Packt Publishing special offers, news, and contributed articles by the technical community. http://www.packtpub.com In this article by Torsten Uhlmann, the author of Instant Lift Web Applications How-to, we will see Lift's way of cleanly separating the HTML view from server-side logic. http://www.packtpub.com/article/designer-friendly-templates?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/designer-friendly-templates Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:19 +0100 About the author: Ronan Lamy has been a core developer of SymPy since 2009 and is an open source developer and Python consultant. He spent four years analyzing data in a proprietary computer algebra system to obtain his Ph.D. in physics, where he learnt the power of symbolic computation. Instant SymPy Starter is a practical guide to setting up development environments to integrate SymPy into workflows for both symbolic and numerical computations inside IPython Notebook. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-the-most-out-of-sympys-functionalities-with-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-the-most-out-of-sympys-functionalities-with-packts-new-ebook Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:43 +0100 In this article by Davi Ferreira the author of Instant HTML5 Presentations How-to, we will cover the following recipes: Creating our initial presentation Using reveal.js JavaScript API http://www.packtpub.com/article/html5-presentations-creating-our-initial-presentation?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/html5-presentations-creating-our-initial-presentation Fri, 24 May 2013 10:09:19 +0100 In this article by Nayrolles Mathieu author of Instant Magento Performance Optimization How-to [Instant], we will help you learn Magento's built-in caching system for saving frequently asked requests. It also introduces you to the slowest component of a computer, the hard drive, and how Magento makes massive use of it. This lets you use your available RAM. It will show you how to configure a set of loosely connected computers working together for handling more and more customers. http://www.packtpub.com/article/magento-performance-optimization-0?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/magento-performance-optimization-0 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:32 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-autocads-third-dimension-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-autocads-third-dimension-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:18 +0100 This article by Jo Rhett, author of Instant Puppet 3 Starter, will show you how to use the core resource types included within Puppet to reduce the amount of manual work and rework you do every day. By the end of this section, you'll have puppet maintaining some services in your system. http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-–-using-core-puppet-resource-types?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-–-using-core-puppet-resource-types Thu, 23 May 2013 06:52:36 +0100 About the author: Alexander Makarov is an experienced engineer from Russia, and he has been a Yii framework core team member since 2010. Before joining the Yii core team, he participated heavily in the growth of the CodeIgniter community in Russia. In 2009, he finished the Russian translation of the CodeIgniter framework documentation and created the Russian CodeIgniter community website. In 2012, Alexander released the Russian version of a book based on CodeIgniter along with Russian community members. In his free time, Alexander writes technical blogs, speaks at conferences, and enjoys movies, music, traveling, photography, and languages. He currently resides in Voronezh, Russia, with his beloved wife and daughter. http://www.packtpub.com/master-the-internal-features-of-yii-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook.?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/master-the-internal-features-of-yii-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:11 +0100 "Zombie.js is a lightweight framework for testing client-side JavaScript code in a simulated environment. No browser required." This definition is from the Zombie.js documentation at http://zombie.labnotes.org. Automating tests for your web application is crucial to having a quality product but doing it properly can be a painful experience. That is why most of the time this part of the project never gets implemented. Developers either limit themselves to testing the underlying business logic and control flow in isolation, or, if they really want to test the user interface, must resort to complicated setups where you somehow connect to real browsers and command them using remote scripts. Zombie.js provides a fast and easy alternative to this scenario, enabling you to easily and quickly create automated tests for your web application just by using JavaScript. In this article by Pedro Teixeira from the book Using Node.js for UI Testing, we will cover following topics: A brief history of software testing Understanding the server-side DOM How Zombie.js works internally By the end of this article, you should understand how Zombie.js works and what types of applications can be tested using it. http://www.packtpub.com/article/getting-started-zombiejs?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/getting-started-zombiejs Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:05 +0100 About the author: Remo Laubacher started working with computers at a young age, and after various computer-related projects, he decided to focus on ERP and Oracle development. After completing his BSc in Business Administration, Remo became a partner at Ortic, his ERP and Oracle business, as well as a partner at Mesch Web Consulting and Design GmbH. At Mesch—where he's responsible for all development-related topics—he discovered concrete5 as the perfect tool for their web-related projects, and he has since become a key member of the concrete5 community. http://www.packtpub.com/master-concrete5-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/master-concrete5-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Wed, 22 May 2013 13:53:59 +0100 Cinema 4D is a powerful 3D application created by Maxon computing. It is relatively easy to learn and use. Despite this, it also has a host of powerful features that can be used to create dynamic and eye catching 3D images and animations, quickly and efficiently. In this article by Aaron Kaminar from the book Instant Cinema 4D Starter, we will walk through some of the animating capabilities of this powerful application. http://www.packtpub.com/article/animating-capabilities-cinema-4d?