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Effective Python - 125 Specific Ways To Write Better Python

by Brett Slatkin

~~59,61€~~ 53,65€ 10% OFF

 <p><strong>Master the art of Python programming with 125 actionable best practices to write more efficient, readable, and maintainable code.</strong></p> <p><u> </u></p> <p>Python is a versatile and powerful language, but leveraging its full potential requires more than just knowing the syntax. <em>Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to Write Better Python, 3rd Edition</em> is your comprehensive guide to mastering Python''s unique strengths and avoiding its hidden pitfalls. This updated edition builds on the acclaimed second edition, expanding from 90 to 125 best practices that are essential for writing high-quality Python code.</p> <p> </p> <p>Drawing on years of experience at Google, Brett Slatkin offers clear, concise, and practical advice for both new and experienced Python developers. Each item in the book provides insight into the "Pythonic" way of programming, helping you understand how to write code that is not only effective but also elegant and maintainable. Whether you''re building web applications, analyzing data, writing automation scripts, or training AI models, this book will equip you with the skills to make a significant impact using Python.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Features of the 3rd Edition:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Expanded Content: Now with 125 actionable guidelines, including 35 entirely new items.</li> <li>Updated Best Practices: Reflects the latest features in Python releases up to version 3.13.</li> <li>New Chapters: Additional chapters on how to build robust programs that achieve high performance.</li> <li>Advanced Topics: In-depth coverage of creating C-extension modules and interfacing with native shared libraries.</li> <li>Practical Examples: Realistic code examples that illustrate each best practice.</li> </ul>
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Effective Python - 125 Specific Ways To Write Better Python

by Brett Slatkin

~~59,61€~~ 53,65€ 10% OFF

 <p><strong>Master the art of Python programming with 125 actionable best practices to write more efficient, readable, and maintainable code.</strong></p> <p><u> </u></p> <p>Python is a versatile and powerful language, but leveraging its full potential requires more than just knowing the syntax. <em>Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to Write Better Python, 3rd Edition</em> is your comprehensive guide to mastering Python''s unique strengths and avoiding its hidden pitfalls. This updated edition builds on the acclaimed second edition, expanding from 90 to 125 best practices that are essential for writing high-quality Python code.</p> <p> </p> <p>Drawing on years of experience at Google, Brett Slatkin offers clear, concise, and practical advice for both new and experienced Python developers. Each item in the book provides insight into the "Pythonic" way of programming, helping you understand how to write code that is not only effective but also elegant and maintainable. Whether you''re building web applications, analyzing data, writing automation scripts, or training AI models, this book will equip you with the skills to make a significant impact using Python.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Features of the 3rd Edition:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Expanded Content: Now with 125 actionable guidelines, including 35 entirely new items.</li> <li>Updated Best Practices: Reflects the latest features in Python releases up to version 3.13.</li> <li>New Chapters: Additional chapters on how to build robust programs that achieve high performance.</li> <li>Advanced Topics: In-depth coverage of creating C-extension modules and interfacing with native shared libraries.</li> <li>Practical Examples: Realistic code examples that illustrate each best practice.</li> </ul>
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More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

