Category: Software

Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK – #music #programming #bookreview

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    Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists Creating Music with ChucK Ajay Kapur, Perry Cook, Spencer Salazar and Ge Wang Manning – paperback Manning’s Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists is enjoyable, informative reading, particularly if you like music and programming and are motivated to combine them in some way. The book offers plenty of clear how-to … Continue reading Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK – #music #programming #bookreview

JavaScript Application Design: A book you likely need if you are working with, or still learning, JavaScript – #programming #bookreview

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JavaScript Application Design A Build First Approach Nicolas Bevacqua Manning – paperback   I didn’t know how much I needed this book until I started reading it and exploring its code examples. Many of us who have worked with JavaScript started our connections to the language in very haphazard fashions. We learned some of it … Continue reading JavaScript Application Design: A book you likely need if you are working with, or still learning, JavaScript – #programming #bookreview

jQUERY UI IN ACTION: A smooth guide to getting, learning and using plugins supported by the jQuery Foundation – #bookreview

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jQuery UI in Action TJ VanToll  (Manning – paperback)   TJ VanToll had two straightforward goals in mind when he decided to write this nicely prepared book: “I wanted to write about how to use the jQuery UI components in real-world usage scenarios and applications. I also wanted to tackle the tough questions for jQuery UI users. … Continue reading jQUERY UI IN ACTION: A smooth guide to getting, learning and using plugins supported by the jQuery Foundation – #bookreview

HADOOP IN PRACTICE, 2nd Edition – An updated guide to handling some of the ‘trickier and dirtier aspects of Hadoop’ – #programming #bookreview

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  Hadoop in Practice, Second Edition Alex Holmes (Manning – paperback )   The Hadoop world has undergone some big changes lately, and this hefty, updated edition offers excellent coverage of a lot of what’s new. If you currently work with Hadoop and MapReduce or are planning to take them up soon, give serious consideration … Continue reading HADOOP IN PRACTICE, 2nd Edition – An updated guide to handling some of the ‘trickier and dirtier aspects of Hadoop’ – #programming #bookreview

Advanced Software Testing, Vol. 2, 2nd Edition – Study guide for ISTQB Advanced Test Manager – #bookreview

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Advanced Software Testing, Volume 2, 2nd Edition Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager Rex Black (Rocky Nook – paperback)   Software testing is a complex and constantly evolving field. And having some well-recognized certifications is a good way to help encourage  your continued employability as a software tester and manager … Continue reading Advanced Software Testing, Vol. 2, 2nd Edition – Study guide for ISTQB Advanced Test Manager – #bookreview

Photoshop CC and Lightroom – An elegant, well-focused how-to handbook from Rocky Nook – #photography #bookreview

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  Photoshop CC and Lightroom A Photographer’s Handbook Stephen Laskevitch (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle)   Stephen Laskevitch’s Photoshop CC and Lightroom is an excellent how-to book that both instructs and inspires. This elegant new how-to book from Rocky Nook is aimed at digital photographers and graphics designers “who want to learn the basic tools … Continue reading Photoshop CC and Lightroom – An elegant, well-focused how-to handbook from Rocky Nook – #photography #bookreview

Java 8 in Action – Ready for lambdas, streams and functional-style programming? #bookreview

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  Java 8 in Action Lambdas, streams, and functional-style programming Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, Alan Mycroft (Manning – paperback)  Java 8, we were sometimes assured, would just be Java 7 with a few slick new (or past-due) features added. Actually, now that it’s here, Java 8 represents “the biggest change to Java in the 18 years since Java … Continue reading Java 8 in Action – Ready for lambdas, streams and functional-style programming? #bookreview

Cloudera Administration Handbook – How to become an effective Big Data administrator of large Hadoop clusters – #bookreview

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    Cloudera Administration Handbook  Rohit Menon Packt Publishing – Kindle, paperback   The explosive growth and use of Big Data in business, government, science and other arenas has fueled a strong demand for new Hadoop administrators. The administrators’ key duty is to set up and maintain Hadoop clusters that help process and analyze massive amounts of … Continue reading Cloudera Administration Handbook – How to become an effective Big Data administrator of large Hadoop clusters – #bookreview

The Well-Grounded Rubyist, 2nd Edition – A solid, well-written, updated guide to the Ruby programming language – #bookreview

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  The Well-Grounded Rubyist David A. Black (Manning – paperback) Ruby, predominately known as an object-oriented programming language, shows up frequently on lists of the top ten (or whatever) languages to know. And Ruby has long been paired with Rails to create the popular Ruby on Rails web application framework. When the forerunner of this book … Continue reading The Well-Grounded Rubyist, 2nd Edition – A solid, well-written, updated guide to the Ruby programming language – #bookreview

Grails in Action, 2nd Edition – A (mostly) winning how-to guide to use with a winning web app framework – #programming #bookreview

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  Grails in Action, Second Edition Glen Smith and Peter Ledbrook (Manning – paperback) Grails finishes at or very near the top in almost any smackdown of full-stack web application frameworks that run on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). And this recently updated Grails in Action how-to book is mostly a clear winner, too. According to the … Continue reading Grails in Action, 2nd Edition – A (mostly) winning how-to guide to use with a winning web app framework – #programming #bookreview