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G. Bennett, M. Fisher, B. Lees N. Charlebois-Laprade R. Chin Objective-C for Absolute Beginning PowerShell for Beginning Android 3D Game Beginners SharePoint 2013 Development iPhone, iPad, and Mac Programming Made Beginning PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 is a Beginning Android 3D Game Development is a Easy book for the SharePoint administrator looking to unique, examples-driven book for today’s Android expand his or her toolkit and skills by learning and game app developers who want to learn how You have a great idea for an app, but where do you PowerShell, Microsoft’s vastly flexible and versatile to build 3D game apps that run on the latest begin? Objective-C is the universal language of object oriented scripting language. PowerShell Android KitKat platform using Java and OpenGL iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, and Objective-C for is the future of Microsoft administration, and ES. Android game app development continues to Absolute Beginners, Third Edition starts you on SharePoint is a complex product that can be be one of the hottest areas where indies and exist- the path to mastering this language and its latest managed more easily and quickly with PowerShell ing game app developers seem to be most active. release. Using a hands-on approach, you’ll learn cmdlets and scripts. This book helps bridge the Android is the second best mobile apps eco and how to think in programming terms. If you’ve gap, introducing PowerShell fundamentals and arguably even a hotter game apps eco than iOS. never programmed at all, this book gives you the operations in the context of deploying, migrating, 3D makes your games come alive, so in this book option to start with Alice, a simple programming managing, and monitoring SharePoint 2013. Au- you’ll find that we go in depth on creating 3D environment that helps you build a mental frame- thor Nik Charlebois-Laprade begins by explaining games for the Android platform with OpenGL ES work for thinking about programming. Then you the fundamental concepts behind the PowerShell 2.0 using an original case study game called Drone can transfer that fresh knowledge into Objective-C language. Then, with copious real-world examples Grid. Moreover, this book offers an extensive and Xcode and learn to build real iPhone, iPad, and scripts, he lays the foundation for Power- case study with code that will be modular and re- or Mac apps using Objective-C. If you’ve done a Shell novices to automate interactions with the useable helping you create your own games using bit of programming before, you can jump directly various pieces and components of the SharePoint advanced vertex and fragment shaders. Drone into using Objective-C to construct program logic 2013 platform. For SharePoint administrators Grid is a game app case study that is somewhat and synthesize it all into working apps. Gary Ben- wanting to do more with the technology, or for similar to the best selling Geometry Wars game nett, an experienced app developer and trainer, SharePoint developers trying to build their skills series utilizing a gravity grid and colorful abstract will guide you on your journey to becoming a suc- on the administration side, Beginning PowerShell graphics and particles. cessful app developer. If you’re looking to take the for SharePoint 2013 is the perfect book to kick off first step towards App Store success, Objective-C your PowerShell journey. Feature for Absolute Beginners is the place to start. 7 1. This Apress book aims to be first or unique Feature English language book to market on Android 3D Feature 7 Fully covers SharePoint 2013 administration Game Programming (there is however a Chinese 7 Absolutely no previous programming experi- and configuration using Microsoft's popular lang book.). 1. Given sell like, there may be some ence required 7 Gives the reader the option to scripting language 7 Includes coverage on script- potential for retail, trade sales. 2. Otherwise, most start using programming concepts in Alice before ing initial deployments, migrations, and day to day revenue should come from the high relevancy of trying them in Objective-C 7 The lead author, administration--a complete guide to PowerShell Android in books as a service database engines Gary Bennett, is an iOS development trainer using for SharePoint administrators 7 Includes exclu- like Safari where Android meme is nearly at the proven teaching techniques with this book sive treatment of managing Office 365 SharePoint top. 3. Android has the most user market share Field of interest Online tenants using PowerShell worldwide and is second best apps eco although Computer Science, general game specific development seems more popular Field of interest on Android than iOS Target groups Computer Science, general Field of interest Popular/general Target groups Computer Science, general Discount group Popular/general Target groups Apress Trade Discount group Popular/general Apress Short Discount group Apress Short
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M. Coughlan S. Donaldson, S. Siegel, C. Williams, A. Aslam A. Freeman Beginning COBOL for Enterprise Cybersecurity Pro AngularJS
