Develop Linux applications in a jiffy

Site Offer Mozilla is far more than just a Web browser - it's the platform of choice for today's application and web developer. An innovative blend of XML vocabularies, easy-to-use scripting languages, and pre-existing software objects, Mozilla is a powerful, standards-compliant platform whose functionality guarantees rapid application development.

If you're an application programmer or a web developer and you're looking for a productive, state-of-the-art, cross-platform programming tool, then Rapid Application Development with Mozilla is essential reading.

This week The Register bookstore has this great title, along with other gems such as the Visual Basic .NET programming language and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, all reduced by 30 per cent.

Rapid Application Development with Mozilla
RRP £39.99 - Reg price - £27.99 - Saving £12.00 (30 per cent)
Mozilla is much more than a Web Browser, it is Linux's most productive application development framework Simply put, Mozilla is to Linux what Visual Basic is to Windows. Rapid Application Development with Mozilla is an indispensable guide for developers cutting-edge web applications.

Visual Basic .NET Programming Language, The
RRP £34.99 - Reg price - £24.49 - Saving £10.50 (30 per cent)
The authoritative, must-have guide to Visual Basic .NET for all Visual Basic programmers, straight from the author of the language spec!

JFC Swing Tutorial, The
RRP £37.99 - Reg price - £26.59 - Saving £11.40 (30 per cent)
This is the perfect book to learn the ins and outs of JFC and Swing. Its numerous code examples and clear presentation style make this title a fine choice for mastering the ins and outs of today's Swing.

MDA Distilled
RRP £30.99 - Reg price - £21.69 - Saving £9.30 (30 per cent)
MDA prevents design decisions from being intertwined with the application and keeps it independent of its implementation. The result is an application that can be combined with other technologies as well as other applications, and models that become highly reusable assets. MDA Distilled is an accessible introduction to the MDA standard and its tools and technologies.

Case for Virtual Business Processes, The
RRP £30.99 - Reg price - £21.69 - Saving £9.30 (30 per cent)
Learn how to harness the power of new networking solutions and outsourcing to maximize competitive advantage. This book is intended for business professionals, consultants, and IT decision makers, who need to reduce costs, increase revenues, and improve their competitive advantage in today's hyper-competitive global market.

CCNA Self-Study
RRP £38.99 - Reg price - £27.29 - Saving £11.70 (30 per cent)
This book will help you become literate in the basics of internetworking, TCP/IP, and the use of Cisco IOS Software on Cisco switches and routers. It teaches all you need to know to pass the CCNA INTRO exam 640-821 or CCNA exam 640-801.

Cisco Networking Academy Program Fundamentals of UNIX Companion Guide
RRP £51.99 - Reg price - £36.39 - Saving £15.60 (30 per cent)
In the Fundamentals of UNIX course, you are introduced to essential UNIX topics, system administration, and certification options. You learn UNIX command-line utilities as well as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and GNOME graphical user interfaces.

Real Time UML
RRP £45.99 - Reg price - £32.19 - Saving £13.80 (30 per cent)
This book introduces embedded system practitioners to basic object technology concepts and the latest version of the industry-standard UML

Developing Series 60 Applications
RRP £37.99 - Reg price - £26.59 - Saving £11.40 (30 per cent)
Series 60 smartphone developers are deploying the next wave of mobile services. With more than 60 per cent of all mobile phone manufacturers licensing Series 60 Platform, Series 60 represents the smartphone market with the largest user base for mobile application developers.

Upgrading and Repairing Laptops
RRP £36.50 - Reg price - £25.55 - Saving £10.95 (30 per cent)
Learn how to upgrade, repair and live with a laptop computer from Scott Mueller, the best selling PC hardware author of all time. The one and only book of its kind on the market!

We've also got four alternative titles, ranging from a practical guide to starting and building a successful business, to Alan Cooper calls for a Software Revolution in The Inmates Are Running the Asylum. All with 30 per cent Reg reader discounts!

• The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
  RRP £12.50 - Reg price - £8.75 - Saving £3.75 (30 per cent)
  The Inmates are Running the Asylum argues that, despite appearances, business executives are simply not the ones in control of the high-tech industry. They have inadvertently put programmers and engineers in charge, leading to products and processes that waste money, squander customer loyalty, and erode competitive advantage.
• The Beermat Entrepreneur
  RRP £12.99 - Reg price - £9.09 - Saving £3.90 (30 per cent)
  So you want to be an entrepreneur...how do you do it, how much will it cost, what support have you got? Beermat entrepreneur - the no-nonsence/hands on/practical guide to business success!
• Change Activist
  RRP £9.99 - Reg price - £6.99 - Saving £3.00 (30 per cent)
  Change Activists make things happen - quickly and effectively. It shows how success, profit and principles are mutually achievable – so you can have a job and give a damn.
• Sold!
  RRP £12.99 - Reg price - £9.09 - Saving £3.90 (30 per cent)
  Short, smart, easily absorbed, non-patronising, non-evangelical, non-'personality' based - just tried and tested sales training in book form, packaged how we know readers like it.

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