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Rails 3 in a Nutshell

Posted on May 17, 2013 by rleir

Rails 3 in a Nutshell, by Cody Fauser, James MacAulay, Edward Ocampo-Gooding, and John Guenin, O’Reilly, 2013 For experienced web programmers interested in expert-level Ruby on Rails material, written by some of the lead programmers of Shopify. Read it online … Continue reading →

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Well-grounded Java

Posted on April 28, 2013 by rleir

The Well-grounded Java Developer – Vital Techniques of Java 7 and Polyglot Programming, Benjamin Evans, – 2013 Java programmers will want to read this book. Java 7 has NIO2, allowing input/output on multiple connections concurrently within a single process. The … Continue reading →

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NoSQL Distilled

Posted on February 12, 2013 by rleir

NoSQL Distilled – A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence, Pramod Sadalage, – 2013 Programmers will like this book if they understand relational databases and are open to alternate database concepts. Non-SQL databases are useful when you … Continue reading →

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Cracking the Coding Interview

Posted on January 15, 2013 by rleir

Cracking the Coding Interview – 150 Programming Questions and Solutions, Gayle McDowell, – 2012 Programmers, you will definitely want to read this book. It will help you get hired into a good programming job. Hiring managers will want to read … Continue reading →

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In praise of the printed book

Posted on January 5, 2013 by rleir

http://theconversation.edu.au/in-praise-of-the-printed-book-the-value-of-concentration-in-the-digital-age-9855

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Getting Smart

Posted on December 9, 2012 by rleir

Getting Smart – How Digital Learning Is Changing the World, Tom Vander Ark, (- 2012) Parents will want to read this book about changing the education system. Current education policies are obsolete due to the digital revolution, but teachers and … Continue reading →

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Disciplined Agile

Posted on December 4, 2012 by rleir

Disciplined Agile Delivery A Practitioner’s Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise, Scott Ambler, – 2012

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Jquery Ui Visual

Posted on December 4, 2012 by rleir

Jquery and Jquery Ui Visual Quickstart Guide, Jay Blanchard, – 2012 If you are making a website and want it to be dynamic you will be writing some Javascript, and the easiest way to do this is by using jQuery. … Continue reading →

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Book of Xen

Posted on October 14, 2012 by rleir

The Book of Xen – A Practical Guide for the System Administrator, Chris Takemura, – 2010 Set up several servers on one physical machine to save power and initial costs. This book tells you how. But I wish it had … Continue reading →

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Management 3.0

Posted on April 14, 2012 by rleir

Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, Jurgen Appelo, Addison-Wesley, 2011 Why things are not that simple Agile software development Complex systems theory The information-innovation system How to energize people Basics of self-organization How to empower teams Leading and … Continue reading →

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