Programmers How to Implement a Successful Cyber AngularJS is the leading framework for build- Defense Program Against Advanced Threats ing dynamic JavaScript applications that take Beginning COBOL for Programmers is a compre- to Your Organization advantage of the capabilities of modern browsers hensive, sophisticated tutorial and modular skills and devices. AngularJS, which is maintained by reference on the COBOL programming language Enterprise Cybersecurity lays out the design, Google, brings the power of the Model-View- for established programmers. This book is for implementation,and management of comprehen- Controller (MVC) pattern to the client, providing you if you are a developer who would like to - or sive cybersecurity programs that enable enter- the foundation for complex and rich web apps. It must - add COBOL to your repertoire. Perhaps prises of all sizes and sectors to protect themselves allows you to build applications that are smaller, you recognize the opportunities presented by the preemptively and actively against the escalating faster, and with a lighter resource footprint than current COBOL skills crisis, or you may be work- threat of modern, targeted cyberattacks. To frame ever before. Best-selling author Adam Freeman ing in a mission critical enterprise which retains their exposition of the components of effective explains how to get the most from AngularJS. He legacy COBOL applications. Whatever your situ- cybersecurity programs, the authors develop begins by describing the MVC pattern and the ation, Beginning COBOL for Programmers meets two actionable concepts central to their systems many benefits that can be gained from separating your needs as an established programmer moving engineering approach. First, the “kill chain” of a your logic and presentation code. He then shows to COBOL. Beginning COBOL for Program- cyber-intrusion comprises the intrusive phases of how you can use AngularJS’s features within in mers includes coverage of the latest COBOL fea- adversarial reconnaissance, weaponization, deliv- your projects to produce professional-quality tures and techniques, including control structures, ery, and exploitation, to each of which the authors results. Starting from the nuts-and-bolts and tabular data, sequential files, procedure divisions, map defensive courses of action for detection, building up to the most advanced and sophisti- string handling, decimal arithmetic, report writer, mitigation, and response. cated features AngularJS is carefully unwrapped, object-oriented COBOL, and more. going in-depth to give you the knowledge you Feature need. Each topic is covered clearly and concisely Feature 7 In plain English and with abundant practical and is packed with the details you need to learn 7 A one of kind needed book for current market illustrations, this book explains to all corpo- to be truly effective. The most important features - a COBOL tutorial and reference for existing rate players with responsibility for enterprise are given a no-nonsense in-depth treatment and enterprise programmers 7 This migration book is cybersecurity how to design, implement, manage, chapters include common problems and details of in need for today's Java, C++, C# (.NET) program- and maintain a comprehensive, end-to-end, fully how to avoid them. mers in the enterprise dealing with legacy and in- integrated Cybersecurity Capability Architecture. tegration issues in today's server-side, enterprises It includes: The crucial “missing link” to organiz- Feature 7 The author is coder, writer and trainer on the ing your people, budgets, and technology to ef- 7 Explains the whole process of creating subject of COBOL. COBOL remains entrenched fectively meet your security needs and satisfy your AngularJS applications from start to finish with as the leading legacy enterprise language in use. compliance requirements. A systems engineering paricular emphasis on the practical aspects of By some accounts, it accounts for up to 75% of the approach to cybersecurity that focuses on the the technology 7 Written by Adam Freeman, an world's transactions, even today interrelationships among the different functional author when many years of experience of teaching areas of security, and how weaknesses anywhere Fields of interest MVC programming concepts 7 Develops fully will be exploited by the attacker to eventually Computer Science, general; Programming Tech- working code through the book and demonstrates breach the enterprise. A proven methodology for niques how to test, refine and deploy that code in a deploying security capabilities to counter modern, realistic way Target groups targeted cyberattacks in an economical fashion. Popular/general Field of interest Field of interest Computer Science, general Discount group Data Encryption Apress Short Target groups Target groups Popular/general Popular/general Discount group Discount group Apress Short Apress Short
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A. Freeman A. Freeman A. Freeman Pro ASP.NET MVC 5 Pro ASP.NET MVC 5 Client Pro Windows 8.1 Development