35,88€ + 10% CARD

 <p>This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">"Shining a bright light into many of the dark corners of C# 3.0, this book not only covers the ‘how,’ but also the ‘why,’ arming the reader with many field-tested methods for wringing the most from the new language features, such as LINQ, generics, and multithreading. If you are serious about developing with the C# language, you need this book."</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">-Bill Craun, Principal Consultant, Ambassador Solutions, Inc.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">"<i>More Effective C# </i>is an opportunity to work beside Bill Wagner. Bill leverages his knowledge of C# and distills his expertise down to some very real advice about programming and designing applications that every serious Visual C# user should know. <i>More Effective C# </i>is one of those rare books that doesn’t just regurgitate syntax, but teaches you <i>how </i>to use the C# language."</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">-Peter Ritchie, Microsoft MVP: Visual C#</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">"<i>More Effective C# </i>is a great follow-up to Bill Wagner’s previous book. The extensive</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">C# 3.0 and LINQ coverage is extremely timely!"</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">-Tomas Restrepo, Microsoft MVP: Visual C++, .NET, and Biztalk Server</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">"As one of the current designers of C#, it is rare that I learn something new about the language by reading a book. <i>More Effective C# </i>is a notable exception. Gently blending concrete code and deep insights, Bill Wagner frequently makes me look at C# in a fresh light-one that really makes it shine. <i>More Effective C# </i>is at the surface a collection of very useful guidelines. Look again. As you read through it, you’ll find that you acquire more than just the individual pieces of advice; gradually you’ll pick up on an approach to programming in C# that is thoughtful, beautiful, and deeply pleasant. While you can make your way willy-nilly through the individual guidelines, I do recommend reading the whole book-or at least not skipping over the chapter introductions before you dive into specific nuggets of advice. There’s perspective and insight to be found there that in itself can be an important guide and inspiration for your future adventures in C#."</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">-Mads Torgersen, Program Manager, Visual C#, Microsoft</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">"Bill Wagner has written an excellent book outlining the best practices for developers who work with the C# language. By authoring <i>More Effective C#</i>, he has again established himself as one of the most important voices in the C# community. Many of us already know how to use C#. What we need is advice on how to hone our skills so that we can become wiser programmers. There is no more sophisticated source of information on how to become a first-class C# developer than Bill Wagner’s book. Bill is intelligent, thoughtful, experienced, and skillful. By applying the lessons from this book to your own code, you will find many ways to polish and improve the work that you produce."</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">-Charlie Calvert, Community Program Manager, Visual C#, Microsoft</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">In <b><i>More Effective C#,</i></b> Microsoft C# MVP a...
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Code Quality - The Open Source Perspective

by Diomidis Spinellis

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 <UL><LI>Page 26: How can I avoid off-by-one errors? </LI><LI>Page 143: Are Trojan Horse attacks for real? </LI><LI>Page 158: Where should I look when my application can't handle its workload? </LI><LI>Page 256: How can I detect memory leaks? </LI><LI>Page 309: How do I target my application to international markets? </LI><LI>Page 394: How should I name my code's identifiers? </LI><LI>Page 441: How can I find and improve the code coverage of my tests?</LI></UL><P>Diomidis Spinellis' first book, <I>Code Reading</I>, showed programmers how to understand and modify key functional properties of software. <I>Code Quality</I> focuses on non-functional properties, demonstrating how to meet such critical requirements as reliability, security, portability, and maintainability, as well as efficiency in time and space.</P><P>Spinellis draws on hundreds of examples from open source projects--such as the Apache web and application servers, the BSD Unix systems, and the HSQLDB Java database--to illustrate concepts and techniques that every professional software developer will be able to appreciate and apply immediately.BR><BR><P></P> <b>Contents</b> <P><I>List of Tables     xv<BR>List of Figures     xvii<BR>Foreword    xxiii<BR>Preface     xxv</I>Chapter 1: Introduction     1</P><P>1.1 Software Quality      1<BR>1.2 How to Read This Book     9</P>Chapter 2: Reliability     17<P>2.1 Input Problems      17<BR>2.2 Output Problems     21<BR>2.3 Logic Problems      26<BR>2.4 Computation Problems      42<BR>2.5 Concurrency and Timing Problems     51<BR>2.6 Interface Problems     56<BR>2.7 Data-Handling Problems      69<BR>2.8 Fault Tolerance     85</P>Chapter 3: Security     101<P>3.1 Vulnerable Code     102<BR>3.2 The Buffer Overflow      106<BR>3.3 Race Conditions     112<BR>3.4 Problematic APIs     115<BR>3.5 Untrusted Input     125<BR>3.6 Result Verification     131<BR>3.7 Data and Privilege Leakage      134<BR>3.8 Trojan Horse      143<BR>3.9 Tools      146</P>Chapter 4: Time Performance     151<P>4.1 Measurement Techniques      156<BR>4.2 Algorithm Complexity     173<BR>4.3 Stand-Alone Code      179<BR>4.4 Interacting with the Operating System      182<BR>4.5 Interacting with Peripherals     190<BR>4.6 Involuntary Interactions     191<BR>4.7 Caching      194</P>Chapter 5: Space Performance     207<P>5.1 Data      209<BR>5.2 Memory Organization      227<BR>5.3 Memory Hierarchies      231<BR>5.4 The Process/Operating System Interface     239<BR>5.5 Heap Memory Management      246<BR>5.6 Stack Memory Management     264<BR>5.7 Code     274</P>Chapter 6: Portability     289<P>6.1 Operating Systems     290<BR>6.2 Hardware and Processor Architectures     296<BR>6.3 Compilers and Language Extensions     302<BR>6.4 Graphical User Interfaces      307<BR>6.5 Internationalization and Localization      309</P>Chapter 7: Maintainability     325<P>7.1 Measuring Maintainability      326<BR>7.2 Analyzability     351<BR>7.3 Changeability   &nb
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Effective Objective-C 2.0 - 52 Specific Ways To Improve Your Ios And Os X Programs

