Category: publishers

  • O’Reilly Media book: Head First HTML and CSS

    Head First HTML and CSS:
    Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you’re an expert? Then it’s about time you picked up Head First HTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you’ve always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your web pages over time so they work in all browsers and mobile devices. Oh, and if you’ve never heard of CSS, that’s okay–we won’t tell anyone you’re still partying like it’s 1999–but if you’re going to create web pages in the 21st century then you’ll want to know and understand CSS.

    Learn the real secrets of creating web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external style sheet.

    With Head First HTML, you’ll avoid the embarrassment of thinking web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you’ll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won’t put you to sleep. If you’ve read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML and CSS into your brain in a way that sticks.

    So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin.

  • O’Reilly Media book: Team Geek

    Team Geek:
    As a software engineer, you’re great with computer languages, compilers, debuggers, and algorithms. But success also depends on how you work with people to get your job done. In this highly entertaining book, Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman cover basic patterns and anti-patterns for working with other people, teams, and users while trying to develop software. It’s valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular video series, “Working with Poisonous People”, has attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers.

  • O’Reilly Media book: Your Body: The Missing Manual

    Your Body: The Missing Manual – O’Reilly Media

    also available in German [link]

    2012-04-29: purchased the paper book in German as used book on Amazon

    As o’Reilly/Germany doesn’t offer affordable e-book upgrades, I guess I will get the U.S. e-book as an “upgrade”

  • O’Reilly Media book: Programming Google App Engine

    Programming Google App Engine:

    Google App Engine does more than provide access to a large system of servers. It also offers you a simple model for building applications that scale automatically to accommodate millions of users. With this updated edition of Programming Google App Engine, you’ll get expert practical guidance that will help you make the best use of this powerful platform. Google engineer Dan Sanderson shows you how to design your applications for scalability, including ways to perform common development tasks using App Engine’s APIs and scalable services.

  • o’Reilly Media book: Learning Perl / Student Workbook

    Learning Perl Student Workbook:
    This is an ebook-only question and answer workbook to accompany the 6th Edition of Learning Perl (“the Llama”). If you’re just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want—whether you’re a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. This 6th edition of Learning Perl covers recent changes to the language up to version 5.14. Exercises are presented in the first half of the workbook, with the answers in the second.

    Topics include:

    Scalar Data Lists and Arrays Subroutines Input and Output Hashes In the World of Regular Expressions Matching with Regular Expressions Processing Text with Regular Expressions 10. More Control Structures Perl Modules File Tests Directory Operations Strings and Sorting Smart Matching Process Management Some Advanced Perl Techniques Databases …

  • O’Reilly Media book: Getting Started with Fluidinfo

    Getting Started with Fluidinfo:
    For developers, content providers and sophisticated power users, Fluidinfo is an online information storage and search platform that supports shared openly writable metadata of any type and about anything. Fluidinfo helps content owners publish product information via a modern writable API, with flexible permissions and their domain name on their data. Developers can create lightweight applications that make data social while letting users personalize and search on anything.

  • O’Reilly Media book: Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

    This book describes the Android 2.x firmware.

    I guess, after the upgrade to the Ice Cream Sandwich (4.x) Android firmware, this book will not properly describe the smart phone any longer.