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/animating-capabilities-cinema-4d Wed, 22 May 2013 12:37:44 +0100 In this article by Limoke Oscar, authors of Instant Google Map Maker Starter [Instant], we will show you how to perform one of the core tasks of Google Map Maker—mapping the places you love and know. Follow the steps to create your own map features, which will be the basis of most of your work in Google Map Maker. http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:44 +0100 This article by Marcos Placona, from the book Instant_jQuery Drag and Drop Grids How-to, will describe all the necessary steps to get Gridster up and running on your website, as well as demonstrate how to include any of the dependencies needed by the library. http://www.packtpub.com/article/preparing-your-website-use-gridster?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/preparing-your-website-use-gridster Wed, 22 May 2013 07:02:33 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-basics-of-moai-sdk-and-develop-exciting-new-games-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-basics-of-moai-sdk-and-develop-exciting-new-games-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 15:21:38 +0100 About the Author: Faruk Akgul is a developer and Emacs user who loves using open source software and who frequently contributes to open source projects. Faruk specializes in Python, but he enjoys experiencing new programming languages as well. When he's not coding, Faruk enjoys travelling to exotic new places. ZeroMQ is a high-performance, asynchronous messaging library intended for use in scalable, distributed, or concurrent applications. It provides a message queue, but unlike message-oriented middleware, a ZeroMQ system can run without a dedicated message broker. The library is designed to have a familiar socket-style API. http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-apply-different-message-patterns-using-zeromq-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-apply-different-message-patterns-using-zeromq-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:13 +0100 About the Author: Leo Taehyung Lee has a diverse background. His career path extends across diverse fields ranging from R&D to patents, and he has extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, VBA, and as a Microsoft Financial Risk Manager. He has also been named as a Certified Excel Expert in Excel 2010.PowerPivot allows users to conduct powerful business intelligence (BI) in an easy-to-use and familiar environment. Most IT shops are challenged by the resources needed to build an enterprise BI environment. PowerPivot aims to move some of this work closer to the business user. http://www.packtpub.com/news/turn-your-workbooks-into-industrial-strength-apps-using-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/turn-your-workbooks-into-industrial-strength-apps-using-packts-new-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:08 +0100 About the author: Rachel McCollin: Rachel is a web designer and developer specializing in WordPress development. Since 2010, she has run the the web design agency Compass Design, which specializes in building WordPress themes and sites with a slant towards responsive themes. Tessa Blakeley Silver: Tessa was the VP of Interactive Technologies at eHigherEducation, an online learning and technology company developing compelling multimedia simulations, interactions, and games, before she started her own consulting and development company, hyper3media. Tessa also authors several design and web technology blogs. http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-a-gorgeous-responsive-and-standards-compliant-wordpress-theme-with-html5-and-css3-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-a-gorgeous-responsive-and-standards-compliant-wordpress-theme-with-html5-and-css3-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 11:19:32 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-unified-communications-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-unified-communications-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 10:31:10 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/ace-the-mb2-868-certification-exam-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/ace-the-mb2-868-certification-exam-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:37 +0100 In this article by Alex Libby author of Instant LESS CSS Preprocessor How-to, we will take you on a journey through using the LESS library file as a CSS preprocessor language, and show you how the little power of JavaScript can make a positive impact on your CSS development workflow. http://www.packtpub.com/article/less-css-preprocessor?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/less-css-preprocessor Tue, 21 May 2013 09:38:17 +0100 In this article by Fazreil Amreen author of Instant GIMP Starter [Instant],Let's take a tour around GIMP for a start. This tour will give you an exposure to basic tasks to do with GIMP. Along the way, we will introduced to the GIMP conceptual idea that makes it different than some of the other image manipulation programs. http://www.packtpub.com/article/tour-around-gimp?