by Matt Galloway

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 <b>Write Truly Great iOS and OS X Code with Objective-C 2.0!</b> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i><b>Effective Objective-C 2.0</b></i> will help you harness all of Objective-C’s expressive power to write OS X or iOS code that works superbly well in production environments. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers’ best-selling Effective C++, Matt Galloway brings together 52 Objective-C best practices, tips, shortcuts, and realistic code examples that are available nowhere else.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Through real-world examples, Galloway uncovers little-known Objective-C quirks, pitfalls, and intricacies that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. You’ll learn how to choose the most efficient and effective way to accomplish key tasks when multiple options exist, and how to write code that’s easier to understand, maintain, and improve. Galloway goes far beyond the core language, helping you integrate and leverage key Foundation framework classes and modern system libraries, such as Grand Central Dispatch.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Coverage includes</p> <ul> <li>Optimizing interactions and relationships between Objective-C objects</li> <li>Mastering interface and API design: writing classes that feel "right at home"</li> <li>Using protocols and categories to write maintainable, bug-resistant code</li> <li>Avoiding memory leaks that can still occur even with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)</li> <li>Writing modular, powerful code with Blocks and Grand Central Dispatch</li> <li>Leveraging differences between Objective-C protocols and multiple inheritance in other languages</li> <li>Improving code by more effectively using arrays, dictionaries, and sets</li> <li>Uncovering surprising power in the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks</li> </ul>
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Effective Javascript - 68 Specific Ways To Harness The Power Of Javascript

by David Herman

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 David Herman introduces 68 powerful ways to write more efficient and more robust software with the latest version of JavaScript. Using a concise, scenario-driven style, Herman brings together tips, techniques, shortcuts, and realistic code examples.
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Code Quality - The Open Source Perspective

