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ISBN: 978-0-470-22362-8
Pages 208
Format PDF
release date December 2007
Published by Wiley

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Introduction

This book provides practical, proven advice for encouraging adoption of your wiki project and growing it into a useful collaboration tool or vibrant online community

Gives wiki users a toolbox of thriving wiki patterns, which enable newcomers to avoid making common mistakes or fumbling around for the solutions to the same problems as their predecessors

Explains the major stages of wiki adoption and explores patterns that apply to each stage

Presents concrete, proven examples of techniques that have helped people grow vibrant collaborative communities and change the way they work for the better

Reviews the overall process, including setting up initial content, encouraging people to contribute, dealing with disruptive elements, fixing typos and broken links, making sure pages are in their correct categories, and more.

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Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users

Introduction

Aimed squarely at aspiring Linux power users and professional administrators, the Ubuntu Linux Toolbox offers more than 1000 examples of useful Linux command lines.

This compact, handy reference is made to carry with you, whether you are maintaining hundreds of Linux systems or just want to dig beneath the surface of your Ubuntu desktop system.

This is the Linux reference book you need to step up to the next level.

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SUSE Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise

ISBN: 978-0-470-08292-8
Pages 339
Format PDF
Release date November 2007
Published by Wiley

Introduction

Aimed squarely at aspiring Linux power users and professional administrators, the SUSE Linux Toolbox offers more than 1000 examples of useful Linux command lines.

This compact, handy reference is made to carry with you, whether you are maintaining hundreds of Linux systems or just want to dig beneath the surface of your SUSE desktop system.

This is the Linux reference book you need to step up to the next level.

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Games on Symbian OS: A Handbook for Mobile Development

ISBN: 978-0-470-99804-5
Pages 408
Format PDF
Release date February 2008
Published by Wiley

Introduction

The first part of this book discusses the mobile games industry, and includes analysis of why the mobile industry differs from other sectors of the games market, a discussion of the sales of mobile games, their types, the gamers who play them, and how the games are sold.

The second part describes key aspects of writing games for Symbian smartphones using Symbian C++ and native APIs. The chapters cover the use of graphics and audio, multiplayer game design, the basics of writing a game loop using Symbian OS active objects, and general good practice. There is also a chapter covering the use of hardware APIs, such as the camera and vibra.

Part Three covers porting games to Symbian OS using C or C++, and discusses the standards support that Symbian OS provides,and some of the middleware solutions available. A chapter about the N-Gage platform discusses how Nokia is pioneering the next generation of mobile games, by providing a platform SDK for professional games developers to port games rapidly and effectively.

The final part of the book discusses how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphones using java ME, Doja (for Japan) or Flash Lite 2. This book will help you if you are:

# a C++ developer familiar with mobile development but new to the games market

# a professional games developer wishing to port your games to run on Symbian OS platforms such as S60 and UIQ

# someone who is interested in creating C++, Java ME or Flash Lite games for Symbian smartphones.

This book shows how to create mobile games for Symbian smartphones such as S60 3rd Edition, UIQ3 or FOMA devices. It includes contributions from a number of experts in the mobile games industry, including Nokia’s N-gage team, Ideaworks3D, and ZingMagic, as well as academics leading the field of innovative mobile experiences.

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