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/tour-around-gimp Tue, 21 May 2013 07:55:49 +0100 About the author:Ben Frain has been a frontend web designer and developer since 1996. He also works as a technology journalist, contributing regularly to a number of diverse publications on the Mac platform, consumer technology, website design, and the aviation industry. Compass is an open-source CSS Authoring Framework and Compass uses Sass. Sass is an extension of CSS3 that adds nested rules, variables, mixins, selector inheritance, and more. Sass generates well formatted CSS and makes stylesheets easier to organize and maintain. Sass supercharges CSS with features that make previously difficult and time-consuming tasks trivial. Sass and Compass for Designers will teach readers how to install Sass and Compass and maintain Sass and Compass powered projects, as well as how to build a site using the incredible power of Sass and Compass. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-incredible-power-of-sass-and-compass-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-incredible-power-of-sass-and-compass-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 21 May 2013 06:54:22 +0100 About the Author: Unmesh Gundecha has a Master’s degree in Software Engineering and around 10 years of experience in Software Development and Testing. He has architected functional test automation projects using industry standard, in-house, and custom test automation frameworks along with leading commercial and open source test automation tools. He currently works as a Test Architect with a multinational company in Pune, India. http://www.packtpub.com/news/harness-the-power-of-seleniums-testing-tools-using-packts-new-ebook.?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/harness-the-power-of-seleniums-testing-tools-using-packts-new-ebook. Tue, 21 May 2013 05:52:20 +0100 A web application always has, at some point, the need to deal with multiple types of content. Common content types include JSON, XML, HTML, but there could also be images or even videos to be stored and streamed. Play! 2 provides a clean way of dealing with such content types with the help of body parsers. We won't cover the implementation details of such body parsers, because it's purely based on a functional concept, Iteratee, and thus their implementations are in Scala only. However, we'll see how they are used and how we can gain benefits from them. In this article by Andy Petrella author of Learning Play! Framework 2, we'll update and clean up a bit of what we have been doing so far in order to enable several workflows. So we will only be using examples we have learned up to now. The following is what will be achieved: Make the Chat and Item classes persistent using Ebean Create a link between an item and a user (a user's reply in a chat) Introduce a new type, Image, that will be part of a chat as an attachment Enable a user to connect Browse all chat instances Allow the connected user to reply in a chat Allow the connected user to attach an image to a chat Show examples of UIs Create an action that outputs a requested image Create an action that provides an Atom feed of all chats which have specific users getting involved (kind of like following) http://www.packtpub.com/article/play-framework-2-–-dealing-content?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/play-framework-2-–-dealing-content Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:17 +0100 About the Authors: Jonathan Hobson is a web developer, systems engineer, and applications programmer. He enjoys writing code, publishing articles, building computers, and playing video games. He has been using CentOS since its inception, and over the years it has not only earned his trust, but it has become his first choice server solution. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-centos-servers-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-centos-servers-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:22 +0100 This article by Marcelle Kratochvil author of Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database, covers the technical aspects of setting up a database to use Oracle Multimedia. It contains tips, codes, and useful techniques for setting up and managing an Oracle Database and covers the core storage capabilities of the Oracle Database. The goal is to enable the database administrator to make correctly informed decisions about the physical structure of database storage objects, in particular tablespaces, datafiles, and database capabilities. http://www.packtpub.com/article/techniques-for-creating-a-multimedia-database?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/techniques-for-creating-a-multimedia-database Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:32 +0100 In this article created by Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso, author of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook, we will cover the following topics: Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Installing management packs Managing Discovery and Agents Configuring the integration between Operations Manager 2012 and VMM 2012 Enabling reporting in VMM Monitoring VMware vSphere infrastructure from the Operations Manager using management packs http://www.packtpub.com/article/integration-system-center-operations-manager-2012-sp1?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/integration-system-center-operations-manager-2012-sp1 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:45 +0100 Having some skill with Tshark and analyzing our network on a regular basis can help us greatly in identifying multiple security issues. Besides the network attacks previously seen, we can intelligently use Tshark to investigate security incidents whose origin is unknown. In this article by Borja Merino, author of Traffic Analysis with Tshark How-to, we will discuss a couple of examples, data exfiltration by a malicious user and an internal network intrusion. http://www.packtpub.com/article/analyzing-network-forensic-data-become-expert?