Book Review: PowerShell in Depth 2nd Edition
If you’re beyond the basics with PowerShell then you may not be sure where to go next. Intro books are too light, but advanced PowerShell-specific books are quite rare. PowerShell in Depth targets intermediate-level and advanced users who […]
Book Review: Ember.js in Action by Joachim Haagen Skeie
For every web developer that falls in love with Ember there’s a struggling developer bashing their keyboard over Ember’s insane learning curve. And while it can be absurdly frustrating to get started with this open source framework, the […]
Book Review: Chef Essentials by John Ewart
IT professionals know all about the rise of cloud computing. Automation is becoming the norm and computer infrastructure isn’t relegated to one physical server anymore. But with so many configuration management tools to choose from it can be […]
Book Review: Unity in Action: Multiplatform Game Development in C# with Unity 5
The Unity Game Engine has been powering video games for over a decade. It’s one of the most popular game engine APIs used for browser games, mobile games, and even console games. Unity in Action covers the Unity […]
Best Zend Framework Books For PHP Developers
Open source frameworks reduce the details to make web development a lot simpler. One of the oldest PHP frameworks is Zend, an open source project with thousands of contributors. Learning Zend obviously requires a foundation in PHP development. […]
Book Review: Jump Start Sketch by Daniel Schwarz
The heated debate of Photoshop vs Sketch has the attention of every UI/UX designer. From my experience with Sketch I can safely say this is one killer design program. People who already know Photoshop may have an easy […]
Review of Activiti in Action: Executable business processes in BPMN 2.0
Business processes are not widely known but they are incredibly useful. Knowing how to implement them properly is a whole different story. I recently stumbled onto Activiti in Action and decided to give it a try. This book […]
50 Creative & Dark Nighttime Desktop Wallpapers
Often times it is easier to leave your rig with the default desktop settings. Both Windows and Mac OS X have a nice default setup and although they are recognizable, sometimes you want more. Custom desktop wallpapers may […]
Book Review: CoffeeScript in Action
Many web developers have moved over to TypeScript in place of CoffeeScript because of convenience and features. And with the release of ES6 it seems even more likely that CoffeeScript has been replaced. But there’s still an audience […]
Book Review: Rails 4 in Action Revised 2nd Edition
The RoR community moves faster than most open source projects. It has a growing userbase and new features are constantly being pushed through. This book covers the Rails 4 library even though Rails 5 was released in June […]
