Posts Tagged ‘GUI’

Cocoa Design Patterns

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

book coverCocoa Design Patterns, Erik M. Buck, Addison-Wesley, 2010

Mac and iPhone programmers will want to read this. It also applies to the open source GNUstep project, used on Linux and Windows. You need to know Objective C. 400 pages.

Introducing Windows 7 for Developers

Monday, January 18th, 2010

book coverIntroducing Windows 7 for Developers / Yochay Kiriaty, Microsoft Press, 2010

There is lots of new functionality in Windows libraries.

  1. Welcome to Windows 7
  2. Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Basic Features
  3. Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features
  4. Organize My Data: Libraries in Windows 7
  5. Touch Me Now: An Introduction to Multitouch Programming
  6. Touch Me Now: Advanced Multitouch Programming
  7. Building Multitouch Applications in Managed Code
  8. Using Windows 7 Touch with Silverlight
  9. Introduction to the Sensor and Location Platform
  10. Tell Me Where I Am: Location-Aware Applications
  11. Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 1
  12. Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 2
  13. Rediscover the Fundamentals: It’s All About Performance

350 pages.

Programming WPF

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Programming WPF / Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths, O’Reilly, 2007

If you program applications using .net you probably need this excellent book. 800 Pages.

Getting started with Flex 3

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Getting started with Flex 3 / Jack Herrington, O’Reilly, 2008

This book will help you develop Flash or RIA applications. It’s amazing how much useful info for a beginner programmer they can pack into a pocket sized book. 125 pages.

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies / by Erick Tejkowski, Wiley, 2009

If you don’t mind using Objective C then Apple has good tools for developing user interfaces. Here is a book which will help beginner to intermediate programmers.

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X / Aaron Hillegass, Addison-Wesley, 2008.

Here’s a good book for Mac GUI programmers. 400 pages.

Rapid GUI programming with Python and Qt

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Rapid GUI programming with Python and Qt : the definitive guide to PyQt programming / Mark Summerfield, Prentice Hall, 2008

If you are looking for the best toolset for rapid development of applications, your choice might be Python with Qt. Also, your resulting product will be maintainable and portable. This book is a top guide to programming PyQt, 600 pages and hardcover.

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies / by Erick Tejkowski, Wiley, 2009

Here is GUI application programming for the MAC. Learn the Cocoa IDE and a bit about programming in Objective C. The author gives lots of practical advice and some code examples in 375 pages.

Foundations of Qt development

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Foundations of Qt development / Johan Thelin, Apress 2007

Here is another great book on the best C++ development environment. QT is more than just a library of GUI functions. It supports XML i/o, I18n, threading, databases, networking, and qmake. Of course, it does portable GUI’s well. Free for open source projects!

Enhancing a Dreamweaver CS3 web site with Flash Video

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Enhancing a Dreamweaver CS3 web site with Flash Video / by David Karlins, Peachpit, 2008

Just 100 pages showing pictures of GUIs and telling where to click. You can add a video to your web site without understanding how it works (egads).