPages behavior modification through .properties
  • Notes/Domino configuration files
  • Manager and Console
  • The XSP Client-Side Object
  • Server Side JavaScript scripting
  • Server Side JavaScript debugging via global functions, simple constructs, and logging
  • Instantly access all XPages commands: Use this book as your quick offline solutions resource
  • Logical how-to topic groupings provide one-stop research
  • Compact size makes it easy to carry with you—wherever you go
  • “Create Your Own Journal” section with blank, lined pages makes it easy to personalize this book for your needs
  • “What Do You Want to Do?” chart inside the front cover helps you quickly find specific tasks

Designed for all Lotus and Domino developers with at least some XPages experience, XPages Portable Command is the ideal companion and follow-up to Mastering XPages from IBM Press, the world’s #1 book on XPages technology.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: IBM Press (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0132943050
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132943055
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Book Description

Ever since the ancient Greeks, financial innovation has enabled more people to purchase homes. Today is no different: in fact, responsible financial innovation is now the best tool available for “rebooting” crippled housing markets, improving their efficiency, and making housing more accessible to millions. In Fixing the Housing Market, three leading experts explain how, covering everything decision-makers should know about today’s housing and financial markets.

The authors first explain how innovative housing financial products, services and institutions evolved through the 19th century, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and beyond — culminating in the post-1970s era of securitization. Next, they assess housing systems in mature economies during and after the recent crisis, highlighting benefits and risks associated with each widely-used mortgage funding structure and product. They also carefully assess current housing structures in emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

Building on these insights, the authors introduce transformative financial innovations that can facilitate a more stable and sustainable financing system for housing — providing better shelter for more people, helping the industry recover, and creating thousands of new jobs. Using these new tools, entrepreneurs, specialists, and policymakers can develop practical strategies for bridging funding gaps — raising more capital for longer terms at lower cost.

From the Back Cover
“This is an engaging, nontechnical, accessible, and cogent set of analyses for fixing the housing market. The authors provide an elegant, compelling, insightful, and timeless evaluation of how to resolve the current housing crisis.”
–Professor Robert Edelstein, Maurice Mann Real Estate Chairholder and Co-Chair Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Haas School of , University of California at Berkeley

“The authors suggest both frameworks and financial tools necessary to fix the troubled markets. The book is clearly and concisely written and useful to all those seeking an integrative and thoughtful assessment of where we go from here.”
–Stuart A. Gabriel, Professor of and Arden Realty Chair, UCLA Anderson School of

“You will not find a more timely and relevant book, and from a team of authors with great expertise ranging from the academic frontier of the study of bubbles to the practical reform of our housing finance system. We really need this clear to help us better understand what often is portrayed as an overly complex topic.”
–Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor of Real Estate, Finance and & Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

“The authors remind us that the current housing finance crisis is not singular, but part and parcel of the long-term coevolution of finance and housing markets. While readers might not agree with all of the conclusions drawn by the authors, the volume of content, which is presented quite accessibly, allows for the formation of the readers’ own conclusions.”
–George McCarthy, Ph.D., Director, Metropolitan Opportunity, The Ford Foundation, New York, NY

“In this insightful and important book, three of the nation’s leading experts on financial innovation explain how future innovations can continue to finance home ownership without taxpayers being so heavily on the hook for mistakes as they have been as a consequence of the crisis.”
–Robert E. Litan, Vice President for and Policy, Kauffman Foundation, and Senior Fellow, Studies, The Brookings Institution

“You can’t understand the future of the U.S. housing market without an appreciation of its history, as well as housing markets in other countries. This book provides this valuable context, followed by innovative solutions informed by careful analyses of public policies, business practices, and consumer behavior.”
–Professor Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School

Since the ancient Greeks, financial innovation has enabled more people to own homes. Today, responsible financial innovation is the best tool available for rebooting crippled housing markets, improving their efficiency, and making housing more accessible. In this book, three leading experts explain why and cover everything decision-makers should know about housing finance.

The authors first clarify how housing financial products, services, and institutions evolved through the past two centuries, culminating in the era of securitization and the “mortgage meltdown.” Next, they assess housing finance systems in today’s mature economies, highlighting benefits and risks associated with each leading mortgage funding structure and product. They also assess housing finance in emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

Building on these insights, the authors identify important financial innovations that can facilitate a more stable and sustainable financing system for housing–providing better shelter for more people, helping the industry recover, and creating thousands of new jobs.

