Programming

JavaScript: The Good Parts, First Edition

By Douglas Crockford

Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a su...

[Publish Date: May 2008]

Head First C#, 2nd Edition

By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene

You want to learn C# programming, but you're not sure you want to suffer through another tedious technical book. You're in luck: Head First C# introduces this language in a fun, visual way. You'll quickly learn everything from creating your first pro...

[Publish Date: May 2010]

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iPhone 3D Programming, First Edition

By Philip Rideout

Do you have a great idea for a graphics-intensive iPhone or iPad application, but don't know how to bring it to life? This book offers the perfect solution: a crash course on the OpenGL graphics library with an overview of iPhone 3D development. Whet...

[Publish Date: May 2010]

Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET MVC, First Edition

By Dino Esposito

Author Dino Esposito leads you through the features, principles, and pillars of the ASP.NET MVC framework, demonstrating how and when to use this model to gain full control of HTML, simplify testing, and design better Web sites and experiences....

[Publish Date: April 2010]

The Ruby Programming Language, First Edition

By David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto

Bestselling author David Flanagan teams up with Ruby creator Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto and writer/cartoonist/programmer why the lucky stiff to bring you the authoritative guide to Ruby. Covering versions 1.9 and 1.8, this book helps you learn Ruby's le...

[Publish Date: January 2008]

Microsoft® Visual C#® 2010 Step by Step, First Edition

By John Sharp

This popular, practical tutorial helps you apply your fundamental programming skills to learning and working with the Visual C# 2010 rapid application development environment. Features learn-by-doing exercises, with data sets and code samples on the...

[Publish Date: March 2010]

Programming Windows Azure, First Edition

By Sriram Krishnan

Learn the nuts and bolts of cloud computing with Windows Azure, Microsoft's new Internet services platform. Written by a key member of the product development team, Programming Windows Azure shows you how to build, deploy, host, and manage applicatio...

[Publish Date: May 2010]

Head First JavaScript, First Edition

By Michael Morrison

Want to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages and create dynamic web applications? Want to take your web skills to the next level? It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScr...

[Publish Date: December 2007]

Inside Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008: T-SQL Programming, First Edition

By Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, Roger Wolter, Greg Low, Ed Katibah, Isaac Kunen

Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of Transact-SQL (T-SQL)—the database programming language built into SQL Server—with this comprehensive, hands-on programming reference....

[Publish Date: April 2009]

JavaScript: The Missing Manual, First Edition

By David Sawyer McFarland

Learn how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways, even if you have little or no programming experience. Once you the master the basics, you'll learn how to use the jQuery library to add interactive features to your site quickly -- without pain or fr...

[Publish Date: July 2008]

Programming Perl, 3rd Edition

By Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant

Programming Perl is not just a book about Perl; it is also a unique introduction to the language and its culture, as one might expect only from its authors. This third edition has been expanded to cover Version 5.6 of Perl. New topics include threadi...

[Publish Date: July 2000]

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Head First Programming, First Edition

By David Griffiths, Paul Barry

If you have little or no programming experience, this book will get you started with the core concepts of writing computer programs -- variables, decisions, loops, functions, and objects -- which apply regardless of the programming language. Learn th...

[Publish Date: November 2009]