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/analyzing-network-forensic-data-become-expert Fri, 17 May 2013 08:43:08 +0100 In this article by Davy Cielen and Arno Meysman authors of HTML5 Game Development with ImpactJS, we will take a quick look at the options you have for making money with HTML5 game development. Building games can be done purely as a hobby or as a profession. However, the latter requires you to build some pretty unique and successful games as the competition is quite steep. Thus, offering a unique gaming proposition, supported by a healthy dose of marketing, seems to be the way to go for most successful game developers. In this article we will cover: A few strategic options you have when going into game development Making money in the app circuit of Android and Apple The option of in-game advertising and how it applies to HTML5 games MarketJS as a way to sell your distribution rights to a publisher http://www.packtpub.com/article/making-money-with-your-game?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/making-money-with-your-game Fri, 17 May 2013 08:42:42 +0100 This article by Ken Lim, author of Instant Rainmeter Desktop Customization Tool How-to, explains the method of customizing your Windows desktop wallpaper with a live cityscape for different CPU processes. The article, will guide you through the ways to customize your Windows desktop wallpaper using Rainmeter. http://www.packtpub.com/article/building-a-bar-graph-cityscape?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/building-a-bar-graph-cityscape Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:36 +0100 About the authors:Davy Cielen is the co-owner of An Ostrich On Mars, a graphic design and marketing agency with a special branch for game design, graphics, and game development. He has a background in analytics, marketing, and mathematics, and is passionate about game design and web technologies.Arno Meysman is also a co-owner of An Ostrich On Mars. Arno is a specialist in customer and web analytics using statistics and has always been very interested in game development, including graphical design. He started using the ImpactJS engine for hobby projects when it was first released in 2010. Impact is a JavaScript Game Engine that allows users to develop stunning HTML5 games for desktop and mobile browsers. Impact is intuitive and versatile and allows game developers to get results in no time while having an easy overview when games grow more complex. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-creation-and-deployment-of-2d-games-to-the-web-and-mobile-platforms-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-creation-and-deployment-of-2d-games-to-the-web-and-mobile-platforms-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:16 +0100 In this article by Unmesh Gundecha, author of Instant Selenium Testing Tools Starter, we will show you how to record a test using Selenium IDE. During the recording, we will add some additional commands to the test and run the recorded test. A test is a basic building block in Selenium IDE. It contains commands for navigation, test steps, and checks for expected versus the actual state of the application. In this article we will show you how to create your first test and execute this test with Selenium IDE. http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-into-selenium-tests?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-into-selenium-tests Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:34 +0100 About the author: Daniel K. Lyons is a programmer and database administrator at the NRAO in Socorro, NM. He's been using PostgreSQL professionally and privately for a decade and it is one of the few technologies that he still likes despite using it so much. In his spare time he likes to program in Haskell and Prolog. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-postgresql-instant-using-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-postgresql-instant-using-packts-new-ebook Thu, 16 May 2013 07:07:08 +0100 About the Author: Traci L. Ruthkoski has an eclectic background varying from computation, statistics, media technology, clinical and medical research, and more recently cloud technology. Currently she is working on overall advancement of Research Cyber Infrastructure and Information Technology at University of Michigan. Her academic work in the IEEE CloudCom 2010 proceedings and her blog/tutorial are some of the most sought after repositories for cloud computing tools and trends. http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-interactive-data-displays-using-google-visualization-api-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-interactive-data-displays-using-google-visualization-api-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:32 +0100 In this article by Mark Polino, author of Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013, will walk you through the deployment of a dashboard. Once you deploy a dashboard, it's inevitable that someone will want more information. They won't believe a number and will want to know the detail that makes up a balance. A great way to manage this is to build a couple of dashboards. Usually, this looks like a primary dashboard with secondary dashboards that break out more information about sales, cash, or departments. We've done this on a very simple level with our Revenue and Net Income tabs. They provide additional detail to expand on the main dashboard numbers. Another great way to deal with the need for detail, and to take your dashboard beyond what everyone else is doing, is to allow users to drill down into specific transactions or accounts in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. In this article, we will look at drill down options including: Hyperlinks Using drill downs present in GP 2013 The structure of a drill down Building your own links with Drill Down Builder Drill downs in complex environments http://www.packtpub.com/article/drilling-back-source-data-in-dynamics-gp-2013-using-dashboards?