The ASP.NET MVC 5 Framework is the latest evo- Mastering client development is essential to truly with HTML5 and JavaScript lution of Microsoft’sASP.NET web platform. It pro- mastering the MVC Framework. The benefits of Apps are at the heart of Windows 8.1,bringing rich vides a high-productivity programming modelthat using the MVC pattern on the server-side are now and engaging experiences to both touch-driven promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven well understood and have become hugely popular. tablet and keyboard-centric desktop users alike. development, andpowerful extensibility, combined However to fully reap the advantages of MVC you Windows 8.1 uses the powerful Windows Runtime with all the benefits of ASP.NET. ASP.NET MVC must also understand what is happening on the (WinRT)engine to power it’s app ecosystem. It 5 contains a number of significant advances over client-side. Modern client browsers are extremely provides developers with a feature-rich modern previousversions. Most notably the new ASP.NET feature rich and capable of doing a great deal of API that enables you to create sophisticated apps Identity system that allows you to add native login processing and communication work for your quickly and easily. In this fully-revised book by features to your application and makes it easy to application. If used correctly, they will streamline seasoned author Adam Freeman explains how customise the data you hold about the logged in your data and application workflows, making your to create the very best Windows 8.1 apps using user throughout your application. Building upon code appear both faster and more responsive to JavaScript and HTML5. Beginning with the nuts this features MVC5’s powerful new authentication your users. By using client-side processing you and bolts you’ll progress through all of WinRT’s filters provide a reliable way toredirect user traffic reduce the load on your servers and save both features to the most advanced concepts. Each topic between different parts of your web application bandwidth and CPU costs. In this book best-sell- is covered clearly and concisely and is packed with depending on the user’s accesscredentials without ing .NET author, Adam Freeman, shows you how the details you need to learn to be truly effective. having to resort to verbose non-MVC code. The to craft the HTML, JavaScript and CSS elements Fully working code samples are provided through- user experience of building MVC applications has of your application to make the client-side of your out the text to showcase the power and subtlety of also been substantially improved. MVC applications as slick and responsive as the Windows 8.1. server-side code they compliment. You’ll learn Feature how to use JavaScript to maintain your applica- Feature 7 Follows the same format and style as the tion’s user experience independently of the server, 7 Provides a complete professional level reference popular previous editions but brings everything how SignalR can provide real-time updates and to the Windows 8.1 technology, giving readers a up to date for the new MVC 5 release 7 Covers how the Azure Cloud provides push-notifications comprehensive grounding in the skills they need all the new MVC 5 features in detail and explains to any client device. Put together these techniques to be productive with the new technology how best to apply them to both new and existing will speed your development times, create a rich 7 Details the Windows Runtime (WinRT) API in projects 7 Presents a fully worked case study of a and responsive interface and seamlessly integrate its entirety 7 Written by Adam Freeman, an expe- functioning ASP.NET MVC application that read- your client-side code with the MVC pattern you’re rienced and highly successful author who has been ers can use as a template for their own projects employing on the server. working with Windows 8 since its inception 7 Written by Steven Sanderson, a proven ASP. NET MVC author and member of Microsoft's Feature Field of interest exclusive 'ASP.NET Insiders' community group in 7 Written by Adam Freeman, best-selling author Computer Science, general concert with Adam Freeman, a highly-respected of Pro ASP.NET MVC 4 7 The only book to dis- .NET and ASP.NET author cuss how MVC thinking can be extended to client- Target groups side development 7 Provides a deep-dive into the Popular/general Field of interest required techniques together with solutions to Computer Science, general common problems developers will face Discount group Apress Short Target groups Field of interest Popular/general Computer Science, general
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S. Hampton-Smith E. Keathley S. Krig Pro CSS3 Layout Techniques Digital Asset Management Visual Metrics
