Crystal Programming. A project-based introduction to building efficient, safe, and readable web and CLI applications

George Dietrich, Guilherme Bernal

Crystal is a programming language with a concise and user-friendly syntax, along with a seamless system and a performant core, reaching C-like speed. This book will help you gain a deep understanding of the fundamental concepts of Crystal and show you how to apply them to create various types of applications.This book comes packed with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples. You'll learn how to use Crystal’s features to create complex and organized projects relying on OOP and its most common design patterns. As you progress, you'll gain a solid understanding of both the basic and advanced features of Crystal. This will enable you to build any application, including command-line interface (CLI) programs and web applications using IOs, concurrency and C bindings, HTTP servers, and the JSON API.By the end of this programming book, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to use Crystal programming for building and understanding any application you come across.

gnuplot Cookbook. Visual guide to every kind of graph you can make with this plotting software with this book and

Lee Phillips

gnuplot is the world's finest technical plotting software, used by scientists, engineers, and others for many years. It is in constant development and runs on practically every operating system, and can produce output in almost any format. The quality of its 3d plots is unmatched and its ability to be incorporated into computer programs and document preparation systems is excellent.gnuplot Cookbook ñ it will help you master gnuplot. Start using gnuplot immediately to solve your problems in data analysis and presentation. Quickly find a visual example of the graph you want to make and see a complete, working script for producing it. Learn how to use the new features in gnuplot 4.4. Find clearly explained, working examples of using gnuplot with LaTeX and with your own computer programming language.You will master all the ins and outs of gnuplot through gnuplot Cookbook.You will learn to plot basic 2d to complex 3d plots, annotate from simple labels to equations, integrate from simple scripts to full documents and computer progams. You will be taught to annotate graphs with equations and symbols that match the style of the rest of your text, thus creating a seamless, professional document. You will be guided to create a web page with an interactive graph, and add graphical output to your simulation or numerical analysis program.Start using all of gnuplot's simple to complex features to suit your needs, without studying its 200 page manual through this Cookbook.

Mastering Vim. Efficient and effortless editing with Vim and Vimscript - Second Edition

Ruslan Osipov

Discover what makes Vim one of the most popular text editors in the world, renowned for its blend of efficiency, customization, extensibility, and portability. With Mastering Vim, you’ll come to appreciate its extensive plugin system and seamless integration with various tools, which enable Vim to provide developers with an extensible and customizable development environment for programmers.This comprehensive guide to Vim will help you become more efficient at editing text: be it prose or code. Starting from the basics, advanced movement, and text operations, you’ll learn how Vim can be used as a full-fledged IDE. You’ll then progress to refactoring, debugging, building, testing, version control, plugins, and Vimscript through practical guidance. This second edition comes packed with fully revamped examples that are both engaging and easy to understand, complemented by drawings and diagrams that help to visualize the concepts covered in the book. Updated to cover Vim 9, this edition includes updated installation and troubleshooting instructions, along with examples in Vim9script.By the end of this Vim book, you’ll be well-versed in Vim and have the skills you need to build a complete application using this popular text editor.

3D Printing Designs: Fun and Functional Projects. A step-by-step guide for precise and accurate 3D modelling using Blender

Joe Larson

3D printing has revolutionized the way that global industries conceptualize and design products for mass consumption. Considered as the next “trillion-dollar” business, every industry is in the race to equip its personnel with techniques to prototype and simplify complex manufacturing process. This book will take you through some simple to complex and effective principles of designing 3D printed objects using Blender. There is a comprehensive coverage of projects such as a 3D print-ready octopus pencil holder, which will teach you how to add basic geometric shapes, and use techniques such as extruding and subdividing to transform these shapes into complex meshes. Furthermore, you’ll learn to use various techniques to derive measurements for an object, model these objects using Blender, organize the parts into layers, and later combine them to create the desired object with the help of a 3D printable SD card holder ring design project. The final project will help you master the techniques of designing simple to complex puzzles models for 3D printing. Through the course of the book, we'll explore various robust sculpting methods supported by Blender to create objects. You’ll move, rotate, and scale the object, and manipulate the view. You’ll edit objects with actions such as bends or curves, similar to drawing or building up a clay structure of different shapes and sizes. By the end of the book, you will have gained thorough practical hands-on experience to be able to create a real-world 3D printable object of your choice.

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. Sharpen your skills and increase your productivity when programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

Christopher D. Studebaker, David A. Studebaker, David Studebaker, CHRISTOPHER D. STUDEBAKER

GameMaker Programming By Example. Master the development of 2D games by learning to use the powerful GameMaker Language and tools provided by the GameMaker: Studio workspace and engine!

Brian Christian, Steven Isaacs

This book is excellent resource for developers with any level of experience of GameMaker. At the start, we’ll provide an overview of the basic use of GameMaker: Studio, and show you how to set up a basic game where you handle input and collisions in a top-down perspective game.We continue on to showcase its more advanced features via six different example projects. The first example game demonstrates platforming with file I/O, followed by animation, views, and multiplayer networking. The next game illustrates AI and particle systems, while the final one will get you started with the built-in Box2D physics engine. By the end of this book, you have mastered lots of powerful techniques that can be utilized in various 2D games.

Instant Yii 1.1 Application Development Starter. Get started with building attractive PHP web applications with the Yii framework

Jacob Mumm, Mark Safronov

PHP is one of the most popular languages for building web sites and applications. While the Yii framework came a little bit later to the PHP scene, it has taken a lot of the best practices from around the Web and put it all into a single, awesome framework for making custom web apps.Yii 1.1 Application Development Starter is a straightforward, hands-on look at what is rapidly becoming one of the most revered frameworks for custom web application development. The Yii framework follows a tried and true object-oriented software development pattern called Model-View-Controller, making it quick and easy to build database driven applications.This book takes you through everything you need to know to get set up and rolling with the Yii framework. You will learn how to plan and start your application and how to take it where you want to go with the tools and extensions available with the Yii framework.This book will teach you how to build an application from the ground up, how to make sure you have everything you need in your hosting environment and get the Yii framework installed, how to create a strong relational database design, and how to set up model classes for your tables. You will also learn how to generate CRUD code to add/remove, view, and list records from your tables, then add custom routes, widgets, and extensions to make a robust application. Additionally, you will learn how to integrate authentication and role-based access permissions throughout your site. With this book, you will learn everything you need to get started with web application development using the Yii PHP framework.

Expert C++. Become a proficient programmer by learning coding best practices with C++17 and C++20's latest features - Second Edition

Marcelo Guerra Hahn, Araks Tigranyan, John Asatryan, Vardan Grigoryan, ...

Are you an experienced C++ developer eager to take your skills to the next level? This updated edition of Expert C++ is tailored to propel you toward your goals.This book takes you on a journey of building C++ applications while exploring advanced techniques beyond object-oriented programming. Along the way, you'll get to grips with designing templates, including template metaprogramming, and delve into memory management and smart pointers. Once you have a solid grasp of these foundational concepts, you'll advance to more advanced topics such as data structures with STL containers and explore advanced data structures with C++. Additionally, the book covers essential aspects like functional programming, concurrency, and multithreading, and designing concurrent data structures. It also offers insights into designing world-ready applications, incorporating design patterns, and addressing networking and security concerns. Finally, it adds to your knowledge of debugging and testing and large-scale application design.With Expert C++ as your guide, you'll be empowered to push the boundaries of your C++ expertise and unlock new possibilities in software development.