Archive for September, 2015

OCP Java SE 7 Programmer II Certification Guide: Prepare for the 1ZO-804 exam

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OCP Java SE 7 Programmer II Certification Guide is a concise, focused study guide that prepares you to pass the OCP Java SE 7 Programmer II exam (1Z0-804) the first time you take it. The book systematically guides you through each exam objective, teaching and reinforcing the Java skills you need through examples, exercises, and cleverly constructed visual aids. In every chapter you’ll find questions just like the ones you’ll face in the real exam. Exam tips, diagrams, and review notes structure the learning process for easy retention.

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Oculus Rift in Action

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Oculus Rift in Action introduces the powerful Oculus Rift headset and teaches you how to integrate its many features into 3D games and other virtual reality experiences. You’ll start by understanding the capabilities of the Rift hardware. Then you’ll follow interesting and instantly-relevant examples that walk you through programming real applications using the Oculus SDK. Examples are provided for both using the Oculus C API directly and for using Unity, a popular development and 3D graphics engine, with the Oculus Unity integration package.

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R in Action: Data Analysis and Graphics with R

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R in Action, Second Edition presents both the R language and the examples that make it so useful for business developers. Focusing on practical solutions, the book offers a crash course in statistics and covers elegant methods for dealing with messy and incomplete data that are difficult to analyze using traditional methods. You’ll also master R’s extensive graphical capabilities for exploring and presenting data visually. And this expanded second edition includes new chapters on time series analysis, cluster analysis, and classification methodologies, including decision trees, random forests, and support vector machines.

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Rails 4 in Action: Revised Edition of Rails 3 in Action

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Rails 4 in Action is a comprehensive introduction to Rails that guides you hands-on through all you’ll need to become a competent and confident Rails developer. In it, you’ll master Rails 4 by developing a ticket-tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more.

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Software Development Metrics

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Software Development Metrics is a handbook for anyone who needs to track and guide software development and delivery at the team level, such as project managers and team leads. New development practices, including "agile" methodologies like Scrum, have redefined which measurements are most meaningful and under what conditions you can benefit from them. This practical book identifies key characteristics of organizational structure, process models, and development methods so that you can select the appropriate metrics for your team. It describes the uses, mechanics, and common abuses of a number of metrics that are useful for steering and for monitoring process improvement. The insights and techniques in this book are based entirely on field experience.

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