Pro CSS3 Layout Techniques demonstrates the Planning a Digital Content System Taxonomy, Analysis, and Understanding of newest and most cutting-edge layout tools found Visual Information *Digital Asset Management Systems: Planning a within CSS3, allowing you to quickly create ad- Digital Content System* is the perfect introduc- vanced design patterns for websites and apps. This This work provides a complete taxonomy of the tion to digital asset management (DAM) and book teaches you how to make the most of CSS3’s varied approaches used to describe visual features. the research, identification, and implementation existing specification, including those parts of the Existing literature is scattered across research of a DAM system for IT managers interested specification already widely implemented, as well journals and a few sparse chapters here and there in solutions for “data overload” and organizing as the upcoming specification extensions that are in computer vision textbooks. This work provides their ever-increasing inventory digital materials. still being developed by the W3C. After reading a framework by which visual feature metrics can The book is also written for strategic IT planners Pro CSS3 Layout Techniques you’ll be able to con- be compared and contrasted, leading to a better and new-to-topic IT professionals, including fidently develop sophisticated, vertical-aware lay- understanding of existing methods and point- line-of-business stakeholders. This book takes you outs that aren’t possible with CSS2. CSS1 allowed ing the way forward to the grand challenges and step-by-step through the process of identifying designers to separate content from presentation emerging areas of research to yield better metrics user and technology needs to address the problem for the first time and CSS2 cemented support for and increased image understanding. Visual image of data management; the focus is on all data types advanced typographical control and integrated analysis is accelerating with the advent of 3D instead of just photographs and digital media. vendor-specific extensions, but neither specifica- depth cameras, higher resolution media, better The author, Elizabeth Ferguson Keathley, is a tion provided more than rudimentary layout con- sensor color, and more and more images and visu- board member of the DAM Foundation and has trol. CSS3’s latest additions allow designers to craft al information available online including YouTube chaired both the Human Resources and Education fully responsive, sophisticated layouts without the and many still images. The compute challenges committees. Currently Elizabeth is working with need for complex scripts or smoke and mirror presented by analyzing the vast amounts of visual the University of British Columbia and the DAM workarounds. CSS3 is still in active development, information will need to be overcome in order to Foundation to establish the first official certificate with browser vendors racing against each other to bring about the next wave of visual computing ap- program for Digital Asset Managers. She has implement the latest recommendations from the plications and services for everyday life. This book written, taught, and been actively a part of confer- W3C. Pro CSS3 Layout Techniques will help you will pave part of the way. ences related to the arrangement, description, cut through the waffle and get straight to the heart preservation and access of information for over Fields of interest of what works now, while showing you how to be ten years. Her ongoing exploration of digital asset Image Processing and Computer Vision; Docu- ready for the future of CSS! management and its relationship to user needs can ment Preparation and Text Processing be followed at her homepage for Atlanta Metadata Feature Target groups 7 Authority : atlantametadata.com . Teaches cutting-edge techniques for CSS3 Popular/general 7 Includes detailed coverage of the new, powerful Fields of interest FlexBox Features beta information on edge-fea- Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Process- Discount group tures in development for CSS4 ing; Document Preparation and Text Processing Apress Short Field of interest Target groups Computer Science, general Popular/general Target groups Discount group Popular/general Apress Short Discount group Apress Short
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C. Lewis L. Long B. Manderscheid Irresistible Apps Learn Sprite Kit for iOS Game Beginning HTML5 Games with Motivational Design Patterns for Apps, Development CreateJS Games, and Web-based Communities With Learn Sprite Kit for iOS Game Development, Beginning HTML5 Games with CreateJS is a When you create an app, a website, or a game, how you’ll discover how easy it is to create 2D games hands-on approach to get you up and running do you get users, and perhaps more importantly, using the new Sprite Kit framework from Apple. with building games for HTML5 Canvas using how do you keep them? Irresistible Apps explains You’ll find how simple it is to create a scene, add the most comprehensive tools available today. exactly how to do this using a library of 28 motiva- animated sprites, incorporate edges, play sound Whether you are brand new to making games or tional design patterns and real-world examples of effects, and create animated particles for special an experienced game developer, you’ll learn how how they work. As a developers, you need to re- effects. You’ll also use touch events to control your to fully utilize the CreateJS suite to bring your tain users in the new economy of advertisements, sprites, implement the built-in physics engine, new, or existing game techniques to both desktop subscriptions, and in-app purchases, but you may handle sprite collisions and contacts, and much and mobile devices. Whether you want to create be difficult to understand exactly how to do this. more. To