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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 9.56 MB
    Pages | 172
    Language | English
    Category | Programming C#
    Description:  It’s true: you can build native apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone with C# and the .NET Framework—with help from MonoTouch and Mono for Android. This hands-on guide shows you how to reuse one codebase across all three platforms by combining the business logic layer of your C# app with separate, fully native UIs. It’s an ideal marriage of platform-specific development and the "write once, run everywhere" philosophy.

    By building a series of simple applications, you’ll experience the advantages of using .NET in mobile development and learn how to write complete apps that access the unique features of today’s three most important mobile platforms.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 58.1 MB
    Pages | 329
    Language | English
    Category | Hacks
    Description:  Want to take real control of your Mac? The hacks in this book help you dig below the surface to tweak system preferences, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your system that Apple doesn’t expect you to do. With a little effort, you can make your Mac and its applications perform exactly the way you want them to.
    There are more than 50 hacks in this book that show you how to fine-tune the interface, work with multimedia, set up your network, boost security, and perform a few tricks with Unix.

    Go beyond Preferences: change the way OS X Mountain Lion behaves
    Customize your experience by taming browsers and making apps full screen
    Get information delivered right to your desktop, and automate mundane tasks
    Use the command line and install various Unix apps to unlock your Mac’s Unix power
    Increase security, monitor network traffic, and remain anonymous
    Play Wii games and host a Minecraft server on your Mac
    Modify your WiFi, move iTunes, and record TV shows
    Turn your MacBook into a tablet and give it a custom dye job
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 5.91 MB
    Pages | 365
    Language | English
    Category | Unix
    Description:  Fun and functional Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX shell scripts
    The UNIX shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX problems and personalize your computing environment. Among the more than 100 scripts included are an interactive calculator, a spell checker, a disk backup utility, a weather tracker, and a web logfile analysis tool. The book also teaches you how to write your own sophisticated shell scripts by explaining the syntax and techniques used to build each example scripts. Examples are written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 3.16 MB
    Pages | 624
    Language | English
    Category | Programming
    Description:  The key to mastering any Unix system, especially Linux and Mac OS X, is a thorough knowledge of shell scripting. Scripting is a way to harness and customize the power of any Unix system, and it's an essential skill for any Unix users, including system administrators and professional OS X developers. But beneath this simple promise lies a treacherous ocean of variations in Unix commands and standards.

    bash Cookbook teaches shell scripting the way Unix masters practice the craft. It presents a variety of recipes and tricks for all levels of shell programmers so that anyone can become a proficient user of the most common Unix shell -- the bash shell -- and cygwin or other popular Unix emulation packages. Packed full of useful scripts, along with examples that explain how to create better scripts, this new cookbook gives professionals and power users everything they need to automate routine tasks and enable them to truly manage their systems -- rather than have their systems manage them.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 13.7 MB
    Pages | 364
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  The iPhone and iPad have made a powerful impact on the business world. Developers creating iOS apps for the enterprise face unique challenges involving networking, system integration, security, and device management. This Wrox guide provides everything you need to know to write iOS apps that integrate with enterprise network resources, providing options for networking iOS devices to enterprise systems and to each other.

    Offers a complete compendium of methods and techniques for networked communication between iOS applications and other platforms and devices
    Includes instruction on incorporating synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests, security, communication issues, and more
    Covers payload handling, network security, GameKit and Bonjour communications, and low-level network communications
    Professional iOS Network Programming focuses on the networking aspects of iOS and its relationship to remote data sources, offering a truly unique approach.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 17.1 MB
    Pages | 867
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Powering Macs, iPhones, iPads and more, OS X and iOS are becoming ubiquitous. When it comes to documentation, however, much of them are shrouded in mystery. Cocoa and Carbon, the application frameworks, are neatly described, but system programmers find the rest lacking. This indispensable guide illuminates the darkest corners of those systems, starting with an architectural overview, then drilling all the way to the core.

