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Day of Mobile Coverage
I will be attending the upcoming Day of Mobile conference on Saturday, March 6 at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. As such, look forward to additional coverage from the show including interviews with some of the keynote speakers and updates throughout the day. Read on for more details.
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Practical Arduino Book Review
Long-time Dobbs Codetalk readers may recall my Arduino review nearly a year ago. At the time, only a brief book programming the product existed. Apress has recently published a book that dives much deeper on the subject and walks readers through over a dozen Arduino projects. Read on for the review.
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Cocoa Programming Developer's Handbook Book Review
With the announcement of the Apple iPad, even more developers are turning their interest toward learning and mastering the Cocoa framework required for Apple application development. How does this latest Addison-Wesley Developer's Library title stack up to other Cocoa programming books? Read on to find out.
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Pomodoro Technique Illustrated Book Review
Like many modern world technologists, I have so many milestones to achieve in so little time. While I consider my time management skills fairly well sharpened, I'm always open to suggestions for improvement. The Pomodoro Technique offers just such an opportunity. Does it deliver? Read on to find out.
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Debug It! Book Review
A recent article I read regarding the decline of the use of specific debugging tools sparked my interest in the latest software bug hunting best practices and trends. The article's hypothesis was that debugging tools were becoming less important due to the increase in test harnessing at a project's outset. Read on to see if Debug It! author Paul Butcher agrees.
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Windows Mobile Components
Programmable packages that accelerate mobile application development - .NET
Android Wireless Application Development Book Review
Industry analysts predict 2010 to be the year of the Android OS. With the success of the Motorola Droid and devices like it on the verge of release, Android will accelerate its adoption curve. Now is the time to learn how to programmatically leverage this modern mobile operating system. Is this the book that can help developers achieve this objective? Read on to find out.
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Programming Google App Engine Book Review
While the Google App Engine has been available to developers for some time, the degree of adequate documentation beyond the SDK online docs has been sparse. Author Dan Sanderson, a member of the Google App Engine team, has attempted to address this deficiency with this book. Has he succeeded? Read on to find out.
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JVM Languages
Web Design for Developers Book Review
Like many left-brain developers, I am fairly adept at creating functional web applications but humbly amateur at wrapping them within attractive user interfaces. With the release of Brian Hogan's Web Design for Developers, I hoped I could elevate my novice design skills to something worthy of the application logic that surrounds it. Did the book achieve this lofty goal? Read on to find out.
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Distributed Programming with Ruby Book Review
Buoyed by the success of Ruby on Rails, the Ruby language continues its ascent to servicing numerous application scenarios. One of the most challenging aspects of building sophisticated distributed applications is managing the object infrastructure necessary to manage them. How does Ruby tackle this problem? This book demonstrates how. Read on for my review. - Design