  • A history of financial innovation in housing
    From “mortgage stones” to mortgage-backed securities, and beyond
  • What went wrong?
    Why housing markets really failed: learning the right lessons
  • Promoting more robust, stable, and sustainable housing markets
    Implementing productive solutions, avoiding counterproductive policies
  • Delivering the right products via the right delivery modes
    Crafting the right financial structures for new construction, access, and retrofitting

This volume is part of a series of books on financial innovation, published through a collaboration between Wharton School Publishing and The Milken Institute. Future volumes will focus on other frontiers of financial innovation, including such critical topics as healthcare, energy, and environmental finance.

Book Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0137011601
  • ISBN-13: 978-0137011605
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Book Description

If you’ve done some tinkering and wondered how you could incorporate the —or the other way around—then this book is for you. The authors of and Projects will show you create 10 amazing, creative projects, from simple to complex. You’ll also find out incorporate Processing in your project design—a language very similar to the Arduino language.

The ten projects are carefully designed to build on your skills at every step. Starting with the Arduino and Kinect equivalent of “Hello, World,” the authors will take you through a diverse range of projects that showcase the huge range of possibilities that open up when Kinect and Arduino are combined.

  • Gesture-based Remote Control. Control devices and home appliances with hand gestures.
  • Kinect-networked Puppet. Play with a physical puppet remotely using your whole body.
  • Mood Lamps. Build your own set of responsive, gesture controllable LED lamps.
  • Drawing . Control a drawing using a Kinect-based tangible table.
  • Remote-controlled Vehicle. Use your body gestures to control a smart vehicle.
  • Biometric Station. Use the Kinect for biometric recognition and checking Body Mass Indexes.
  • Modeling Interface. Learn use the Arduino LilyPad to build a wearable modelling interface.
  • 360º Scanner. Build a turntable scanner and scan any object 360º using only one Kinect.
  • Delta . Build and control your own fast and accurate robot.

What you’ll learn

  • Arduino and Kinect basics
  • Interfacing Kinect and Arduino through Processing
  • Communicating: Serial and communication over networks
  • Interacting with the physical world: Sensors and actuators
  • Volumetric Scanning
  • Step-by-step instructions on a variety of Arduino/Kinect projects

Who this book is for
Intermediate to experienced gadget hackers who want to learn how to combine Arduino with Kinect, or who want inspiration for innovation.

Table of Contents

  1. Arduino Basics
  2. Kinect Basics
  3. Interfacing Arduino and Kinect through Processing
  4. Hello World: LED-me
  5. Gesture-based Remote Control
  6. Kinect-networked Puppet
  7. Mood Lamps
  8. Drawing Robot
  9. Remote-controlled Vehicles
  10. Biometric Station
  11. Modeling Interface
  12. 360º Scanner
  13. Delta Robot

Book Details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430241675
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430241676
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Book Description

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn drive powerful business results with 2011! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll learn orchestrate successful CRM projects, automate processes, create more efficient workflows, optimize sales and marketing campaigns, and integrate with your other systems to do even more. One step at a time, you’ll master new features ranging from the new interface to integration. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you get the job done fast–and get it done right!

Step-by-step instructions walk you through common tasks.

Quizzes and exercises at the end of each chapter test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

Learn how to…

  • Get a deep jump start on
  • Grasp what is new in Dynamics CRM 2011
  • Bring together all the elements of a successful CRM project
  • Understand ’s roadmap for Dynamics CRM and prepare for the future
  • Establish a strong foundation by making the right infrastructure and choices
  • Use Dynamics CRM to manage sales, leads, customer accounts, and marketing
  • Efficiently manage your individual contacts and activities
  • Take full advantage of email, Word mail merge, Excel and integration
  • Integrate and automate the way you manage contracts, cases, tickets, schedules, and time
  • Gain actionable business insights with Dynamics CRM Dashboards and Charts
  • Add solutions from the MarketPlace that make Dynamics CRM even more valuable
  • Extend Dynamics CRM with customizations and unique features

Book Details

  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Sams (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672335379
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672335372
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Book Description

Unleashed is filled with unique and advanced information for everyone who wants to make the most of the Linux operating system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by a long-time community leader to reflect the exciting new 11.10 (“Oneiric Ocelot”) and the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.04.

Former Ubuntu Forum administrator Matthew Helmke covers all you need to know about Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 installation, configuration, productivity, multimedia, development, system administration, server operations, networking, , security, DevOps, and more—including intermediate-to-advanced techniques you won’t find in any other book.

Helmke presents up-to-the-minute introductions to Ubuntu’s key productivity and development tools, languages, hardware support, and more. You’ll find brand-new coverage of the new Unity desktop, new database support and Android mobile development tools, and many other Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 innovations. Whether you’re new to Ubuntu or already a power user, you’ll turn to this book constantly: for new techniques, new solutions, and new ways to do even more with Ubuntu!

