Ferret
By David Balmain
March 2008 
$24.99 USD

With Ferret, Ruby users have one of the fastest and most flexible search libraries available, and this book shows you how to quickly get up and running. You'll learn how… Read more.

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Rails for PHP Developers
By Derek DeVries, Mike Naberezny
February 2008 
$36.95 USD

Are you a PHP developer interested in the Ruby on Rails framework? Rails for PHP Developers kick-starts your Rails experience by guiding you through learning both Ruby and Rails from… Read more.

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Augmented Reality
By Stephen Cawood, Dr. Mark Fiala
January 2008 
$34.95 USD

Augmented Reality is the fusion of real and virtual reality, where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real-time. AR creates the illusion that virtual, computer-generated objects exist… Read more.

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Head First Software Development
By Dan Pilone, Russell Miles
December 2007 
$49.99 USD

Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed.… Read more.

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X Power Tools
By Chris Tyler
December 2007 
$39.99 USD

This book puts you in charge of the most flexible and adaptable graphical interface in the computer industry. The X Window System underlies graphical desktops on Linux and Unix systems,… Read more.

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Head First JavaScript
By Michael Morrison
December 2007 
$39.99 USD

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… Read more.

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Visualizing Data
By Ben Fry
December 2007 
$39.99 USD

How you can take advantage of data that you might otherwise never use? With the help of a downloadable programming environment, this book helps you represent data accurately on the… Read more.

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Using Moodle , Second Edition
By Jason Cole, Helen Foster
November 2007 
$39.99 USD

Using Moodle is a complete, hands-on guide for instructors learning how to use Moodle, the popular course management system (CMS) that enables remote web-based learning and supplements traditional classroom learning.… Read more.

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The Art of Agile Development
By James Shore, Shane Warden
October 2007 
$39.99 USD

Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package… Read more.

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Learning Python , Third Edition
By Mark Lutz
October 2007 
$39.99 USD

With this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. Each chapter is… Read more.

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GIS for Web Developers
By Scott Davis
October 2007 
$34.95 USD

GIS for Web Developers introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in simple terms and demonstrates hands-on uses. With this book, you'll explore popular websites mapquest.com and Google Maps, see the technologies… Read more.

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Programming Collective Intelligence
By Toby Segaran
August 2007 
$39.99 USD

This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build web applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book,… Read more.

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JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook , Second Edition
By Danny Goodman
August 2007 
$44.99 USD

In today's Web 2.0 world, JavaScript and Dynamic HTML are at the center of the hot new approach to designing highly interactive pages on the client side. With this environment… Read more.

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Regular Expression Pocket Reference , Second Edition
By Tony Stubblebine
July 2007 
$14.99 USD

This handy little book offers programmers a complete overview of the syntax and semantics of regular expressions that are at the heart of every text-processing application. Ideal as a quick… Read more.

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Ruby Pocket Reference
By Michael Fitzgerald
July 2007 
$9.99 USD

Although Ruby is an easy language to learn, in the heat of action you may find that you can't remember the correct syntax for a conditional or the name of… Read more.

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ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns
By William B. Sanders, Chandima Cumaranatunge
July 2007 
$44.99 USD

If you're an experienced Flash or Flex developer ready to tackle sophisticated programming techniques with ActionScript 3.0, this hands-on introduction to design patterns takes you step by step through the… Read more.

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Intel Threading Building Blocks
By James Reinders
July 2007 
$34.99 USD

More than ever, multithreading is a requirement for good performance of systems with multi-core chips. This guide explains how to maximize the benefits of these processors through a portable C++… Read more.

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Securing Ajax Applications
By Christopher Wells
July 2007 
$49.99 USD

Ajax applications should be open yet secure. Far too often security is added as an afterthought. Potential flaws need to be identified and addressed right away. This book explores Ajax… Read more.

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Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
By Mike Chambers, Daniel Dura, Kevin Hoyt
July 2007 
$14.99 USD

This book explains how you can use AIR to build and deploy HTML and JavaScript-based web applications to the desktop, using all of the tools and technologies with which you… Read more.

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Beautiful Code
June 2007 
$44.99 USD

How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed… Read more.

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bash Cookbook
By Carl Albing, JP Vossen, Cameron Newham
May 2007 
$49.99 USD

bash Cookbook teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of shell programmers so that anyone can… Read more.

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Programming Firefox
By Kenneth C. Feldt
April 2007 
$59.99 USD

This is your guide to building Internet applications and user interfaces with the Mozilla component framework, which is best known for the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client. Programming… Read more.

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XQuery
By Priscilla Walmsley
March 2007 
$49.99 USD

XQuery delivers a carefully paced tutorial that goes into the final 1.0 standard in detail. The book delves into critical advanced issues such as data typing and designing efficient query… Read more.

