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Build modern real-time web applications powered by Socket.IO Overview Understand the usage of various socket.io features like rooms, namespaces, and sessions. Secure the socket.io communication. Deploy and scale your socket.io and Node.js applications in production. A practical guide that quickly gets you up and running with socket.io In Detail The expectations of users for interactivity withweb applications have changed over the past few years. No more does the user want to press the refresh button to check if new messages have arrived in their inbox; people expect to see updates in their applications in real-time. Mass multiplayer online games have given up the requirement of plugins and are built entirely in JavaScript. Socket.io enables you to...

An in-depth guide to configuring NGINX for any situation, including numerous examples and reference tables describing each directive Overview An in-depth configuration guide to help you understand how to best configure NGINX for any situation. Includes useful code samples to help you integrate NGINX into your application architecture. Full of example configuration snippets, best-practice descriptions, and reference tables for each directive. In Detail NGINX is a high-performance HTTP server and mail proxy designed to use very few system resources. With the many tutorials and example configurations floating around the Web, it is difficult to know how to properly configure NGINX to meet your expectations. "Mastering Nginx" will serve to cla...

A step-by-step tutorial with more than 60 concise recipes on Android NDK development skills Overview Build, debug, and profile Android NDK apps Implement part of Android apps in native C/C++ code. Optimize code performance in assembly with Android NDK. In Detail Building Android applications would usually mean that you spend all of your time working in Java. There are however times when this is not the most efficient or best method for the application being built. This is where Android NDK comes in. Android NDK allows the developer to write in Native C/C++, giving you the power to reuse code and libraries and also, in most cases, increase the speed and efficiency of your application. The "Android Native Development Kit Cookbook" will he...

Use ZeroMQ and learn how to apply different message patterns Overview Learn fundamental message/queue design patterns Work with multi-threaded programs Work with multiple sockets In Detail MQ (also spelled ZeroMQ, 0MQ, or ZMQ) is a high-performance asynchronous messaging library aimed at use in scalable distributed or concurrent applications. It provides a message queue, but unlike message-oriented middleware, a MQ system can run without a dedicated message broker. The library is designed to have a familiar socket-style API. "ZeroMQ" teaches you to use ZeroMQ through examples in C programming language. You will learn how to use fundamental patterns of message/queuing with a step-by-step tutorial approach and how to apply them. Then, youll...

Learn the basics of Moai SDK through developing games Overview Develop games for multiple platforms with a single code base Understand the basics of Moai SDK Build two prototype games including one with physics Deploy your game to iPhone In Detail Moai SDK is a fast, minimalist, open-source Lua mobile framework for pro game developers. Moai is built around Lua, a common programming language for games, and offers a single open-source platform for both the front-end elements seen by consumers and the back-end infrastructure. Developing Mobile Games with Moai SDK will guide you through the creation of two game prototypes in a step-by-step way, giving you the basic tools you need in order to create your own games. Developing Mobile Games with Moai SDK ...