help you in learning how to use all these the next Game Dev Story or Half-Minute Hero, For example, what is so appealing about Angry cool features of Sprite Kit, you’ll follow along as we this book will be invaluable. Beginning HTML5 Birds? Why do people get addicted to games like build a complete 2D game for iPhone. By the time Games with CreateJS covers everything from World of Warcraft? What makes Amazon users you finish the book, you’ll have made your own creating graphics in HTML5 Canvas, to capturing keep buying from Amazon? Why do so many 2D game, and you’ll have learned all you need to user input (whether it’s from keyboard, mouse, or people love Khan Academy? Why do people care know to get started on your next masterpiece. touch), to using a state machine to efficiently game about Reddit karma? The answers are found in control. There are practical (and fun) examples Gameful patterns, Social patterns, Interface pat- Feature throughout the book, with four full game projects terns, and Information patterns. Not only will you 7 Complete coverage of the new Sprite Kit to build, including a mobile RPG. The final section learn about these patterns, you’ll also learn why framework from Apple Hands-on examples of all of the book also covers optimizing and publishing they work using psychological theories of intrinsic major features, including the new physics engine your games to mobile app stores. HTML5 Games motivation, behavioral psychology, and behavioral 7 Readers will create a real game as they follow are growing more and more popular and the economics. Using this knowledge, good and bad along demand for HTML5 Canvas skills is increasingly on the rise. The CreateJS suite is a powerful toolset implementations of the patterns are shown so Field of interest practitioners can use the patterns effectively and that will help you manage Canvas drawing and Computer Science, general avoid pitfalls along the way. animations, asset loading, sound management, Target groups complex tweening, and a whole lot more. Using Feature Popular/general these robust libraries you can build powerful and 7 Focuses both on user interface design and user engaging games that reach a wide range of audi- retention Deep analysis of what motivates users Discount group ences and devices. with real-world examples of successes and failures Apress Short 7 The only book that synthesizes psychological Feature research into human motivation to create a design 7 The only book to cover the entire CreateJS suite pattern library for app and web developers, writ- of libraries for game developers Runs through ten by an experienced software developer game programming from design to publication 7 Contains 4 full game projects for readers to Fields of interest create and build upon User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Software Engineering/Programming and Operat- Field of interest ing Systems Computer Science, general
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A. Pande R. Petersen D. Ramtal, A. Dobre, O. Coceal jQuery 2 Recipes Beginning Fedora Desktop Physics for JavaScript Games, A Problem-Solution Approach Fedora 18 Edition Animation, and Simulations jQuery is often referred to as the ‘write less, do Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 18 Edition is with HTML5 Canvas more’ JavaScript library. It allows a few clear lines a complete guide to using the Fedora 18 Desk- Have you ever wanted to include believable, of elegant, well-tested, code to replace many pages top Linux release as your daily driver for mail, solid interactivity in your games and proj- of complex hand-coded script, speeding develop- productivity, social networking, and more. Author ects to give them that extra edge? Physics for ment times and providing substantial cost savings. and Linux expert Richard Petersen delves into JavaScript Games, Animation, and Simulations You will find jQuery 2 Recipes’ problem-solution the operating system as a whole and offers you a teaches you how to incorporate real physics, approach to be an excellent value and a feature- complete treatment of Fedora 18 Desktop instal- such as gravity, friction, and buoyancy, into your packed resource as you begin to include jQuery lation, configuration, and use. You’ll discover how HTML5 games, animations, and simulations. in your own projects. This book is bursting with to install Fedora 18 Desktop on any hardware, It also includes more advanced topics, such as fully-worked example recipes showing the core learn which applications perform which functions, particle systems, which are essential for creating jQuery frameworks (jQuery, jQuery Mobile, how to manage software updates, tips and tricks effects such as sparks or smoke. Finally, the book jQuery UI) in action. Starting with fundamental for the GNOME 3 and KDE desktops, useful shell addresses the key issue of balancing accuracy and principals and progressing to more advanced top- commands, and both the Fedora administration performance in your games and simulations, and ics you’ll be shown how to make the very best use and network tools. Get the most out of Fedora 18 the final chapters give you the information and of jQuery every step of the way. Early on, you’ll Desktop -- including