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SQL Injection Defenses
By Martin Nystrom
March 2007 
$9.99 USD

This Short Cut introduces you to how SQL injection vulnerabilities work, what makes applications vulnerable, and how to protect them. It helps you find your vulnerabilities with analysis and testing… Read more.

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Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide
By Mike Chambers, Rob Dixon, Jeff Swartz
March 2007 
$14.99 USD

Now you can build and deploy Flash-based Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the desktop using Adobe's Flex framework. Written by members of the Apollo product team, this is the official… Read more.

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TextMate
By James Edward Gray, II
February 2007 
$29.95 USD

TextMate is a full-featured text editor available for Mac OS X that can greatly enhance your text manipulation skills. TextMate is actually a thin shell over a personalized team of… Read more.

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Programming .NET 3.5 Rough Cuts Version
By Alex Horovitz, Jesse Liberty
Rough Cuts Release: February 2007
Print Book Release: July 2008
$49.99 USD

Bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns… Read more.

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ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts
By William B. Sanders
January 2007 
$9.99 USD

This document employs reusable code examples to demonstrate the basic functionality of ActionScript 3.0 in the following topic areas: Packages and Classes; Display Programming; Movie Clips and Buttons; and Basic… Read more.

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Rails Cookbook
By Rob Orsini
January 2007 
$39.99 USD

This book is packed with the solutions you need to be a proficient developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range… Read more.

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Ajax on Rails
By Scott Raymond
January 2007 
$39.99 USD

Learn to build dynamic, interactive web applications using the two most important approaches to web development today: Ajax and the phenomenally efficient Ruby on Rails platform. This book teaches you… Read more.

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Backup & Recovery
By W. Curtis Preston
January 2007 
$49.99 USD

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a… Read more.

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Code Craft
By Pete Goodliffe
December 2006 
$44.95 USD

Code Craft teaches programmers how to move beyond writing correct code to writing great code. The book covers code writing concerns, including code presentation style, variable naming, error handling, and… Read more.

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Java and XML , Third Edition
By Brett McLaughlin, Justin Edelson
December 2006 
$49.99 USD

This new edition shows you how to cut through all the hype about XML and put it to work. You'll learn how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of… Read more.

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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web , Third Edition
By Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld
November 2006 
$39.99 USD

In this post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups, well-planned information architecture has never been more essential. This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers… Read more.

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Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
By Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, David West
November 2006 
$49.99 USD

Tired of reading object-oriented analysis and design books that only make sense after you're an expert? Try our Head First book. This witty and entertaining tutorial shows you how to… Read more.

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MySQL Cookbook , Second Edition
By Paul DuBois
November 2006 
$49.99 USD

A handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, this Cookbook addresses specific questions in using MySQL. You'll find dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of… Read more.

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Essential CVS , Second Edition
By Jennifer Vesperman
November 2006 
$44.99 USD

This easy-to-follow reference shows a variety of professionals how to use the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), the open source tool that lets you manage versions of anything stored in files.… Read more.

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Programming Embedded Systems , Second Edition
By Michael Barr, Anthony Massa
October 2006 
$49.99 USD

Whether you're writing your first embedded program, designing the latest generation of hand-held whatchamacalits, or managing the people who do, this book is for you. Programming Embedded Systems will help you develop the… Read more.

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Mastering Regular Expressions , Third Edition
By Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
August 2006 
$44.99 USD

Written in the lucid, entertaining tone that makes a complex, dry topic become crystal-clear to programmers, and sprinkled with solutions to complex real-world problems, Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition, offers a wealth of… Read more.

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Interface Oriented Design
By Ken Pugh
July 2006 
$29.95 USD

Interface Oriented Design explores how to develop robust, reliable software as a collection of interfaces that interact with each other. You'll learn what polymorphism and encapsulation really mean, and how… Read more.

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No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology
By Neal Ford
June 2006 
$29.95 USD

The No Fluff, Just Stuff Symposium Series is a traveling conference series for software developers visiting 27 cities a year. No Fluff has put on over 75 symposia throughout the… Read more.

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Rails Recipes
By Chad Fowler
June 2006 
$32.95 USD

You've read the tutorials and watched the online videos. You have a strong grasp of all of the ingredients that make up a successful Rails application. But ingredients don't just… Read more.

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How to Keep Your Boss from Sinking Your Project
By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
June 2006 
$7.99 USD

Like it or not, your project needs management. Yet few good software projects can survive bad management. If you're a programmer on a high-visibility project, this PDF offers five principle… Read more.

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bash Quick Reference
By Arnold Robbins
June 2006 
$9.99 USD

In this quick reference, you'll find everything you need to know about the bash shell. Whether you print it out or read it on the screen, this PDF gives you… Read more.

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Your Life in Web Apps
By Giles Turnbull
June 2006 
$5.99 USD

Have you dreamed of a simpler life where web apps and a browser meet all of your computing needs? All you need is a network connection. In this PDF Giles… Read more.