by Diomidis Spinellis

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 <UL><LI>Page 26: How can I avoid off-by-one errors? </LI><LI>Page 143: Are Trojan Horse attacks for real? </LI><LI>Page 158: Where should I look when my application can't handle its workload? </LI><LI>Page 256: How can I detect memory leaks? </LI><LI>Page 309: How do I target my application to international markets? </LI><LI>Page 394: How should I name my code's identifiers? </LI><LI>Page 441: How can I find and improve the code coverage of my tests?</LI></UL><P>Diomidis Spinellis' first book, <I>Code Reading</I>, showed programmers how to understand and modify key functional properties of software. <I>Code Quality</I> focuses on non-functional properties, demonstrating how to meet such critical requirements as reliability, security, portability, and maintainability, as well as efficiency in time and space.</P><P>Spinellis draws on hundreds of examples from open source projects--such as the Apache web and application servers, the BSD Unix systems, and the HSQLDB Java database--to illustrate concepts and techniques that every professional software developer will be able to appreciate and apply immediately.BR><BR><P></P> <b>Contents</b> <P><I>List of Tables     xv<BR>List of Figures     xvii<BR>Foreword    xxiii<BR>Preface     xxv</I>Chapter 1: Introduction     1</P><P>1.1 Software Quality      1<BR>1.2 How to Read This Book     9</P>Chapter 2: Reliability     17<P>2.1 Input Problems      17<BR>2.2 Output Problems     21<BR>2.3 Logic Problems      26<BR>2.4 Computation Problems      42<BR>2.5 Concurrency and Timing Problems     51<BR>2.6 Interface Problems     56<BR>2.7 Data-Handling Problems      69<BR>2.8 Fault Tolerance     85</P>Chapter 3: Security     101<P>3.1 Vulnerable Code     102<BR>3.2 The Buffer Overflow      106<BR>3.3 Race Conditions     112<BR>3.4 Problematic APIs     115<BR>3.5 Untrusted Input     125<BR>3.6 Result Verification     131<BR>3.7 Data and Privilege Leakage      134<BR>3.8 Trojan Horse      143<BR>3.9 Tools      146</P>Chapter 4: Time Performance     151<P>4.1 Measurement Techniques      156<BR>4.2 Algorithm Complexity     173<BR>4.3 Stand-Alone Code      179<BR>4.4 Interacting with the Operating System      182<BR>4.5 Interacting with Peripherals     190<BR>4.6 Involuntary Interactions     191<BR>4.7 Caching      194</P>Chapter 5: Space Performance     207<P>5.1 Data      209<BR>5.2 Memory Organization      227<BR>5.3 Memory Hierarchies      231<BR>5.4 The Process/Operating System Interface     239<BR>5.5 Heap Memory Management      246<BR>5.6 Stack Memory Management     264<BR>5.7 Code     274</P>Chapter 6: Portability     289<P>6.1 Operating Systems     290<BR>6.2 Hardware and Processor Architectures     296<BR>6.3 Compilers and Language Extensions     302<BR>6.4 Graphical User Interfaces      307<BR>6.5 Internationalization and Localization      309</P>Chapter 7: Maintainability     325<P>7.1 Measuring Maintainability      326<BR>7.2 Analyzability     351<BR>7.3 Changeability   &nb
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More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 <p style="MARGIN: 0px">In <b><i>More Effective C#,</i></b> Microsoft C# MVP and Regional Director Bill Wagner introduces fifty brand-new ways to write more efficient and more robust software. This all-new book follows the same format as Wagner’s best-selling <i>Effective C#</i> (Addison-Wesley, 2005), providing clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and plenty of realistic code examples.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Wagner shows how to make the most of powerful innovations built into Microsoft’s new C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5, as well as advanced C# language capabilities not covered in his previous book. Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience, the author reveals new best practices for working with LINQ, generics, metaprogramming, and many other features. He also uncovers practices that compromise performance or reliability and shows exactly how to avoid them. </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"> </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"><b><i>More Effective C#</i></b> shows how to</p> <ul> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Use generics to express your design intent more effectively </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Master advanced generics techniques, such as constraints, method constraints, and generic specialization </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Use the multithreaded techniques you’ll need to work with the .NET framework every day </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Express modern design idioms using the rich palette of C# language features </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Successfully mix object oriented and functional programming constructs </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Create composable interfaces and avoid confusion in public interfaces </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Use extension methods to separate contracts from implementation </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Program successfully with C# closures and anonymous types </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Write more effective LINQ queries </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Make the most of LINQ Lazy Evaluation Queries and Lambda Expressions </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Distinguish and convert between delegates and expression trees </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Efficiently utilize nullable types and partial classes </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Use implicit properties for mutable, nonserializable data </div></li> </ul> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">You’re already a successful C# programmer—this book can help you become an outstanding one.</p>
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Effective Python - 90 Specific Ways To Write Better Python

by Brett Slatkin

46,36€ + 10% CARD

 <div usercontent"=""> <div> <b>Updated and Expanded for Python 3</b> </div> <div> <br> </div>It’s easy to start developing programs with Python, which is why the language is so popular. However, Python’s unique strengths, charms, and expressiveness can be hard to grasp, and there are hidden pitfalls that can easily trip you up. <br> <br>This second edition of <b>Effective Python</b> will help you master a truly "Pythonic" approach to programming, harnessing Python’s full power to write exceptionally robust and well-performing code. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers’ best-selling <i>Effective C++</i>, Brett Slatkin brings together 90 Python best practices, tips, and shortcuts, and explains them with realistic code examples so that you can embrace Python with confidence. <br> <br>Drawing on years of experience building Python infrastructure at Google, Slatkin uncovers little-known quirks and idioms that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. You’ll understand the best way to accomplish key tasks so you can write code that’s easier to understand, maintain, and improve. In addition to even more advice, this new edition substantially revises all items from the first edition to reflect how best practices have evolved. <br> <br>Key features include <br> <ul> <li>30 new actionable guidelines for all major areas of Python</li> <li>Detailed explanations and examples of statements, expressions, and built-in types</li> <li>Best practices for writing functions that clarify intention, promote reuse, and avoid bugs</li> <li>Better techniques and idioms for using comprehensions and generator functions</li> <li>Coverage of how to accurately express behaviors with classes and interfaces</li> <li>Guidance on how to avoid pitfalls with metaclasses and dynamic attributes</li> <li>More efficient and clear approaches to concurrency and parallelism</li> <li>Solutions for optimizing and hardening to maximize performance and quality</li> <li>Techniques and built-in modules that aid in debugging and testing</li> <li>Tools and best practices for collaborative development</li> </ul> <div> </div> <div> <b>Effective Python </b>will prepare growing programmers to make a big impact using Python. </div> </div>
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Effective Python - 90 Specific Ways To Write Better Python

