Category: Internet

The Modern Web: Multi-Device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

The Modern Web Multi-Device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript Peter Gasston (No Starch Press – Kindle, paperback) After a quick first glance, you might look right past this book. You might assume its title, “The Modern Web,” simply introduces some kind of heavily footnoted, academic study of the Internet. Not so, Web breath. … Continue reading The Modern Web: Multi-Device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript – #bookreview

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect – To help sort out the chaos of Internet services – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect Ryan Carter (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) In a digital world increasingly cluttered with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, Open APIs, and social networks, complexity quickly can get out of hand. “It all starts,” Ryan Carter writes in his new book, “with a simple API that publishes somebody’s status to Facebook, sends a Tweet, or updates a … Continue reading Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect – To help sort out the chaos of Internet services – #bookreview

Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning James Pustejovsky and Amber Stubbs (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) You may not be sure what’s going on here, at first, even after you’ve read the tag line on the book’s cover: “A Guide to Corpus-Building for Applications.” Fortunately, a few definitions inside this book can enlighten you quickly and might even get … Continue reading Natural Language Annotation for Machine Learning – #programming #bookreview

HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps Wesley Hales (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Increasingly, the world of Web development is taking on a “mobile first” attitude. And for good reason. Sales of desktop and laptop computers are shrinking, while sales of mobile devices seem to be swelling into a flood. “Consumers are on track to buy one … Continue reading HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps – With emphasis on the Mobile Web – #programming #bookreview

Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition – Welcome to the new, improved & BIGGER Internet – #bookreview #microsoft #windows

by Si Dunn

Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition Joseph Davies (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $49.99; Kindle edition, list price $39.99) The Internet can now expand into a much bigger realm than was possible before the worldwide launch of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) on June 6, 2012. The web most of us use has long relied on IPv4, … Continue reading Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition – Welcome to the new, improved & BIGGER Internet – #bookreview #microsoft #windows

Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, 3rd. Ed. – Has info for new AirPort Utility 6 – #Apple #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, Third Edition Glenn Fleishman (TidBITS Publishing, Inc., ebook [ePub, Mobi, PDF], $20.00) Attention users of Apple’s 802.11n gear in Wi-Fi networking. TidBITS Publishing recently has released a new edition of Take Control of your 802.11n Airport Network. Its author points out: “If you’re setting up, extending, or retooling … Continue reading Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, 3rd. Ed. – Has info for new AirPort Utility 6 – #Apple #bookreview

Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

Here are three new books for those with at least some basic to intermediate experience with Microsoft SharePoint, or web development, or Mac OS X Lion. Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects By Jennifer Mason, Christian Buckley, Brian T. Jackett, and Wes Preston (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) If … Continue reading Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, 2nd Ed. – Bots can be tools for good, efficiency, profit – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL, 2nd Edition By Michael Schrenk (No Starch Press, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $31.95) Bots have a bad reputation on the Web, but when used properly and for honest purposes, they can be tools for good, for better business … Continue reading Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, 2nd Ed. – Bots can be tools for good, efficiency, profit – #programming #bookreview

Not your father’s database: Getting Started with CouchDB & with Fluidinfo – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

These two books reflect some of the wide-ranging changes that the Internet and mobile devices are bringing to the ways databases are structured, accessed, updated, stored and maintained. Getting Started with CouchDB By MC Brown (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $24.99; Kindle edition, list price $14.99) “Databases are no longer isolated, single systems,” writes MC Brown. “Whether you want a … Continue reading Not your father’s database: Getting Started with CouchDB & with Fluidinfo – #bookreview #in #programming

#tweetsmart: 25 Twitter Projects to Help You Build Your Community – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

#tweetsmart: 25 Twitter Projects to Help You Build Your Community By J.S. McDougall (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $19.99; Kindle edition, list price $9.99) Okay, you’ve finally ventured onto Twitter. Or, maybe you’ve been tweeting a while and now wonder what else you can do with 140 characters besides report that you have just brushed your … Continue reading #tweetsmart: 25 Twitter Projects to Help You Build Your Community – #bookreview