Matthew Helmke served from 2006 to 2011 on the Ubuntu Forum Council, providing leadership and oversight of the Ubuntu Forums, and spent two years on the Ubuntu regional membership approval board for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has written about Ubuntu for several magazines and websites, is a lead author of The Official Ubuntu Book. He works for The iPlant Collaborative, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and is building cyberinfrastructure for the biological sciences to support the growing use of massive amounts of data and computationally intensive forms of research.

  • Quickly install Ubuntu, configure it, and get your hardware running right
  • Configure and customize the new Unity desktop (or alternatives such as GNOME)
  • Get started with multimedia and productivity applications, including LibreOffice
  • Manage Linux services, users, and software packages
  • Administer and use Ubuntu from the line
  • Automate tasks and use scripting
  • Provide secure remote access
  • Manage kernels and modules
  • Administer file, print, email, proxy, , and database services (both SQL and )
  • Use both Apache and alternative HTTP servers
  • Support and use
  • Use Ubuntu in environments
  • Learn the basics about popular languages including Python, PHP, and , and how to use Ubuntu to develop in them
  • Learn how to get started developing Android mobile devices

Book Details

  • Paperback: 864 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 7th Edition (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672335786
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672335785
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Book Description

For 5 on iPad 2 and 4/4s

Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use with your iPad or to maximize its functionality as you use your 5 device as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as a feature-packed entertainment device.

In addition to learning all about the apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone or iPad, you learn about some of the best third-party apps currently available and discover useful strategies for best utilize them.

Using an easy-to-understand, nontechnical approach, this book is ideal for absolute beginners, as well as more experienced iPad or iPhone users who want to discover use the iOS 5 operating with and the latest versions of popular apps.

Here’s just a sampling of what the tips, tricks, and strategies offered in this book will help you accomplish:

  •  Update your iPad or iPhone with the iOS 5 operating .
  • Discover how to use the preinstalled apps on your iOS 5 device, including Notification Center and Reminders.
  • Take advantage of built-in apps such as Contacts, Calendars, , Mail, and .
  • Learn how to best use Siri on the iPhone 4S.
  • Find, download, and install the most powerful and versatile apps and content for your iPad or iPhone.
  • Synchronize files, documents, data, and content with , your , or other iOS 5 devices.
  • Create and maintain a reliable backup of your iOS 5 device.
  • Use your iPad or iPhone as an eBook reader, portable gaming machine, and feature-packed and video player.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Que (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789749122
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789749123
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Book Description

Covers 360, , and LIVE

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Xbox photos that show you exactly what to do

Help when you run into problems with Xbox 360, , or Xbox LIVE

Tips and Notes  to help you get the most from your Xbox 360

Full-color, step-by-step tasks show you how to have maximum fun with Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE! Learn how to:

  • Quickly set up your Xbox 360, Kinect sensor, controllers, headset, and storage
  • Network your Xbox using or wired connections
  • Join Xbox LIVE and start competing against gamers worldwide
  • Create your avatar and personalize your entire Xbox experience
  • Get great new content on Microsoft’s Game, Video, and Music Marketplaces
  • Find, contact, and team up with friends on Xbox LIVE
  • Protect your kids from inappropriate content
  • Post on and from your Xbox
  • Discover how Kinect is the future of control–now!
  • Get great from your Kinect sensor
  • Troubleshoot Xbox problems fast, so you can get back to having fun!

Book Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Que (February 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789748967
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789748966
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/my-xbox/feed/ 0 The NOOK Book, 3rd Edition http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-nook-book-3rd-edition/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-nook-book-3rd-edition/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:29 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18725 The NOOK Book, 3rd Edition

Book Description

Make the Most of Any B&N –Including , Color, or Simple Touch!

Read books, play , get free content, uncover powerful, little-known features you’ll love!

