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Create a robust, reliable, and reusable Python application

As an open source, object-oriented programming language, Python is easy to understand, extendable, and user-friendly. This book covers every aspect of Python so that you can get started writing your own programs with Python today. Author James Payne begins with the most basic concepts of the Python language—placing a special focus on the 2.6 and 3.1 versions—and he offers an in-depth look at existing Python programs so you can learn by example. Topics progress from strings, lists, and dictionaries to classes, objects, and modules. With this book, you will learn how to quickly and confidently create a robust, reliable, and reusable Python application.

Beginning Python:

• Introduces the concepts of variables for storing and manipulating data
• Examines files and input/output for reading or writing data
• Reviews examples of often-overlooked features of Python
• Delves into writing tests for modules and programs
• Addresses programming with a graphical user interface in Python
• Places special focus on XML, HTML, XSL, and related technologies
• Explains how to extend Python
• Shares numerical programming techniques
• Offers an inside look at Jython, a version of Python written in Java

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http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Python-Using-Wrox-Programmer/dp/0470414634/

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Learn to use Devexpress ASP.NET controls, and get $250 worth of controls included with the book

Devexpress is a leading supplier of ASP.NET controls – the addins used in ASP.NET sites. Not only does this book show you how to make the most of them with Silverlight and Ajax, reporting, calendars, editors, and charts, but you also get actual controls worth $250 on the CD-ROM included with the book.

Regardless of your level of ASP.NET expertise, this complete reference will show you how to implement many award-winning and useful controls into your ASP.NET applications. Controls save time and effort as well as adding functionality, and this book helps you take full advantage of what they offer.

• Devexpress is a leading vendor for ASP.NET controls that developers can use to add features, accomplish difficult tasks, and save development and testing time
• This book addresses the all-important use of controls for Silverlight and Ajax, as well as classic essentials like reporting, editors, calendars, and charts
• Covered controls include reports and charts, HTML editors, menus and treeviews, gridview, and many more
• Explains when and where to use controls and how to add functionality without additional development
• CD-ROM includes $250 worth of Devexpress controls ready for you to use right away

With Professional DevExpress ASP.NET Controls, you’ll be a step ahead in developing powerful ASP.NET applications.

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0470500832/

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 focused, step-by-step approach to Visual Basic for new programmers

What better way to get started with Visual Basic than with this essential Wrox beginner’s guide? Beginning Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 not only shows you how to write Windows applications, Web applications with ASP.NET, and Windows mobile and embedded CE apps with Visual Basic 2010, but you’ll also get a thorough grounding in the basic nuts-and-bolts of writing good code.

You’ll be exposed to the very latest VB tools and techniques with coverage of both the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 releases. Plus, the book walks you step-by-step through tasks, as you gradually master this exciting new release of Microsoft’s popular and important programming language.

• Microsoft’s Visual Basic is a frequent first language for new programmers; this clear, focused book walks you through the basics and gets you quickly productive in Visual Basic
• Features in-depth coverage of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 releases, so you’ll be learning the very latest VB tools and techniques
• Discusses flow control, data structure, Windows applications, dialog boxes, menus, error handing and debugging, and objects and object oriented techniques
• Covers class libraries, Windows Forms, graphics programming, accessing databases, Web programming with ASP.NET and Visual Basic, data access, SQL Server, ADO.NET, and XML

Launch your Visual Basic programming career the right way with this practical, thorough guide.

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http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Visual-Basic-Thearon-Willis/dp/0470502223/

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“If you’re writing a native Win32 program or just want to know what the OS is really doing underneath, you need John’s book. He covers the stuff that real systems programmers absolutely must know. Recommended.”

–Chris Sells, Microsoft Corporation

“This fourth edition does a great job of incorporating new features in the Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7 API, but also stays true to teaching the foundational elements of building applications that target the Windows OS.”

–Jason Beres, Product Management, Infragistics

The Definitive Guide to Windows API Programming, Fully Updated for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista

Windows System Programming, Fourth Edition, now contains extensive new coverage of 64-bit programming, parallelism, multicore systems, and many other crucial topics. Johnson Hart’s robust code examples have been updated and streamlined throughout. They have been debugged and tested in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, on single and multiprocessor systems, and under Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008, and Windows XP. To clarify program operation, sample programs are now illustrated with dozens of screenshots.

Hart systematically covers Windows externals at the API level, presenting practical coverage of all the services Windows programmers need, and emphasizing how Windows functions actually behave and interact in real-world applications. Hart begins with features used in single-process applications and gradually progresses to more sophisticated functions and multithreaded environments. Topics covered include file systems, memory management, exceptions, processes, threads, synchronization, interprocess communication, Windows services, and security.

New coverage in this edition includes

• Leveraging parallelism and maximizing performance in multicore systems
• Promoting source code portability and application interoperability across Windows, Linux, and UNIX
• Using 64-bit address spaces and ensuring 64-bit/32-bit portability
• Improving performance and scalability using threads, thread pools, and completion ports
• Techniques to improve program reliability and performance in all systems
• Windows performance-enhancing API features available starting with Windows Vista, such as slim reader/writer locks and condition variables

A companion Web site, jmhartsoftware.com, contains all sample code, Visual Studio projects, additional examples, errata, reader comments, and Windows commentary and discussion.

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321657748/

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Create real-time, highly interactive apps quickly with the powerful XMPP protocol

XMPP is a robust protocol used for a wide range of applications, including instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video conferencing, collaborative spaces, real-time gaming, data synchronization, and search. This book teaches you how to harness the power of XMPP in your own apps and presents you with all the tools you need to build the next generation of apps using XMPP or add new features to your current apps. Featuring the JavaScript language throughout and making use of the jQuery library, the book contains several XMPP apps of increasing complexity that serve as ideal learning tools.

• Learn about XMPP’s instant messaging features, such as rosters, presence and subscriptions, and private chats
• Covers XMPP stanzas, stanza errors, and client protocol syntax and semantics
• Discusses service discovery, data forms, and publish-subscribe
• Addresses XMPP programming-related topics such as application design, event handling, and combining existing protocols
• Details the best ways to deploy XMPP-based applications
• Explains how to use Strophe’s plugin system and how to create your own plugins

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Programming-JavaScript-jQuery-Programmer/dp/0470540710/

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