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APress Deal of the Day 22May/2013 - Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Framework

TATWORTH — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:22:06 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/05/22/apress-deal-of-the-day-22may2013---pro-c-5.0.aspx

Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430242338 is Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Framework

"This new edition of Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Platform has been completely revised and rewritten to reflect the latest changes to the C# language specification and new advances in the .NET Framework. You'll find new chapters covering the important new features that make .NET 4.5 the most comprehensive release yet."

APress Deal of the Day 21/May/2013 - Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012

TATWORTH — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:49 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/05/21/apress-deal-of-the-day-21may2013---pro-application-lifecycle.aspx

Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430243441 is Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012

"Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 focuses on the most powerful application lifecycle management tool available for the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server."

APress Deal of the Day 17/May/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012

TATWORTH — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:40:33 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/05/17/apress-deal-of-the-day-17may2013---pro-html5-with.aspx

Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430246381 is Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012

"Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5. "

APress Deal of the Day 25/Apr/2013 - The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

TATWORTH — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:05:26 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/25/apress-deal-of-the-day-25apr2013---the-definitive-guide.aspx

Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430231356 is The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

"The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 is the most comprehensive book for getting sites done using the powerful and extensible Drupal content management system. It offers everything you need to know about Drupal in one book."

Check your browser plug-ins!

TATWORTH — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:32:29 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/22/check-your-browser-plug-ins.aspx

We should be used to:

Keeping Anti-Virus signatures up to date
Running Windows Update
Keeping other programs up to date

However you should also keep your browser plug-ins up to date. For Firefox, see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

Is your browser HTML5 compatible!

TATWORTH — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:41:58 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/22/is-your-browser-html5-compatible.aspx

Well the HTML5 specification is not finalised yet, but for the moving target that is what has been agreed, here are the results of some testing I did today using http://html5test.com/.

In fourth place was the Safari browser with 278 (+2 bonus) points out of 500. This surprised me!

In third place was Internet Explorer 10 with 320 (+ 6 bonus) points out of 500. Well good try Microsoft and keep up the good work.

In second place was Firefox with 394 (+10 bonus) out of 500.

In top place was Chrome with 468 (+13 bonus) points out of 500!

O'Reilly Deal of the Day to 23:59 PT April 19 2013 - Reader Favorites from Microsoft Press

TATWORTH — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:41:34 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/19/oreilly-deal-of-the-day-to-2359-pt-april-19.aspx

At http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/msp-readers-favorites.do?code=WKMSFAV Microsoft Press are offering a 50% off deal on the top 25 E-Books until 23:59 PT April 19

Here are some the many excellent books on the list:

Review of Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

TATWORTH — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:21:59 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/19/review-of-head-first-html-with-css--xhtml.aspx

I wish this book had been available to me years ago when I was learning CSS. It is an excellent book for getting an initial grounding in the use of CSS. I would therefore recommend it to all starting out with HTML/CSS.

It is not a complete manual of CSS but it does provide the essential initial understanding. Any IT team wishing to retrain people into web applications, should use this book as a first step in the training process. By following the exercises, any developer should get the initial experience in the use of CSS to style HTML.

There are some typographic errors acknowledged in the errata and the published would be well advised to produce a corrected edition.

For further details about this book and to buy a copy, please see http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596101978.do

APress Deal of the Day 19/Apr/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012

TATWORTH — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:03:28 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/19/apress-deal-of-the-day-19apr2013---pro-html5-with.aspx

Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430246381 is Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012.

"Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5."

APress Deal of the Day 15/Apr/2013 - Pro .NET Performance (Optimize Your C# Applications)

TATWORTH — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:08:23 GMT

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2013/04/15/apress-deal-of-the-day-15apr2013---pro-.net-performance.aspx

Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430244585 is Pro .NET Performance (Optimize Your C# Applications)

"Pro .NET Performance teaches .NET developers to measure the performance of their applications. You will see how Windows and the CLR affect your application, and improve your code’s performance guided by a set of case studies and tips."