May 22, 2012 |
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The first magazine devoted entirely to do-it-yourself technology projects presents its 30th quarterly edition for people who like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology.
Until recently, home automation was an unfulfilled promise — systems were gimmicky, finicky, user-hostile, or potentially unsecure. But today, thanks to a new crop of devices and technologies, home automation is useful, fun, and maker-friendly. Using smartphones, wireless networks, the internet, simple microcontrollers, and even gesture recognition, DIY-style Smart Homes can now do everything promised and more, for much less — and MAKE shows you how in Volume 30.
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May 17, 2012 |
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This book introduces you to Node, the new web development framework written in JavaScript. You’ll learn hands-on how Node makes life easier for experienced JavaScript developers: not only can you work on the front end and back end in the same language, you’ll also have more flexibility in choosing how to divide application logic between client and server.
Written by a core contributor to the framework, Node: Up and Running shows you how Node scales up to support large numbers of simultaneous connections across multiple servers, and scales down to let you create quick one-off applications with minimal infrastructure. Built on the V8 JavaScript engine that runs Google Chrome, Node is already winning the hearts and minds of many companies, including Google and Yahoo! This book shows you why.
- Understand Node’s event-loop architecture, non-blocking I/O, and event-driven programming
- Discover how Node supports a variety of database and data storage tools
- Learn best practices for writing easy-to-maintain code for Node
- Get concrete examples of how to use the various Node APIs in practice
- Take advantage of the book’s complete API reference
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Chapter 1. A Very Brief Introduction to Node.js
Chapter 2. Doing Interesting Things Download Now »
Apr 28, 2012 |
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Pro NuGet offers you a solid architectural understanding of how to manage software dependencies using NuGet, an open-source package management tool for the .NET Framework. Providing practical guidance through a multitude of examples and more advanced scenarios, this book shows you how to unleash all the power that NuGet offers. It will help you to streamline your day to day development and even make it more fun to write code.
Authors Maarten Balliauw and Xavier Decoster have been working with NuGet since it was first released, contributing many ideas and practical solutions to the community over that time. In this book they demonstrate both the core concepts and the more advanced thinking needed to use NuGet effectively.
What you’ll learn
- Interact with NuGet using both the graphical user interface and the command line.
- Set up your own NuGet repository and develop a basic NuGet server application.
- Explore different automation scenarios leveraging NuGet, including continuous integration and automated deployment.
- Quickly set up an enterprise-ready environment with MyGet, a NuGet-as-a-Service web application.
- Use NuGet to accomplish other goals, such as delivering plug-ins or modules to a web application.
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Take your Drupal skills even further with valuable tricks for making site building truly efficient. In this concise guide—the third in a series by award-winning designer Dani Nordin—you’ll learn how to set up your own development environment, quickly update your modules, and use version control to protect yourself from bonehead mistakes.
Handle repetitive tasks with ease, avoid hours of frustration, and devote more time to pushing the envelope of Drupal design—just by picking up the basics of a few developer tools. It’s much more than simple coding; it’s real, honest-to-goodness developer Ninja Magick.
- Learn basic commands and use them in Drupal on the command line
- Set up your local development environment, and learn ways to collaborate on code with others
- Download modules, themes, libraries, and more with Drush, the Drupal shell
- Use Git, the free version control system, and create a GitHub account
- Pack content types, views, and other functionality you use often into a custom module with Features
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Part I: Setting Up a Local Development Environment
Chapter 1. Setting Up a Local Development Environment and Installing Drupal
Chapter 2. Working on the Command Line: Some Basic Commands
Chapter 3. Installing Drush
Chapter 4. Getting Started with Version Control Download Now »
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle databases. Whether you’re responsible for Oracle9i, Oracle8i, or earlier databases, you’ll find Perl an invaluable addition to your database administration arsenal.
You don’t need to be a Perl expert to use the excellent applications and scripts described in Perl for Oracle DBAs. The book explains what you need to know about Perl, provides a wealth of ready-to-use scripts developed especially for Oracle DBAs, and suggests many resources for further exploration. The book covers:
- The Perl language — an introduction to Perl, its rich history and culture, and its extensive text processing and data transformation capabilities.
- The Perl/Oracle architecture — Detailed information about Perl DBI, DBD::Oracle, the Oracle Call Interface (OCI), Oracle::OCI, extproc_perl, and mod_perl, the modules that allow Perl programs to communicate with Oracle databases.
- Perl applications for Oracle DBAs — Profiles of the best Perl open source applications available for use and customization by Oracle DBAs: Perl/Tk, OraExplain, StatsView, Orac, DDL::Oracle, SchemaDiff, Senora, DBD::Chart, SchemaView-Plus, Oracletool, Karma, Embperl, and Mason.
- The Perl Database Administration (PDBA) Toolkit — a comprehensive suite of specialized, ready-to-use scripts designed to help Oracle DBAs perform both routine and special-purpose administrative tasks: monitoring the Oracle alert log and databases Download Now »
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Drupal is an award-winning open-source Content Management System. It’s a modular system, with an elegant hook-based architecture, and great code. Modules are plugins for Drupal that extend, build or enhance Drupal core functionality.
In Drupal 7 Module development book, six professional Drupal developers use a practical, example-based approach to introduce PHP developers to the powerful new Drupal 7 tools, APIs, and strategies for writing custom Drupal code.
These tools not only make management and maintenance of websites much easier, but they are also great fun to play around with and amazingly easy to use.
If you’re eager to learn about these new APIs and start creating modules for Drupal 7, this is your book. Walk through the development of complete Drupal modules with this primer for PHP programmers.
From basic modules and themes to sophisticated Drupal extensions, learn how to use Drupal’s API and hook system to build powerful custom Drupal websites. With an emphasis on practical programming, this book takes a project-based approach, providing working examples in every chapter
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