April 7, 2010
Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles for many of the U.K.’s top computer magazines.
Robin started his computing career in the Cheshire homes for disabled people, where he was responsible for setting up computer rooms in a number of residential homes, and for evaluating and tailoring hardware and software so that disabled people could use the new technology – sometimes by means of only a single switch operated by mouth or finger.
After writing articles for computer magazines about his work with disabled people, he eventually worked full time for one of the country’s main IT magazine publishers, where he held several roles including editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.
With the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s, Robin branched out into developing websites. One of these presented the world’s first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders, and was featured in several news reports on TV and radio networks in the United Kingdom. In order to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin also developed the first known pop-up windows.
Robin lives on the southeast coast of England with his wife Julie, a trained nurse, and five children, where he also finds time to foster three disabled children, as well as working full time from home as a technical author.
Robin has contributed an article to “The Daily Tip” section on “IT World,” and Plug-In PHP is one of the featured books on the company’s web site. For a look at the article, please click HERE.
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April 5, 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010:
A Beginner’s Guide
Author: Mayo, Joe
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166895-8
ISBN-10: 0071668950
©2010 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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Essential Visual Studio 2010 Skills–Made Easy!
Endorsed by Microsoft and written by a Microsoft MVP and Visual Studio expert, this hands-on guide teaches programmers and developers new to Visual Studio 2010 how to maximize the latest release of Microsoft’s flagship development environment. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide shows you how to build applications from the ground up. You’ll also learn how to customize the integrated development environment (IDE) itself, adding your own tools that integrate with Visual Studio 2010.
Microsoft® Visual Studio® is Microsoft’s flagship development environment, which includes a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers. Visual Studio 2010 is expected to release at the end of 2009 (most likely at the Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference in November). Visual Studio 2010 is a smart choice for developers. Because of the growing complexity of building applications these days, most developers would never think of writing code with a text editor or some other primitive tool. Businesses can’t afford to waste time and demand the greatest amount of productivity they can get with developers. Visual Studio 2010 is a tool for software developers that helps build applications that run on Microsoft platforms and integrate with other Microsoft applications, allowing for greater productivity in the process.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide helps developers get started with Microsoft’s newest version of their integrated development environment (IDE), Visual Studio 2010. The author shows how to build applications with Visual Studio 2010 from installation of the tool to deployment of their solutions. The book demonstrates how to get started with the features of Visual Studio 2010 that support newer technologies. The readers also learn how to customize the IDE itself, adding their own tools that work with the features that ship with VS 2010. Another important aspect of Visual Studio 2010 is extensibility. Developers can add snippets in the editor, write macros, and even develop their own tools that integrate with Visual Studio 2010. This book includes details on how the user can accomplish these tasks and make Visual Studio 2010 their own. This fast-paced tutorial helps developers learn to leverage the new features, applications, and tools in Visual Studio 2010 to their advantage..
Features
- Covers C# and VB.NET languages, showing how to use the tools most productively
- Incorporates the popular Beginner’s Guide elements including: Key Skills & Concepts, Ask the Experts, and Try This hands-on exercises
- Bestselling author is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio who speaks at user groups and code camps, writes articles, and has a continuing on-line presence through multiple channels.
- Foreword by Microsoft
About the Author
Joe Mayo, Microsoft MVP (Englewood, CO) is an author and instructor who specializes in Microsoft .NET software technology. He is also owner of Mayo Software Training where he brings real-world hands-on experience into the classroom. Joe is the author of C# Unleashed (Sams), LINQ Programming and numerous magazine articles for publishers such as Pinnacle and CoDe Magazine. Joe also operates the C# Station web site (www.csharp-station.com), which is a free resource for developers learning to apply C#. He is a prominent speaker at conferences and user group meetings. For more information about Mayo Software Training, visit www.mayosoftware.com.
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April 5, 2010
C# 4.0 The Complete Reference
Author: Schildt, Herbert
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174116-3
ISBN-10: 007174116X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 928 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
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In this fully updated bestseller, the world’s leading programming author provides comprehensive coverage of C# 4.0–the latest version of Microsoft’s premier programming language shipping as part of Visual Studio 2010.
A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Herb Schildt’s classic programming resource, C# 4.0: The Complete Reference contains carefully crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, covering all aspects of C# 4.0, including its keywords, syntax, and core libraries.
