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The Complete Guide to Building Cloud Computing Solutions with Amazon SimpleDB Using SimpleDB, any organization can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's powerful cloud-based computing platformand dramatically reduce the cost and resources associated with application infrastructure. Now, for the first time, there's a complete developer's guide to building production solutions with Amazon SimpleDB. Pioneering SimpleDB developer Mocky Habeeb brings together all the hard-to-find information you need to succeed. Mocky tours the SimpleDB platform and APIs, explains their essential characteristics and tradeoffs, and helps you determine whether your applications are appropriate for SimpleDB. Next, he walks you through all aspects of writing, deplo...

In The Developer's Guide to Social Programming, Mark Hawker shows developers how to build applications that integrate with the major social networking sites. Unlike competitive books that focus on a single social media platform, this book covers all three leading platforms: Facebook, OpenSocial, and Twitter. Hawker identifies the characteristics of superior, highly engaging social media applications, and shows how to use the Facebook platform, Google Friend Connect, and the Twitter API to create them. You'll find practical solutions and code for addressing many common social programming challenges, from site registration to search, blog commenting to creating location-based applications. Hawker concludes by walking you through building a complete, i...

Maybe you're a great programmer or IT professional, but marketing isn't your thing. Or perhaps you're a tech-savvy search engine marketer who wants a peek under the hood of a search engine optimized web site. Search engine marketing is a field where technology and marketing are both critical and interdependent, because small changes in the implementation of a web site can make you or break you in search engine rankings. Furthermore, the fusion of technology and marketing know-how can create web site features that attract more visitors.The mission of this book is to help web developers create web sites that rank well with the major search engines, and to teach search engine marketers how to use technology to their advantage. We assert that neither mar...

Hands-on information to help you fully exploit the capabilities of MIDP 2.0 on Symbian OS (including MMA, WMA and Bluetooth). This practical guide will walk you through developing example applications illustrating key functionality and explain how to install these applications onto real devices. Focuses on J2ME MIDP 1.0 and 2.0, as this platform has become the Java standard for phonesCovers the optional J2ME APIs that Symbian OS Java is currently supportingCode samples are provided throughoutContains case studies that demonstrate how to develop games and enterprise applications...

Shows Java developers everything they need to know to build Java database applications with MySQL.Takes a hands-on, code-intensive approach in which readers will learn how to build a sophisticated Web database management application.Begins with a review of the fundamentals of MySQL.Explains using Java's JDBC with MySQL, as well as servlet and JSP programming with MySQL.Provides a code-rich tutorial on how to build the sample Java database application using EJBs.The companion Web site provides the full code examples plus links to useful sites....