false 13534 24038 1590593561 9781590593561 10 <![CDATA[Dive Into Python]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167519169m/24038.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167519169s/24038.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24038.Dive_Into_Python 4.12 60 Dive Into Python is a hands-on guide to the Python language. Each chapter starts with a real complete code sample, proceeds to pick it apart and explain the pieces, and then puts it all back together again in a summary at the end.

Python is a new and innovative scripting language. It is set to replace Perl as the programming language of choice for shell scripters, and for serious application developers wanting a feature rich yet simple language to deploy their products in.

This book is not for newbies, for wimps, or for dummies™. It assumes a lot about you:

- You know at least one real object-oriented language, such as Java, C#, or Delphi.

- You know at least one other scripting language, such as Perl, Visual Basic, or Javascript.

If you’re just getting started programming, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn Python. Python is an easy language to learn, but you should probably learn it somewhere else. That said, Dive Into Python will be a guide for people who can jump into languages fast and get going.

]]> 13534 4.07 68 12 2004 358151 0596101651 9780596101657 0 <![CDATA[Greasemonkey Hacks: Tips & Tools for Remixing the Web with Firefox]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174071768m/358151.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174071768s/358151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/358151.Greasemonkey_Hacks_Tips_Tools_for_Remixing_the_Web_with_Firefox 3.67 6 Greasemonkey Hacks is an invaluable compendium 100 ingenious hacks for power users who want to master Greasemonkey, the hot new Firefox extension that allows you to write scripts that alter the web pages you visit. With Greasemonkey, you can create scripts that make a web site more usable, fix rendering bugs that site owners can't be bothered to fix themselves, or add items to a web site's menu bar. You can alter pages so they work better with technologies that speak a web page out loud or convert it to Braille. Greasemonkey gurus can even import, combine, and alter data from different web sites to meet their own specific needs.

Greasemonkey has achieved a cult-like following in its short lifespan, but its uses are just beginning to be explored. Let's say you're shopping on an e-commerce site. You can create a script that will automatically display competitive prices for that particular product from other web sites. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and your Greasemonkey expertise. Greasemonkey Hacks can't help you with the imagination part, but it can provide the expert hacks-complete with the sample code-you need to turn your brainstorms into reality.

More than just an essential collection of made-to-order Greasemonkey solutions, Greasemonkey Hacks is crammed with sample code, a Greasemonkey API reference, and a comprehensive list of resources, to ensure that every resource you need is available between its covers.

Some people are content to receive information from websites passively; some people want to control it. If you are one of the latter, Greasemonkey Hacks provides all the clever customizations and cutting-edge tips and tools you need to take command of any web page you view.

]]> 13534 4.07 68 12 2005 6919462 1430224150 9781430224150 1 <![CDATA[Dive Into Python 3]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6919462-dive-into-python-3 4.00 2 Mark Pilgrim's Dive Into Python 3 is a hands-on guide to Python 3 (the latest version of the Python language) and its differences from Python 2. As in the original book, Dive Into Python, each chapter starts with a real, complete code sample, proceeds to pick it apart and explain the pieces, and then puts it all back together in a summary at the end.

This book includes:

<ul> <li>Example programs completely rewritten to illustrate powerful new concepts now available in Python 3: sets, iterators, generators, closures, comprehensions, and much more</li> <li>A detailed case study of porting a major library from Python 2 to Python 3</li> <li>A comprehensive appendix of all the syntactic and semantic changes in Python 3</li> </ul>

This is the perfect resource for you if you need to port applications to Python 3, or if you like to jump into languages fast and get going right away.


<h3>What you'll learn</h3> <ul> <li>Understand Python 3 code by seeing it broken down and explained</li> <li>Make full use of the latest Python features such as iterators, generators, closures, classes and comprehensions</li> <li>Refactor existing code to improve maintainability</li> <li>Learn how to serialize Python objects with the pickle protocol and JSON format</li> <li>Learn how to package your own Python libraries and upload them to the Python Package Index to share your projects with Python developers worldwide</li> <li>Use Python 3 to consume HTTP web services</li> <li>Port existing Python applications to Python 3 by following a case study for a major library</li> </ul>
<h3>Who is this book for?</h3> <ul> <li>Anyone who wants to learn the latest version of Python in a fast, hands-on fashion</li> <li>Existing Python programmers who want to learn quickly how to make the most of the features of the latest version of Python and port their code to it</li> <li>Programmers coming from other languages wanting a fast introduction to Python that gets them thinking about advanced concepts quickly</li> </ul>]]> 13534 4.07 68 12 2009 6609292 0 <![CDATA[Dive Into Python]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609292-dive-into-python 0.0 0 13534 4.07 68 12 2004 6940576 1441413022 9781441413024 1 <![CDATA[Dive Into Python]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6940576-dive-into-python 0.0 0 13534 4.07 68 12 2009 6988746 0596806027 9780596806026 0 <![CDATA[HTML5: Up and Running]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6988746-html5 0.0 0
Even though work on HTML5 is ongoing, browsers such as Safari, Mozilla, Opera, and Chrome already support many of its features -- and browsers for smart phones are even farther ahead, especially iPhone's MobileSafari browser. With HTML5: Up & Running, you'll learn how this new version enables browsers to interact with JavaScript much more easily than before. You'll also learn how HTML5 can help you develop applications that: <ul> <li>Display video directly in the browser, without having to rely on plugins <li>Work even when a user is offline, by taking advantage of HTML5's persistent storage <li>Offer a drawing canvas for dynamically generated 2-D graphics</ul>

This concise guide is the most complete and authoritative book you'll find on the subject. Author Mark Pilgrim writes the weekly digest for the HTML5 Working Group, and represents Google at conferences on HTML5's capabilities. Stay ahead of the curve. Order a copy of this book today.

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