    Provides you with a top down view of OS X and iOS
    Walks you through the phases of system startup—both Mac (EFi) and mobile (iBoot)
    Explains how processes, threads, virtual memory, and filesystems are maintained
    Covers the security architecture
    Reviews the internal Apis used by the system—BSD and Mach
    Dissects the kernel, XNU, into its sub components: Mach, the BSD Layer, and I/o kit, and explains each in detail
    Explains the inner workings of device drivers
    From architecture to implementation, this book is essential reading if you want to get serious about the internal workings of Mac OS X and iOS.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 93.9 MB
    Pages | 660
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  If you want to develop apps for Apple's iPhone and iPad, first you need to know how to use the tools--iPhone's new iOS 5 operating system and SDK, and the new xCode toolset that come with it. This full-color book is the perfect starting point. Beginning developers, you'll get a solid introduction to the new xCode 4 and Objective-C and find everything you need to quickly build your first app. The book thoroughly covers all the new iOS 5 features, including new multitasking, location-based services, notification system, cloud-based features, and much more.

    Written by bestselling Wrox author, Wei-Meng Lee, this is an ideal book for beginning developers
    Helps eager developers quickly start building apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
    Introduces iOS 5, xCode 4, Objective-C, and the basics you need to create your first Apple device app
    Covers a host of new iOS 5 capabilities, including new multitasking, new location-based services, and a new notification system
    Shows you how to work with iOS 5's cloud-based features for online storage of music, photos, and video
    Full-color and full of information, Beginning iOS 5 Application Development is the ultimate guide for beginning Apple developers.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 12.6 MB
    Pages | 431
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Pushing the Limits with iOS 5 Programming is an expert guide for developers aiming to create unique applications for Apple's iPad 2, iPhone, and the iPod Touch, which includes the latest version of the Apple iPhone SDK, iOS 5. This text goes beyond the basics to keep you ahead of the technology curve and spark your innovative nature to create seamless, functional, and fun apps. With a focus on advanced techniques for app development, you will learn to differentiate your apps from all the rest.
    With this must-have book, you'll explore advanced coverage of a variety of development topics, such as developing with deep Objective-C, while you learn to create amazing applications for Apple's iPad 2, iPhone, and iPod touch. Veteran mobile developers and authors guide you through maximizing your programs as they delve into topics not commonly found elsewhere.

    Provides a solid foundation in the patterns of iOS
    Shares tips for running on multiple platforms and best using security services
    Discusses topics such as controlling multitasking, advanced text layout and more
    Demonstrates how to think differently with blocks and functional programming
    Teaches table view, performance, and money-making optimization
    Eliminates common challenges with memory management and iOS information flow
    Pushing the Limits with iOS 5 Programming allows you to take on the future with confidence in your new, stand-out app design skills.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 38.1 MB
    Pages | 801
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great user interfaces, sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

    Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common iOS development tasks.
    Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
    By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
    Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
    Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.
    Printed in full color—figures and code appear as they do in Xcode
    Covers iOS 5.0 and up
    Learn to navigate the Xcode 4.2+ development environment
    Prepare your system and iDevice for efficient development
    Get started quickly with Apple’s Objective-C and Cocoa Touch
    Understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) development paradigm
    Visually design and code interfaces using Xcode Storyboards, Segues, and the iOS Object Library
    Build advanced UIs with Tables, Split Views, Navigation Controllers, and more
    Read and write preferences and data, and create System Settings plug-ins
    Use the iOS media playback and recording capabilities
    Take photos and manipulate graphics with Core Image
    Sense motion, orientation, and location with the accelerometer, gyroscope, and GPS
    Integrate online services using Twitter, Email, Web Views, and Google Maps
    Create universal applications that run on both the iPhone and iPad
    Write background-aware multitasking applications
    Trace and debug your applications as they run
    Covers iOS 5, Xcode 4.2+, Storyboards, iPhone, iPad, and More!
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 32.9 MB
    Pages | 480
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, start using Core Data to build powerful data-driven apps for iOS devices and Mac OS X computers! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll discover how Apple’s built-in data persistence framework can help you meet any data-related requirement, from casual to enterprise-class. Beginning with the absolute basics, you’ll learn how to create data models, build interfaces, interact with users, work with data sources and table views, and even get started with iCloud. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!
    Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Core Data development tasks.
    Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
    Notes present interesting information related to the discussion.
    Tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
    Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

