Article :: Working with Photos and Video on your iPod Touch

In this chapter, you'll explore all the photo and video functionality that the iPod touch has to offer.

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Article :: Exploring the Mythical Weekend Coding Project

Did you ever spend a weekend working through some kooky idea for coding an app you'd had in mind for years? Like many of us, Dhanji R. Prasanna has carried concepts around in his mental pockets, and one day he decided to go ahead and try it. The goal was a working app in two days. Would he succeed or fail miserably? Some things he learned were to be expected, but others he could never have predicted.

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Article :: Economics of Software Quality: An Interview with Capers Jones, Part 1 of 2 (Podcast Transcript)

In this two-part interview, Rex Black talks with Capers Jones about his book The Economics of Software Quality, in which leading software quality experts Jones and Olivier Bonsignour show how to measure the economic impact of quality and how to use this data to deliver exceptional business value.

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Article :: Programming in Objective-C

To help you understand the steps involved in keying in a program and compiling and running it, this chapter shows you how to write your first simple Objective-C program.

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Article :: Three Strategies for SEO Post Google Panda

Google has changed more in the past year than it did in the 12 years prior to that. Most of the changes are good for honest marketers who just want the ranking their content deserves. But taken together, they radically change search engine marketing (SEM) best practices. James Mathewson (author of Audience, Relevance, and Search: Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content), won't go into every change, because they number in the dozens, but this article discusses three changes every SEM should care about.

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Article :: Cyber Stalking, Fraud, and Abuse

This chapter explores what the various major types of internet fraud are, what the law says, and what you can do to protect yourself.

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Article :: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: What's New

Learn what is new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, including the changes to support business process and the capturing and matching of business processes to the technology application.

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Article :: Learning iPad Programming: A Hands-on Guide to Building iPad Apps with iOS 5 (Podcast Transcript)

Kirby Turner discusses key concepts from his book Learning iPad Programming: A Hands-on Guide to Building iPad Apps with iOS 5. In this interview, he describes the target audience for the book, how his book differs from other books on similar topics, and what you can expect to gain from reading the book and learning what it teaches.

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Article :: The iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook: Building Your First Project

This chapter introduces you to the basics of using Xcode to build your projects. You see how to build a simple Hello World project, compile and test it in the simulator, and then learn how to compile for and deploy to the device. You also discover some basic debugging tools and walk through their use as well as pick up some tips about handy compiler directives. This chapter also looks at how to submit to the App Store and perform ad hoc distribution for testing.

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Article :: Sight Unseen: Pro Tips to Supercharge Your Automated Tests

Writing tests is often a laborious and thankless activity. Much of the literature on the Web focuses on frameworks and methodology. Dhanji R. Prasanna attacks testing from a new angle: The "visual test" is a technique used by pros to improve speed, quality, and the reward of writing tests for even the most complex applications.

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