Is supported by an accompanying website allowing examples from the text to be run by the user. Praise for the first edition: ‘...if you are an R user or wannabe R user, this text is the one that should be on your shelf.

This edition also has two new chapters: an expanded set of instructions on for setting up your system plus a chapter on using PostgreSQL with the popular JSON data interchange format. Learning SQL doesn’t have to be dry and complicated.

By stressing simple, fundamental concepts, this book teaches readers how to organize large volumes of complex data, and how to achieve data permanence when the content of the data is constantly changing.

This book provides a developer-level introduction along with more advanced and useful features of JavaScript.

In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games.

In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games.

Learn how with the second edition of Black Hat Python. New to this edition: All Python code has been updated to cover Python 3 and includes updated libraries used in current Python applications.

The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience aims to help readers learn how to create and refine interaction designs that ensure a quality user experience (UX).

Learn the principles of good software design, and how to turn those principles into great code. This book introduces you to software engineering — from the application of engineering principles to the development of software.

The book is also suitable for advanced-level students in security programming and system design.