free Office suites, editors, the code to make the right choice for your project. learn to work confidently with dynamic data and e-book readers, music and video applications and Physics for JavaScript Games, Animation, and to handle the jQuery events that form the founda- codecs, email clients, Web and FTP browsers, Simulations assumes you have a basic knowledge tion of your application. We’ll then build on this microblogging and IM applications -- with a copy of JavaScript and HTML5. However, no previous foundation to demonstrate how fully working us- of Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 18 Edition knowledge of physics is required - only some very er-interface animations and AJAX data-validation at your side. basic math skills. The authors present everything can be constructed within jQuery. We’ll show how from basic principles to advanced concepts in an add-on libraries like jQwidgets can be deployed Feature approachable way, so you’ll be able to follow the to create professional quality apps for both the 7 Covers latest release of Fedora Linux, which logic and easily adapt the principles to your own desktop and web with minimal coding. no competitor does offers treatment for a variety of desktop environments--reader does not have to applications. The book is packed full of practical Feature choose just one includes how-tos on using popular examples of how physics can be applied to your 7 Covers all three core jQuery Frameworks social networking and voice over IP (VoIP) tools own games and applications. (jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile) in a single Feature reference 7 Provides fully-worked examples and Field of interest 7 Introduces physics in an accurate, but ap- code samples for each recipe within the book that Computer Science, general proachable way, covering what is required to serves as a foundation for reader's own projects Target groups produce physically realistic simulations 7 Packed 7 Describes how jQuery can be used with other Popular/general full of practical examples of how physics can be populat web technologies such as CSS and Ajax applied to your own games and creative projects to create well-designed web applications with a Discount group 7 Addresses the diverse needs of game developers, robust practical foundation Apress Short animators, artists, and e-learning developers Field of interest Field of interest Computer Science, general Computer Science, general Target groups Target groups Popular/general Popular/general Discount group Discount group Apress Short Apress Short
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M. Rollins B. Tyers Beginning LEGO MINDSTORMS GameMaker: Studio for EV3 Absolute Beginners
Beginning LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 shows GameMaker: Studio for Absolute Beginners you how to create new fun and fantastic creations shows you the basics of drag and drop and the with the new EV3 programmable brick along with GameMaker Language. Along the way, learn to other new EV3 pieces and features. You’ll learn build six games through examples that come with the language of the EV3 brick, and then go on to explanations and lots of screen shots and images. create a variety of programmable vehicles using This book includes free download of resources MINDSTORMS and Technic parts. You’ll then and game files for all six games. With six game move into creating robot parts, including the body, examples, you’ll have six templates to re-use as robotic arms, and a robot face. You’ll even learn starting points for your first game applications. how to make different types of MINDSTORMS Also in this book, you’ll learn how to deploy your walkers, from 2-legged bots to spider-like bots. game onto other platforms. Moreover, you’ll learn Finally, you’ll learn how to incorporate light and how to choose the best distribution channel for sound into your amazing EV3 creations. Whether your game app or application needs as well as you’re a MINDSTORMS enthusiast wanting to how to fund (i.e., crowdsourcing), promote, and know more about EV3, a robotics competitor, or protect your first games. Regardless of your skill just a LEGO fan who wants to learn all about what level of making games with GameMaker, I’m sure EV3 can do, Beginning LEGO MINDSTORMS you’ll find this book useful and a great investment EV3 will give you the knowledge you need. for any budding game maker like yourself.
Feature Feature 7 A hands-on guide to getting started with EV3 7 A first entry level GameMaker book for 7 Projects you can build and program immedi- absolute beginners in game development and ately 7 Shows how to integrate with Technic kits to those new to GameMaker: Studio engine and pieces 7 A first or one of the first books on the Next GameMaker: Studio tech release (speculated for Field of interest very end of 2013 or 1Q2014) 7 Apress is a leading Computer Science, general publisher of GameMaker books, including The Game Maker's Apprentice and The Game Maker's Target groups Companion 7 Game development is a relevant Popular/general meme to both retail trade and books as a database Discount group systems Apress Trade Field of interest Computer Science, general
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