I have been working on integrating with RabbitMQ to implement the messaging architecture. All the time I made use of the basic tutorials available on RabbitMQ site to wade through understanding different concepts around AMQP and RabbitMQ. Yesterday I got… Read More ›
Books
Book Review: Java Performance by Charlie Hunt and Binu John
If you want to: – learn about commands used for OS monitoring – understand about different components of JVM – monitor and tune JVM to improve its performance. then, Java Performance is the book you should be picking. This book… Read More ›
Book Review: Peopleware
Peopleware is a must read for Managers who want to explore and learn about different managerial responsibilities and learn about what not to be done while executing those responsibilities. The content is presented with a touch of humour so you… Read More ›
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Book Review: Head First HTML5 Programming by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson published by O’Reilly Media
We all have enjoyed reading the Head First series of books and this book i.e Head First HTML5 Programming is no different. The authors Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson have kept the content in the book as much practical as… Read More ›
Sidin Vdukut's Dork!
I must say- A well written book! Prior to this I had never finished even a single novel be it a 100 page or a 1000 page one. But Dork- I could easily finish it. One thing is that the… Read More ›
Book review: Fitness for Geeks
Fitness for Geeks is a book for gadget/app freaks who want to calculate and track each of their actions. This book is loaded with nutritional information which will take some time to settle into the brains ofhttp://www.flipkart.com/affiliate/displayWidget?affrid=WRID-137113285046834762 the geeks. You… Read More ›
Book Review: Learning Play! Framework 2
Sometime back I had posted a preview of the book: Learning Play! Framework 2. I haven’t been through the other books on Play! Framework. http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=experieunlimi-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1782160124&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr This book adopts a pracitcal approach where its recommended to try and code as you… Read More ›
Book review: Core Java, Volume II–Advanced Features (9th Edition)
http://www.flipkart.com/affiliate/displayWidget?affrid=WRID-136978840229968837 I always liked the approach Cay S. Horstmann takes in the examples in his Core Java books. He tries to follow good practices in all his examples which includes better naming convention, documentation and comments, identifying right classes. This… Read More ›
Book review: The Object-Oriented Thought Process
If you were to ask me a book to understand the Object oriented concepts in a practical way- I will surely recommend “The Object Oriented Thought process”. These are some of the good things I found: the author tries to… Read More ›