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Eight projects specifically designed to help you exploit the Unreal Development Kit to its full potential Overview Guides you through advanced projects that help augment your skills with UDK by practical example. Comes complete with all the art assets and additional resources that you need to create stunning content. Perfect for level designers who want to take their skills to the next level. In Detail UDK (Unreal Development Kit) is the free version of the popular and award-winning Unreal Engine 3. A truly powerful tool for game development, there has never been a better time to use it for both commercial and independent projects. By learning about advanced functionality via engaging practical examples, you too can take your game to the next leve...

Learn how to crunch big data to extract meaning from the data avalanche. Overview Learn tools and techniques that let you approach big data with relish and not fear. Shows how to build a complete infrastructure to handle your needs as your data grows. Hands-on examples in each chapter give the big picture while also giving direct experience. In Detail Data is arriving faster than you can process it and the overall volumes keep growing at a rate that keeps you awake at night. Hadoop can help you tame the data beast. Effective use of Hadoop however requires a mixture of programming, design, and system administration skills. "Hadoop Beginner's Guide" removes the mystery from Hadoop, presenting Hadoop and related technologies with a focus on...

A step-by-step practical introduction to HTML5 through the building of a real-world application, including common development practices Overview Learn the most useful HTML5 features by developing a real-world application. Detailed solutions to most common problems presented in an enterprise application development. Discover the most up-to-date development tips, tendencies, and trending libraries and tools. In Detail HTML5 has been a trending topic for a long time, but the lack of Flash support on iOS devices has sped up its penetration. New features in HTML5 come at a time when web developers are pushing the limits of what is achievable and HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript have become an important alternative for building rich user interfaces. "HTM...

Written in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. Web developers who value the need to stay ahead of the game. This cookbook will give you the edge with practical recipes for wielding this new technology immediately....

Over 60 recipes for the administration and management of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 Overview Create, deploy, and manage Datacentres, Private and Hybrid Clouds with hybrid hypervisors by using VMM 2012 SP1, App Controller, and Operations Manager. Integrate and manage fabric (compute, storages, gateways, networking) services and resources. Deploy Clusters from bare metal servers. Learn how to use VMM 2012 SP1 features such as Windows 2012 and SQL 2012 support, Network Virtualization, Live Migration, Linux VMs, Resource Throttling, and Availability. In Detail Microsoft System Center 2012 is a comprehensive IT infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud management platform. With System Center 2012, you can more easily and e...