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Now that Java is doing more and more in the field, improving its speed and efficiency is crucial for many working developers. Written by two Sun insiders, Java Platform Performance gives the experienced Java programmer plenty of useful strategies and tips for getting the most out of Java code. This concise book offers plenty of concrete suggestions for improving real-world programs, but it also helps you think about performance as you design and test Java software. The authors first look at what "performance" really means. Beyond raw computational speed, this term can mean reducing RAM footprint, creating more responsive interfaces, and adding b... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Just as digital cameras revolutionized still photography, digital motion-picture devices are sure to have a big effect on the home and amateur video scenes. Making iMovies shows how you--the owner of a video camera, and with an interest in digital movie production--can make professional-quality video sequences on your personal computer. Author Scott Smith's editing platform of choice? The Apple iMac DV, or any other Macintosh computer with a FireWire interface for external devices. Smith presents a beautifully illustrated guide to the techniques of telling stories and eliciting emotions via digital video. As you'd expect, Smith covers his bases ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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XML is often treated as the next pop standard in markup, but seldom in depth as a set of software development specifications. Essential XML digs deep into XML, examining its capabilities as an underlying data-exchange format. This book is for serious software developers who are comfortable with technical terminology. Right from the start, the book addresses XML as a data format and not a presentation mechanism. It is the belief of the authors that XML handcoding by humans will fade away as XML becomes increasingly a low-level standard for providing communication between applications. The entire book revolves around the XML Information Set (InfoS... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Charles Petzold's latest book, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, crosses over into general-interest nonfiction from his usual programming genre. It's a carefully written, carefully researched gem that will appeal to anyone who wants to understand computer technology at its essence. Readers learn about number systems (decimal, octal, binary, and all that) through Petzold's patient (and frequently entertaining) prose and then discover the logical systems that are used to process them. There's loads of historical information too. From Louis Braille's development of his eponymous raised-dot code to Intel Corporation's releas... Rest of this review on the detail page
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