Inside the Android OS is the first comprehensive guide and reference for developers who want to customize and integrate Android into their own embedded devices. Replete with code examples, it encourages you to create your own working code versions as you read -- whether for your own personal insight or for a workplace project in the fast-growing marketplace for non-phone Android devices. G. Blake Meike responds to the real-world needs of embedded and IoT developers moving to Android, providing indispensable information without becoming obscure or too specialized. Meike teaches through a book-length project that covers everything developers need to know to create their own custom Android service. You’ll find approachable yet precise coverage of: <ul>
<li> Why Android is becoming a pervasive embedded platform </li> <li> Using Android’s four-tier architectural model in embedded devices </li> <li> Setting up a build platform, downloading the AOSP source, and building an Android image </li> <li> Walking through system startup on a running Android system </li> <li> Running native services on embedded systems </li> <li> Using Android’s Native Development Kit (NDK) and HAL to link interpreted Java with native C/C++ code </li> <li> Taking a deep dive into the seminal Zygote application and its Dalvik interpreter </li> <li> Quickly building Java system services </li> <li> Working with Binder, Android’s heart and the root of its security and access control models </li> <li> Establishing permissions and access control </li> <li> Enabling apps to use the services you’ve created </li> <li> Building SDKs that allow third-party developers to code for your device </li> <li> And much more </li> </ul>
If you’re a software professional who wants to construct or maintain a successful Android-based product, this is the book you’ve been searching for.

Inside the Android OS: Building, Customizing, Managing and Operating Android System Services (Android Deep Dive)

Computers & Technology

Meike, G.

Schiefer, Lawrence

Programming

Addison-Wesley Professional

This popular text has been revised and rewritten to conform to today's C++ usage, and reorganised to better address the novice audience, making it more approachable for non-C programmers. It also features many new examples that are less advanced.

C++ Primer (6th Edition)

Lippman, Stanley B.

Lajoie, Josée

Moo, Barbara E.

“One of the most significant books in my life.” —Obie Fernandez, Author, The Rails Way “Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Pragmatic Programmer completely changed the trajectory of my career. This new edition could do the same for yours.” —Mike Cohn, Author of Succeeding with Agile, Agile Estimating and Planning, and User Stories Applied “. . . filled with practical advice, both technical and professional, that will serve you and your projects well for years to come.” —Andrea Goulet, CEO, Corgibytes, Founder, LegacyCode.Rocks “. . . lightning does strike twice, and this book is proof.” —VM (Vicky) Brasseur, Director of Open Source Strategy, Juniper Networks The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech books you’ll read, re-read, and read again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time. Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development, independent of any particular language, framework, or methodology, and the Pragmatic philosophy has spawned hundreds of books, screencasts, and audio books, as well as thousands of careers and success stories. Now, twenty years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. Read this book, and you’ll learn how to: 
<ul>
<li>Fight software rot</li> <li>Learn continuously</li> <li>Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge</li> <li>Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code</li> <li>Harness the power of basic tools</li> <li>Avoid programming by coincidence</li> <li>Learn real requirements</li> <li>Solve the underlying problems of concurrent code</li> <li>Guard against security vulnerabilities</li> <li>Build teams of Pragmatic Programmers</li> <li>Take responsibility for your work and career</li> <li>Test ruthlessly and effectively, including property-based testing</li> <li>Implement the Pragmatic Starter Kit</li> <li>Delight your users</li> </ul>Written as a series of self-contained sections and filled with classic and fresh anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best approaches and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether you’re a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you’ll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You’ll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You’ll become a Pragmatic Programmer. Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

Thomas, David

Hunt, Andrew

Improve Your Creativity, Effectiveness, and Ultimately, Your Code In Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues. Writing for programmers, managers, and technical leads at all levels of experience, Farley illuminates durable principles at the heart of effective software development. He distills the discipline into two core exercises: learning and exploration and managing complexity. For each, he defines principles that can help you improve everything from your mindset to the quality of your code, and describes approaches proven to promote success. Farley's ideas and techniques cohere into a unified, scientific, and foundational approach to solving practical software development problems within realistic economic constraints. This general, durable, and pervasive approach to software engineering can help you solve problems you haven't encountered yet, using today's technologies and tomorrow's. It offers you deeper insight into what you do every day, helping you create better software, faster, with more pleasure and personal fulfillment. <ul> <li>Clarify what you're trying to accomplish</li> <li>Choose your tools based on sensible criteria</li> <li>Organize work and systems to facilitate continuing incremental progress</li> <li>Evaluate your progress toward thriving systems, not just more "legacy code"</li> <li>Gain more value from experimentation and empiricism</li> <li>Stay in control as systems grow more complex</li> <li>Achieve rigor without too much rigidity</li> <li>Learn from history and experience</li> <li>Distinguish "good" new software development ideas from "bad" ones</li> </ul> Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

Farley, David

Computer Science

-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process--taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. Read this book, and youll learn how to *Fight software rot; *Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge; *Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code; *Avoid programming by coincidence; *Bullet-proof your code with contracts, assertions, and exceptions; *Capture real requirements; *Test ruthlessly and effectively; *Delight your users; *Build teams of pragmatic programmers; and *Make your developments more precise with automation. Written as a series of self-contained sections and filled with entertaining anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best practices and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether youre a new coder, an experienced programm

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves.
The authors begin by describing what patterns are and how they can help you design object-oriented software. They then go on to systematically name, explain, evaluate, and catalog recurring designs in object-oriented systems. With Design Patterns as your guide, you will learn how these important patterns fit into the software development process, and how you can leverage them to solve your own design problems most efficiently. Each pattern describes the circumstances in which it is applicable, when it can be applied in view of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of using the pattern within a larger design. All patterns are compiled from real systems and are based on real-world examples. Each pattern also includes code that demonstrates how it may be implemented in object-oriented programming languages like C++ or Smalltalk.