Do all this, and much more…

  • Discover great sources of free and low-cost ebooks
  • Sample B&N content for free before you buy it
  • Mark up your ebooks with highlights, annotations, and bookmarks
  • Stream Netflix, Hulu Plus, and other on your or Color
  • Listen to with Pandora, Rhapsody, MOG, and Grooveshark
  • Read full-color comics, graphic novels, and magazines
  • Lend and borrow books with B&N’s LendMe
  • Read your ebooks anywhere–even if you’ve left your NOOK at home
  • Master NOOK’s built-in chess, crosswords, and Sudoku
  • “Root” your NOOK to run standard apps
  • Use NOOK Friends to share your reading status, recommendations, and ratings on , , or BN.com
  • Manage your content with My NOOK Library or powerful third-party Calibre software
  • Create personal NOOK wallpapers and screensavers
  • Browse the more efficiently with your NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color
  • Customize NOOK children’s ebooks to read themselves aloud–in your own voice!
  • Use PubIt!M to publish and sell your own ebook at BN.com

Book Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Que; 3rd Edition (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789748487
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789748485
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-nook-book-3rd-edition/feed/ 0 Building Multiservice Transport Networks http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-multiservice-transport-networks/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-multiservice-transport-networks/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:21:15 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18713 Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Book Description

A comprehensive handbook for understanding, , and deploying multiservice network and applications

  • Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot ONS 15454 applications and services
  • Learn SONET/SDH and DWDM fundamentals
  • Understand Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) network architectures that support , storage area , wavelength, and DWDM transport applications
  • Extend your MSPP with storage solutions

A new generation of SONET and DWDM systems providing the functions of multiple network elements in a single platform has emerged. This new platform is called a Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP). MSPPs are a popular for building new networks and upgrading existing networks to take advantage of new services and integration of voice and data. Systems provides an MSPP product, the ONS 15454, for both service provider and enterprise networks. Systems is the market leader in MSPP technology in North America. More than 1,000 customers use the ONS 15454 MSPP in their networks and over 40,000 ONS 15454s have shipped, creating a need for accurate, comprehensive technical information for users to understand and maximize the potential of this MSPP product. Building Multiservice Transport Networks will become an indispensable reference for Cisco customers and constituents who are deploying MSPP solutions. Building Multiservice Transport Networks teaches all facets of MSPP networks in an easy-to-understand manner and from both the service provider and enterprise perspective. It provides the background material necessary for readers to learn key aspects of SONET, SDH, DWDM, , and storage , and does so through network diagrams, application examples, design guidelines, and detailed configurations.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Cisco Press (July 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587142457
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587142451
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-multiservice-transport-networks/feed/ 0 Building Resilient IP Networks http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-resilient-ip-networks/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-resilient-ip-networks/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:50 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18710 Building Resilient IP Networks

Book Description

The practical to building resilient and highly available IP networks

  • Learn from an all-in-one introduction to new features and developments in building a resilient IP network
  • Enable your organization to meet internal service-level agreements (SLAs) for mission-critical resources
  • Understand how a resilient IP network can help in delivering mission-critical information such as and voice services
  • Work with configuration examples that are based on real-world issues and customer requirements
  • Get tips and best practices from field personnel who have worked on some of the largest networks with stringent uptime requirements and SLAs

More companies are building networks with the intention of using them to conduct . Because the network has become such a strategic tool, its availability is of utmost importance to companies and their service providers. The challenges for the professionals responsible for these networks include ensuring that the network remains up all the time, keeping abreast of the latest technologies that help maintain uptime, and reacting to ever-increasing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

Building Resilient IP Networks helps you meet those challenges. This practical to building highly available IP networks captures the essence of technologies that contribute to the uptime of networks. You gain a clear understanding of achieve network availability through the use of tools, design strategy, and IOS® Software.

With Building Resilient IP Networks, you examine misconceptions about five-nines availability and learn to focus your attention on the real issues: appreciating the limitations of the protocols, understanding what has been done to improve them, and keeping abreast of those changes. Building Resilient IP Networks highlights the importance of having a modular approach to building an IP network and, most important, illustrates how a modular design contributes to a resilient network. You learn how an IP network can be broken down to various modules and how these modules interconnect with one another. Then you explore new network resiliency features that have been developed recently, categorized with respect to the design modules.

Building Resilient IP Networks is relevant to both enterprise and service provider customers of all sizes. Regardless of whether the network connects to the , fortifying IP networks for maximum uptime and prevention of attacks is mandatory for anyone’s .

This book is part of the Technology Series from Press®, which offers professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

Book Details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Cisco Press (December 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587052156
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587052156
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/building-resilient-ip-networks/feed/ 0 SSL Remote Access VPNs http://www.wowebook.be/book/ssl-remote-access-vpns/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/ssl-remote-access-vpns/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:07:42 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18701 SSL Remote Access VPNs

Book Description

® SSL solutions (formerly known as WebVPN solutions) give you a flexible and way to extend networking resources to virtually any remote user with access to the and a web browser. Remote access based on SSL delivers access to network resources by establishing an encrypted tunnel across the using a broadband (cable or DSL) or dialup connection.

