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With this digital Early Release edition of Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

SimpleCV is a cross platform (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) framework in Python that makes writing computer vision applications quick and easy. This book takes you through real world examples and applications using SimpleCV so that anyone, even with zero knowledge of computer vision, can use to create their own vision application in a few minutes with a webcam and PC. SimpleCV has its own integrated shell (command line) and code editor so you can rapidly test new techniques, load and run examples, view documentation, etc. The library also works with webcams, cell phones, the Xbox Kinect, and TI’s Beagle Board and Panda Board. There are 1-click installers for every platform, so you can be up and running any of the examples included in this book in a few minutes.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Getting to Know the SimpleCV framework
Chapter 3. Image Sources
Chapter 4. Pixels and Images Download Now »

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Ubuntu Unleashed is filled with unique and advanced information for everyone who wants to make the most of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by a long-time Ubuntu community leader to reflect the exciting new Ubuntu 11.10 (“Oneiric Ocelot”) and the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.04.

Former Ubuntu Forum administrator Matthew Helmke covers all you need to know about Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 installation, configuration, productivity, multimedia, development, system administration, server operations, networking, virtualization, security, DevOps, and more—including intermediate-to-advanced techniques you won’t find in any other book.

Helmke presents up-to-the-minute introductions to Ubuntu’s key productivity and Web development tools, programming languages, hardware support, and more. You’ll find brand-new coverage of the new Unity desktop, new NoSQL database support and Android mobile development tools, and many other Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 innovations. Whether you’re new to Ubuntu or already a power user, you’ll turn to this book constantly: for new techniques, new solutions, and new ways to do even more with Ubuntu!

Matthew Helmke served from 2006 to 2011 on the Ubuntu Forum Council, providing leadership and oversight of the Ubuntu Forums, and spent two years on the Ubuntu regional membership approval board for Europe Download Now »

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With this digital Early Release edition of C# 5.0 Pocket Reference, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

When you need answers for using C#5.0, this tightly focused and practical book tells you exactly what you need to know—without long introductions or bloated samples. Succinct and easy to browse, C# 5.0 Pocket Reference is ideal as quick reference—or as a guide to get you rapidly up to speed if you already know Java, C++, or an earlier version of C#.

Written by the authors of the acclaimed C# 4.0 in a Nutshell, this book doesn’t skimp on detail, but covers the entire C# 5.0 language, including:

• Features new to C# 5.0, such asynchrony with new enhancements to Caller Info Attributes, ReadOnlyDictionary, Web Sockets, and the new HttpClient class
• All of C#’s fundamentals
• Advanced topics-operator overloading, custom conversions, type constraints, covariance & contravariance, iterators, nullable types, operator lifting, lambda expressions & closures
• LINQ, starting with sequences, lazy execution and standard query operators, and finishing with a complete reference to query expressions Download Now »

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Hands-on solutions for common SharePoint 2010 challenges

Aimed at the more than 100 million licensed SharePoint 2010 users, this indispensable field guide addresses an abundance of common SharePoint 2010 problems and offers proven solutions. A team of authors encourages you to customize SharePoint beyond the out-of-the-box functionality so that you can build more complex solutions to these challenges. You ll discover intricate details and specific full-scale solutions that you can then implement to your own SharePoint 2010 solutions.

• Tackles a variety of SharePoint 2010 problems ranging from simple to complex, and offers sound solutions
• Details the SharePoint object model, reviews site provisioning solutions, and explores scalable applications
• Looks at UI design and branding, visual web parts, and PowerShell
• Discusses custom global navigation, field types, content types, and list templates

SharePoint 2010 Field Guide provides you with the right direction for building solutions to SharePoint 2010 problems.

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Hands-on solutions to common SharePoint problems

Although there are more than 100 million SharePoint users worldwide, there has been no reliable resource that provides detailed, full-scale solutions to a variety of SharePoint 2010 problems Download Now »

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The SharePoint platform is ideal for developers looking to build exciting solutions, and SharePoint 2010 is more equipped than ever for the task. While plenty of SharePoint titles will help you understand general SharePoint development techniques or spend time focusing on one method or tool, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer’s Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint offers you the option of using four different tools and platforms to achieve exceptional end user experience.

This book fills the gap for a comprehensive SharePoint title which describes the end goal of a SharePoint developer. So often books focus on development techniques for one tool; this will get you on your way to developing a good business website with a great user experience, however, you choose to get there, be it using PowerShell, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows 7 Phone, or a combination of all four.

“Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer’s Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint” draws from five separate titles from Packt’s existing collection of excellent SharePoint titles:
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook
Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Applications on Windows Phone 7
SharePoint 2010 Business Application Development Blueprints Download Now »

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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

Table of Contents
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 »