Book Reviews



By Heather La Bash

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Network Know-How

Using clear language, Network Know-How guides the network novice through networking basics, covering both wired and wireless networks. Ross provides readers with enough information to set up networks in the home or in a small business without overwhelming them with unnecessarily advanced details.

Network Know-How: An Essential Guide for the Accidental Admin

John Ross

No Starch Press, 2009

ISBN 10: 1-59327-191-6

ISBN 13: 978-1-59327-191-6

US$ 29.95, UK£ 23.99

http://www.nostarch.com/networks.htm

Head First Networking

Head First Networking blends practice with theory to teach networking concepts and skills to the networking beginner. The authors take the reader from diagramming, planning, and configuring networks to monitoring performance and troubleshooting problems. Build on basics and try advanced tasks such as running a network for a high-tech haunted house.

Head First Networking

Al Anderson and Ryan Benedetti

O'Reilly, 2009

ISBN 10: 0-596-52155-3

ISBN 13: 978-0-59652-155-4

US$ 54.99, UK£ 42.50

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521554

Seam 2.x Web Development

After differentiating Seam from other web frameworks, author David Salter walks Java EE application developers through the creation of web applications using Seam, Facelets, and RichFaces. Readers learn how to deploy the newly designed applications to the JBoss Application Server. Each chapter builds directly on the previous ones for quick learning.

Seam 2.x Web Development

David Salter

Packt Publishing, 2009

ISBN 10: 1-84719-592-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-84719-592-0

US$ 39.99, UK£ 24.99,

http://www.packtpub.com/seam-2-x-web-development

OpenSocial Network Programming

One objective of OpenSocial is to allow developers to "write once, deploy everywhere." Grewe's new book, OpenSocial Network Programming, provides programmers with step-by-step instructions for creating multiple-container social networking applications and for avoiding technical stumbling blocks.

OpenSocial Network Programming

Lynne Grewe

Wiley, 2009

ISBN 13: 978-0-470-44222-7

US$ 49.99, UK£ 33.99, EUR 41.70

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470442220.html

Java Message Service

Geared toward those with previous programming experience, Java Message Service introduces readers to standard API "messaging," the software-to-software exchange of data between networked computers. Learn how to use JMS to solve architectural challenges, including system bottlenecks, scalability, and integration of dissimilar applications and systems.

Java Message Service: Creating Distributed Enterprise Applications

Mark Richards, Richard Monson-Haefel, and David A. Chappell

O'Reilly, 2009

ISBN 10: 0-596-52204-5

ISBN 13: 978-0-59652-204-9

US$ 39.99, UK£ 30.00

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596522049

Mastering Blender

In his third book on Blender, Tony Mullen takes aim at users who are ready to move past Blender basics. Mullen takes the reader through the more advanced features of this free, professional-quality 3D animation software. He explores topics from sculpting and texturing to retopo workflow. He also introduces scripting in Python for Blender and then covers working with the Blender game engine.

Mastering Blender

Tony Mullen

Wiley, 2009

ISBN 13: 978-0-470-40741-7

US$ 59.99, UK£ 39.99

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470407417.html

Liferay Portal 5.2 Systems Development

An expert in content management systems (CMSs), Yaun shares his years of experience to help professional Java developers secure the know-how to create customized intranet systems successfully with the Liferay Portal framework. Yuan uses a teach-by-example approach, first providing an overview of the chapter and then moving on to examples that let readers get their hands dirty.

Liferay Portal 5.2 Systems Development

Jonas X. Yuan

Packt Publishing, 2009

ISBN 10: 1-84719-470-2

ISBN 13: 978-1-84719-470-1

US$ 54.99, UK£ 33.99

http://www.packtpub.com/book/liferay-portal-5-2-systems-development

Cloud Application Architectures

Cloud Application Architectures provides a thorough overview of cloud computing for system architects, system administrators, and developers by examining the differences between traditional IT infrastructure and cloud computing. He then provides "critical guidance - on issues of cost, availability, performance, scaling, privacy, and security."

Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud

George Reese

O'Reilly, 2009

ISBN 10: 0-596-15636-7

ISBN 13: 978-0-596-15636-7

US$ 29.99, UK£ 22.99

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156367