Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions 6th Edition

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Author: Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Publication date: July 1, 2015
Pages: 687

Table of Contents:

1. The Interview Process
2. Behind the Scenes 
3. Special Situations
4. Before the Interview
5. Behavioral Questions
6. Big O
7. Technical Questions
8. The Offer and Beyond
9. Interview Questions (Data Structure, Concept and Algorithms,  Knowledge Based)

OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II Study Guid

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Author: Kathy Sierra
Publication date: October 24, 2014
Pages: 888

Table of Contents:

1. OCA and OCP (Declaration and Access Control, Object Orientation, Assignments, Operators, Working with Strings, Arrays, abd ArrayLists, Flow Control and Exceptions)
2. OCP (Assesttions and Java 7 Exceoptions, String Processing, Data Formatting, Resource Bundles, I/O and NIO, Advnaced OO and Design Patterns, Generics and Caollections, Inner Classes, Threads, Concurrency, JDBC)

Web Development with Node and Express: Leveraging the JavaScript Stack

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Author: Ethan Brown
Publication date: July 25, 2014
Pages: 330

Table of Contents:

1. Introducing Express (JavaScript Revolution, Introducing & Brief History of Express, Node: A New Kind of Express, Node Ecosystem).
2. Getting Started with Node.
3. Saving Time with Express (Scaffolding, The Meadowlark Travel Website).
4. Tidying Up (Best Practices, Version Control, npm Packages, Project Metadata, Node Modules).
5. Quality Assurance (Logic vs Presentation, Types of Tests, QA Techniques, Page Testing, Cross-Page Testing, Logic Testing, Liting, Link Checking, Automating with Grunt, Continuous Integration(CI)).
6. The Request and Response Objects.
7. Templating with Handlebars (Template Engine, Jade: A Different Approach, Handlebars Basics).
8. Form Handling (HTML Forms, Encoding, Form Handling with Express, Handling AJAX Forms, File Uploads, jQuery File Upload).
9. Cookies and Session (Externalizing Credentials, Cookies in Express, Examining Cookies, Sessions, Using Sessions to Implement Flash Message).
10. Middleware.
11. Sending Email (SMTP, MSAs, and MTAs, Receiving Email, Email Headers & Formats, HTML Email, Nodemailer, Better Options for Bulk Email, Sending HTML Email, Enail as a Site Monitoring Tool).
12. Production Concerns (Execution Environments, Environment-Specific Configuration, Scaling Your Website, Monitoring Your Website, Stress Testing).
13. Persistence (Filesystem & Cloud & Database Persistence).
14. Routing (Route and SEO, Subdomains, Route Handlers are Middleware & Paths and Regular Expressiong & Parameters).
15. REST APIs and JSON (JSON & XML, API Error Reporting, Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), Using Express to Provide an API & REST Plugin & Subdomain).
16. Static Content.
17. Implementing MVC in Express.
18. Security (HTTPS, Cross-Site Request Forgery, Authentication).
19. Integrating with Third-Party APIs (Social Media, Geocoding, Wether Data)
20. Debugging.
21. Going Live (Domain Registration and Hosting).
22. Maintenance.
23. Additional Resources (Online Doc, Periodicals, Stack Overflow, Contributing to Express).

The Beginner's Guide to Android Game Development

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Author: James S Cho
Publication date: July 28, 2014
Pages: 438

Table of Contents:

1. Fundamentals of Programming (Data Type, Operations, Functions, Control Flow: If-Else Statements & For-While Loops).
2. Beginning Java.
3. Designing Better Objects (Constructors, Getters and Setters, Interface, Polymorphism, Inheritance, Graphics).
4. Laying the Foundations (Java Game Development, Build Games, Development Framework).
5. Keeping It Simple (Game Development High Level Overview, LoneBell Project, Gameplay Screen, Designing the Paddles & Balls, Exporting & Executing the Game).
6. The Next Level (Framework Needs an Update, Methods to Know, Updating the Game Loop, Switching to Active Rendering, Updating the State Classes, Adding RandomNumberGenerator & Animation, Ellio:  Optimization Matter & High-Level Overview. Design and Implementing).
7. Beginning Android Development.
8. The Android Game Framework.
9. Building the Game.
10. Releasing Your Game (Publish a Game on Google Play, Updating the Game, Integrating Google Play Game Services).
11. Continuing the Journey (Publish a Game, Additional Resources).