SSL Remote Access VPNs provides you with a basic working knowledge of SSL virtual private networks on Cisco SSL VPN-capable devices. Design guidance is provided to assist you in implementing SSL VPN in existing network infrastructures. This includes examining existing hardware and software to determine whether they are SSL VPN capable, providing design recommendations, and guiding you on setting up the Cisco SSL VPN devices. Common deployment scenarios are covered to assist you in deploying an SSL VPN in your network.

SSL Remote Access VPNs gives you everything you need to know to understand, design, install, configure, and troubleshoot all the components that make up an effective, secure SSL VPN .

Jazib Frahim, CCIE® No. 5459, is currently working as a technical leader in the Worldwide Security Services Practice of the Cisco Advanced Services for Network Security. He is responsible for guiding customers in the design and implementation of their networks, with a focus on network security. He holds two CCIEs, one in routing and switching and the other in security.

Qiang Huang, CCIE No. 4937, is a product manager in the Cisco Campus Switch System Technology Group, focusing on driving the security and intelligent services roadmap for market-leading modular switching platforms. During his time at Cisco, Qiang has played an important role in a number of technology groups, including the Cisco TAC security and VPN team, where he was responsible for trouble-shooting complicated customer deployments in security and VPN solutions. Qiang has extensive knowledge of security and VPN technologies and experience in real-life customer deployments. Qiang holds CCIE certifications in routing and switching, security, and Dial.

  • Understand remote access VPN technologies, such as Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), Protocol Security (IPsec), Layer 2 Forwarding (L2F), Layer 2 Tunneling (L2TP) over IPsec, and SSL VPN
  • Learn about the building blocks of SSL VPN, including cryptographic algorithms and SSL and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
  • Evaluate common design best practices for planning and an SSL VPN
  • Gain insight into SSL VPN functionality on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco IOS® routers
  • Install and configure SSL VPNs on Cisco ASA and Cisco IOS routers
  • Manage your SSL VPN deployment using Cisco Security Manager

This security book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-end self-defending networks.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Cisco Press (June 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587052423
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587052422
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/ssl-remote-access-vpns/feed/ 0 31 Days Before Your CCENT Certification http://www.wowebook.be/book/31-days-before-your-ccent-certification/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/31-days-before-your-ccent-certification/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:50 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18707 31 Days Before Your CCENT Certification

Book Description

A day-by-day ICND1 exam review for the Discovery student

After you complete the first two courses of the ® Discovery version 4 curriculum in a ® Academy®, you are ready to officially demonstrate that knowledge by getting ™ ( Certified Entry Technician) certified.

The is a new entry-level certification that validates to a potential employer the practical skills you learned in these courses, which are required for entry-level network support positions.

31 Days Before Your CCENT Certification offers you a personable and practical way to understand the certification process and commit to taking the 640-822 ICND1 certification exam while the course material is fresh in your mind. Sign up for the ICND1 exam and use the book’s day-by-day and checklist to organize, prepare, and review. Each day in this breaks down an exam topic into a manageable bit of information to review using short summaries from relevant parts of the CCNA Discovery courses.

The features of the book empower you to fit exam preparation into a busy schedule:

  • Visual calendar summarizing each day’s study topic
  • Checklist providing advice for preparation activities leading up to the exam
  • Description of the 640-822 ICND1 exam and sign up for it, including use a course voucher
  • Strategies to be mentally, organizationally, and physically prepared for exam day
  • Conversational tone, which makes your study time more enjoyable

CCENT certification is open to everyone, but this book is specifically designed to prepare the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Discovery student for the exam.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Cisco Press (December 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587132176
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587132179
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/31-days-before-your-ccent-certification/feed/ 0 The iOS 5 Developer’s Cookbook, 3rd Edition http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-ios-5-developers-cookbook-3rd-edition/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-ios-5-developers-cookbook-3rd-edition/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 21:34:52 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18693 The iOS 5 Developers Cookbook, 3rd Edition

Book Description

In this book, bestselling author and development guru Erica Sadun brings together all the information you need to quickly start building successful apps for iPhone, , and . Sadun has thoroughly revised this book to focus on powerful new 5 features, the latest version of Objective-, and the 4 development tools.

The 5 Developer’s Cookbook, Third Edition is packed with ready-made code solutions for the iOS 5 development challenges you’re most likely to face, eliminating trial-and-error and helping you build reliable apps from the very beginning. Sadun teaches each new concept and technique through robust code that is easy to reuse and extend. This isn’t just cut-and-paste: Using her examples, Sadun fully explains both the “how” and “why” of effective iOS 5 development.

