Offers details on Apple's Mac OS X operating system, known as Snow Leopard'. This book includes introductions to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, and the Mail application. It also includes mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's web browser.

Explains different features of Photoshop Elements. This book tells readers which features work well, which don't, and why.

Introduces you to Microsoft's multi-paradigm programming language, F#. This book helps you learn how to use F# as a general-purpose language similar to C# and Visual Basic, as well as a functional programming language for developing concurrent and math-intensive applications on the .NET platform.

When you want to turn raw video clips into a finished movie to share, Premiere Elements 8 has all the tools that hobbyists and serious amateurs need. This Missing Manual shows you how to use Premiere's InstantMovie feature for quick-and-easy movie making, and the classic handcrafted approach with frame-by-frame editing.

Software developers face an ever-changing and ever-expanding technology landscape. Developing technical skills is vital, but there are dozens of soft skills and learning techniques you need if you're to grow. This book helps you learn how to 'Nurture Your Passion' by finding a pet project to help you rediscover the joy of problem solving.

Offers programmers the knowledge and code they need to create mobile applications, using Apple's iPhone SDK. This book covers development environment for the iPhone and iPod Touch, from windows and navigation bars to advanced layers of iPhone SDK such as screen transitions, low-level graphics rendering using CoreSurface, and the MultiTouch API.

Demonstrates how we can tackle challenges, ranging from energy conservation to economic and social innovation, using the global network - not just the Web and the Internet, but also the private domains of thousands of companies, government agencies, and institutions, all connected through thousands of different types of devices.

Offers essays from software testers that illustrate the qualities and techniques necessary to make testing an art in itself. Through personal anecdotes, this book helps you learn how each of these professionals developed best practices for testing a wide range of software projects involving XMPP, GUI tools, Open Map applications, and more.

Offers guidelines for planning and executing a comprehensive search engine strategy. This book helps you learn the underlying theory behind search engine optimization (SEO), and what makes search engines work. It also helps you become familiar with the steps you need to take to prepare for an SEO effort.

Provides a look into real-world use of VMware ESX and ESXi, with step-by-step solutions for problems that occur in a wide range of environments. Written by experts with experience using VMware in a production environment, this title shares tips and tricks earned through trial and error, and supplies the background you need to apply them.

Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, 'Head First Design Patterns' loads patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.

Rich Schupe. Getting to grips with this hot topic.

Features step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. This title covers elements of CSS 3, as well as Internet Explorer 8. It teaches how to: create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS.

The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. This traveler's guide helps you learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred. Featuring photos and illustrations, it is organized geographically by country, complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices.

The new Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard, is faster than its predecessors. This title gives you a jargon-free introduction to the Dock, the Mac OS X folder structure, and the Mail application. It also includes mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's web browser.

Designed to get you up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use, this title begins with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands. The reader will learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and the RPM package that installed it.

Building a social web application that attracts and retains regular visitors isn't easy to do. This book helps you and your fellow web developers, designers, and project managers make difficult decisions, such as choosing the appropriate interaction tools for your audience, and building an infrastructure to help the community gel.

Focusing on Linux system essentials, this title covers programming tools, system and network administration tools, the shell, editors, LILO and GRUB boot options, and highlights the most important options for using the vast number of Linux commands. It can also help you learn Linux commands for system administration and network management.

Long before its official release, Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been well received by the millions of users who took advantage of the public beta and release candidate programs. This book offers the quickest path for Windows XP and Vista users to get started with Windows 7.

Helps you master the fundamentals of the core Python language. This book covers: Python's major built-in object types - numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more; the code you use to create and process objects in Python, along with Python's general syntax model; and, Python's basic procedural tool for structuring and reusing code.