by Brett Slatkin

46,36€ + 10% CARD

 <div> <b>Updated and Expanded for Python 3</b> </div> <div> <br> </div>It’s easy to start developing programs with Python, which is why the language is so popular. However, Python’s unique strengths, charms, and expressiveness can be hard to grasp, and there are hidden pitfalls that can easily trip you up. <br> <br>This second edition of <b>Effective Python</b> will help you master a truly "Pythonic" approach to programming, harnessing Python’s full power to write exceptionally robust and well-performing code. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers’ best-selling <i>Effective C++</i>, Brett Slatkin brings together 90 Python best practices, tips, and shortcuts, and explains them with realistic code examples so that you can embrace Python with confidence. <br> <br>Drawing on years of experience building Python infrastructure at Google, Slatkin uncovers little-known quirks and idioms that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. You’ll understand the best way to accomplish key tasks so you can write code that’s easier to understand, maintain, and improve. In addition to even more advice, this new edition substantially revises all items from the first edition to reflect how best practices have evolved. <br> <br>Key features include <br> <ul> <li>30 new actionable guidelines for all major areas of Python</li> <li>Detailed explanations and examples of statements, expressions, and built-in types</li> <li>Best practices for writing functions that clarify intention, promote reuse, and avoid bugs</li> <li>Better techniques and idioms for using comprehensions and generator functions</li> <li>Coverage of how to accurately express behaviors with classes and interfaces</li> <li>Guidance on how to avoid pitfalls with metaclasses and dynamic attributes</li> <li>More efficient and clear approaches to concurrency and parallelism</li> <li>Solutions for optimizing and hardening to maximize performance and quality</li> <li>Techniques and built-in modules that aid in debugging and testing</li> <li>Tools and best practices for collaborative development</li> </ul> <div> </div> <div> <b>Effective Python </b>will prepare growing programmers to make a big impact using Python. </div>
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More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 <p style="margin:0px;">In <i><b>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</b></i> world-renowned .NET expert Bill Wagner identifies and illuminates 50 intermediate-to-advanced techniques for writing exceptionally robust and well-performing C# 7.0 code. Reflecting the growing sophistication of the C# language and its development community, Wagner presents powerful new solutions to problems you’re likely to encounter every day.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Through three editions of <i>Effective C#,</i> Wagner’s clear explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples have proven invaluable to hundreds of thousands of developers. With the publication of this title, <i>Effective C#, Third Edition,</i> and <i>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</i> have been completely reorganized to provide clear explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples in a cohesive package for modern C#. <i><b>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</b></i> brings the same proven approach to the new features in C# 7.0, helping you perform familiar tasks more efficiently and effectively.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience and key role on global C# standards committees, Wagner addresses object-oriented, functional, and service-oriented approaches to managing data with C#; better ways to express your intent to users and other programmers; and new opportunities to leverage powerful asynchronous and dynamic programming techniques. <br></p> <ul> <li>Use properties instead of accessible data members (Item 1)</li> <li>Distinguish between value and reference types (Item 4)</li> <li>Understand relationships among multiple concepts of equality (Item 9)</li> <li>Avoid conversion operators in your APIs (Item 11)</li> <li>Understand how interface and virtual methods differ (Item 15)</li> <li>Avoid overloading methods defined in base classes (Item 19)</li> <li>Create method groups that are clear, minimal, and complete (Item 22)</li> <li>Enable immediate error reporting in iterators and async methods (Item 26)</li> <li>Use async methods for async work (Item 27)</li> <li>Avoid thread allocations and context switches (Item 30)</li> <li>Construct PLINQ parallel algorithms with exceptions in mind (Item 36)</li> <li>Use the thread pool instead of creating threads (Item 37)</li> <li>Use BackgroundWorker for cross-thread communication (Item 38)</li> <li>Use the smallest possible scope for lock handles (Item 41)</li> <li>Understand the pros and cons of dynamic programming (Item 43)</li> <li>Make full use of the expression API (Item 46)</li> <li>Minimize dynamic objects in public APIs (Item 47)</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;">You’re already a successful C# programmer: this book will make you an outstanding one.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Content Update Program: This book is part of the InformIT Content Update Program. As updates are made to C#, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match updates to the technologies.</i></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i><br></i></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Register your product at <a href="http://informit.com/register" target="" title="">informit.com/register</a> for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.</i></p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p>
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More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

