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Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X, Third Edition
by Aaron Hillegass - The best-selling introduction to Cocoa, once again updated to cover the latest Mac programming technologies, and still enthusiastically recommended by experienced Mac OS X developers.

Effective Java™, Second Edition
by Joshua Bloch - Effective Java™, Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer's rules of thumb: working, best-practice solutions for the programming challenges you encounter every day.

Head First C#
by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene - Unlike other C# books, which just show you examples and expect you to just memorize them and move on, Head First C# gets you writing code from the beginning.

Adobe® Flex™ 3: Training from the Source
by Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, Mathew Boles and James Talbot - Using
project-based tutorials, this book volume is designed to teach the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level projects.

Head First Design Patterns
by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates - We think your time is too important (and too short) to spend it struggling with academic texts. If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect--a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works.

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Java Fundamentals Video LiveLessons I and II
by Deitel and Associates - Java Fundamentals: I and II consists of over 14 hours of video instruction that shows you everything you need to know to start building robust, powerful software with Java SE 6.

Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web
by Andy Clarke - In Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web, Andy Clarke shows you how to take your design to the next level using typography, microformats, advanced CSS selectors, layout techniques employing floats, positioning, and margins, and CSS3.

PHP with MySQL Essential Training
by Kevin Skoglund - Instructor Kevin Skoglund demonstrates the entire process of building a content management system. He starts with the basics of the PHP language (variables, arrays, loops, functions, etc.) and works up to building dynamic web pages with a MySQL back end.

RailsSpace Ruby on Rails Tutorial
by Aurelias Prochazka - In fifteen targeted video sessions, Rails expert Aurelius Prochazka walks you through every step of building RailsSpace, a full-fledged social networking site.

JavaScript Essential Training (2007)
by Dori Smith - JavaScript Essential Training takes viewers through the process of using JavaScript to fully realize a site's potential, from understanding the basics to creating real-world samples.

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More Effective C#: Specific Ways to Improve Your C#
by Bill Wagner - More Effective C# follows the format that made Effective C++ (Addison-Wesley, 1998) and Effective C# (Addison-Wesley, 2004) indispensable to hundreds of thousands of developers: clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and plenty of realistic code examples.

Essential C# 3.0: For .NET 3.5, Second Edition
by Mark Michaelis - Essential C# 3.0: For .NET 3.5, Second Edition “represents the very best and latest thought on what is fast becoming the most advanced and most important contemporary programming language."  - From the foreword by Charlie Calvert

Xcode 3 Unleashed
by Fritz Anderson - The book starts out by getting the reader hands-on with developing with Xcode, and walks them through the process of building a Mac OS X application using the Xcode tools. Along the way, the reader will learn about new aspects of the toolset, such as how to build a user interface using Interface Builder, how to use the built-in debugger, and most importantly, how to optimize their code using the new graphical dtrace tool, Instruments. By the end of the book, the reader should know everything they need to know about the Xcode toolset, including some of its newest features.

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition
by Joe Casad - In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will uncover the inner workings of TCP/IP. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of TCP/IP from the ground up.

Learning Flex 3
by Alaric Cole- How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex within the first few chapters.

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