How digital technology is profoundly renewing our sense of what is real and how we perceive.Digital technologies are not just tools; they are structures of perception. They determine the way in which the world appears to us. For nearly half a century, technology has provided us with perceptions coming from an unknown world. The digital beings that emerge from our screens and our interfaces disrupt the notion of what we experience as real, thereby leading us to rele...

A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing.This book takes a single line of code—the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title—and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. The authors of this collaboratively written book treat code not as merely functional but as a text—in the case of 10 PRINT, a ...

If you have ever been wondering what android programming is all about then this is the book that you need to get. It contains all the basics of this type of programming, how to build an app and much, much more.The author goes to great lengths to break all the information down to be as basic as possible so that the reader that is not as confident in their abilities as others are will be able to follow the instructions and get a foot into the world of android programming.This...

Software Expert Kent Beck Presents a Catalog of Patterns Infinitely Useful for Everyday ProgrammingGreat code doesn’t just function: it clearly and consistently communicates your intentions, allowing other programmers to understand your code, rely on it, and modify it with confidence. But great code doesn’t just happen. It is the outcome of hundreds of small but critical decisions programmers make every single day. Now, legendary software innovator Kent Beck—known ...

AutoIT is one of the best window application automation tool available in the market as an open source. Using AutoIT you can automate any window application by its simple scripting.What this book offers...This book doesn't make any assumptions about your background programming knowledge. You don't need any prior knowledge to benefit from this book. You will be guided step by step starting form how to install AutoIT, how to record and playback, where to write the script, how...

Essential Programming Skills--Made Easy!Learn programming fundamentals quickly with help from this hands-on tutorial. No previous experience required! Programming: A Beginner's Guide gets you started right away writing a simple but useful program in Visual Basic Express Edition, and then moves on to more advanced projects, including a quiz program and a protected personal diary. You'll develop real-world programming skills, like designing user interfaces a...

Why simply play music or go online when you can use your iPhone or iPad for some really fun projects, such as building a metal detector, hacking a radio control truck, or tracking a model rocket in flight? Learn how to build these and other cool things by using iOS device sensors and inexpensive hardware such as Arduino and a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Shield.This hands-on book shows you how to write simple applications with techBASIC, an Apple-approved development environment that ...