October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
431 pages
9h 32m
English
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O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
About the Author
Brad Miser has written more than 35 books helping people get more out of their technology faster and easier. In addition to MacBook Pro Portable Genius, Brad has written Teach Yourself Visually MacBook, iPhoto '09 Portable Genius, MacBook Portable Genius, MobileMe for Small Business Portable Genius, My iPhone, Teach Yourself Visually MacBook Air, My iPod touch, and Special Edition Using Mac OS X Leopard. He has also been co-author, development editor, or technical editor on more than 50 other titles. Brad Miser
Brad is or has been a solutions consultant, the director of product and customer services, and the manager of education and support services for several software development companies.
In addition to his passion for silicon-based technology, Brad enjoys his steel-based technology in the form of motorcycles whenever and wherever possible. Originally from California, Brad now lives in Indiana with his wife Amy; their three daughters, Jill, Emily, and Grace; a rabbit; and a sometimes-inside cat.
Brad would love to hear about your experiences with this book (the good, the bad, and the ugly). You can write to him at bradmiser@me.com.
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