Every new C# 4.0 feature is covered, such as support for dynamic types and for parallel programming, which allows a program to perform portions of a task simultaneously when a computer contains multiple processors. Details on PLINQ, a parallel version of LINQ (Language-Integrated Query), are included. All other new features such as named and optional method arguments, and covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces and delegates are also covered. In addition, the book discusses the new classes, interfaces, and methods available in .NET 4.0.
Features
- New important coverage of Parallel programming, PLINQ, and dynamic types
- New features of C# 4.0 covered in detail: named and optional method arguments, and covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces and delegates
- Reviewed and endorsed by Michael Howard, Microsoft
- Provides a depth of coverage in a form that average programmers can understand
- Includes keyword quick reference for fast look-up of keyword syntax
Author Information
Herb Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is the world’s leading programming author, whose books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. His acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.
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March 17, 2010
A Beginner’s Guide series, written for absolute beginners is designed for Easy Learning with Key Skills & Concepts with chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter , Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips, hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills, Extra information related to the topic being covered and Helpful reminders to help you prepare for the exam and alternative ways of doing things.
This series has reveived several praises from SciTech Book News, which is published by Book News, Inc. Book News prepares concise, descriptive reviews of new books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities for librarians and other buyers of serious books; SciTech Book News is unique in its coverage of high-level books in technology, engineering, computer, medicine, agriculture, and the physical & biological sciences.
AppleScript: A Beginner’s Guide
Authors: Hart-Davis, Guy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163954-5
ISBN-10: 0071639543
©2010 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: December 2009
Price: US$ 39.99
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Reviewed in the March 2010 issue of SciTech Book News
“Written for absolute beginners, this tutorial shows how to program in AppleScript, the scripting language built into Mac OS X, in order to automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mails. Sections cover getting started, essential AppleScript programming techniques, and automating major applications with AppleScript. Debugging and error handling are also covered. Learning features include Q&A sections, hands-on exercises, tips, cautions, and example code with annotations. A companion web site offers ready-to-use code. Hart-Davis has written other computer books.”
HTML A Beginner’s Guide
Authors: Willard, Wendy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-161143-5
ISBN-10: 0071611436
©2009 | 4th Edition | 538 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2009
Price: US$ 29.99
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Reviewed in the September 2009 issue of SciTech Book News
“The fourth edition of this beginner’s guide to programming in the HTML language describes the basic steps of structuring pages, placing images, formatting text, creating links, adding color, using forms and working with multimedia. Willard, a freelance web designer and consultant, uses hands-on exercises, self tests and Q&A sections so that novices can learn advanced applications such as dynamic web content, CSS and JavaScript. A new chapter has been added in this version that covers the use of HTML for email so that target audiences can be reached through online communications.”
iPhone SDK Programming: A Beginner’s Guide
Authors: Brannan, James
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162649-1
ISBN-10: 0071626492
©2009 | 1st Edition | 480 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2009
Price: US$ 39.99
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An excerpt from this book has been published in the Winter issue of iPhone Life Magazine. To view the excerpt, please use the following link (article located on pages 80-81 of the electronic issue), please click Here.
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Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles for many of the U.K.’s top computer magazines.
C# 4.0 The Complete Reference
April 5, 2010C# 4.0 The Complete Reference
Author: Schildt, Herbert
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174116-3
ISBN-10: 007174116X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 928 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
Learn More
In this fully updated bestseller, the world’s leading programming author provides comprehensive coverage of C# 4.0–the latest version of Microsoft’s premier programming language shipping as part of Visual Studio 2010.
A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Herb Schildt’s classic programming resource, C# 4.0: The Complete Reference contains carefully crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, covering all aspects of C# 4.0, including its keywords, syntax, and core libraries.
Every new C# 4.0 feature is covered, such as support for dynamic types and for parallel programming, which allows a program to perform portions of a task simultaneously when a computer contains multiple processors. Details on PLINQ, a parallel version of LINQ (Language-Integrated Query), are included. All other new features such as named and optional method arguments, and covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces and delegates are also covered. In addition, the book discusses the new classes, interfaces, and methods available in .NET 4.0.
Features
Author Information
Herb Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is the world’s leading programming author, whose books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. His acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.