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Packt Publishing reaches 1000 IT titles and celebrates with an open invitation

Packt Publishing reaches 1000 IT titles and celebrates with an open invitation

September 27, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Birmingham-based IT publisher Packt Publishing is about to publish its 1000th title. Packt books are renowned among developers for being uniquely practical and focused, but you’d be forgiven for not yet being in the know – Packt books cover highly specific tools and technologies which you might not expect to see a high quality book [...]

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My Book: ExtJS 4 First Look

My Book: ExtJS 4 First Look

August 16, 2011 | By | 56 Comments

Hi folks, I’m very happy to announce that my book: ExtJS 4 First Look is released for pre order now. The book is going to be out in November/2011. Currently is in review phase and I think they are going to release the RAW as well. I’ve been working on this book since March, when [...]

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Book Review: OCJP/SCJP: OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates

Book Review: OCJP/SCJP: OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates

February 1, 2011 | By | 4 Comments

Last month I published a blog post about the new OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams book written by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates. I bought this book on amazon and it took a month to get to where I live (Brazil). Disclaimer: Neither the publisher or the authors sent me this book for [...]

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Book: OCJP/SCJP: OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams

Book: OCJP/SCJP: OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams

January 6, 2011 | By | 5 Comments

Written by two of the lead developers of the Java SE Programmer Exam, OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Practice Exams is filled with more than 260 realistic practice questions to prepare you for this challenging exam. To help you understand this material, in-depth explanations of both the correct and incorrect answers are included for every question. [...]

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Book Review: Learning Ext JS 3.2 by Shea Frederick, Colin Ramsay, Steve ‘Cutter’ Blades, Nigel White

Book Review: Learning Ext JS 3.2 by Shea Frederick, Colin Ramsay, Steve ‘Cutter’ Blades, Nigel White

October 26, 2010 | By | 4 Comments

I’ve been working with ExtJS for almost two years now. And when I started to to study this javascript library, I read Learning Ext JS book (same authors as this one) and it helped me to understand ExtJS better. Packt Publishing released  Learning Ext JS 3.2 earlier this month (October-2010) and they sent me a [...]

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