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Erich Gamma

Richard Helm

Ralph Johnson

John Vlissides

Science & Math

This book shows experienced programmers, primarily those familiar with UNIX, how to write multi-tasked and distributed applications for the new 32-bit Windows operating systems, Windows NT and Windows 95. Distinguishing it from other Windows books that cover the graphical user interface elements of Windows, this book focuses on core operating system resources, such as memory, processes, files, communication, and security.

Win32 System Programming

Johnson M. Hart

Now on CD, this internationally acclaimed bestseller is more valuable than ever! 
 Use the contents of the CD to create your own design documents and reusable components. The CD contains: 23 patterns you can cut and paste into your own design documents; sample code demonstrating pattern implementation; complete Design Patterns content in standard HTML format, with numerous hyperlinked cross-references; accessed through a standard web browser; Java-based dynamic search mechanism, enhancing online seach capabilities; graphical user environment, allowing ease of navigation. 
 First published in 1995, this landmark work on object-oriented software design presents a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to common design problems. Created by four experienced designers, the 23 patterns contained herein have become an essential resource for anyone developing reusable object-oriented software. In response to reader demand, the complete text and pattern catalog are now available on CD-ROM. This electronic version of Design Patterns enables programmers to install the book directly onto a computer or network for use as an online reference for creating reusable object-oriented software. 
 The authors first describe what patterns are and how they can help you in the design process. They then systematically name, explain, evaluate, and catalog recurring designs in object-oriented systems. All patterns are compiled from real-world examples and include code that demonstrates how they may be implemented in object-oriented programming languages such as C++ and Smalltalk. Readers who already own the book will want the CD to take advantage of its dynamic search mechanism and ready-to-install patterns.

Design Patterns CD: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Professional Computing)

Gamma, Erich

Helm, Richard

Johnson, Ralph

Vlissides, John

If you are new to the Win32 API, but have programmed for other high-end operating systems such as UNIX or VMS, then Win32 System Programming is the book for you. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. --Christopher L.T. Brown, Windows 2000 Magazine A practical guide to the central features and functions of the Win32 API, Win32 System Programming, Second Edition, will get you up and running with Windows NT and Windows 2000. Unlike most Windows programming resources, this book focuses exclusively on the core system services--file system, memory, processes, communication, and security--rather than on the more commonly featured graphical user interface functions. Especially geared for those already familiar with UNIX or other high-end operating systems, Win32 System Programming, Second Edition, helps you to build on your knowledge base to learn Win32 features quickly and easily. This new edition has been updated and enhanced with new coverage of network programming, servers, NT services, thread performance, and synchronization. It also offers a preview of Win64, the new 64-bit API for Windows 2000. Beginning with an examination of the features required in a single-process application, the text graduall

Win32 System Programming: A Windows 2000 Application Developer's Guide

Hart, Johnson M.

Operating Systems

"Hard copy versions of the Unicode Standard have been among the most crucial and most heavily used reference books in my personal library for years." --Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming "For more than a decade, Unicode has been a foundation for many Microsoft products and technologies; Unicode Standard Version 5.0 will help us deliver important new benefits to users." --Bill Gates, chairman, Microsoft Corporation "The path W3C follows to making text on the Web truly global is Unicode." --Sir Tim Berners-Lee, kbe, Web inventor and director of the World Wide Consortium (W3C) "Without Unicode, Java wouldn't be Java, and the Internet would have a harder time connecting the people of the world." --James Gosling, Inventor of Java, Sun Microsystems, Inc. These and other software luminaries recognize that Unicode has become an indispensable tool for supporting an increasingly global marketplace (see inside for more acclaim). A comprehensive system of standards for representing alphabets throughout the world, Unicode is the basis for modern programming-- Windows, XML, Python, PERL, Mac OS, Linux--and every major search engine and browser in operation today. New to Unicode Version 5.0 <ul>
<li>A stable foundation for Unicode Security Mechanisms </li> <li>Property data for the Unicode Collation Algorithm and Common Locale Data Repository </li> <li>Improvements to the Unicode Encoding Model for UTF-8 </li> <li>Rigorous stability of case folding and identifiers for improved interoperability and backward compatibility--enabling additional new ways to optimize code </li> <li>A systematic framework for improved text processing for greater reliability--covering combining characters, Unicode strings, line breaking, and segmentation</li> </ul>
This new edition of Unicode's official reference manual has been substantially updated to document the latest revisions to the Unicode Standard, with hundreds of pages of new information. It includes major revisions to text, figures, tables, definitions, and conformance clauses, and provides clear and practical answers to common questions. For the first time, the book contains the Unicode Standard Annexes, which specify vital processes such as text normalization and identifier parsing. These improvements are so important that Version 5.0 is the basis for Microsoft's Vista generation of operating systems, and is included in upgrade plans for Google, Yahoo!, and ICU, to name but a few. This is the one book all developers using Unicode must have.

The Unicode Standard: 5.0

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