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Learning UML 2.0
By Russell Miles, Kim Hamilton
April 2006 
$44.99 USD

Engaging and accessible, this book shows you how to use UML to craft and communicate your project's design. Russ Miles and Kim Hamilton have written a pragmatic introduction to UML… Read more.

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Practices of an Agile Developer
By Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt
April 2006 
$29.95 USD

These are the proven, effective agile practices that will make you a better developer. You'll learn pragmatic ways of approaching the development process and your personal coding techniques. You'll learn… Read more.

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UML 2.0 Pocket Reference
By Dan Pilone
March 2006 
$9.99 USD

Globe-trotting travelers have long resorted to handy, pocket-size dictionaries as an aid to communicating across the language barrier. Dan Pilone's UML 2.0 Pocket Reference is just such an aid for… Read more.

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Write Great Code, Volume 2
By Randall Hyde
March 2006 
$44.95 USD

The second volume in the Write Great Code series supplies critical information that today's computer science students don't often get in class: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements… Read more.

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Information Dashboard Design
By Stephen Few
January 2006 
$34.99 USD

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. This book will teach you the visual design skills you need to… Read more.

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Learn to Program
By Chris Pine
January 2006 
$19.95 USD

It's now easier to learn to write your own computer software than it has ever been before. Now everyone can learn to write programs for themselves--no previous experience is necessary.… Read more.

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Write Portable Code
By Brian Hook
July 2005 
$34.95 USD

Write Portable Code contains the lessons, patterns, and knowledge for developing cross-platform software that programmers usually must acquire through sheer trial and error. This book is targeted at intermediate-to advanced-level… Read more.

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Start Your Engines
By Jim Parker
July 2005 
$39.99 USD

In Start Your Engines: Developing Driving and Racing Games, you will learn all of the secrets and programming techniques of developing one of the most popular style of games. The… Read more.

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UML 2.0 in a Nutshell
By Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman
June 2005 
$34.95 USD

This comprehensive guide has been fully revised to cover UML 2.0, today's standard method for modeling software systems. Packed with concise information, it's been crafted to help IT professionals read,… Read more.

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Data Crunching
By Greg Wilson
April 2005 
$29.95 USD

Programmers always need to move data around, to translate it from one format to another, or extract useful information from it. This book shows the best approaches to "crunching" data… Read more.

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Write Great Code
By Randall Hyde
November 2004 
$39.95 USD

The first in a series from assembly language expert Randall Hyde, Write Great Code Vol I teaches the important concepts of machine organization in a language-independent fashion, and without the… Read more.

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Art of Assembly Language
By Randall Hyde
September 2003 
$59.95 USD

Presents assembly language from the high-level programmer's point of view, so you can start writing meaningful programs within days. The High Level Assembler (HLA) that accompanies the book is the… Read more.

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Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS
By Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt
September 2003 
$29.95 USD

Version control systems don't have to be complicated, or time-consuming. This book is a recipe-based approach to using the CVS Version Control system that will get you up and running… Read more.

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Extreme Programming Pocket Guide
By chromatic
July 2003 
$9.95 USD

The Extreme Programming Pocket Guide covers XP assumptions, principles, events, artifacts, roles, and resources, and more. It concisely explains the relationships between the XP practices. If you want to adopt… Read more.

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Art of Interactive Design
By Chris Crawford
December 2002 
$29.95 USD

An understanding of what makes things interactive is key to the successful creation of websites, computer games, and software. In The Art of Interactive Design, Chris Crawford explains what interactivity… Read more.

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Access Database Design & Programming , Third Edition
By Steven Roman, Ph.D.
January 2002 
$34.95 USD

When using GUI-based software, we often focus so much on the interface that we forget about the general concepts required to use the software effectively. Access Database Design & Programming… Read more.

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Physics for Game Developers
By David M. Bourg
November 2001 
$39.95 USD

Colliding billiard balls. Missile trajectories. Cornering dynamics in speeding cars. By applying the laws of physics, you can realistically model nearly everything in games that bounces around, flies, rolls, slides,… Read more.

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3DS Max 4 in Depth
By Jon McFarland, Rob Polevoi
June 2001 
$59.99 USD

Provides readers with a comprehensive reference for creating effects for film, movies, and games. This book covers the modeling and modification of structures from primitive objects, plus other parametric design… Read more.

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Delphi in a Nutshell
By Ray Lischner
March 2000 
$39.99 USD

The first concise reference to Borland/Inprise Delphi Available. Succinctly collects all the information you need in one easy-to-use, complete, and accurate volume that goes beyond the product documentation itself. Read more.

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Power Programming with RPC
By John Bloomer
February 1992 
$29.95 USD

RPC, or remote procedure calling, is the ability to distribute the execution of functions on remote computers. Written from a programmer's perspective, this book shows what you can do with… Read more.

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