Tag: O’Reilly

Step away from the ‘smartphone’ and try using your hands and mind to make something – #bookreview

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The Make: Series of How-to Books A British scientist made headlines a few years ago when she warned that young people no longer make or repair things. It has become all too easy for them now, she cautioned, to simply throw away old or broken devices and buy new ones. A key point was that … Continue reading Step away from the ‘smartphone’ and try using your hands and mind to make something – #bookreview

Make: Paper Inventions – A fun how-to book for kids and their adults

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      Make: Paper Inventions Kathy Ceceri Maker Media, Inc. – paperback Don’t just hand this book to your kids, say “Have fun,” and then go off to play with your computer. Get out the glue, scissors and paper and join in. You might enjoy seeing what happens  when you (1) cut all the … Continue reading Make: Paper Inventions – A fun how-to book for kids and their adults

Four good books that can help boost your JavaScript skills – #programming #bookreview

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Ready for some enlightenment that can boost your JavaScript programming skills? O’Reilly recently has published four books that can help you move from basic JavaScript library user to confident, experienced developer.  “JavaScript started out as a simple and approachable front-end scripting language,” the publisher notes. “It has matured into a true cross-platform environment targeted by … Continue reading Four good books that can help boost your JavaScript skills – #programming #bookreview

Introducing Erlang – A gentle, effective guide to a challenging programming language – #bookreview

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Introducing Erlang Simon St. Laurent (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) Erlang has come a long way since it began its odd life in the 1980s as a programming language for telephone switching systems, specifically Swedish-made, Ericsson telephone switching systems. Today, the language and its Open Telecom Platform libraries are gaining new converts among serious practitioners of … Continue reading Introducing Erlang – A gentle, effective guide to a challenging programming language – #bookreview

Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot – #diy #bookreview

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Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot Michael Margolis (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) Technology now makes it relatively easy to build simple robots that can be controlled remotely or can control themselves autonomously using built-in sensors and software. This engaging how-to guide focuses on how to build and program a small robot that can roam around, sense its … Continue reading Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot – #diy #bookreview

Make: Volume 32 – Zany and practical projects and articles for DIY builders – #bookreview

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Make: Volume 32 (O’Reilly, paperback) Make: is a science, technology, and do-it-yourself (DIY) projects magazine published quarterly in paperback book format. Volume 32 not only has intriguing articles about private rocketeers, flying motorcycles, and human-size replicas of videogame costumes and weapons. It also has about two dozen “complete plans” for a wide array of useful and … Continue reading Make: Volume 32 – Zany and practical projects and articles for DIY builders – #bookreview

Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning – #programming #bookreview

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Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning James Pustejovsky and Amber Stubbs (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) You may not be sure what’s going on here, at first, even after you’ve read the tag line on the book’s cover: “A Guide to Corpus-Building for Applications.” Fortunately, a few definitions inside this book can enlighten you quickly and might even get … Continue reading Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning – #programming #bookreview

HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

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HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps Wesley Hales (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Increasingly, the world of Web development is taking on a “mobile first” attitude. And for good reason. Sales of desktop and laptop computers are shrinking, while sales of mobile devices seem to be swelling into a flood. “Consumers are on track to buy one … Continue reading HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

JavaScript as Compilation Target: ClojureScript and Dart – #programming #bookreview

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Despite its widespread success, JavaScript has a reputation for being a computer language with many flaws. Still, it is now everywhere on the planet, so it is here to stay, very likely for a long, long time. Not surprisingly, several new languages have emerged that jump over some of JavaScript’s hurdles, offer improved capabilities, and … Continue reading JavaScript as Compilation Target: ClojureScript and Dart – #programming #bookreview

Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual – #bookreview

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Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual Chris Grover (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Chris Grover’s well-written and updated new book shows you how to build animated HTML 5 graphics for the iPhone, the iPad, and the Web, using familiar Adobe features. By the sixth page of the first chapter, you are using the software to begin … Continue reading Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual – #bookreview