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Working with Excel 2013's Ribbon Menus

In this chapter, you are introduced to Excel’s Ribbon menu and learn the basics of working with workbooks and worksheets.

By Michael Alexander - Jun 19, 2013

Preface to "Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, Third Edition"

Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister describe the evolution of their idea that the solution to many of the problems facing software engineering teams wasn't technological - it was sociological. From its genesis during an overnight flight to Sydney to the latest empirical studies, the third edition of Peopleware continues to expand and build upon their original premise that technology is not always the solution to managerial problems.

By Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister - Jun 18, 2013

Using Threads within a UNIX Process

This chapter, from Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition, looks inside a UNIX process to see how multiple threads can be used to perform multiple tasks within the environment of a single process.

By W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago - Jun 18, 2013

A C++ Reading List by John Lakos

John Lakos, author of Large-Scale C++ Software Design and senior architect and Bloomberg LP, shares his list of favorite resources for C++ software engineers.

By John Lakos - Jun 17, 2013

Preface to Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition

The authors of Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice introduce the long-anticipated third edition of their well regarded textbook.

By John F. Hughes, Andries van Dam, Kurt Akeley, Steven K. Feiner, James D. Foley, Morgan McGuire, David F. Sklar - Jun 13, 2013