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Professional Android 2 Application Development Book Review
I have read almost every book published on Android application development, several of which I have reviewed for Dr Dobbs. Wiley (under the Wrox imprint) has published author Reto Meier's Android book (essentially his second edition of his original Professional Android Application Development). In Pro Android 2, the author expounds upon his initial release to explore and leverage the new features in the 2.x Android OS. Is this book better than the other Android books on the market? Read on to find out. - Tools
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know Book Review
I have always found reading and listening to what experienced peers in the software development business have to say about their craft. So it was with great anticipation that I anticipated reading O'Reilly's compilation from the book's coding contributors. Did it satisfy? Read on to find out. - Tools
Core Animation Book Review
One key differentiating technology that Apple created to give their platform's software applications a graphical edge is Core Animation. This powerful library distills what once required a vast knowledge of OpenGL calls into a simple yet flexible framework. Still, leveraging this framework took plenty of time and experimentation… until now. Authors Marcu Zarra and Matt Long have written a tour guide of sorts to lead readers on a journey to learning how to leverage what Core Animation has to offer. Read on for my review. - Tools
Solid-State Drives From a Developer's Perspective
Putting to work Intel's X25-M SSD - Tools
Beginning Mac Programming Book Review
With the Apple iPad on the verge of release, gadgeteers and programmers alike are anxiously anticipating this exciting new product. Based on a new version of the iPhone SDK, the iPad is a BSD Unix computer at its heart with Apple technology riding on top. Learning this framework via Apple's preferred application development language, Objective-C, can be a different learning experience compared to other programming tutorials. Does author Tim Isted's book accomplish the task of taking those new to the OSX programming platform to a level of competency to proficiently write Cocoa-enabled Objective-C programs? Read on to find out. - Tools
Examining Wolfram Workbench 2.0
An easier way to create powerful Mathematica applications - Tools
Book Review: Learning Python, Fourth Edition
New chapters of the 4th edition cover advanced topics such as Unicode, managed attributes, decorators, and metaclasses - Open Source
'Day of Mobile' Kicks Off
Mobile experts share their expertise - Mobile
Great Go Screencast Review
Google's Go language has many similarities to C, Java and Python as well as a number of peculiarities (ex: semicolons ending some statements and not others). Presenter Brett McLaughlin has recorded a screencast series to help programmers quickly get acquainted with Go. Does he succeed with this objective? Read on to find out.
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The iPhone Developer's Cookbook Review
With the impending release of the Apple iPad, renewed interest in the iPhone SDK has garnered accelerating exploration into the Objective-C/Cocoa framework combination. Learning the nuances of this platform can be challenging. Fortunately, author and iPhone hacker Erica Sadun has come to the rescue with the publication of her second edition of the iPhone Developer's Cookbook. Read on for my review.
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