mysql 3rd edition cookbook

Designed as a handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, the book offers dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of worked-out examples for programmers of all levels who don't have the time (or expertise) to solve MySQL problems from scratch. This third edition has been updated to cover new APIs in Python and PHP, as well as powerful new features in MySQL 5.6 and older versions still in common use. Recipes use the mysql client program as well as Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby APIs.

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Client-Server Web Apps with JavaScript and Java

Finallly a guide to sho ho mixing java backend and javscript front end
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Data Push Apps with HTML5 SSE

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I have read the book today and frankly was disappointed. Main chapters talking about json, javascript and html, how to use apache and back and forth.
Was hoping to see fireworks and i read bubble gums. It's ok but is for beginners, nothing fancy nor complex. Using php for serving the pages and node.js as back-end.
Example are shown trough the stock market, live update from values and symbols. 

Nicest part, the notes for improvements. 
Didn't learn a lot, just basics. Probably the interest chapter are the last 2, authentication and fall back ways from SSE to normal polling with ajax. Nothing that I've didn't heard of.

I won't recommend it.

Programming Elastic MapReduce book

Address the trending topic of the cloud computing, showing how in particular to deploy your application on amazon cloud.
Well written, have it in your library as a guide or just to know more about the world of virtualization.

Not only that, but it is also explaining the MapReduce paradigm using the Amazon infrastructure.

Everybody knows Hadoop, right? Well, EMR is the Amazon PaaS to deploy your mapreduce app.

I recommend it for people who want to understand the modern application and the MapReduce real examples.

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RESTful Web APIs

Very clear book about REST paradigm and Hypermedia APIs.
Approach suited for beginners and experts as well as a guide of reference.

I would definitively recommend the book.

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Java Web Services: Up and Running

This the second edition of Java Web Services: Up & Running, this means updated content from previous one with .

 It's all about RESTful services nowadays and that's the main goal of this edition.

So you will be reading about JSON, JAXB, SOAP, annotations with Jersey to fastrack development and many other features.

To complete the world of web APIs, the master language is XML so be prepared to see many elements and attributes around ;-)

This is for the fun and descriptive part.

The less funny part but respectful and required is about Security, adn SSL protocol (httpS://...).

I would recommend this easy-to-read and compact useful descriptive guide that will make you understand the underground of the web services with Java using technology.

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Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript

This the first edition of what is starting to be most important web development nowadays.

"Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript" is a book from O'Reilly and was given to me free in exchange of this review. You can find it here:  http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028994.do

I wanted to read about the subject because i will need to do a project in the near future and have to decide whether or not the app should be

Native apps, built for a specific platform with the platform SDK (which is isn´t totally free).
Mobile Web apps are server-side apps, built with any server-side technology (PHP, Node.js, ASP.NET) that render HTML that has been styled so that it renders well on a device form factor. This solution is a steep harder developpment curve than the previous one.
And the Hybrid apps, like native apps, run on the device, and are written with web technologies (HTML5, CSS and JavaScript). A web-to-native abstraction layer enables access to device capabilities that are not accessible in Mobile Web applications, such as the accelerometer, camera and local storage.
Thinking of JQuery mobile and other libraries that really embed the app in the browser and taking full advantage of html5 to do stuff such as local storage for off-line usage! And no need to know Java, Objective-C and other SDK language related to native app. THis hybrid apps will be written -almost- once and will work in any device.

The book "Building Hybrid Android Apps with Java and JavaScript"gives a very general but accurate and detailed view of the concept, tools and steps you need to follow to successfully create your hybrid app.

The book focuses on developping android hybrid app using Eclipse IDE. All the Android tools (debugger, virtual machine,etc.) are described and you can start from scratch without knowing anything about this area in particular of software development and yet creating you hybrid app. A large part of the book shows how is the interaction -the glue!- between the mobile browser WebKit and the call from/to java to JavaScript and vice-verso.

The book mentioned also a lightweight web application framework developed for building hybrid applications that can be found in github site.

It even shows you how to publish it in android market, sorry, Google Play! And Amazon app store!

I would definitively recommend it but i would say that this is really a starting point. A lot of code needs to be done and tested for a complete app.