38,15€ + 10% CARD

 <p style="margin:0px;">In <i><b>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</b></i> world-renowned .NET expert Bill Wagner identifies and illuminates 50 intermediate-to-advanced techniques for writing exceptionally robust and well-performing C# 7.0 code. Reflecting the growing sophistication of the C# language and its development community, Wagner presents powerful new solutions to problems you’re likely to encounter every day.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Through three editions of <i>Effective C#,</i> Wagner’s clear explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples have proven invaluable to hundreds of thousands of developers. With the publication of this title, <i>Effective C#, Third Edition,</i> and <i>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</i> have been completely reorganized to provide clear explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples in a cohesive package for modern C#. <i><b>More Effective C#, Second Edition,</b></i> brings the same proven approach to the new features in C# 7.0, helping you perform familiar tasks more efficiently and effectively.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience and key role on global C# standards committees, Wagner addresses object-oriented, functional, and service-oriented approaches to managing data with C#; better ways to express your intent to users and other programmers; and new opportunities to leverage powerful asynchronous and dynamic programming techniques. <br></p> <ul> <li>Use properties instead of accessible data members (Item 1)</li> <li>Distinguish between value and reference types (Item 4)</li> <li>Understand relationships among multiple concepts of equality (Item 9)</li> <li>Avoid conversion operators in your APIs (Item 11)</li> <li>Understand how interface and virtual methods differ (Item 15)</li> <li>Avoid overloading methods defined in base classes (Item 19)</li> <li>Create method groups that are clear, minimal, and complete (Item 22)</li> <li>Enable immediate error reporting in iterators and async methods (Item 26)</li> <li>Use async methods for async work (Item 27)</li> <li>Avoid thread allocations and context switches (Item 30)</li> <li>Construct PLINQ parallel algorithms with exceptions in mind (Item 36)</li> <li>Use the thread pool instead of creating threads (Item 37)</li> <li>Use BackgroundWorker for cross-thread communication (Item 38)</li> <li>Use the smallest possible scope for lock handles (Item 41)</li> <li>Understand the pros and cons of dynamic programming (Item 43)</li> <li>Make full use of the expression API (Item 46)</li> <li>Minimize dynamic objects in public APIs (Item 47)</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;">You’re already a successful C# programmer: this book will make you an outstanding one.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Content Update Program: This book is part of the InformIT Content Update Program. As updates are made to C#, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match updates to the technologies.</i></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i><br></i></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Register your product at <a href="http://informit.com/register" target="" title="">informit.com/register</a> for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.</i></p>
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Effective Sql - 61 Specific Ways To Write Better Sql

