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Source: Security DevCenter It's a good day for Flex news. Hot off the heals of the Hero announcement is the announcement that Adobe has released the Flex 4.1 SDK and an update to Flash Builder 4.
Source: Security DevCenter Today Adobe announced "Hero", the next version of the Flex SDK. Hero builds on previous versions of Flex and focuses on bringing full multi-screen development (Mobile), updates to the Spark component set, and improving existing features for building large-scale applications. Hero will be officially released sometime in the second half of this year with plans for a final release in 2011.
Source: Security DevCenter Programming Entity Framework is a thorough introduction to Microsoft's core framework for modeling and interacting with data in .NET applications. The second edition provides a hands-on tour of the ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF) and explains its use in a variety of applications. You'll also gain in-depth knowledge of its architecture and APIs -- information that will be extremely valuable as you shift to the Entity Framework version in .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.
Source: Security DevCenter Programming WCF Services is the authoritative, bestselling introduction to Microsoft's unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. The third edition of this thoroughly practical book provides insight, not documentation, to help you learn the topics and skills you need for building WCF-based applications. Written by Microsoft software legend Juval Lowy, this new edition is revised for the latest productivity-enhancing features for C# 4.0 and .NET 4.
Source: Security DevCenter How do you know if a hot new technology will succeed or fail? Most people get it wrong, as they depend on wishful thinking and romanticized ideas of history that have little basis in reality. In the new paperback edition of this fascinating book, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at the history of innovation to reveal powerful truths about how ideas become successful innovations -- truths that people can apply to their challenges today.
Source: Security DevCenter At some point in the future, the length of the movie credits is going to exceed the length of the actual film
Source: Security DevCenter MAKE and Pixel Qi announced today the availability of a revolutionary LCD display technology from Pixel Qi -- the 3Qi display. This one-of-a-kind, plug-and-play 10.1-inch display offers two modes: an easy-to-read, real color, multi-media mode or a crisp, low power e-reader mode. Indeed, the sunlight-ready, e-reader mode makes it easy to use outdoors. The 3Qi display is on sale now at makershed.com.
Source: Security DevCenter Healthcare.gov from the Department of Health and Human Services
provides an example of the goals behind opening up data--not data for
data's sake, but data as a tool people can use to get more involved in
policy, have an impact on civic life, and hopefully make their own
lives better along the way.
Source: Security DevCenter Data science has utility -- and repercussions -- well beyond data scientists. New tools are making it easier for non-programmers to tap huge stores of information.
Source: Security DevCenter Getting your brain around all of the components of cloud computing is a huge challenge. There are so many players, and a number of them are performing functions entirely new to IT. A few months ago, I put together a mind map of the cloud computing space I use to help people understand this space. It's reached a level of maturity that I now feel it appropriate to share it with a wider audience.
Source: Security DevCenter This book is the complete and authorized introduction to Juniper Network's new SRX hardware series that runs the Junos operating system. You not only get a hands-on field guide to deploying, configuring, and operating SRX, but also a reference to help you prepare for the JNCIS-ES and JNCIE-ES Certification examinations. Learn how to use SRX to address an array of enterprise data network requirements -- including IP routing, intrusion detection, attack mitigation, unified threat management, and more.
Source: Security DevCenter Whether you're developing applications for the desktop, the Web, embedded systems, or operating systems, the SQLite database provides an alternative to heavy-duty client-server databases such as Oracle and MySQL. With this book, you'll get complete guidance for using this small and lightweight database effectively, including how to make SQLite an integral part of your application to help contain the size and complexity of your project.
Source: Security DevCenter Test Driven Development (TDD) is changing how seasoned software developers create and evolve software systems. Instead of coding first and debugging later, test driven developers get feedback every few minutes, ensuring that their code does what they expect. Many C programmers have viewed this practice as impractical for their challenging work. This book shows you how to apply TDD to C, with a focus on the unique challenges facing embedded programmers.
Source: Security DevCenter You should learn a programming language every year, as recommended by The Pragmatic Programmer. But if one per year is good, how about Seven Languages in Seven Weeks? In this book you'll get a hands-on tour of Clojure, Haskell, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, and Ruby. Whether or not your favorite language is on that list, you'll broaden your perspective of programming by examining these languages side-by-side. You'll learn something new from each, and best of all, you'll learn how to learn a language quickly.
Source: Security DevCenter Your co-workers' resistance to new technologies can be baffling. Logical arguments can fail. If you don't do politics, you will fail. With Driving Technical Change, by Terrence Ryan, you'll learn to read users' "patterns of resistance"-and then dismantle their objections. Every developer must master the art of evangelizing. With these techniques and strategies, you'll help your organization adopt your solutions-without selling your soul to organizational politics.
Source: Security DevCenter Practical HDRI, 2nd Edition, by pro photographer Jack Howard, leads you into the the new frontier of High Dynamic Range Imaging, a multi-shot technique to digitally capture, store, and edit the full luminosity range of a scene in ways not possible in a single captured image. Fully updated for 2010, the 2nd Edition covers the HDR process from image capture through post-processing for web and print. Practical HDRI, 2nd Edition is richly illustrated with step-by-step tutorials for creating professional results using the leading HDR software titles, including the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop, Photomatix Pro, FDRTools, Dynamic Photo HDR, and HDR PhotoStudio. Howard instructs from experience as a photographer and a writer, with an emphasis on making the HDR process work for you. Topics include: Step-by-step tutorials Basic and advanced workflows and workarounds Web and print optimization File management, keywording Advice on cameras, gear and software
Source: Security DevCenter With this full color, no-nonsense guide, you'll learn the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn new skills with Microsoft Word 2010. Easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language make learning plain and simple!
Source: Security DevCenter Teach yourself how to use Office Professional 2010-including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint®, Outlook®, Excel®, Access, Publisher, and OneNote®-one step at a time! Work at your at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and practice exercises.
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