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/drilling-back-source-data-in-dynamics-gp-2013-using-dashboards Wed, 15 May 2013 06:50:14 +0100 In this article by Zahir Hussain Shah, the author of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform, we will dive deeper into Hyper-V storage, where we will discuss the various types of storage options available with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V for a virtual machine in detail. http://www.packtpub.com/article/insight-into-hyper-v-storage?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/insight-into-hyper-v-storage Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:35 +0100 In this article by Shawn R. McLean, author of Instant .NET 4.5 Extension Methods How-to , we learn about the extension methods on IQueryable. IQueryable is used to operate mainly on databases. IQueryableare an extension from IEnumerable, hence, we can call all extensions and methods of IEnumerable. A query using IQueryable can be built up on over time, before it hits the database. The query is executed once you execute an eager function such as ToList(), looping the data or attempting to use the values. IQueryable is used by providers such as LINQ to entities or LINQ to SQL. http://www.packtpub.com/article/dot-net-4-5-extension-methods-on-iqueryable?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/dot-net-4-5-extension-methods-on-iqueryable Tue, 14 May 2013 08:13:52 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-create-fun-filled-multi-platform-games-jquery-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-create-fun-filled-multi-platform-games-jquery-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 14 May 2013 07:42:07 +0100 In this article by Alessio Di Lorenzo and Giovanni Allegri, the authors of the book Instant OpenLayers Starter, we will discuss some basic points about OpenLayers OpenLayers is an open source map viewing library, originally developed and released by MetaCarta under a BSD license. It is written in pure JavaScript and makes it easy to incorporate interactive maps from a variety of sources into your web pages and applications. http://www.packtpub.com/article/what-openlayers?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/what-openlayers Mon, 13 May 2013 11:56:51 +0100 This article by Joseph Howse, author of OpenCV Computer Vision with Python introduces some of OpenCV's tracking functionality, along with the data files that define particular types of trackable objects. Specifically, we look at Haar cascade classifiers, which analyze contrast between adjacent image regions to determine whether or not a given image or subimage matches a known type. We consider how to combine multiple Haar cascade classifiers in a hierarchy, such that one classifier identifies a parent region (for our purposes, a face) and other classifiers identify child regions (eyes, nose, and mouth). We also take a detour into the humble but important subject of rectangles. By drawing, copying, and resizing rectangular image regions, we can perform simple manipulations on image regions that we are tracking. By the end of this article, we will integrate face tracking and rectangle manipulations into Cameo. Finally, we'll have some face-to-face interaction! All the finished code for this article can be downloaded from my website: http://nummist.com/opencv/3923_04.zip. http://www.packtpub.com/article/tracking-faces-with-haar-cascades?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/tracking-faces-with-haar-cascades Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:42 +0100 Thanks to the Android native application APIs, it is possible to write an Android application with pure native code since Android API level 9 (Android 2.3, Gingerbread). That is, not a single line of Java code is needed. The Android native APIs are defined in several header files under the /platforms/android-/arch-arm/usr/ include/android/ folder. In this article by Feipeng Liu author of Android Native Development Kit Cookbook, we will cover the following recipes: Creating a native activity with the native_activity.h interface Creating a native activity with the Android native app glue Managing native windows at Android NDK Detecting and handling input events at Android NDK Accessing sensors at Android NDK Managing assets at Android NDK http://www.packtpub.com/article/android-native-application-api?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/android-native-application-api Mon, 13 May 2013 08:02:20 +0100 NumPy has a number of modules that have been inherited from its predecessor, Numeric. Some of these packages have a SciPy counterpart, which may have fuller functionality. The numpy.dual package contains functions that are defined both in NumPy and SciPy. The packages discussed in this article are also part of the numpy.dual package. In this article by Ivan Idris from the book NumPy Beginner’s Guide - Second Edition, we shall cover the following topics: The linalg package The fft package Random numbers Continuous and discrete distributions http://www.packtpub.com/article/move-further-with-numpy-modules?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/move-further-with-numpy-modules Mon, 13 May 2013 07:55:02 +0100 About the author: Patrick Li : Having worked for over five years in the Atlassian ecosystem, Patrick is one of the top contributors to the Atlassian community, often providing answers and suggestions on the Atlassian user forum. Patrick is the co-founder and senior engineer of AppFusions, which is the leading Atlassian partner, specializing in integration solutions with many enterprise applications and platforms, including IBM Connections, Jive, Google Apps, Box, SugarCRM, and more. http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-to-set-up-jira-for-software-development-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-to-set-up-jira-for-software-development-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:28:36 +0100 About the author:Jobin Kuruvilla is an Atlassian Consultant with experience in customizing JIRA and writing JIRA plugins for various customers. He