A comprehensive tutorial that introduces Scala through clear explanations and numerous hands-on examples. Because Scala is a rich and deep language, it can be daunting to absorb all the new concepts at once. This book takes a "how-to" approach as you explore familiar programming challenges.

A comprehensive guide to the 1Z0-803 exam. You'll explore a wide range of important Java topics as you systematically learn how to pass the certification exam. Each chapter starts with a list of the exam objectives. You'll also find sample questions and exercises designed to reinforce key concepts.

A hands-on guide for developers using OSGi to build the next generation of enterprise Java applications. By presenting relevant examples and case studies, this book guides the reader through the maze of new standards and projects.

Guides web developers through the complete development of a full-featured third-party JavaScript application. The concepts and examples in this book represent the best practices for this emerging field, based on thousands of real-world dev hours and results from millions of users.

This is the kind of book you'll want open on your desk all of the time. With 40 short chapters, each focused on a specific area of PowerShell, you'll be able to find the answers you need quickly. Each chapter is concise and to-the-point, so you can spend less time reading and more time getting down to business.

Shows how to write good tests in Java—tests that are concise and to the point, expressive, useful, and maintainable. This book focuses on tools and practices specific to the Java world. It introduces you to emerging techniques like behavior-driven development and specification by example, and shows you how to add robust practices into your toolkit.

A completely revised edition of the best-selling GWT in Action book. It covers all the new GWT features as well as best development practices. The book includes a rapid-fire introduction to GWT and Ajax to get you up to speed working with GWT concepts and tools.

Takes you on a journey towards mastering modern JavaScript development in three phases: design, construction, and maintenance. Written for JavaScript developers with intermediate-level skills, this book will give you the knowledge you need to create a cross-browser JavaScript library from the ground up.

Introduces Google's Dart language and provides techniques and examples showing how to use it as a viable replacement for Java and JavaScript in browser-based desktop and mobile applications.

A hands-on, example-driven guide to working with unstructured text in the context of real-world applications. This book explores how to automatically organize text using approaches such as full-text search, proper name recognition, clustering, tagging, information extraction, and summarization.

Designed to help readers understand the basic concepts, advantages, and potential pitfalls of metaprogramming. This book introduces core concepts in clear, easy-to-follow language, and then it takes you on a deep dive into the tools and techniques you'll use to implement them in your .NET code.

Packed with hands-on labs to reinforce what you're learning, this book is the best way to learn PowerShell scripting and toolmaking. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for each self-contained lesson. You'll move quickly through core scripting concepts and start working on four real-world, practical tools.

Teaches professional software engineers how to integrate the latest HTML5 APIs and semantic markup into rich web applications using JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC, and WCF. Written from the .NET perspective, this book is full of practical applications and ways to connect the new web standards with your existing development practices.