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Bash Cookbook ****
Carl Albing and J. P. Vossen and Cameron Newham
The key to mastering any Unix system, especially Linux and Mac OS X, is a thorough knowledge of shell scripting. Scripting is a way to harness and customize the power of any Unix system, and it's an essential skill for any Unix users, including syste...

Coding Faster: Getting More Productive With Microsoft Visual Studio: Covers Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 ****
Zain Naboulsi and Sara Ford
Expert advice to help you work smarter and increase your productivity with Visual Studio.Take a detailed look into Visual Studio—and learn practical techniques to help you work more efficiently. This fully revised and expanded version of Visual Studi...

Developing Virtual Reality Applications: Foundations of Effective Design ****
Alan B. Craig and William R. Sherman and Jeffrey D. Will
Virtual Reality systems enable organizations to cut costs and time, maintain financial and organizational control over the development process, digitally evaluate products before having them created, and allow for greater creative exploration. In thi...

Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build ****
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi and William Bartholomew
As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference—fully updated for Visual Studio 2010—drills inside MSBuild and shows you how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process....

IOS Recipes: Tips and Tricks for Awesome IPhone and IPad Apps *****
Matt Drance and Paul Warren
iOS Recipes begins with a tour of UIKit. Former Apple Evangelist Matt Drance and expert graphical-systems programmer Paul Warren show you how to write splash screens and embedded web browsers that are easily dropped into any project. You'll explore t...

Mac Kung Fu: Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion ***
Keir Thomas
After you've uncovered the basics in Lion, Mac Kung Fu is your next step. You'll learn how to master everyday tools such as the Dock, Spotlight, Mission Control, Launchpad, and Dashboard. You'll discover other amazingly useful tools and built-in add-...

Mastering Unix Shell Scripting: Bash, Bourne, and Korn Shell Scripting for Programmers, System Administrators, and UNIX Gurus ****
Randal K. Michael
UNIX expert Randal K. Michael guides you through every detail of writing shell scripts to automate specific tasks. Each chapter begins with a typical, everyday UNIX challenge, then shows you how to take basic syntax and turn it into a shell scripting...

Objective-C for Absolute Beginners: IPhone and Mac Programming Made Easy
Gary Bennett and Mitchell Fisher and Brad Lees
It seems as if everyone is writing applications for Apple's iPhone and iPad, but how do they all do it? It's best to learn Objective-C, the native language of both the iOSand Mac OS X, but where to begin? Right here, even if you've never programmed b...

Parallel Programming With Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Step by Step ***
Donis Marshall
The roadmap for developers wanting to maximize their applications for multi-core architecture using Visual Studio 2010.

Programming Entity Framework: Code First *****
Julia Lerman and Rowan Miller
Review"It's a great cover-to-cover read, and I can easily see topics I'll bookmark and come back to when I hit certain scenarios. If you're planning on using EF Code First, make getting this book a priority." - John Papa, Visual Studio MagazineAbout ...

Silverlight 4 in Action
Pete Brown
Silverlight 3 in Action is a fast-paced, comprehensive tutorial that guides the reader from creating "Hello World" to coding production-quality, data-driven rich internet applications with graphics, audio, and video content. Written for a developer w...