Download ebook (PDF) : The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Friday, March 28, 2014

What’s the best part of re-reading Sherlock Holmes? You know the solution to the mystery, but that does not diminish the excitement of the story. You discover something new every single time you go through Sherlock Holmes books.

Sherlock Holmes stories are known for their remarkable construction and wit, but there is something more to it. Why is it that nobody cares about the mystery novels of Edgar Wallace anymore? Even Poirot has lost a considerable part of his fan following in the last few decades. But the impossibly observant and intelligent Holmes is still going strong. Actually Doyle transcended time by rising above mere intrigue, by making his stories very human through impressive characterization, controlled and realistic emotions and skillful prose. These stories often involve a concept of nihilism, which questions if people with superhuman abilities can cross moral codes.

Who says crime fiction is cheap?

Download link:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/834

The Return of Sherlock Holmes: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/108

His Last Bow: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2350

A Study in Scarlet: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/244

The Sign of the Four: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2097

The Hound of the Baskervilles: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2852

The Valley of Fear: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3776

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/c00012.html

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, 2nd Edition

Now you have the chance to read the 2nd edition of “Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making Native Apps with Standards-Based Web Tools” online for free from O’Reilly Labs Open Feedback Publishing System.

Description

If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. This hands-on book shows you how to use these open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device—without having to use Java.

You’ll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then use Adobe’s free PhoneGap framework to convert it to a native Android app. Discover why device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and start building apps that offer greater flexibility and a much broader reach.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Basic Styling
• Advanced Styling
• Animation
• Client-Side Data Storage
• Going Offline
• Going Native
• Submitting Your App to the Android Market
• Detecting Browsers with WURFL

Book Details

Author(s): Jonathan Stark and Brian Jepson.
Format(s): HTML
Number of pages: 176
Link: Read online.

- See more at: http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/building-android-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-2nd-edition/#sthash.jolvA894.dpuf

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Free eBook: Make Your Own Android App

“Make Your Own Android App: Your Unofficial Intro To MIT App Inventor” is the latest free eBook from MakeUseOf.com. This guide aims to show anyone the basics of using App Inventor in the hopes that more people will create instead of just consuming.

Description

With this free and open-source software, everyone will have the ability to become contributors to the digital world that surrounds them. App Inventor makes mobile app development highly visual, and highly intuitive. It is an easy and fun way for the uninitiated to learn about computer programming, and is at the same time a productive tool for advanced programmers alike. It is worth mentioning that despite being in its infancy – that is to say beta phase – this platform still offers a robust set of programming tools for all levels of programming ability and is ideal for use in education.
Indeed, a major angle being promoted by MIT/Google is its instrumentality in teaching and for introducing anyone to programming, particularly young people, in say a high school setting. Although, it has a much broader target audience than that. That is, adult non-programmers who wish to teach themselves, and professional programmers.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• System Requirements
• Development
• Coding And Testing
• Testing
• Sharing And Marketing

Book Details

Author(s): James Sherar
Publisher: MakeUseOf.com
Format(s): PDF
File size: 3.69 MB
Number of pages: 23
Link: Download. | (Password: makeuseof)

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Android 4.2 App Development Essentials

Android 4.2 App Development Essentials – First Edition, by Neil Smyth, teaches the skills necessary to develop Android based applications using the Eclipse IDE and the Android 4.2 SDK. Read it online for free.

Book Description

Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an Android development and testing environment. An introduction to the architecture of Android is followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces. More advanced topics such as database management, content providers and intents are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition, camera access and the playback and recording of both video and audio.

