Coding Resources : Books and Ebooks

Get practical guidelines for making your website accessible to people with disabilities. With this handbook, you'll learn how to design or develop a site that conforms to Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act--and in the process you'll discover how to provide a better user experience for everyone.

Organized by exam objectives, this is a focused, concise review guide that works hand-in-hand with any learning tool, including the CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide, 2nd Edition. The CompTIA A+ certification is the industry standard in terms of measuring a technician's hardware and software knowledge. As the most popular entry-level certification, it is particularly popular among individuals switching from another career to computers. This focused guide will help you focus on preparing to take the CompTIA A+ certification exam! A well-organized, ideal companion study tool to the Sybex CompTIA A+ guides Each chapter discusses the main topics that are featured in the two parts of the exam Discusses hardware, troubleshooting and maintenance, operating systems and software, networking, security, and operating procedures Author is a well-known certification columnist and bestselling author Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

In this Very Short Introduction, Subrata Dasgupta sheds light on these lesser known areas and considers the conceptual basis of computer science. Discussing algorithms, programming, and sequential and parallel processing, he considers emerging modern ideas such as biological computing and cognitive modelling, challenging the idea of computer science as a science of the artificial.

The Encyclopedia of Computer Science has always been the definitive source for everyone who works with computers, computing, and computer science. This new, updated edition contains 623 articles from over 340 international experts in the field, including 100 completely new entries, 900 illustrations, and a 16-page color insert. Organized in an easily accessible format, the Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 4th Edition encompasses everything from the history of electronic computing to the most current research in cutting-edge computer technology.

Join today's new revolution in creativity and community: "hackerspaces. "Stop letting other people build everything for you: "Do it yourself. "Explore, grab the tools, get hands-on, get dirty...and create things you never imagined you could. "Hack This "is your glorious, full-color passport to the world of hackerspaces: your invitation to share knowledge, master tools, work together, build amazing stuff-and have a flat-out blast doing it.

Learn how to program by diving into the R language, and then use your newfound skills to solve practical data science problems. With this book, you'll learn how to load data, assemble and disassemble data objects, navigate R's environment system, write your own functions, and use all of R's programming tools.

Since 1996, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide has been the bible for JavaScript programmers--a programmer's guide and comprehensive reference to the core language and to the client-side JavaScript APIs defined by web browsers.

Objective C 2.0 is the object-oriented language that is the basis for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, the development environment for the iPhone/iPod Touch.You'll learn all the basics: from handling data and creating functions to managing memory and handling exceptions. For programmers who want to develop iPhone apps, it's a must, and this title in the Visual QuickStart-style is the easy, fast way to get started.

Achieve optimal website speed and performance with this Wrox guide Effective website development requires optimum performance with regard to both web browser and server. This book covers all aspects of building and maintaining websites that deliver peak performance on all levels.

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is gaining serious traction among web and mobile developers, but as new PaaS providers emerge and existing vendors upgrade their features, it's hard to keep track of what PaaS has to offer. This thorough introduction takes you through the PaaS model from a developer's point of view, and breaks down the types of services that Google App Engine, Windows Azure, Heroku, Cloud Foundry, and others deliver. Whether you're an entrepreneur or part of a large enterprise development team, this book shows you how PaaS can help you focus on innovative applications, rather than spend your time worrying about technical operations.

Ready to create rich interactive experiences with your artwork, designs, or prototypes? This is the ideal place to start. With this hands-on guide, you'll explore several themes in interactive art and design--including 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, computer vision, and geolocation--and learn the basic programming and electronics concepts you need to implement them. No previous experience is necessary.