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Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:09:43 -0800
From: Apress <newsletters@???>
To: adam.trickett@???
Subject: Apress February 2011 Newsletter
*** Apress February 2011 Newsletter ***
Just in time for the Verizon iPhone launch in February, the
authors of our bestselling Beginning iPhone 3 Development are
back with a new edition, completely updated from the ground up
for iOS 4 and the latest version of Apple’s Xcode 3. Beginning
iPhone 4 Development, by Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, and Jeff
LaMarche is a complete course in iOS development.
If you were given the gift of a new DROID or Windows Phone 7 for
the holidays and want to learn all the key features and utilize
dozens of time-saving tips and tricks, check out the latest
releases in our Made Simple series—Droids Made Simple and Windows
Phone 7 Made Simple.
Or, if you’re looking to create rich web experiences, games,
desktop apps, mobile apps, and more, Pro Expression Blend 4 by
Andrew Troelsen shows you how to use Expression Blend to create
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, and Windows
Phone 7 applications. This book takes you beyond the basics and
provides a detailed examination of what the Blend product can do
for you, helping you to move seamlessly from concept to
completion and accelerate the delivery of innovative applications
for the Windows Phone.
***
The brand new edition of the best-selling guide to iPhone
development
Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK
by David Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche
eBook Now Available, Print Now Available
http://apress.com/book/view/143023024X
The team that brought you Beginning iPhone 3 Development is back,
offering a new clear-cut guide completely updated for iOS 4 and
written from the ground up using the latest version of Apple’s
Xcode 3.
***
Master your Windows Phone 7 or DROID using the Made Simple series
Droids Made Simple
by Martin Trautschold, Gary Mazo, Marziah Karch
eBook Now Available, Print Now Available
http://apress.com/book/view/143023279X
Windows Phone 7 Made Simple
by Jon Westfall
eBook Available 2/4, Print Available 2/9
http://apress.com/book/view/1430233125
***
Latest Books
* Mac Programming for Absolute Beginners
* Pro Core Data for iOS
* Windows Phone 7 Made Simple
* Beginning Blender: Open Source 3D Modeling, Animation, and
Game Design
* Pro WPF and Silverlight MVVM: Effective Application
Development with Model-View-ViewModel
Forthcoming Books
* Beginning Oracle Application Express 4
* Pro Expression Blend 4
* Advanced BlackBerry 6 Development
* Pro DNS and BIND 10
* Pro WCF 4: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation
Best-sellers
1. Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK
2. Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition
3. Pro Drupal 7 Development, Third Edition
4. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
5. The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners
***
Conference News and Notes:
2011 International CES January 6-9
In January, Apress exhibited at the world’s largest consumer
electronics show, CES, in Las Vegas, NV. More than 2,700 global
technology companies energized attendees with the launch of more
than 80 tablets, wireless 4G LTE, connected TV technologies,
smart appliances, and electric vehicles. The 2011 CES set several
records, including 30,000 international attendees, and 22 top
CEOs participating in keynotes, including Microsoft's Steve
Ballmer, Verizon’s Ivan Seidenberg, Audi's Rupert Stadler,
Samsung's Boo-Keun Yoon, Ford's Alan Mulally, Netflix's Reed
Hastings, Cisco's John Chambers, Xerox's Ursula Burns, and GE's
Jeffrey Immelt. "This global technology gathering featured more
innovation, more news, more social media buzz, and more
international attendance than any other show in CES history,"
said Gary Shapiro, CEA’s president and CEO. Apress had its latest
consumer lines of books on display in both print and electronic
formats for the iPad, Kindle, and Nook reading devices. The
International CES will return to Las Vegas next January 10-13,
2012.
CodeMash January 12-14
CodeMash 2011, the only conference to take over 900 programmers
on an African safari, was held January 12-14 at the Kalahari
Resort, an indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio. Covering an array
of technologies—including .NET, Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, and
Smartphone development—CodeMash’s popularity continues to grow
with more developers coming from farther distances with diverse
coding backgrounds.
The conference offered the unique mix of high-quality sessions
and a chance for programmers to don flip-flops during the bitter
Ohio winter. Keynote speeches were presented by Chad Fowler, Josh
Holmes, and Scott Chacon, Apress author and GitHub master. Most
of the buzz centered on Ruby, Android, Web Apps, and .NET., while
Agile and CouchDB also piqued the attendees’ interest. A number
of Apress authors are loyal “CodeMashers,” including Jim Weaver,
who presented on the JavaFX Platform, joined by Jeff Brown, Chris
Judd, Josh Smith, and Jason Gilmore, who is also the co-founder
of the conference.
SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) February 7-9
Apress is exhibiting at the 2011 SharePoint Technology Conference
in San Francisco, CA February 8-9. SPTechCon, the largest
independent SharePoint conference in the world, offers over 90
classes and workshops for IT professionals, business managers,
analysts, and developers. More than 40 of the brightest minds in
SharePoint, including engineers who helped create SharePoint and
MVPs who are unparalleled experts in the technology, will be on
hand to present at this exciting three-day conference.
If you are attending the show, stop by Booth #6 to check out the
latest Apress SharePoint books, eBooks, and much more. See you
there!
RMOUG Training Days February 15-17
RMOUG Training Days in Denver, CO is the largest regional user
group conference in the United States. This is the place to
network with local information technology professionals and talk
with internationally renowned Oracle experts. Apress authors Alex
Gorbachev and Iggy Fernandez will be amongst the speakers, which
include 11 Oracle ACEs presenting 29 sessions over the 3-day
event. Stop by Booth # 3 to see our latest Oracle titles,
including Expert Oracle Database Architecture, Second Edition, by
Tom Kyte, et al.
***
Use Expression Blend to create WPF and Silverlight applications
Pro Expression Blend 4
by Andrew Troelsen
eBook Now Available, Print Available 2/21
http://apress.com/book/view/143023377X
***
Apress User Group Spotlight
Austin .NET Users Group (ADNUG)
The Austin .NET Users Group has been serving the .NET community
in central Texas since the days of the Microsoft .NET Framework
1.0. The group meets once a month and presentations are based on
a wide range of topics related to Microsoft technologies. ADNUG
meetings feature local, national, and internationally renowned
speakers and attendance generally runs between 100-150 members.
ADNUG also conducts a free code camp once a year, which is held
in the spring and typically draws several hundreds of
participants and dozens of speakers. The code camp event provides
a forum, which allows presenters to drill down into topics of
keen interest to developers. For more on ADNUG, visit
www.adnug.org/.
Google Technology User Group Stockholm (GTUGS)
The Google Technology User Group Stockholm was founded in August
2009. GTUGS’s main focus is Google-related technology, such as
App Engine, Go language, Android development, and HTML5. The
group has over 300 members and meets monthly at a number of
different venues in central Stockholm, Sweden. The meetings
provide the opportunity to network and talk about the latest and
greatest. Moreover, GTUGS also hosts weekend Hackathons two or
three times per year. Hackathon topics are Android, HTML, Canvas,
and game oriented. For more information about GTUGS, visit
http://sites.google.com/site/stockholmgtug/.
***
Apress User Group Program
Apress is committed to supporting the tech community. With over
1,700 registered User Groups on apress.com, there are meetings
happening every week all over the world. Why not find a user
group near you? If you run a User Group, sign up your User Group
to take advantage of our exclusive Apress User Group benefits.
For more information about the Apress User Group Program, please
visit our User Group pages.
***
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