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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contextos Locais: Meios Rural e Urbano -- 11.1. Similaridades chave entre os contextos rurais e urbanos e as suas implicações para a adaptação -- 11.2. …”

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“…What This Short Cut Covers Introduction Ruby's Interpreter Is Slow Runtime Complexity of Ruby Language Constructs Patterns Instance Variables versus Accessors Local Variables Are Cheap Assignments in Expressions Interpolated Strings In-Place Updates Sets versus Arrays For Loops versus each Make Decisions at Load Time Self Modifying Code Test Most Frequent Case First Optimize Access to Global Constants Caching Data in Instance Variables Caching Data in Class Variables Coding Variable Caching Efficiently Initializing Variables with nil Using .nil? …”

“…Visual Basic programmers discover how to: Use XML Schema to define Web service messages Use SOAP for messaging and Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Read and modify WSDL documents Build Web services with the SOAP Toolkit Create and invoke Web services using the .NET framework Implement SOAP headers and use SOAP Fault Develop interface-based Web services Handle data in .NET Web services, including objects, arrays, and DataSets Use SOAP extensions to build reusable infrastructure for security and compression Use Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) at design time and run time Understand the architecture of other popular toolkits, such as Apache SOAP for Java, and learn how to solve interoperability problems The book closes by walking the reader through the creation of a Web service with .NET and Visual Basic 6 clients. …”

“…This book contains over 250 recipes on the following topics: Working with basic data types, including strings, numbers, dates and times, and arrays PHP building blocks, such as variables, functions, classes, and objects Web programming, including forms, database access, and XML Useful features like regular expressions, encryption and security, graphics, internationalization and localization, and Internet services Working with files and directories Command-line PHP and PHP-GTK PEAR, the PHP Extension and Application Repository This book contains an impressive collection of useful code for PHP programmers, from novices to advanced practitioners. …”

“…Here is a quick overview of the concepts you will discover (and practice on): Level 1: Write a program, variables, arrays, vectors, user input Level 2: Functions, scope, comments, namespaces Level 3: Conditions (if), for loops, while loops Level 4: References, prototypes, compilation from the terminal You will also have an extra bonus section on Object-Oriented Programming, which is common nowadays and will be a nice addition to your skill set. …”

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“…Coverage includes Manipulating text with string, textwrap, re, and difflib Implementing data structures: collections, array, queue, struct, copy, and more Reading, writing, and manipulating files and directories Regular expression pattern matching Exchanging data and providing for persistence Archiving and data compression Managing processes and threads Using application “building blocks”: parsing command-line options, prompting for passwords, scheduling events, and logging Testing, debugging, and compilation Controlling runtime configuration Using module and package utilities If you’re new to Python, this book will quickly give you access to a whole new world of functionality. …”

“…Coverage includes: Shaders in depth: creating shader objects, compiling shaders, checking for compile errors, attaching shader objects to program objects, and linking final program objects The OpenGL ES Shading Language: variables, types, constructors, structures, arrays, attributes, uniforms, varyings, precision qualifiers, and invariance Inputting geometry into the graphics pipeline, and assembling geometry into primitives Vertex shaders, their special variables, and their use in per-vertex lighting, skinning, and other applications Using fragment shaders—including examples of multitexturing, fog, alpha test, and user clip planes Fragment operations: scissor test, stencil test, depth test, multisampling, blending, and dithering Advanced rendering: per-pixel lighting with normal maps, environment mapping, particle systems, image post-processing, and projective texturing Real-world programming challenges: platform diversity, C++ portability, OpenKODE, and platform-specific shader binaries…”

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