Sadun’s tested recipes address virtually every major area of iOS development, from user interface design to view controllers, gestures and touch, to networking and . Every chapter groups related tasks together, so you can jump straight to your , without having to identify the right class or framework first. Coverage includes:

  • Mastering the iOS 5 SDK, Objective- essentials, and the iOS development lifecycle
  • and customizing interfaces with Interface Builder and Objective-C
  • Organizing apps with view controllers, views, and animations featuring the latest Page View controllers and custom containers
  • Making the most of touch and gestures—including custom gesture recognizers
  • Building and using controls from the ground up
  • Working with Core Image and Core Text
  • Implementing fully featured Table View edits, reordering, and custom cells
  • Creating managed database stores; then adding, deleting, querying, and displaying data
  • Alerting users with dialogs, progress bars, local and push notifications, popovers, and pings
  • Requesting and using feedback
  • Connecting to networks and services, handling authentication, and managing downloads
  • Deploying apps to devices, testers, and the

Table of Contents

  1. Introducing the iOS SDK
  2. Objective-C Boot Camp
  3. Building Your First Project
  4. Interfaces
  5. Working with View Controllers
  6. Assembling Views and Animations
  7. Working with Images
  8. Gestures and Touches
  9. Building and Using Controls
  10. Working with Text
  11. Creating and Managing Table Views
  12. A Taste of
  13. Alerting the User
  14. Device Capabilities
  15. Networking

Book Details

  • Paperback: 840 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3rd Edition (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321832078
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321832078
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-ios-5-developers-cookbook-3rd-edition/feed/ 0 The CERT Guide to Insider Threats http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-cert-guide-to-insider-threats/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-cert-guide-to-insider-threats/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 21:29:41 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18690 The CERT Guide to Insider Threats

Book Description

Since 2001, the CERT® Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has collected and analyzed information about more than seven hundred insider cyber crimes, ranging from national espionage to theft of trade secrets. The CERT® Guide to Insider Threats describes CERT’s findings in practical terms, offering specific guidance and countermeasures that can be immediately applied by executives, managers, officers, and operational staff within any private, government, or military organization.

The authors systematically address attacks by all types of malicious insiders, including current and former employees, contractors, partners, outsourcers, and even - vendors. They cover all major types of insider cyber crime: IT sabotage, intellectual property theft, and fraud. For each, they present a crime profile describing how the crime tends to evolve over time, as well as motivations, methods, organizational issues, and precursor warnings that could have helped the organization prevent the incident or detect it earlier. Beyond identifying crucial patterns of suspicious behavior, the authors present concrete defensive measures for protecting both systems and data.

This book also conveys the big picture of the insider threat problem over time: the complex interactions and unintended consequences of existing policies, practices, technology, insider mindsets, and organizational culture. Most important, it offers actionable recommendations for the entire organization, from executive and board members to IT, data owners, HR, and legal departments.

With this book, you will find out

  • Identify hidden signs of insider IT sabotage, theft of sensitive information, and fraud
  • Recognize insider threats throughout the software life cycle
  • Use advanced threat controls to resist attacks by both technical and nontechnical insiders
  • Increase the effectiveness of existing technical security tools by enhancing rules, configurations, and associated processes
  • Prepare for unusual insider attacks, including attacks linked to organized crime or the Internet underground

By implementing this book’s security practices, you will be incorporating protection mechanisms designed to resist the vast majority of malicious insider attacks.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Insider IT Sabotage
Chapter 3. Insider Theft of Intellectual Property
Chapter 4. Insider Fraud
Chapter 5. Insider Threat Issues in the Software Life Cycle
Chapter 6. Best Practices for the Prevention and Detection of Insider Threats
Chapter 7. Technical Insider Threat Controls
Chapter 8. Case Examples
Chapter 9. Conclusion and Miscellaneous Issues

Appendix A. Insider Threat Center Products and Services
Appendix B. Deeper Dive into the Data
Appendix . CyberSecurity Watch Survey
Appendix D. Insider Threat Database Structure
Appendix E. Insider Threat Training Simulation: MERIT InterActive
Appendix F. Dynamics Background

Book Details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321812573
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321812575
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/the-cert-guide-to-insider-threats/feed/ 0 Experiences of Test Automation http://www.wowebook.be/book/experiences-of-test-automation/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/experiences-of-test-automation/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 21:25:44 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18687 Experiences of Test Automation

Book Description

Software test automation has moved beyond a luxury to become a necessity. Applications and systems have grown ever larger and more complex, and manual testing simply cannot keep up. As technology changes, and more organizations move into agile , testing must adapt—and quickly. Test automation is essential, but poor automation is wasteful—how do you know where your efforts will take you?