by Ben G. Clothier, Douglas J. Steele e John L. Viescas

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 "Given the authors’ reputations, I expected to be impressed. I was blown away! . . . Most SQL books sit on my shelf. This one will live on my desk." <br> <i>-Roger Carlson, Microsoft Access MVP (2006-2015)</i> <br> <br>"Rather than stumble around reinventing wheels or catching glimpses of the proper approaches, do yourself a favor: Buy this book." <br> <i>—Dave Stokes, MySQL Community Manager, Oracle Corporation</i> <br> <br> <i><b>Effective SQL</b></i> brings together practical solutions and insights so you can solve complex problems with SQL and design databases that simplify data management in the future. It’s the only modern book that brings together advanced best practices and realistic example code for all of these versions of SQL: IBM DB2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle Database, and PostgreSQL. <br> <br>Drawing on their immense experience as world-class database consultants and instructors, the authors identify 61 proven approaches to writing better SQL. Wherever SQL versions vary, the authors illuminate the key nuances, so you can get the most out of whatever version you prefer. This full-color guide provides clear, practical explanations; expert tips; and plenty of usable code. Going far beyond mere syntax, it addresses issues ranging from optimizing database designs to managing hierarchies and metadata. If you already know SQL’s basics, this guide will help you become a world-class SQL problem-solver. <br> <ul> <li>Craft better logical data models, and fix flawed models</li> <li>Implement indexes that improve query performance</li> <li>Handle external data from sources you don’t control</li> <li>Extract and aggregate the information you need, as efficiently as possible</li> <li>Write more flexible subqueries</li> <li>Analyze and retrieve metadata using your database platform of choice</li> <li>Use Cartesian Products and Tally Tables to solve problems you can’t address with conventional JOINs</li> <li>Model hierarchical data: managing SQL’s tradeoffs and shortcomings</li> </ul>
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Effective Sql - 61 Specific Ways To Write Better Sql

by Ben G. Clothier, Douglas J. Steele e John L. Viescas

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 <p style="margin:0px;"><b>Effective SQL</b> brings together the hands-on solutions and practical insights you need to solve a wide range of complex problems with SQL, and to design databases that make it far easier to manage data in the future. Leveraging the proven format of the best-selling <i>Effective </i>series, it focuses on providing clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and plenty of realistic examples -- all in full color.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Drawing on their immense experience as consultants and instructors, three world-class database experts identify specific challenges, and distill each solution into five pages or less. Throughout, they provide well-annotated SQL code designed for all leading platforms, as well as code for specific implementations ranging from SQL Server to Oracle and MySQL, wherever these vary or permit you to achieve your goal more efficiently.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Going beyond mere syntax, the authors also show how to avoid poor database design that makes it difficult to write effective SQL, how to improve suboptimal designs, and how to work around designs you can''t change. You''ll also find detailed sections on filtering and finding data, aggregation, subqueries, and metadata, as well as specific solutions for everything from listing products to scheduling events and defining data hierarchies. Simply put, if you already know the basics of SQL, <b>Effective SQL </b>will help you become a world-class SQL problem-solver.</p>
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Effective C# (Covers C# 6.0), - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