Professional ASP.NET MVC 5

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Author: Jon Galloway
Publication date: August 4, 2014
Pages: 624

Table of Contents:

1. Getting Started (Introduction to ASP.NET MVC, MVC5, MVC Application Structure).
2. Controllers (Roles and Basics).
3. Views (Basics, Models, The Razor View Engine).
4. Models.
5. Forms and HTML Helpers.
6. Data Annotation and Validation.
7. Membership, Authorization, and Security.
8. AJAX (jQuery, Client Validation).
9. Routing (Routes Generate URLs).
10. NuGet.
11. ASP.NET Web API.
12. Single Page Applications with Angular.js.
13. Dependency Injection (Software Design Patterns, Dependency Resolution in MVC and Web API).
14. Unit Testing.
15. Extending MVC.
16. Advanced Topics (Mobile Support, Advanced Razor, View Engines, Scaffolding, Routing, Templates, Controllers).
17. Real-World ASP.NET MVC: Building The NuGet.org Website.

Practical Node.js: Building Real-World Scalable Web Apps

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Author: Azat Mardan
Publication date: July 9, 2014
Pages: 300

Table of Contents:

1. Setting Up Node.js and Other Essentials.
2. Using Express.js 4 to Create Node.js Web Apps.
3. TDD and BDD for Node.js with Mocha.
4. Template Engines: Jade and Handlebars.
5. Persistence with MongoDB and Mongoskin.
6. Using Sessions and OAuth to Authorize and Authenticate Users in Node.js Apps.
7. Boosting Your Node.js REST API Servers with Express.js and Hapi.
8. Real-Time Apps with WebSocket, Socket.IO, and DerbyJS.
9. Getting Node.js Apps Production Ready.
10. Deploying Node.js Apps.
11. Publishing Node.js Modules and Contributing to Open Source.

C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D

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Author: Jeff W. Murray
Publication date: July 24, 2014
Pages: 458

Table of Contents: (N/A)

Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development: From Concept to Playable Game with Unity and C#

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Author: Jeremy Gibson
Publication date: July 21, 2014
Pages: 944

Table of Contents:

1. Thinking Like a Paper Prototyping.
2. Game Analysis Frameworks.
3. The Layered Tetrad.
4. The Inscribed Layer.
5. The Dynamic Layer.
6. The Cultural Layer.
7. Acting Like a Designer.
8. Design Goals.
9. Paper Prototyping.
10. Game Testing.
11. Math and Game Balance.
12. Puzzle Design.
13. Guiding the Player.
14. The Digital Game Industry.
15. Thinking in Digital Systems.
16. Introducing Our Development Environment: Unity.
17. Introducing Our Language: C#.
18. Hello World: Your First Program.
19. Variables and Components.
20. Boolean Operations and Conditionals.
21. Loops.
22. Lists and Arrays.
23. Functions and Parameters.
24. Debugging.
25. Classes.
26. Object-Oriented Thinking.
27. The Agile Mentality.
28. Game Prototype Examples and Tutorials.

Professional Visual Studio 2013 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

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Author: Bruce Johnson
Publication date: March 17, 2014
Pages: 1,104

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Part I: Integrated Development Environment
• A Quick Tour
• The Solution Explorer
• Options and Customizations
• The Visual Studio Worksapce
• Find and Replace and Help
3. Part II: Getting Started
• Solutions, Projects and Items
• IntelliSense and Bookmarks
• Code Snippets and Refactoring
• Server Explorer
• Modeling with the Class Designer
4. Part III: Digging Deeper
• Unit Testing
• Documentation with XML comments
• Code Consistency Tools
• Code Generation with T4
• Project and Item Templates
• Language-Specific Features
5. Part IV: Rich Client Application
• Windows Forms Applications
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Office Business Applications
• Windows Store Applications
6. Part V: Web Applications
• ASP.NET Web Forms
• ASP.NET MVC
• Silverlight
• Dynamic Data
• SharePoint
• Windows Azure
7. Part VI: Data
• Visual Database Tools
• DataSets and DataBinding
• Language Integrated Queries (LINQ)
• The ADO.NET Entity Framework
• Reporting
8. Part VII: Application Services
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
• Client Application Services
• Synchronization Services
• WCF RIA Services
9. Part VIII: Configuration and Resources
• Configuration Files
• Connection Strings
• Resource Files
10. Part IX: Debugging
• Using the Debugging Windows
• Debugging with Breakpoints
• DataTips, Debug Proxies and Visualizers
• Debugging Web Applications
• Advanced Debugging Techniques
11. Part X: Build and Deployment
• Upgrading with Visual Studio 2013
• Build Customization
• Assembly Versioning and Signing
• Obfuscation, Application Monitoring, and Management
• Packaging and Deployment
• Web Application Deployment
12. Part XI: Customizing and Extending Visual Studio
• The Automation Model
• Add-Ins
• Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
13. Part XII: Visual Studio Ultimate
• Visual Studio Ultimate for Architects
• Visual Studio Ultimate for Developers
• Visual Studio Ultimate for Testers
• Team Foundation Server
14. Advertisement
15. End User License Agreement

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