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“Next time some kid shows up at my door asking for a code review, this is the book that I am going to throw at him.”   –Aaron Hillegass, founder of Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., and author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X   Unlocking the Secrets of Cocoa and Its Object-Oriented Frameworks   Mac...

Arm yourself with over 65 hands-on recipes to master the skills of building scalable web applications with Ember.js About This Book This book is your one-stop solution to the key features of Ember.js. Become skilled in the art of building web-apps in a fraction of the code you'd write in other...

Unit testing.  You've heard the term.  Probably a lot.   You know you should probably figure out how it works, since everyone's always talking about it and a lot of companies require developers to know it.   But you don't really know it and you're worried that you'll...

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, here are 101 little-known and fascinating facts about its history. In this informative, accessible look at World War I, you'll find a complete overview of this critical historical event, its long-standing impact, and little-known...

In this very short book we will teach you how to construct a cantenna, and we will test it at a distance to see how well it performs. The book is full of pictures and describes in detail with measurements in the metric scale. People have asked me about this since my first book, if it was possible...

This is a tutorial style book that will teach usage of Python tools for GIS using simple practical examples and then show you how to build a complete mapping application from scratch. The book assumes basic knowledge of Python. No knowledge of Open Source GIS is required.Experienced Python developers...

This is a beginner's guide with the essential screenshots and clearly explained code, which also serves as a reference. This book is for anyone who has any interest in using maps on their website, from hobbyists to professional web developers. OpenLayers provides a powerful, but easy-to-use, pure JavaScript...

Master the most common algorithms and data structures, and learn how to implement them efficiently using the most up-to-date features of Swift 3 About This Book Develop a deep understanding of the collections in the Swift Standard Library with this step-by-step guide Develop native Swift data...

Get a head start with eXist, the open source NoSQL database and application development platform built entirely around XML technologies. With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn eXist from the ground up, from using this feature-rich database to work with millions of documents to building complex web...

* This is the only book out on a phenomenon that has been growing at exponential rates since its introduction in 2000: hundreds of thousands of people participate. * Geocaching has received wide coverage on television, radio, newspapers, and magazines—it is particularly popular with extreme...

Imperience: Understanding the Heart of Consciousness presents a brief, contemporary version of timeless spiritual knowledge and intuitive insight into supreme being. It does not, however, endorse any particular supreme being or spiritual traditionincluding any rites, rituals, beliefs, dogma, or intercessionas...

Clostridium difficile has joined the ranks of the “super bugs” that are often resistant to antimicrobials and are flourishing in hospitals and long-term care facilities. This new handbook, written by two leading infectious disease experts, examines the epidemiology of C difficile infection, its...

Best Easy Day Hikes Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks features concise descriptions and easy-to-folow maps for twenty-eight short hikes through some of the most spectacular scenery in this natural wonderland. Look inside for: * Half-hour strolls to full-day adventures *...

This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and...