    Learn how to…
    Start writing database apps fast, with Xcode 4’s powerful tools and templates
    Master the Objective-C features and patterns Core Data relies upon
    Understand Core Data’s goals, components, and behavior
    Model data graphically with Xcode 4’s Data Model Editor
    Leverage the full power of Managed Objects
    Use controllers to integrate your data model with your code
    Fetch, use, and store data from any source
    Develop interfaces and features more quickly with Interface Builder
    Add navigation and control features that integrate seamlessly with Core Data
    Interact with users via popovers, segmented controls, action sheets, and tab bars
    Create table views that users can edit
    Let Xcode 4 and Core Data validate your data for you
    Use Predicates to precisely select the right data
    Get ready for iCloud features to sync and move data among your iCloud-enabled devices
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 8.63 MB
    Pages | 396
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use with your iPad or iPhone to maximize its functionality as you use your iOS 5 mobile device as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as a feature-packed entertainment device.
    In addition to learning all about the apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone or iPad, you learn about some of the best third-party apps currently available and discover useful strategies for how to best utilize them.
    Using an easy-to-understand, nontechnical approach, this book is ideal for absolute beginners, as well as more experienced iPad or iPhone users who want to discover how to use the iOS 5 operating system with iCloud and the latest versions of popular apps.
    Here’s just a sampling of what the tips, tricks, and strategies offered in this book will help you accomplish:

      •  Update your iPad or iPhone with the iOS 5 operating system.
      •  Discover how to use the preinstalled apps on your iOS 5 device, including Notification Center and Reminders.
      •  Take advantage of built-in apps such as Contacts, Calendars, Safari, Mail, and Music.
      •  Learn how to best use Siri on the iPhone 4S.
      •  Find, download, and install the most powerful and versatile apps and content for your iPad or iPhone.
      •  Synchronize files, documents, data, and content with iCloud, your computer, or other iOS 5 devices.
      •  Create and maintain a reliable backup of your iOS 5 device.
      •  Use your iPad or iPhone as an eBook reader, portable gaming machine, and feature-packed music and video player.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 16.7 MB
    Pages | 389
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Do you have an iPad? Put it to work! If youre a manager, entrepreneur, or professional a consultant, salesperson, or freelancer this book will make you more efficient, more effective, and more successful!
    Your iPad at Work includes the latest information about the new iPad (third generation) and iOS 5.1, but also applies to the original iPad and iPad 2.
    Its packed with easy,nontechnical business solutions you can use right noweach presented with quick, foolproof, full-color instructions.Securely connect your iPad to your network; sync your email, contacts, calendar, Office documents, and smartphone; make the most of iPads latest productivity apps; capture
    up-to-the-minute news and financial data; even discover powerful specialized apps for your job and your industry.