Authors Dorothy Graham and Mark Fewster wrote the field’s seminal text, Software Test Automation, which has guided many organizations toward success. Now, in Experiences of Test Automation, they reveal test automation at work in a wide spectrum of organizations and projects, from complex government systems to medical devices, business process to Android mobile apps and migrations. This book addresses both management and technical issues, describing failures and successes, brilliant ideas and disastrous decisions and, above all, offers specific lessons you can use.

  • Test automation in agile development
  • How management support can make or break successful automation
  • The importance of a good testware and abstraction levels
  • Measuring benefits and Return on Investment (ROI)
  • Management issues, including skills, planning, scope, and expectations
  • Model-Based Testing (MBT), monkey testing, and exploratory test automation
  • The importance of standards, communication, documentation, and flexibility in enterprise-wide automation
  • Automating support activities
  • Which tests to automate, and what not to automate
  • Hidden costs of automation: maintenance and failure
  • The right objectives for test automation: why “finding bugs” may not be a good objective
  • Highlights, consisting of lessons learned, good points, and helpful tips

Experiences of Test Automation will be invaluable to everyone considering, implementing, using, or managing test automation. Testers, analysts, developers, automators and automation architects, test managers, project managers, QA professionals, and technical directors will all benefit from reading this book.

Review
“What you hold in your hands is a treasure trove of hard-won knowledge about what works and what doesn’t in test automation. It can save you untold hours and costs by steering you away from paths that lead nowhere and guiding you towards those that lead to success.”
–Linda Hayes

“From tools to methodology, Dorothy Graham and Mark Fewster weave a compelling set of stories that provide a learning experience in automation. This comprehensive tome is the first of its kind to take the reader deep into the world of automated testing, as depicted by case studies that show the realities of what happened across a multitude of projects spanning a wide variety of industries and technology environments. By identifying similarities and repeated themes, the authors help the reader focus on the essential learning lessons and pitfalls to avoid. Read this book cover to cover for inspiration and a realization of what it takes to ultimately succeed in test automation.”
–Andrew L. Pollner, President & CEO of ALP International Corporation

“Many years after their best-seller Software Test Automation, Mark Fewster and Dorothy Graham have done it again. Agile methodologies have given test automation a dominant presence in today’s testing practices. This is an excellent, highly practical book with many well-documented case studies from a wide range of perspectives. Highly recommended to all those involved, or thinking about getting involved, in test automation.”
– Erik van Veenendaal, Founder of Improve Quality Services and vice-chair of TMMi Foundation

“This book is like having a testing conference in your hand, with a wealth of case studies and insights. Except that this book is much cheaper than a conference, and you don’t have to travel for it. What impressed me in particular was that it is all tied together in a concise ‘chapter zero’ that efficiently addresses the various aspects I can think of for automation success. And that is something you will not get in a conference.”
–Hans Buwalda

“An exciting, well-written, and wide-ranging collection of case studies with valuable realworld experiences, tips, lessons learned, and points to remember from real automation projects. This is a very useful book for anyone who needs the evidence to show managers and colleagues what works–and what does not work–on the automation journey.”
–Isabel Evans, FBCS CITP, Quality Manager, Dolphin Computer Access

“Experiences of Test Automation first describes the essence of effective automated testing. It proceeds to provide many lifetimes worth of experience in this field, from a wide variety of situations. It will help you use automated testing for the right reasons, in a way that suits your organization and project, while avoiding the various pitfalls. It is of great value to anyone involved in testing–management, testers, and automators alike.”
–Martin Gijsen, Independent Test Automation Architect

“This offering by Fewster and Graham is a highly significant bridge between test automation theory and reality. Test automation framework design and implementation is an inexact science begging for a reusable set of standards that can only be derived from a growing body of precedence; this book helps to establish such precedence. Much like predecessor court cases are cited to support subsequent legal decisions in a judicial system, the diverse case studies in this book may be used for making contemporary decisions regarding engagement in, support of, and educating others on software test automation framework design and implementation.”
–Dion Johnson, Software Test Consultant and Principle Adviser to the Automated Testing Institute (ATI)

“Even with my long-established ‘test automation won’t work’ stance, this book did make me pause and ponder. It opened my mind and gave me a few ‘oh, I hadn’t thought of that’ moments. I would recommend this book as an initial reference for any organization wanting to introduce test automation.”
–Audrey Leng