is currently working with Go2Group as an Atlassian platinum expert, and is involved in managing Atlassian products for big enterprises as well as small starter license installations. Jobin is the author of JIRA Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing, released in 2011, which was very well-received in the JIRA community. JIRA is an issue tracking product, developed by Atlassian and used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management. JIRA provides issue tracking and project tracking for software development teams to improve code quality and the speed of development. JIRA is a commercial software product that can be licensed for running on-premises or available as a hosted application. http://www.packtpub.com/news//master-the-exciting-capabilities-of-jira-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news//master-the-exciting-capabilities-of-jira-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:22:14 +0100 About the authors: Alexandre Alves: With over 12 years of experience in software development working for large companies such as IBM and Oracle, Alexandre has also worked with network management, CORBA, JEE, web services, OSGi, BPEL, CEP, and middleware technologies in general. He has co-authored two BPEL books in the past and has authored OSGi In Depth. http://www.packtpub.com/news/immerse-yourself-in-the-world-of-real-time-event-stream-processing-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/immerse-yourself-in-the-world-of-real-time-event-stream-processing-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:03:10 +0100 About the Author: John Arundel is an infrastructure consultant who helps people make their computer systems more reliable, useful, and cost-effective and has fun doing it. He was formerly a senior operations engineer at Verizon, designing resilient and high-performance infrastructures for corporations such as Ford, McDonald's, and Bank of America. Puppet is IT automation software that helps system administrators manage infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to patch management and compliance. Using Puppet, it's easy to automate repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and proactively manage change, scaling from 10s of servers to 1000s, on-premise or in the cloud. http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-a-pro-with-puppet-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-a-pro-with-puppet-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 09:28:45 +0100 In this article by Paul Goodey, author of Getting Started with Oracle Event Processing 11g, we will cover the following recipes: Creating a Personal Setup link using the standard Custom Links on the sidebar Using Custom Links to open Training in a new window from the sidebar Creating a news-ticker message on the home page Automatically collapsing Chatter feeds on the home page Removing Chatter feeds on the home page Adding a Send An Email button on the home page Showing Opportunity Sales Stage descriptions on the home page http://www.packtpub.com/article/working-home-page-components-and-custom-links?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/working-home-page-components-and-custom-links Fri, 10 May 2013 08:21:22 +0100 About the Author: John Ament started participating in the open source community in 2008. After working with Spring a bit here and there, he started investigating Seam Framework. After finding use of the framework in a few applications he started participating more and more with the community. Eventually, John became the module lead for a couple of components in Seam 3 and started working more and more with open source technologies. http://www.packtpub.com/news/write-simple-codes-for-java-testing-with-arquillian-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/write-simple-codes-for-java-testing-with-arquillian-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 08:19:40 +0100 About the Author: Joseph Howse works as an augmented reality software developer at Ad-Dispatch, an augmented reality company. He develops applications for mobile devices, kiosks, and the Web. With a Master of Computer Science degree from Dalhousie University, Joe also does research on software architecture as applied to augmented reality. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-computer-vision-using-opencv-and-python-with-packts-new-book?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-computer-vision-using-opencv-and-python-with-packts-new-book Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:34 +0100 In this article by Rachel McCollin,authors of WordPress Theme Development - Beginner's Guide we'll look at some added extras, some additional bells and whistles you can use to make your theme just that bit better. You'll learn how to create and make use of additional template files to add extra flexibility and functionality to your theme, as well as how to use conditional tags to display different content in different parts of your site. You'll also learn how to make use of the Theme Customizer and optimize your site for SEO. You can create perfectly good, workable WordPress themes without any of these extras, but you'll find that you can take your WordPress themes much further with these techniques. So let's get going! http://www.packtpub.com/article/tips-and-tricks?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/tips-and-tricks Thu, 09 May 2013 12:10:44 +0100 About the Authors: David Studebaker is a recognized Microsoft Certified Professional for NAV in all three areas and also a founder of Liberty Grove Software. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. David started programming in 1962 and achieved his role as co-developer of the first production multi-programmed SPOOLing system in 1967. http://www.packtpub.com/develop-and-design-nav-2013-using-packt's-new-book?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/develop-and-design-nav-2013-using-packt's-new-book Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:31 +0100