Extensive new coverage: Android 5 (Lollipop), Android Studio, and Material Design; plus Android M early preview A laser focus on modern Android essentials, including activities, intents, resources, and background processing.

Android is everywhere, and Burd shows you how to get your piece of the action. This all-in-one guide to creating great apps for this booming market takes you from groundwork through the essentials common to every app, to actually marketing your apps and learning advanced techniques involving C and C++.

When a notoriously difficult class for future entrepreneurs leads to three freshmen developing the next "it" app for dating on college campuses, all hell breaks loose... Type A control freak Sara lives by her color-coordinated Post-it notes. Rich boy Braden wants out from under his billionaire father's thumb. Scholarship student Roberto can't afford for his grades to drop. When the three are forced to work together in one of the university's most...

C# Programming in easy steps, 3rd edition teaches the reader how to code applications, and demonstrates every aspect of the C# language they will need to produce professional programming results. Its examples provide clear syntax-highlighted code showing C# language basics including variables, arrays, logic, looping, methods, and classes. The book begins by explaining how to install the free Visual Studio Community Edition, to create an environment...

With millions of new users and several new models, the Raspberry Pi ecosystem continues to expand--along with many new questions about the Pi's capabilities. The third edition of this popular cookbook provides more than 200 hands-on recipes that show you how to run this tiny low-cost computer with Linux; program it with Python; hook it up to sensors, motors, and Arduino boards; and even use it with the internet of things (IoT).Prolific hacker and...

Become a cloud developer and have fun doing it! This full-color guide will help you start creating cloud-based apps and games fast, even if youve never done it before. Not just friendly and easy, it puts you in control of your own learning and empowers you to solve problems you care about. Microsoft and author Rob Miles have reinvented the introductory tutorial, reflecting deep research into how newcomers learn. Begin to Code is packed with innovations,...