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Design and develop compelling user interfaces for your Android applications using Packt's new book

March 2011 | Beginner's Guides, Networking & Telephony, Open Source

Packt is pleased to announce Android User Interface Development: Beginner's Guide, a new book which helps developers understand the principals of a good user-interface design, and implement the best user interfaces on an Android mobile device. Written by Jason Morris, this book aims to equip its readers with the knowledge required to build killer Android applications.

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Create captivating graphics with ease and bring them to life using Packt's new Python book

February 2011 | Cookbooks, Open Source

Python 2.6 Graphics cookbook is the latest addition to Packt's library of Python books, aimed at Python programmers who want to create animated graphics to represent real-world scenarios. Written by Mike Ohlson de Fine, the book has recipes that will show enthusiastic users like teachers, scholars, students, and engineers how to make fascinating models and demonstrations using powerful Python methods.

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Master the art of solving shell scripting problems using Packt’s new Linux guide

March 2011 | Linux Servers, Open Source

Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook is a new book from Packt that will help readers to solve real-world shell scripting problems and master the art of crafting one-liner command sequence to perform tasks such as text processing and digging data from files. Written by Sarath Lakshman, this guide will teach readers practical problem solving techniques adherent to the latest Linux platform.


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Learn to solve your problems with Tcl/Tk 8 quickly using Packt's new book

March 2011 | Cookbooks, Open Source

Packt is pleased to announce Tcl/Tk 8 Programming Cookbook, a new book that will help readers to understand the basics and fundamentals of the Tcl/Tk 8 programming language. Written by Bert Wheeler, this book will teach readers graphical User Interface development with the Tcl/Tk 8 Widget set and assist them to get a thorough and detailed understanding of the concepts with a real-world address book application.

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Develop and implement a systematic CRM plan using Packt's new book

March 2011 | CRM, Open Source

Using CiviCRM is a new book from Packt that will teach readers to build a CRM, which conforms to their needs and to integrate it with Drupal and Joomla!. Written by Brian Shaughnessy and Joseph Murray, this book will assist readers to develop an integrated online system that handles contacts, donations, event registration, bulk e-mailing, case management, and other functions such as activity tracking, grants, reporting and analytics.

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Packt Publishing Believes in Open Source, Donates Over $300K to Projects

March 2011 | Open Source

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Packt today announced that its donations to Open Source projects surpassed the $300,000 mark. Following its first donation to the phpMyAdmin project in April 2004, the company has gone on to provide sustained support for over 70 different Open Source projects.

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Manage your accounts using Packt’s new Gnucash book.

February 2011 | Open Source

Packt is pleased to announce Gnucash 2.4 Small Business Accounting Beginner's Guide a new book that helps users maintain their books of accounts using feature-packed, easy-to-use GnuCash. Written by Ashok Ramachandran, this book helps users make decisions with confidence as well as drive their business to its full potential.

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Get more out of Moodle to manage curriculum and information with Packt's new book

February 2011 | Moodle, Open Source

Moodle as a Curriculum and information Management System is a new book from Packt, which helps readers easily manage and organize their administrative duties using Moodle. Written by Jason Hallowell, this practical beginner's guide will enable educators to expand the functionality of their Moodle learning management system and do much more with their Moodle site besides creating an online learning course.

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Develop AJAX applications with Django and jQuery using Packt's new book

February 2011 | AJAX, Open Source

Packt is pleased to announce Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery, a new practical, hands-on and comprehensive guide to developing any AJAX application with Django and jQuery. Written by Jonathan Hayward, this book will take readers through the process of AJAX server side integration using Django and AJAX client side integration with jQuery thereby enriching their applications, all this with minimum bother.

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Create your own computer game using Packt's new Panda3D book

February 2011 | Beginner's Guides, Open Source

Packt is pleased to announce Panda3D 1.6 Game Engine Beginner's Guide, a new book that will help readers to create their own computer game using the Panda3D framework. Written by Dave Mathews, this book will enable readers to respond to events like keyboard key presses and mouse clicks, and take advantage of Panda3D's built-in shaders and filters to decorate objects with gloss, glow and bump effects.

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