    You already know how much fun your iPad is, now discover how incredibly productive it can make you!
               Secure your iPad with passwords and data encryption
               Connect your iPad to a wireless printer
               Discover todays most powerful iPad business apps
               Manage contacts and relationships using your iPad and the VIPorbit app
               Do your word processing, spreadsheet and database management while on the go
               Access your email and surf the Web from almost anywhere
               Make winning sales and business presentations from your iPad
               Read PC and Mac files, from Microsoft Office to Adobe PDF
               Manage your next project from your iPad
               Use your iPad more efficiently on the road and while traveling
               Manage your companys social networking presence from your tablet
               Hold iPad-based video conferences and virtual meetings
     Use your iPad as an ebook reader, and find the best new business and productivity books online
               Reduce your communications costs with FaceTime and Skype
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 14.5 MB
    Pages | 286
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Welcome to the new state of the art development for iOS, with the radically overhauled Xcode 4 toolchain and iOS 5 SDK. With this book you'll accelerate your development for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. You will learn the new tools like Storyboards, practice on new APIs like the Twitter framework and use the latest features of the Objective-C 2.0 programming language.
    Since the iPhone's launch in 2008, the iOS platform has added two new device families, thousands of new APIs, new tools and programming practices, and hundreds of thousands of new apps. iOS SDK Development is the second edition of the bestselling iPhone SDK Development, completely rewritten from the ground up to cover iOS 5's new features.
    You'll get hands-on experience working with Objective-C and Xcode 4 as you work through this tutorial-style book with two experienced iOS developers by your side. Along the way, you'll learn the fundamentals of maintainable, performant iOS programming, including:
    Making apps that are multi-core-capable, testable, internationalizable, and that use less memory.
    Understanding the underlying concepts of touch event handling, drawing and animation, multi-core concurrency, and memory management with iOS 5's new Automatic Reference Counting.
    Creating and using unit tests to ensure your app continues to work as intended even as the codebase evolves.
    Working through Apple's App Store processes, including preparing apps for submission, avoiding rejections, and understanding crash reports from end users.
    Whether you're a first-time iOS developer, or you're looking to get up to speed with all the changes to Apple's tools and frameworks, iPhone SDK Development is the solid grounding you need to master this popular platform.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 9.70 MB
    Pages | 258
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  The iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are not just consumer devices. Apple's popular iOS devices are rapidly spreading through the business market in increasing numbers. In this thorough reference guide, IT professionals will learn from seasoned IT veteran John Welch how to deploy and manage iOS devices in the enterprise.
    John uses a refreshing, straightforward approach to teach you how to manage iOS devices. And he covers a wide range of methods, from managing just a handful of devices to dealing with hundreds. You'll find out when using iTunes for management is good enough and how to get the most out of that simple tool. You'll also explore what you can do with Apple's free iPhone Configuration Utility, from setting up applications and provisioning to specifying precisely what users can do with their devices. He'll show you how to use the iPCU (iPhone Configuration Utility) to install enterprise apps on an iOS device, do extensive management, and distribute profiles via USB, by email, and over the air (OTA). For environments that require large deployments with huge numbers of iOS devices, you'll get instruction on using SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol). And he’ll take you even further to learn how to use Mobile Device Management (MDM) to push changes out to devices.
     
    This book includes:
    A no-nonsense style of instruction from experienced IT professional and popular presenter John Welch
    Simple, clear explanations that make principles easy to apply to your own environment
    Insider tips to ensure success and avoid common problems
    The basics, including management with iTunes and iPCU (iPhone Configuration Utility)
    Advanced topics, such as server setup and wireless application distribution
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 7.94 MB
    Pages | 322
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Apple has made it easy to get started developing for iOS out of the box. To access the true power of iOS, however, you need to go beyond these simple tools and APIs. Experienced app developer Shawn Welch teaches you how to tap into the true potential of iOS by incorporating some of the most powerful technologies it has to offer.

    Using Core Data and iCloud, you'll learn how to store information locally and sync seamlessly across multiple devices and platforms. Leverage iOS 5's new Twitter APIs, which provide painless Twitter and OAuth support using the new Accounts framework. Use Location Services to incorporate new iOS 5 features, such as reverse geolocation lookup and region notifications. Incorporate rich media into  your apps using Graphics, Animation, Audio, Video, and post-processing photo filters and analysis through Core Image. Finally, explore Newsstand, which lets you create your own periodical content and push new content to devices, even when the app is not running.
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