“This book is a stunning achievement. I believe that it is one of the best books ever written in test automation. Dot and Mark’s approach presenting 28 case studies is a totally new concept including eye-catching tips, good points, and lessons learned. The case studies are coming from life experiences, successes and failures, including several aspects of automation, different environments, and a mixture of solutions. Books are ‘the’ source of wisdom, and what a good idea for using storytelling to increase our learning through triggering our memories. This book is a must for everyone who is thinking of or involved in test automation at all levels. It is truly unique in its kind.”
–Mieke Gevers

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. An Agile Team’s Test Automation Journey: The First Year
Chapter 2. The Ultimate Automation
Chapter 3. Moving to the : The Evolution of , Continuous Regression Testing in Production
Chapter 4. The Automator Becomes the Automated
Chapter 5. Autobiography of an Automator: From Mainframe to Framework Automation
Chapter 6. Project 1: Failure!, Project 2: Success!
Chapter 7. Automating the Testing of Complex Government Systems
Chapter 8. Device Simulation Framework
Chapter 9. Model-Based Test-Case Generation in ESA Projects
Chapter 10. Ten Years On and Still Going
Chapter 11. A Rising Phoenix from the Ashes
Chapter 12. Automating the Wheels of Bureaucracy
Chapter 13. Automated Reliability Testing Using Hardware Interfaces
Chapter 14. Model-Based GUI Testing of Android Applications
Chapter 15. Test Automation of Business Processes
Chapter 16. Test Automation of a SAP Implementation
Chapter 17. Choosing the Wrong Tool
Chapter 18. Automated Tests for Marketplace Systems: Ten Years and Three Frameworks
Chapter 19. There’s More to Automation Than Regression Testing: Thinking Outside the Box
Chapter 20. Software for Medical Devices and Our Need for Good Software Test Automation
Chapter 21. Automation through the Back Door
Chapter 22. Test Automation as an Approach to Adding Value to Portability Testing
Chapter 23. Automated Testing in an Insurance Company: Feeling Our Way
Chapter 24. Adventures with Test Monkeys
Chapter 25. System-of-Systems Test Automation at NATS
Chapter 26. Automating Automotive Electronics Testing
Chapter 27. BHAGs, Change, and Test Transformation
Chapter 28. Exploratory Test Automation: An Example Ahead of Its Time
Chapter 29. Test Automation Anecdotes

Book Details

  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321754069
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321754066
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]]> http://www.wowebook.be/book/experiences-of-test-automation/feed/ 0 Learning Android Game Programming http://www.wowebook.be/book/learning-android-game-programming/ http://www.wowebook.be/book/learning-android-game-programming/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:35 +0000 Wow! http://www.wowebook.be/?p=18682 Learning Android Game Programming

Book Description

Build the Next Great Android !

Learning Android is your hands-on, start-to-finish guide to creating winning games for today’s rapidly growing Android mobile device marketplace. If you have even basic Android experience, Rick Rogers will help you build on your knowledge to quickly create low-budget 2D mobile games that sell.

The book starts with an up-to-the-minute overview of today’s Android mobile games marketplace, reviews each leading genre, and teaches you the foundational concepts of game . You’ll design a simple game, then master every step of game with AndEngine—the powerful, , free game-development engine. Every chapter teaches with sample code you can actually use, including many examples drawn from the published game, Virgins Versus Vampires (V3).

With this book you’ll learn

  • Use free Android tools for creating code, artwork, and sound
  • Implement the “game loop” that is at the heart of Android games
  • Bring your game to life with scene transitions and entity modifiers
  • Make the most of bitmap and vector graphics, sprites, and
  • Integrate user input via touch, multitouch, keyboard, voice recognition, accelerometer, location, and compass
  • Build infinite virtual worlds with tile maps
  • Create, save, and reuse powerful particle effects
  • Find, acquire, modify, and use background and sound effects
  • Implement highly realistic physics effects with
  • Use AI techniques to make your games smarter and more fun
  • Build a scoring framework based on collisions between your game elements

Download the free version of Virgins Versus Vampires (V3) from Android Market today, as you learn build the game in this book

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Mobile Games
Chapter 2. Game Elements and Tools
Chapter 3. The Game Loop and Menus
Chapter 4. Scenes, Layers, Transitions, and Modifiers
Chapter 5. Drawing and Sprites
Chapter 6.
Chapter 7. Text
Chapter 8. User Input
Chapter 9. Tile Maps
Chapter 10. Particle Systems
Chapter 11. Sound
Chapter 12. Physics
Chapter 13. Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 14. Scoring and Collisions
Chapter 15. Extensions
Chapter 16. Game Integration
Chapter 17. Testing and Publishing

Book Details

  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (December 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321769627
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321769626
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