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 <p style="margin:0px;">In <i><b>Effective C#, Third Edition,</b></i> respected .NET expert Bill Wagner identifies 50 ways to harness the full power of the C# 6.0 language to write exceptionally robust, efficient, and well-performing code. Reflecting the growing sophistication of the C# language and its development community, Wagner has identified dozens of new ways to write better code. This edition’s new solutions include some that take advantage of generics and several that are more focused on LINQ, as well as a full chapter of advanced best practices for working with exceptions.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Wagner’s clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples have made Effective C# indispensable to hundreds of thousands of developers. Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience, he addresses everything from resource management to multicore support, and reveals how to avoid common pitfalls in the language and its .NET environment. Learn how to choose the most effective solution when multiple options exist, and how to write code that’s far easier to maintain and improve. Wagner shows how and why to <br></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><br></p> <ul> <li>Prefer implicitly typed local variables (see Item 1)</li> <li>Replace string.Format() with interpolated strings (see Item 4)</li> <li>Express callbacks with delegates (see Item 7)</li> <li>Make the most of .NET resource management (see Item 11)</li> <li>Define minimal and sufficient constraints for generics (see Item 18)</li> <li>Specialize generic algorithms using runtime type checking (see Item 19)</li> <li>Use delegates to define method constraints on type parameters (see Item 23)</li> <li>Augment minimal interface contracts with extension methods (see Item 27)</li> <li>Create composable APIs for sequences (see Item 31)</li> <li>Decouple iterations from actions, predicates, and functions (see Item 32)</li> <li>Prefer lambda expressions to methods (see Item 38)</li> <li>Distinguish early from deferred execution (see Item 40)</li> <li>Avoid capturing expensive resources (see Item 41)</li> <li>Use exceptions to report method contract failures (see Item 45)</li> <li>Leverage side effects in exception filters (see Item 50)</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;">You’re already a successful C# programmer, and this book will make you an outstanding one.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Content Update Program: This book is part of the InformIT Content Update Program. As updates are made to C#, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match updates to the technologies. See inside for details.</i></p>
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Effective C# (Covers C# 6.0) - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 <p style="margin:0px;">In <i><b>Effective C#, Third Edition,</b></i> respected .NET expert Bill Wagner identifies 50 ways to harness the full power of the C# 6.0 language to write exceptionally robust, efficient, and well-performing code. Reflecting the growing sophistication of the C# language and its development community, Wagner has identified dozens of new ways to write better code. This edition’s new solutions include some that take advantage of generics and several that are more focused on LINQ, as well as a full chapter of advanced best practices for working with exceptions.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Wagner’s clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and realistic code examples have made Effective C# indispensable to hundreds of thousands of developers. Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience, he addresses everything from resource management to multicore support, and reveals how to avoid common pitfalls in the language and its .NET environment. Learn how to choose the most effective solution when multiple options exist, and how to write code that’s far easier to maintain and improve. Wagner shows how and why to <br></p> <p style="margin:0px;"><br></p> <ul> <li>Prefer implicitly typed local variables (see Item 1)</li> <li>Replace string.Format() with interpolated strings (see Item 4)</li> <li>Express callbacks with delegates (see Item 7)</li> <li>Make the most of .NET resource management (see Item 11)</li> <li>Define minimal and sufficient constraints for generics (see Item 18)</li> <li>Specialize generic algorithms using runtime type checking (see Item 19)</li> <li>Use delegates to define method constraints on type parameters (see Item 23)</li> <li>Augment minimal interface contracts with extension methods (see Item 27)</li> <li>Create composable APIs for sequences (see Item 31)</li> <li>Decouple iterations from actions, predicates, and functions (see Item 32)</li> <li>Prefer lambda expressions to methods (see Item 38)</li> <li>Distinguish early from deferred execution (see Item 40)</li> <li>Avoid capturing expensive resources (see Item 41)</li> <li>Use exceptions to report method contract failures (see Item 45)</li> <li>Leverage side effects in exception filters (see Item 50)</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;">You’re already a successful C# programmer, and this book will make you an outstanding one.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i>Content Update Program: This book is part of the InformIT Content Update Program. As updates are made to C#, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match updates to the technologies. See inside for details.</i></p>
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Effective Objective-C 2.0 - 52 Specific Ways To Improve Your Ios And Os X Programs

by Matt Galloway

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 <b>Write Truly Great iOS and OS X Code with Objective-C 2.0!</b> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"><i><b>Effective Objective-C 2.0</b></i> will help you harness all of Objective-C’s expressive power to write OS X or iOS code that works superbly well in production environments. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers’ best-selling Effective C++, Matt Galloway brings together 52 Objective-C best practices, tips, shortcuts, and realistic code examples that are available nowhere else.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Through real-world examples, Galloway uncovers little-known Objective-C quirks, pitfalls, and intricacies that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. You’ll learn how to choose the most efficient and effective way to accomplish key tasks when multiple options exist, and how to write code that’s easier to understand, maintain, and improve. Galloway goes far beyond the core language, helping you integrate and leverage key Foundation framework classes and modern system libraries, such as Grand Central Dispatch.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Coverage includes</p> <ul> <li>Optimizing interactions and relationships between Objective-C objects</li> <li>Mastering interface and API design: writing classes that feel "right at home"</li> <li>Using protocols and categories to write maintainable, bug-resistant code</li> <li>Avoiding memory leaks that can still occur even with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)</li> <li>Writing modular, powerful code with Blocks and Grand Central Dispatch</li> <li>Leveraging differences between Objective-C protocols and multiple inheritance in other languages</li> <li>Improving code by more effectively using arrays, dictionaries, and sets</li> <li>Uncovering surprising power in the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks</li> </ul>
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Effective Javascript

by David Herman

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 David Herman introduces 68 powerful ways to write more efficient and more robust software with the latest version of JavaScript. Using a concise, scenario-driven style, Herman brings together tips, techniques, shortcuts, and realistic code examples.
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Effective Python - 125 Specific Ways To Write Better Python

by Brett Slatkin

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More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C#

by Bill Wagner

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by Pearson

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Brief Guide To Writing From Readings, A, Mla Update Edition

by Stephen Wilhoit

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