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Create apps for the hottest device on the market — the iPad!iPad application development is the new gold rush — iPad sales are booming and new apps are arriving daily. Whether you’re a serious programmer new to the iPad or a beginner who wants to get started in app development, this easy-to-follow guide will help you join the party. It begins with the basics about the SDK and becoming a registered Apple developer, looks at how an iPad application runs, and takes you through actually creating two applications step by step.

• The iPad is the hottest-selling device on the market, and the demand for cool iPad apps remains huge
• This guide is perfect for beginners who want to get started developing iPad apps as well as professional programmers new to the iPad SDK
• Explains how to download and use the iPad SDK and how iPad programming differs from iPhone programming
• Tells how to create a great user experience and explains nib files, views, view controllers, interface objects, gesture recognizers, and much, much more

Turn your ideas into lucrative iPad apps with the great advice in iPad Application Development For Dummies, 2nd Edition!

Note: Apple’s iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices. Download Now »

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A simple, straightforward guide to the fundamentals of technical analysis

Technical analysis is a collection of techniques designed to help people make trading decisions. Technical Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition explains the basic principles and shows you how to apply these principles in an approachable and non-intimidating way.

Since the publication of the first edition of Technical Analysis For Dummies, readers have been faced with many changes to the investment landscape, such as new interest rates, looming bank crises, and adjusting market climates. This updated edition includes information on the new indicators, hands-on applications for real-world situations, as well as practical examples that reflect today’s financial atmosphere.

• Determine how markets are performing and make decisions using real data
• Spot investment trends and turning points Improve your profits and your portfolio performance

With straightforward coverage of concepts and execution, Technical Analysis For Dummies shows you how to make better trading decisions in no time.

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Use Visual Studio 2010’s Breakthrough Testing Tools to Improve Quality Throughout the Entire Software Lifecycle

Together, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Visual Studio Test Professional 2010, Lab Management 2010, and Team Foundation Server offer Microsoft developers the most sophisticated, well-integrated testing solution they’ve ever had. Now, Microsoft MVP and VS testing guru Jeff Levinson shows exactly how to use Microsoft’s new tools to save time, reduce costs, and improve quality throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Jeff demonstrates how Microsoft’s new tools can help you finally overcome long-standing communication, coordination, and management challenges. You’ll discover how to perform first-rate functional testing; quickly create and execute tests and record the results with log files and video; and create bugs directly from tests, ensuring reproducibility and eliminating wasted time. Levinson offers in-depth coverage of Microsoft’s powerful new testing metrics, helping you ensure traceability all the way from requirements through finished software.

Coverage includes:

• Planning your tests using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)
• Creating test settings, structuring test cases, and managing the testing process Download Now »

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Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Design Premium How-Tos: Essential Techniques is a concise, economical, current, and informed guide to the key techniques for creating inviting and accessible design using Adobe Creative Suite CS5. Readers choose the How-Tos guide when they want immediate access to just what they need to know to get results. This book shows readers the key Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and InDesign features they need to create engaging design, and they can discover ways to leverage all the CS5 tools in the suite in their creative workflow.

Table of Contents
Chapter One: Getting Started
Chapter Two: Working with Bridge
Chapter Three: Working with Photoshop
Chapter Four: Working with Illustrator
Chapter Five: Working with InDesign
Chapter Six: Working with Dreamweaver
Chapter Seven: Flash Catalyst
Chapter Eight: Working with Flash Professional
Chapter Nine: Using Multiple Applications for Maximum Efficiency
Chapter Ten: Automating Routine Tasks in CS5
Chapter Eleven: Using the CS Live Services Download Now »

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Includes Coverage of Windows 7

Start-to-finish A+ preparation from the world’s #1 PC hardware expert, Scott Mueller!

• Master every topic on both new 2011 A+ exams.
• Assess your knowledge and focus your learning.
• Get the practical workplace knowledge you need!

Master every A+ topic!

• Essential concepts and troubleshooting principles
• BIOS and CMOS
• Memory types and characteristics
• I/O ports and multimedia devices
• Video cards and displays
• Motherboards, CPUs, and adapter cards
• Laptop components
• Networking
• Security Download Now »

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CompTIA A+ Exam Cram, Fourth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass CompTIA’s newly-updated versions of the A+ exams. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of practice questions, including 200 printed questions in two full practice exams, while the CD-ROM test engine provides real-time practice and feedback with an additional 200 questions.

Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your A+ exams!

• Understand PC components, including motherboards, processors, memory, power, storage, audio, video, and I/O devices
• Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and fix desktop and notebook PC hardware
• Install and configure Windows Vista and other Windows operating systems
• Use Windows utilities to troubleshoot and fix operating system problems
• Understand essential networking technologies, devices, protocols, cabling, and connections
• Set up small office/home office networks, including Internet and Wi-Fi connections
• Troubleshoot and fix failed client-side network connections
• Secure computers and networks, identify security problems, and eliminate viruses and malware
• Detect and solve the most common printing problems
• Perform essential preventive maintenance Download Now »