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VFX Fundamentals
Visual Special Effects Using Fusion 8.0
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Learn concepts central to visual special effects using the free Black Magic Design Fusion 8.0 software package. This book also provides foundational background information regarding concepts central to digital image compositing, digital video editing, digital illustration, digital painting, 3D, and...
Adobe InDesign Interactive Digital Publishing
Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds for Formatting Across Your Devices
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Expand your skills for laying out and formatting documents and eBooks deployed for screen viewing on computers, tablets, and smart phones.
The book covers how to add interactivity to reflowable and fixed layout eBooks, interactive PDF documents, and take advantage of Adobe’s new Publish Online...
Beginning iOS Cloud and Database Development
Build Data-Driven Cloud Apps for iOS
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Beginning iOS Cloud and Database Development gets you started with building apps that use Apple's iCloud. You'll learn the techniques which will enable you to devise and create iOS apps that can interact with iCloud servers. From the basics up, you'll progressively learn how to configure your app...
by Jon Lazar
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2013
We all know how awesome LEGO is, and more and more people are discovering how many amazing things you can do with Arduino. In Arduino and LEGO Projects, Jon Lazar shows you how to combine two of the coolest things on the planet to make fun gadgets like a Magic Lantern RF reader, a sensor-enabled LEGO...
Assessing and Improving Prediction and Classification
Theory and Algorithms in C++
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Assess the quality of your prediction and classification models in ways that accurately reflect their real-world performance, and then improve this performance using state-of-the-art algorithms such as committee-based decision making, resampling the dataset, and boosting. This book presents many...
by Charles Bell
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Beginning Sensor Networks with Arduino and Raspberry Pi teaches you how to build sensor networks with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and XBee radio modules, and even shows you how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a MySQL database server to store your sensor data!
First you'll learn about the different...
Pro XAML with C#
Application Development Strategies (covers WPF, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1)
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Pro XAML with C#: Application Development Strategies is your guide to real-world development practices on Microsoft’s XAML-based platforms, with examples in WPF, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1. Learn how to properly plan and architect an application on one or more of these platforms for a...
by Doug Gault
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Whether you’re new to Oracle or an old hand who has yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 5 introduces the processes and best practices you’ll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available,...
by Godfrey Nolan, David Truxall, Raghav Sood
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Android Best Practices by Godfrey Nolan shows you how to make your Android apps stand out from the crowd with great reviews. Why settle for just making any Android app? Build a brilliant Android app instead that lets your users praise it for ease of use, better performance, and more.
Using...
by James Bucanek
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Learn iOS 8 App Development is both a rapid tutorial and a useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed with Swift, Cocoa Touch, and the iOS 8 SDK. It's an all-in-one getting started guide to building useful apps. You'll learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient and perform...
Beginning Progressive Web App Development
Creating a Native App Experience on the Web
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Build fast, reliable web applications using the latest web development technologies. This book provides step-by-step learning through the process of transforming a “traditional” web app into a high-performing progressive web app, leveraging principles and lessons taught throughout the book. You...
Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity 4
All-in-one, multi-platform game development
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity 4 is perfect for those who would like to come to grips with programming Unity. You may be an artist who has learned 3D tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or Cinema 4D, or you may come from 2D tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator. On the other hand, you may just...
by Wallace Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Learn Android App Development is a hands-on tutorial and useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed and master the Android SDK and the Java that you need for your Android Apps.
The Android SDK offers powerful features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them—and the rest...
by Darrin Perez
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Create your very own role playing game using the RPG Maker MV game development engine. You'll go through tutorials and exercises that will take you from installing the software to putting the final touches upon your first project. Beginning RPG Maker MV has been designed with the complete beginner...