The #1 Guide to Excellence in Technical Communication—Fully Updated for Embedded Assistance, Mobile, Search, Multimedia, and MoreDirect from IBM’s own content design experts, this guide shows you how to design product interfaces and technical information that always place users front and center. This edition has been fully revised to help you consistently deliver the right content at the right time.You’ll master today’s best practices to apply nin...

The IBM Style Guide distills IBM wisdom for developing superior content: information that is consistent, clear, concise, and easy to translate. The IBM Style Guide can help any organization improve and standardize content across authors, delivery mechanisms, and geographic locations.This expert guide contains practical guidance on topic-based writing, writing content for different media types, and writing for global audiences.Throughout, the authors illust...

Customize your NAV applicationsKey FeaturesGain from the insights and methods of industry-leading experts and tailor your applications to best suit the needs of your businessLearn through the detailed explanations and useful examples that are presented in a logical, step-by-step mannerThis comprehensive guide is written with the goals of being used as a classroom text, a self-study text, and as a handy in-depth reference guideBook...

A handy guide that covers the most essential topics for Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification in an easy-to-understand formatKey Features\[\*\] Get to grips with the fundamentals of Force.com to pass the certification exam with flying colors\[\*\] Create Force.com applications, automate business processes, and manage data operations to be a successful Salesforce.com Certified Force.com app builder\[\*\] A step-by-step guide that covers ...

A fast-paced and practical guide to demystifying big data and transforming it into operational intelligenceKey Features\[\*\]Want to get started with Splunk to analyze and visualize machine data? Open this book and step into the world of Splunk.\[\*\]Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business\[\*\]This easy-to-follow, practical book can be used by anyone, even if you have never ...

The definitive reference for technical writers, editors, and documentation managers, Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Third Edition,has been revised and updated to cover everything from creating screencasts and referencing web sites to writing for wikis. This award-winning guide to creating clear, consistent, and easy-to-understand documentation covers everything from grammar and writing style to typographic and legal guidelines. The authors, who are seni...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe book focuses around creating educational activities in Drupal, with lots of examples of realistic courses and classroom ideas – and how to implement them. This book is for anybody looking to use Drupal to support teaching and learning; more generally, the examples given in this book can also be used by anybody looking to use Drupal to publish social media. This book is not a developer's manual; you do NOT need to know ...

As iOS apps become increasingly complex and business-critical, iOS developers must ensure consistently superior code quality. This means adopting best practices for creating and testing iOS apps. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of the most powerful of these best practices. Test-Driven iOS Development is the first book 100% focused on helping you successfully implement TDD and unit testing in an iOS environment.Long-time iOS/Mac developer Graham Lee helps you rapidly i...

Learn Advanced Dashboards, JavaScript, Computations, and Special Topics from the ExpertsKey FeaturesWalk through a comprehensive example of a simple, intermediate, and advanced dashboard with a focus on Interactive Reporting best practices.Explore the data analysis functionally with an in-depth explanation of built-in and JavaScript functions.Build custom interfaces to create batch programs and exports for automated reporting.Demonstra...

NOTE: This title is also available as a free eBook on the Microsoft Download Center. It is offered for sale in print format as a convenience. Get a head start evaluating SQL Server 2014 - guided by two experts who have worked with the technology from the earliest beta. Based on Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) software, this guide introduces new features and capabilities, with practical insights on how SQL Server 2014 can meet the needs of your business. Get the early, high-level o...

From the moment it was published almost ten years ago, Elements of User Experience became a vital reference for web and interaction designers the world over, and has come to define the core principles of the practice. Now, in this updated, expanded, and full-color new edition, Jesse James Garrett has refined his thinking about the Web, going beyond the desktop to include information that also applies to the sudden proliferation of mobile devices and applications.S...

Whether you develop web applications or mobile apps, the OAuth 2.0 protocol will save a lot of headaches. This concise introduction shows you how OAuth provides a single authorization technology across numerous APIs on the Web, so you can securely access users’ data—such as user profiles, photos, videos, and contact lists—to improve their experience of your application.Through code examples, step-by-step instructions, and use-case examples, you’ll learn how to apply OAuth 2.0 to yo...