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Programming Clojure
Stuart Halloway
If you're a Java programmer, if you care about concurrency, or if you enjoy working in low-ceremony languages such as Ruby or Python, Programming Clojure is for you. Clojure is a general-purpose language with direct support for Java, a modern Lisp dialect, and support in both the language and data structures for functional programming. Programming Clojure shows you how to write applications that have the beauty and elegance of a good scripting language, the power and reach of the JVM, and a modern, concurrency-safe functional style. Now you can write beautiful code that runs fast and scales well.
Rails Security Audit: Building safe applications
Aaron Bedra
No one wants to wake up to an application that has been hacked. This 47-page PDF talks about common vulnerabilities found in Rails applications and how to solve them.
After touching on common model and view vulnerabilities, Aaron takes you through a session with the Tarantula fuzzing plugin. General server lockdown issues are covered. The book finishes with a sample risk analysis, including assessments of threat capability, vulnerability, and other risk-related issues.
No Fluff Just Stuff 2007 Anthology
Neal Ford (Editor)
Once again, some Sixteen of the world's best trainers and speakers are writing chapters on things they care passionately about. You'll find topics from the latest conferences including Groovy, JavaScript, Continuations, Web services and REST, JVM Byte Code, and Agility.
Rails for Java Developers
Stuart Halloway and Justin Gehtland
Many Java developers are now looking at Ruby, and the Ruby on Rails web framework. If you are one of them, this book is your guide. Written by experienced developers who love both Java and Ruby, this book will show you, via detailed comparisons and commentary, how to translate your hard-earned Java knowledge and skills into the world of Ruby and Rails.
Getting Started With Grails
Jason Rudolph
Grails is an open-source, rapid web application development framework that provides a super-productive full-stack programming model based on the Groovy scripting language and built on top of Spring, Hibernate, and other standard Java frameworks.
Ruby on Rails pioneered the innovative coupling of a powerful programming language and an opinionated framework that favors sensible defaults over complex configuration, but many organizations aren't yet ready to stray from the safety of Java or forgo their current Java investments. Grails makes it possible to achieve equivalent productivity in a Java-centric environment.
Agile Web Development with Rails: 2nd Edition
Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson, with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, and Andreas Schwarz
The Rails community needs the most up-to-date information it can get. So here's the Second Edition of the Jolt Award winning book that shows you a new approach to web development: you can develop sophisticated web applications quickly and easily; use incremental and iterative development to create the web apps that users want; and get to go home on time.
No Fluff Just Stuff 2006 Anthology
Neal Ford (Editor)
Take 13 of the world's best trainers and speakers and ask them to write a chapter on something they care passionately about. The result? A book on software development unlike any other. Fifteen chapters covering the range of modern software development topics, from Domain-Specific Languages through Aspect-Oriented CSS to learning from the past.
Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer
Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, and Dion Almaer
Now there's no need for you to choose between the ease of deployment of a web page and the interactive features of a rich desktop application. Ajax redefines the user experience for web applications. Your application can provide a compelling user interface delivered plug-in free using modern web browsers. This book shows you how to make Ajax magic, exploring both the fundamental technologies and the emerging frameworks that make it easy.
Better, Faster, Lighter Java
Bruce A. Tate and Justin Gehtland
In Better, Faster, Lighter Java, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the old heavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code. As an alternative, the authors present two "lightweight" open source architectures, Hibernate and Spring, that can help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain, write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster.
Component Development for the Java Platform
Stuart Halloway
Component Development for the Java Platform reveals both the potential and pitfalls of developing components using the Java platform. Delves into the component-oriented features of the Java platform, thoroughly discussing class loading, reflection, serialization, native interoperation, and code generation.