By Heather La Bash
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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