HTML5 and CSS3 - Develop With Tomorrow's Standards Today

HTML5 and CSS3 are the future of web development, but you don't have to wait to start using them. Even though the specification is still in development, many modern browsers and mobile devices already support HTML5 and CSS3. This book gets you up to speed...

 Core Data Apple's API for Persisting Data on Mac OS X

Learn the Apple Core Data APIs from the ground up. With Core Data, you can concentrate on designing the model for your application, and use the power of Core Data to do the rest. This book will take you from Core Data fundamentals to expert configurations...

 Agile Development with Rails Covers Rails 2

You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and acros...

 The passionate programmer Creating a remarkable career in software development

REMARKABLE CAREERS don't come by chance. You can't afford to sit back and let your job decide your future-it's time to take control. If you want success in today's IT environment, TREAT YOUR CAREER AS A BUSINESS. In this new edition of Chad Fowler's ...

 Programming ERLANG Software for a Concurrent World

Moore's Law is the observation that the amount you can do on a single chip doubles every two years. Historically, Moore's Law has delivered ever faster computing power to more and more demanding audiences. But Moore's Law is about to break down-there's a ...

 Best of Ruby Quiz

Sharpen your Ruby programming skills with twenty-five challenging problems from Ruby Quiz. Read the problems, work out a solution, and compare your solution with others. Sharpen your programming skills Learn using the most effective method available: ...

 Rails Recipes

Rails is large, powerful, and new. How do you use it effectively? How do you harness the power? And, most important, how do you get high quality, real-world applications written? From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your develo...

 Advanced Rails Recipes

Ruby on Rails continues to build up a tremendous head of steam. Fueled by significant benefits and an impressive portfolio of real-world applications already in production, Rails is destined to continue making significant inroads in coming years. Each ...

 Deploying Rails Applications A Step-by-Step Guide

First you'll learn how to build out your shared, virtual, or dedicated host. Then, you'll see how to build your applications for production and deploy them with one step, every time. Deploying Rails Applications will take you from a simple shared host thr...

 Agile Web Development with Rails

Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophisticated web-based applications, but with a twist... A full Rails application probably has less total code than the XML you'd need to configure the same applic...

 Rails for PHP Developers

As a PHP developer, you have some great tools for developing web applications. Ruby on Rails is another key tool to add to your web development toolbox. Rails is a high-level web development framework that emphasizes high productivity and clean code. Howe...

 Pragmatic Ajax A Web 2.0 Primer

It's not just another book on Ajax. It's Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications. Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applica...

 Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit

The NIST estimates that poor testing costs the US economy $60 billion annually. This book gives teams straightforward and proven ways to introduce unit testing into their process, resulting in higher quality and fewer bugs. All over the world, software...

 Everyday Scripting with Ruby For Teams, Testers and You

Are you a tester who spends more time manually creating complex test data than using it? A business analyst who seemingly went to college all those years so you can spend your days copying data from reports into spreadsheets? A programmer who can't finish...

 Rails for Java Developers The Facets of Ruby Series

If you are a Java programmer, you shouldn't have to start at the very beginning! You already have deep experience with the design issues that inspired Rails, and can use this background to quickly learn Ruby and Rails. But Ruby looks a lot different from ...