Blink Monitor » GUI http://blinkmonitor.com News on technology books in the Ottawa Library via RSS feed. First, click in the tag cloud below at the right. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 IPhone User Interface Design http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/09/iphone-user-interface-design/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/09/iphone-user-interface-design/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:55:22 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3150 book coverIPhone User Interface Design Projects, David Barnard et al, Apress, 2009

App UI designers will want to read this. It explores the design of 5 popular iPhone apps: form layouts, multitouch interaction, visual appeal. 200 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/09/iphone-user-interface-design/feed/ 0 Cocoa Design Patterns http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/cocoa-design-patterns/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/cocoa-design-patterns/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:14:05 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=2684 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/07/cocoa-design-patterns/feed/ 0 Introducing Windows 7 for Developers http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/windows-7-for-developers/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/windows-7-for-developers/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:50:09 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1623 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/01/windows-7-for-developers/feed/ 0 Programming WPF http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/05/programming-wpf/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/05/programming-wpf/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 14:07:53 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=624 Programming WPF / Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths, O’Reilly, 2007

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

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/05/programming-wpf/feed/ 0 Getting started with Flex 3 http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/getting-started-with-flex-3/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/getting-started-with-flex-3/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:40:31 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=461 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/getting-started-with-flex-3/feed/ 0 Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies-2/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies-2/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:30:23 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=458 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies-2/feed/ 0 Cocoa programming for Mac OS X http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:23:05 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=443 Cocoa programming for Mac OS X / Aaron Hillegass, Addison-Wesley, 2008.

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

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/04/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x/feed/ 0 Rapid GUI programming with Python and Qt http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/rapid-gui-programming-with-python-and-qt/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/rapid-gui-programming-with-python-and-qt/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:02:15 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=391 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/rapid-gui-programming-with-python-and-qt/feed/ 0 Cocoa programming for Mac OS X for dummies http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:09:25 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=369 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/03/cocoa-programming-for-mac-os-x-for-dummies/feed/ 0 Foundations of Qt development http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/02/foundations-of-qt-development/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2009/02/foundations-of-qt-development/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:54:16 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=198 Continue reading →]]> 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!

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