Succeeding with AgileThis is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile - and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work.
Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum. Cohn covers every facet of the transition: getting started, helping individuals transition to new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed team, and finally, implementing effective metrics and continuous improvement. ...
Start Here! Learn HTML5Learn the fundamentals of programming with HTML5 - and begin building your first standards-based web pages from the ground up. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem - simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and getting-started techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. ...
Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 2012Learn the fundamentals of modern programming with Visual Basic 2012 - and begin building your first Windows 8 apps for the desktop. If you have absolutely no previous experience with Visual Basic, no problem - simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. ...
Software Build SystemsPeter Smith explains the core principles underlying highly efficient build systems, surveying both system features and usage scenarios. Next, he encapsulates years of experience in creating and maintaining diverse build systems - helping you make well-informed choices about tools and practices, and avoid common traps and pitfalls. Throughout, he shares a wide range of practical examples and lessons from multiple environments, including Java, C++, C, and C#. ...
Software Error Detection through Testing and AnalysisSoftware error detection is one of the most challenging problems in software engineering. Now, you can learn how to make the most of software testing by selecting test cases to maximize the probability of revealing latent errors. Software Error Detection through Testing and Analysis begins with a thorough discussion of test-case selection and a review of the concepts, notations, and principles used in the book. ...
Introduction to Android Application Development, 4th EditionThis fully reworked edition of a proven title is the most useful real-world guide to building robust, commercial-grade Android™ apps. The content is revised and updated for the latest Android 4.3 SDK and the newest development best practices. Introduction to Android™ Application Development: Android Essentials, Fourth Edition,covers all you need to quickly start developing professional apps for today's Android devices. Three expert developers guide you through setting up your development environment, designing user interfaces, developing for diverse devices, and optimizing your entire app-development process–from design through publication. Updated throughout, this title includes extensive coverage of the most useful new Android tools and utilities. It adds an all-new chapter on planning an amazing Android app user experience, plus extensive new coverage of unit testing, dialogs, preferences, and app publishing. ...
Programming in Objective-C, 6th EditionProgramming in Objective-C is a concise, carefully written tutorial on the basics of Objective-C and object-oriented programming for Apple's iOS and OS X platforms.
The book makes no assumptions about prior experience with object-oriented programming languages or with the C language (which Objective-C is based upon). Because of this, both beginners and experienced programmers alike can use this book to quickly and effectively learn the fundamentals of Objective-C. Readers can also learn the concepts of object-oriented programming without having to first learn all of the intricacies of the underlying C programming language.
This unique approach to learning, combined with many small program examples and exercises at the end of each chapter, makes Programming in Objective-C ideally suited for either classroom use or self-study. ...
jQuery and JavaScript PhrasebookGet more done faster with jQuery and JavaScript! Brad Dayley's jQuery and JavaScript Phrasebook brings together 100+ instantly useful code snippets and idioms for performing a wide spectrum of common web application tasks. This hands-on guide gets straight to the essence of what's new and important in jQuery and JavaScript, and what you need to know to build new web solutions or migrate existing sites to jQuery.
Building on JavaScript Phrasebook, Dayley presents carefully tested, flexible, adaptable code - all organized for quick lookup and easy use. Dayley's coverage ranges from the basics to advanced jQuery capabilities, including jQueryUI widgets and mobile development. ...
Python in PracticeIf you're an experienced Python programmer, Python in Practice will help you improve the quality, reliability, speed, maintainability, and usability of all your Python programs.
Mark Summerfield focuses on four key themes: design patterns for coding elegance, faster processing through concurrency and compiled Python (Cython), high-level networking, and graphics. He identifies well-proven design patterns that are useful in Python, illuminates them with expert-quality code, and explains why some object-oriented design patterns are irrelevant to Python. He also explodes several counterproductive myths about Python programming—showing, for example, how Python can take full advantage of multicore hardware. ...
Development with the Force.com Platform, 3rd EditionWith Salesforce.com's Force.com platform, you can build and deploy powerful cloud-based enterprise applications faster than ever before. Now, Jason Ouellette gives you all the practical, technical guidance you need to make the most of the newest Force.com releases in your own custom cloud applications.
Throughout, he adds new code and updated best practices for rapidly prototyping, building, and testing production-quality Force.com solutions. This edition's extensive new coverage includes Developer Console, JSON, Streaming and Tooling APIs, Bulk API, Force.com Canvas, REST integration, support for Web MVC frameworks, Dynamic Apex and Visualforce, and an all-new chapter on mobile user interfaces. ...