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SQL on Big Data
Technology, Architecture, and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Learn various commercial and open source products that perform SQL on Big Data platforms. You will understand the architectures of the various SQL engines being used and how the tools work internally in terms of execution, data movement, latency, scalability, performance, and system requirements.
This...
Android Continuous Integration
Build-Deploy-Test Automation for Android Mobile Apps
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Master continuous integration, deployment and automated testing for Android apps. You’ll see how to set up and tear down sandbox environments to test the end-user experience, where you’ll learn how to manage a mobile device in addition to the build machine. Android Continuous Integration applies...
by Harley Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
In this book, Harley Hahn demystifies Emacs for programmers, students, and everyday users. The first part of the book carefully creates a context for your work with Emacs. What exactly is Emacs? How does it relate to your personal need to work quickly and to solve problems? Hahn then explains the...
by Vaskaran Sarcar
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Learn how to implement design patterns in Java: each pattern in Java Design Patterns is a complete implementation and the output is generated using Eclipse, making the code accessible to all. The examples are chosen so you will be able to absorb the core concepts easily and quickly.
This book...
Scripting in Java
Integrating with Groovy and JavaScript
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Scripting in Java teaches you how to use the Java Scripting API and JavaScript to execute scripts and take advantage of the features of a scripting language while developing Java applications. The book also covers topics that enable scripting languages to take advantage of Java features and the Java...
Scalable Big Data Architecture
A practitioners guide to choosing relevant Big Data architecture
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
This book highlights the different types of data architecture and illustrates the many possibilities hidden behind the term "Big Data", from the usage of No-SQL databases to the deployment of stream analytics architecture, machine learning, and governance.
Scalable Big Data Architecture...
by Arjan Egges
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016
Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches...
Learn 2D Game Development with C#
For iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Playstation Mobile and More
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014
2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you’re new to game development. With Learn 2D Game Development with C#, you'll learn your way around the universal building blocks of game development, and how to put them together to create a real working...
by Rex van der Spuy
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
How do you make a video game? Advanced Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript is a down to earth education in how to make video games from scratch, using the powerful HTML5 and JavaScript technologies. This book is a point-by-point round up of all the essential techniques that every game designer needs...
by Adam Dawes
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Creating fun, sophisticated games for Windows devices large or small has never been easier! With masses of example code and fully working games for you to download and run straight away Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development is your ideal first step into modern games development.
This...
by Will McGugan, Harrison Kinsley
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Beginning Python Games Development, Second Edition teaches you how to create compelling games using Python and the PyGame games development library. It will teach you how to create visuals, do event handling, create 3D games, add media elements, and integrate OpenGL into your Python game.
In...
Build Mobile Apps with Ionic 2 and Firebase
Hybrid Mobile App Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Learn to build hybrid mobile apps using Ionic and Firebase. You'll build a Hacker News client app, which can view top stories in Hacker News, view comments of a story, add stories to favorites, etc.
This introductory guide covers the whole cycle of hybrid mobile apps development. It's organized...
by Mario Zechner, J. F. DiMarzio, Robert Green
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Learn all of the basics needed to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You'll start with game design fundamentals and Android programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android smartphones and tablets. Beginning...
The Tech Professional's Guide to Communicating in a Global Workplace
Adapting Across Cultural and Gender Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Information technologists are increasingly being made part of global teams, and are confronting the challenges of communicating across a variety of linguistic and cultural boundaries. This book helps you know what to say, what not to say, and even where to sit in meetings and in social situations.
The...