
The Alpha Book Program
Want to get an early look at our titles? Try an Alpha Book! An Alpha Book is a pre-release, still-in-development version of an Apress title. When you purchase an Alpha Book, you get the opportunity to review its content as it advances through the production process. Alpha Book files are updated on a regular basis in your account as new material is completed, all the way through final publication. Following is our current roster of Alpha Books:
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Reasonably Simple Economics shows readers how to think like an economist and better understand--and succeed in--the world around them.
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Mathias Olausson, Joachim Rossberg, Jakob Ehn, Mattias Sköld
Pro Team Foundation Service gives you a jump-start into Microsofts cloud-based ALM platform, taking you through the different stages of software development. Every project needs to plan, develop, test and release software and with agile practices often at a higher pace than ever before.
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Learn Cocoa for the Mac, Second Edition, completely revised for OS X Mountain Lion and XCode 4, guides you through the jungle of classes, tools, and new concepts so that you can get started on the next great OS X app today.
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Create amazing LEGO gadgets controlled by the easy-to-program Arduino.
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Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration
Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration is a practical guide to installing, deploying, and implementing SharePoint 2013 for intermediate to advanced administrators.
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Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax
Practical but comprehensive, Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming. The book begins with a JavaScript overview, and then builds up your JavaScript toolkit. This completely updated second edition is an indispensable JavaScript resource.
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HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js
Brandon McInnis, Ryo Shimizu, Hidekazu Furukawa, Ryohei Fushimi, Ryo Tanaka, Kevin Kratzer
HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js provides a step-by-step, easy-to-understand introduction to game development using the HTML5 and JavaScript game engine enchant.js -
Common Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace shows readers not only what common sense is, but how to acquire it and improve their personal common sense quotient. It also shows how to teach common sense to others, which will help readers become promotable and take better advantage of workplace opportunities.
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So, you've created a few projects with Arduino, and now it's time to kick it up a notch. Where do you go next? With Pro Arduino, you'll learn about new tools, techniques, and frameworks to make even more ground-breaking, eye-popping projects.
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JavaScript Programmer's Reference
JavaScript Programmer's Reference is a one-stop source for everything you'll need to know to become a cutting edge web developer using the latest tools and techniques available today.
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Learn Unity 4 for iOS Game Development
Create amazing 3D games with Unity 4 and customize them for iOS devices.
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ASP.NET 4.5 is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 4.5 in C# raises the bar for high-quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic web solution.






