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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