Table of Contents

• Setting up an Android Development Environment
• Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD)
• Creating an Example Android Application
• Testing Android Applications on a Physical Android Device with ADB
• An Overview of the Android Architecture
• The Anatomy of an Android Application
• Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
• Handling Android Activity State Changes
• Android Activity State Changes – An Example Application
• Saving and Restoring the User Interface State of an Android Activity
• Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts
• Designing an Android User Interface using the Graphical Layout Tool
• Creating an Android User Interface in Java Code
• Using the Android GridLayout Manager in the Graphical Layout Tool
• Working with the Android GridLayout in XML Layout Resources
• An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling
• Detecting Common Gestures using the Android Gesture Detector Class
• Implementing Android Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition
• An Introduction to Android Fragments
• Using Fragments in Android – A Worked Example
• An Android Master/Detail Flow Tutorial
• Creating and Managing Overflow Menus on Android
• An Overview of Android Intents
• Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example
• Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example
• Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
• A Basic Overview of Android Threads and Thread handlers
• An Overview of Android Started and Bound Services
• Implementing an Android Started Service – A Worked Example
• Android Local Bound Services – A Worked Example
• Android Remote Bound Services – A Worked Example
• An Overview of Android SQLite Databases
• An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial
• An Android SQLite Database Tutorial
• Understanding Android Content Providers
• An Android Content Provider Tutorial
• Implementing Video Playback on Android using the VideoView and MediaController Classes
• Video Recording and Image Capture on Android using Camera Intents
• Android Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder
• Working with the Google Maps Android API
• Handling Different Android Devices and Displays
• Signing and Preparing an Android Application for Release
• Integrating Google Play In-app Billing into an Android Application . A Tutorial

Book Download / View Details

Author(s): Neil Smyth
Publisher: Techotopia
Published: July 2013
Format(s): HTML (Online)
File size: -
Number of pages: -
Download / View Link(s):
Android 4.2 App Development Essentials [Online]

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Learning to Program Using Python [PDF]

This book is an introduction to computer programming, using the Python programming language. The core Python language (both versions 2.x and 3.x) is discussed.

Description
Topics included: How is Python Different? • Comparing Programming Languages • The Python Interpreter • Types and Operators • Strings • Lists • Dictionaries • Tuples • Files • Statements • Documenting Your Code • Making a Program • Exceptions • Object Oriented Programming • Databases • Distributing Your Program • Python 3 • Graphical User Interfaces • A Simple Graphical Dice Roller • What Can wxPython Do? • Developing for the Web • Game Development.

Book Details

Author(s): Cody Jackson
Published: June 2013
Format(s): PDF, Google Docs
File size: 1.64 MB
Number of pages: 258
Download / View Link(s): PDF

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45 Database Performance Tips for Developers [PDF]

This free eBook is a collection of SQL Server performance tips and tricks recommended by some of the smartest minds in the Simple Talk community, including SQL Server MVPs.

Description
Speed up your development with ORMs and discover the ‘gotchas’ involved. Learn the best practices for efficiently indexing tables. Get expert advice on writing well-formed SQL queries. Topics covered: ORM Tips, T-SQL Tips, Index Tips, Database Design Tips.

Book Details

Author(s): Phil Factor, Grant Fritchey, K. Brian Kelley, Mickey Stuewe, Ike Ellis, Jonathan Allen and Louis Davidson.
Publisher: Red Gate Software
Published: October 2013
Format(s): PDF
File size: 1.82 MB
Number of pages: 21
Download / View Link(s): PDF

- See more at: http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/45-database-performance-tips-developers/#sthash.46sA7ju0.dpuf

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So You Want to Learn to Program? – Programming With BASIC-256

Anybody can learn how to program a computer with this free pdf book, “So You Want to Learn to Program? – Programming With BASIC-256″, by James Reneau. It is suitable for anybody 10+ who wants to learn to program and is ready to experiment.

Description

This book creates a hands-on introduction of computer programming for Middle School and High School students. It has been written without much of the jargon and complexity of many programming books.

It attempts to engage through programming media (sound, color, shapes, and text to speech) and then working in the typical concepts of programming (loops, conditions, variables…) to make animations, games, and fun applications.

Table of Contents

• Meeting BASIC-256 – Say Hello
• Drawing Basic Shapes
• Sound and Music
• Thinking Like a Programmer
• Your Program Asks for Advice
• Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
• Looping and Counting – Do it Again and Again
• Custom Graphics – Creating Your Own Shapes
• Subroutines – Reusing Code
• Mouse Control – Moving Things Around
• Keyboard Control – Using the Keyboard to Do Things
• Images, WAVs, and Sprites
• Arrays – Collections of Information
• Mathematics – More Fun With Numbers
• Working with Strings
• Files – Storing Information For Later
• Stacks, Queues, Lists, and Sorting
• Runtime Error Trapping
• Database Programming
• Connecting with a Network

Book Details

Author(s): James Reneau
Publisher: James M. Reneau
Format(s): PDF
File size: 2.18 MB
Number of pages: 380
Link: Download.

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