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Quick review of "Practical Django Projects" (Coder Who Says Py)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:23:00 GMT

James Bennett was nice enough to have Apress send me a free copy of his book ' Practical Django Projects ' after a blogged asking for help on how best to learn Django. To be totally upfront about this, while James had me sent a free copy, he did not ask for a public review, and James offered me the copy, not his publisher. I am happy with the book. I feel like I have a reasonable grasp now on...

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More Joel On Software (Open Sources)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:03:01 GMT

Apress publishes another collection of essays on software development READ MORE

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Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us (Prototype JavaScript Framework)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:48:00 GMT

We’re very happy to announce a new addition to the Prototype bookshelf: core committer Andrew Dupont ’s Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us published by Apress.

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Foundations of Qt Development re-printed (OS Galaxy)

donotreply@osgalaxy.com (Johan Thelin) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:03:23 GMT

I was happy to learn that Springer has printed my book, Foundations of Qt Development . Their distribution rights seem to span parts of south east Asia and the middle east. For the rest of us, APress is the preferred source. In addition to this, the Linux Learning Centre , has decided to use the book as a part of their Qt course. Kudos to Prashanth for making this happen. Finally, as a side...

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19 Perl Books (KILL-SYSTEM32)

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:08:00 GMT

* [Addison Wesley] Effective Perl Programming, Writing Better Programs with Perl (1997).chm * [Apress] Beginning Web Development with Perl From Novice to Professional (2006).pdf * [Apress] Pro Perl (2005).pdf * [Apress] Pro Perl Debugging, From Professional to Expert (2005).pdf * [John Wiley & Sons] Perl Database Programming (2003).chm * [Manning] Data Munging with Perl (2001).pdf...

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Practical Django Projects (TechBlogger)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Chromodromic writes “Apress’s newest Django offering, Practical Django Projects by James Bennett, weighs in lightly at 224 pages of actual tutorial content, but trust me, they’re dense pages. Filled with pragmatic examples which directly address the kinds of development issues you will encounter when first starting out with Django, this book makes an important addition [...]

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August 2008 Meeting (Atlanta PHP)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:54:41 GMT

When: Thursday, August 7, 2008—7pm-9pm Where: Consulate General of Canada Presentation: Join-Fu: The Art of SQL Jay Pipes, the North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL and co-author of Pro MySQL (Apress, 2005), joins us this month to present “Join-Fu: The Art of SQL.” Join-fu is the art of performance-tuning your application’s SQL. Join Jay in a fun, irreverent [...]

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APress - A Programmer's Introduction to C# (BwT)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:03:15 GMT

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Kae Verens' Blog: Review: Pro PHP - Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More (PHP Developper)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:55:26 GMT

Kae Verens has posted another book review today covering APress' "Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" (by Kevin McArthur ). This book is absolutely jam-packed with information useful to the medium-advanced PHP coder. SPL is described over a few chapters, and a quick intro to Zend's MVC framework is provided. Of particular interest to me were the final chapters, to do with certificate-based...

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review: Pro PHP - Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More (klog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:15:59 GMT

Author: Kevin MacArthur, Publisher: APress Overview: this book is absolutely jam-packed with information useful to the medium-advanced PHP coder. SPL is described over a few chapters, and a quick intro to Zend’s MVC framework is provided. Of particular interest to me were the final chapters, to do with certificate-based authentication, and a chapter near the beginning [...]

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“Beginning Ruby” eBook Only $10 For The Next 24 Hours (Ruby Inside)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:48:44 GMT

I’ve had word from Apress that they’re doing a one-off 24 hour $10 sale on the e-book version of Beginning Ruby as part of their “daily deal” series. After the 24 hours is up (at 11.59pm Pacific time tonight), that link will point to a different book but the e-book will still be available from [...]

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Tony Bibbs' Blog: Book Review: Pro PHP (PHP Developper)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:35:52 GMT

Tony Bibbs has posted his own review of a recently released PHP-related book from APress, "Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" (by Kevin McArthur ): First I think it's important to cover the valuable aspects of the book as that will really drive your decision whether the book is worth a read. If you are new to object oriented programming and basic design patterns you will get a...

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Jonathan Street's Blog: Book Review: "Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" (PHPDeveloper.org)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:19:28 GMT

Jonathan Street has posted a review of APress Publishing's "Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" (by Kevin McArthur ): When the title talks about patterns, frameworks, testing and more it's not kidding. Kevin McArthur has managed to stuff a lot of information into the three hundred and some pages which make up this book. The inevitable trade-off is that no one section is a complete...

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James McLean's Blog: Book Review: Apress? Beginning PHP and Oracle (Revenue Source)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:19:42 GMT

James McLean has done his own review of the APress book "Beginning PHP and Oracle": Published in August 2007, Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional weighs in at a hefty 763 pages long. It's one for the bookshelf, not for the backpack thats for sure! He goes through the sections of the book - the PHP intro, some of its "Enterprise thinking", mentions of MySQL and SQLite and, of...

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Ken Guest's Blog: Book review: PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice (second edition) (PHP Developper)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:58:39 GMT

Ken Guest has posted a review of yet another PHP-related book from APress publishing, "PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice (Second Edition)". While being an easy read, this is a well written, serious book and is aimed squarely at enterprise-level developers and software engineers who make their living through the development and architecture of solutions developed in PHP. He breaks down the...

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Yee's Pro Web 2.0 Mashups (Law Blog Metrics)

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services By Raymond Yee List Price: $49.99 Paperback: 603 pages Publisher: Apress (February 25, 2008) ISBN-10: 159059858X ISBN-13: 978-1590598580 Description: The modern Web is awash with data and services just waiting to...

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Kae Verens' Blog: review: Object-Oriented Programming in PHP5 (PHPDeveloper.org)

Thu, 29 May 2008 12:53:43 GMT

Kae Verens has posted a review of a PHP-related book from APress Publishing, "Object-Oriented Programming in PHP5": In short: a very good concise introduction to OOP. I'll be keeping this on my desk for a while. The language use is strange but the code examples and the spread of topics make up for that in spades. This book has a very broad scope, but is clear in the essentials. If you're looking...

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Freegrok.com: Review: Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition (PHP Developper)

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:24:28 GMT

On freegrok.com a new review of an APress PHP-related book has been posted, a look at W. Jason Gilmore 's "Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition". Walking through your local bookstore will show that there is definitely no shortage of books related to PHP and MySQL. These ubiquitous technologies have been many a beginner's foray into the world of web development....

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Amir Saied's Blog: Book review: "Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" by Kevin McArthur (PHPDeveloper.org)

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:35:46 GMT

Amir Saied has posted a book review of a new book from APress publishing "ProPHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More" (by Kevin McArthur . As the title suggests this book is about advanced PHP related topics, being divided into 5 parts and 21 chapters. The title enunciates the book will cover many different aspects, but you'll get disappointed as soon as you perceive it's only about 300...

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Apress and Friends of ED Debut Four New Books at JavaOne 2008 (Madshrimps Forum Madness)

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:51:27 GMT

Berkeley, CA, May 10, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a Java-based Ajax web application development framework, has been attracting immense interest over recent months; it's clear from the number of new GWT applications and thriving community that its current popularity abounds. In response to interest in GWT, Apress announces the release of Pro Web 2.0 Application Development with...

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