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Source: Security DevCenter This bestselling tutorial for beginning to intermediate programmers teaches you how to use the new version of the C# language to build web, desktop, and rich Internet applications with the .NET 4.0 Framework. The sixth edition covers the latest enhancements to the language, as well as the fundamentals of both C# and .NET, and concurrent programming with C# 4.0. You'll also learn how to use C# with .NET tools such as the Entity Framework and the Silverlight platform.
Source: Security DevCenter Learn proven techniques and methods for successfully creating a SharePoint system specification. The purpose of a SharePoint system specification for an organization is to expand on the user requirements in order to produce a clear, complete and unambiguous set of documentation. Discover how to describe the intended system in terms of its function, performance, interfaces, and design constraints.
Source: Security DevCenter There's a great writeup on YouTube's developer blog covering their experience with HTM5 video, Flash video, and the future of video distribution on the web. If you have some spare time, be sure to check it out.
Source: Security DevCenter With 40,000+ Games to choose from, the list of Top 100 free and paid games are frequently scanned by iPhone gamers. In this short post, I'll share some basic statistics on popular games sold through the U.S. iTunes app store.
Source: Security DevCenter Congratulations! You've hired a fantastic open source developer. You know she's fantastic because you were able to check out her commits on public projects, you've read the mailing list archives to learn how she communicates, and you know before she starts that she's a passionate self-motivated detail-oriented coder and that she's not an asshole. She's clueful and she's perfect! Now,
Source: Security DevCenter Ian Robinson (REST in Practice) will be giving two presentations, "Designing and Implementing RESTful Application Protocols", and "The Role of Hypermedia in Distributed Application Development" at Herbstcampus, a software development conference for software developers, architects, and project managers with a technology focus.
Source: Security DevCenter Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Your site will inevitably go down. Worse yet, thanks to Twitter and blogs there's a good chance that all of your customers will find out about your downtime. This presentation aims to help you turn that downtime from a disaster into an opportunity to strengthen your customer relationships. All it takes is a little preparation up front, communication during the event, and some explanation after the event. Based on a review of numerous downtime events over the past few years, this talk will present a simple framework that you can use inside your company to handle downtime effectively, and give you advice on how to get it adopted within the organization. About Lenny Rachitsky Lenny Rachitsky is the head of R&D at Webmetrics, and has played a key role in the evolution of the web performance monitoring space. Previously leading the engineering department at Webmetrics, he now focuses on the future direction of the performance and monitoring industry by sharing best practices, analyzing industry trends, and collaborating with members of the web performance community. He is currently working on developing new products and technologies that further enable companies to reduce downtime, optimize performance, and increase revenue.
Source: Security DevCenter Get a running start with Silverlight 4 -- the cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in for delivering the next generation of rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web -- with insights and practical advice from a Silverlight insider.
Source: Security DevCenter The smart way to learn Microsoft Office 2010. Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files on CD.
Source: Security DevCenter Your pocket-sized, fast-answers guide to administering SharePoint 2010 features quick-reference tables, lists, and instructions for concise, accurate answers on the spot.
Source: Security DevCenter The smart way to learn the latest version of PowerPoint 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files available online.
Source: Security DevCenter Take advantage of Google Analytics' powerful and free tools to understand exactly how users behave when they visit your website or use your web application. This book shows you how to probe general traffic, marketing, and ecommerce information with these tools, and teaches you how to supplement them with add-ons and external tools when you want to dig even deeper. You'll also learn how to create custom reports to analyze specific issues.
Source: Security DevCenter If you don't know about the new features available in HTML5, now's the time to find out. The latest version of this markup language is going to significantly change the way you develop web applications, and this book provides your first real look at HTML5's new elements and attributes. You'll also learn how HTML5 can help you develop applications that display video without having to rely on plugins, work even when a user is offline, and more.
Source: Security DevCenter Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Dasein Cloud is an Open Source Java API that enables write-once, run against any cloud programming. With Dasein Cloud, you can run the same application across any number of supported clouds without any need for a recompile. This developer-oriented webinar will demonstrate how to get started building cloud-independent applications on top of the Dasein Cloud API. We will cover things like multi-cloud storage, message queues, and compute management. The webcast includes actual application code talking to AWS, Rackspace, Google, and more. About George Reese George Reese is the founder of two Minneapolis-based companies, enStratus Networks LLC (maker of high-end cloud infrastructure management tools) and Valtira LLC (maker of the Valtira Online Marketing Platform). Over the past 15 years, George has authored a number of technology books, including MySQL Pocket Reference, Database Programming with JDBC and Java, Java Database Best Practices, and Cloud Application Architectures. Throughout the Internet era, George has spent his career building enterprise tools for developers and delivering solutions to the marketing domain. He was an influential force in the evolution of online gaming through the creation of a number of Open Source MUD libraries and he created the first JDBC driver in 1996—the Open Source mSQL-JDBC. Most recently, George has been involved in the development of systems to support the deployment of transactional web applications in the cloud.
Source: Security DevCenter Find an Ignite near you, start your own or watch a video.
Source: Security DevCenter Open data isn't just about re-broadcasting data, but combining it, re-using it and building upon it. It's about creating new uses, creating new markets and building credibility into the data as it flows.
Source: Security DevCenter Publishers Who Don't Know History (Cory Ondrejka) -- interesting thoughts on publishing. Friends share, borrow, and recommend books. Currently, publishers are generally being stupid about this. Regulating Distributed Work -- should Mechanical Turk and so on have specific labour laws? This is the case in favour. We Are What We Choose -- Jeff Bezos's graduation speech to Princeton's
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