Why learn F#? This multi-paradigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, it also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. With Programming F#, you'll quickly discover the many advantages of Microsoft's new language, which...
A few years ago, the idea of running multiple operating systems concurrently on the same computer captured the imagination of the computing industry. Virtualization became the hot buzzword and projects were launched to fulfill the dream.
With virtualization, you don’t need an extra computer every time you want to bring up a new...
Test-Driven Development (TDD) is now an established technique for delivering better software faster. TDD is based on a simple idea: Write tests for your code before you write the code itself. However, this "simple" idea takes skill and judgment to do well. Now there's a practical guide to TDD that takes you beyond...
As you’ve probably noticed, there’s more than enough information about Windows 7 on the Web. There are tutorials, reference sites, discussion groups, and more to help make it easier to use Windows 7. However, the advantage to reading this book instead is that all of the information you need to learn Windows 7 is organized in one place...
Welcome to the cloud for users, where the speed of Ubuntu and the ease of cloud applications unite. You can now speed up your netbook, connect to the world using 3G modems, or make calls using Skype with Ubuntu. You can even change your desktop altogether without having to worry about netbook screen real estate. Now, you will never have to worry...
This comprehensive guide book prepares the reader for Microsoft's brand new MCTS: Windows 7, Configuring exam (70-680). You'll find 100% coverage of all the exam objectives. It provides practical, real-world scenarios; hands-on exercises, and challenging assessment questions. This book prepares you for the 70-680 exam, called the Microsoft...
Digital signal processing is now a growing area of study invading all walks of organizational life, from consumer products to database management. Web-Based Supply Chain Management and Digital Signal Processing: Methods for Effective Information Administration and Transmission presents trends and techniques for successful...
In this exhaustive guide to macro photography, respected author and photographer Adrian Davies takes a comprehensive approach to the subject, covering every aspect of the multi-faceted and often complicated world of close-up photography.
Everything about Adrian's approach is both practical and diverse, with optimal output always in...
Franz Brentano is recognised as one of the most important philosophers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This work, first published in English in 1988, besides being an important contribution to metaphysics in its own right, has considerable historical importance through its influence on Husserl’s views on internal time...
As an active trader in today’s market, you are faced with unprecedented challenges. Dramatic price swings in equity, debt, and currency have made it tougher than ever to manage and trade risk. But with great risk, of course, comes great opportunity— and Advanced Options Trading delivers a detailed system for...
“We all owe a great debt to Fred Sheehan. Fred demolishes the myth of Alan Greenspan’s omniscience, while revealing the dangerous credulity of those who set him on a pedestal above the rest of us. Panderer to Power will be invaluable in making the case for how we might...
Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism is usually...
