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HTML5, Know "why" and "how" right now!

Normally, I would jump straight to the code section and pass off the rest as fluff. I'm a meat and potatoes man! Just gimme the code and I'm good to go. But as I started to peruse the intro I found...

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All Things CSS3

I absolutely love this book! Peter has an amazing ability to reduce the complexities of CSS3 into easy, and understandable chucks. In this new book, he covers all the best features of CSS3 (box...

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Creating a Website: The Missing Manual, Third Edition (Glad I found this...

This is the most complete all-in-one manual on website development I have ever read. I was amazed on the amount of information covered in this book, it is almost overwhelming. But, if you stick it out,...

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From padawan to Jedi master.

It's not step-by-step manual for learning Javascript but it is definitely the most comprehensive and complete book on Javascript you will ever find. Everything you need to know about the language is...

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It's like having my own Consultant.

I have been using MongoDB in my last couple of projects and really like it. But there was a bit of a learning curve that I would liken to my jump from programming in procedural to object oriented -...

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20 Lines of code and Xcode 4, Awesome!

This video was absolutely awesome. It was exactly what I was looking for... I love the format of watching a professional at work while being interviewed by a inquisitive host. She asks all the right...

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IDA Pro, 2nd Edition (By Chris Eagle)

Wow, I was expecting a book exclusively on using IDA Pro, in fact, the title is a little misleading… Yes, the book covers the latest version of IDA Pro (i.e. 6.1x) in a very detailed, and step by step...

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Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data by Hillary Mason

I really enjoyed this video series on Machine Learning. At first I didn't know what to expect, but I felt Hillary did a great job in explaining what machine learning is and how it can be used...

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Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy

What a great method for teaching objective-c! I really like the use of illustrations, diagrams, and funky text to paint an image of what is being explained in text. It really captured my attention, and...

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Submitting your iphone apps made easy!

I think Alasdair does an incredible job (in 0 to 60 seconds) of walking us through the whole iphone development, app submission cycle. I got a high-level overview of the objective-c language and it's...

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Ruby for the Nubie

This is exactly what I was looking for, a jump straight into it, learn by doing book on ruby programming. In my opinion, Huw does a great job of explaining the ruby language. This book is written in...

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Heavens to Metasploit!

All I can say is "wow", this is an excellent resource for Metasploit training. I actually started from the back of the book (page 267) to first set up my training lab. I choose Back|Track Linux (a...

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The "Wax on, wax off" for Packet Analysis...

I was always intrigued by the thought of actually being able to read packets (raw data) on the wire (network). I guess it was kind of a Matrix-type fantasy... at any rate, I never pursued the...

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Manga makes learning science cool...

First of all, living in Hawaii, I grew up with Manga and I liked it. As for all matters of science, not so much… but now with the infusing of Manga and Astronomy, science becomes "cool", and learning...

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Teach an Old Dog new Tricks!

I consider myself a mac veteran and would normally feel I have no need for a book on how to use a mac, because I have been using a mac for many years now. But when I saw Wallace Wang's name as the...

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Privacy, What Privacy?

I found this book a real eye-opener. It is more than likely a quick read if you purchased the paperback, but I had the digital version (94 pages), in which all references (and there are a lot of...

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Another exceptional book to share...

There is a wealth of knowledge being passed in this easy to follow along book. Although some of the content (i.e. the source code), might seem cryptic at first, Tobias does an excellent job of going...

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A must have Web Application Security Resource!

I am currently a front-end application developer a financial institution, and I have gone through quite a few security books over the last couple of years but have never found one so specifically...

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Head First C Programming is a Home Run!

The C language is for (some) is a difficult language to understand at first. So I was extremely happy when I saw this new title especially as since I am a fan of the "Head First" series. Just as I...

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Look mom, no mouse...

Here is what I liked most about this book, I understood everything it was telling me to do. That is the bottom line, that is really all that matters. I had a need (I want to learn the command line...

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