May
14
Professional Web APIs with PHP eBay Google Paypal Amazon FedEx plus Web Feeds
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by Paul Reinheimer (Author)
Product Details
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wrox (July 31, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764589547
ISBN-13: 978-0764589546
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
Book Description
- Offers hands-on tips and numerous code examples that show Web developers how to leverage content and feeds from today’s top Web sites-including Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Yahoo!, and FedEx
- Introduces APIs (Application Program Interfaces) in general and uses real-world examples that show how to produce and document them
- Explains how to use the popular scripting language PHP to create APIs that interact with unrelated applications over the Web
- Examples take readers through each stage of the API process, from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites
From the Back Cover
As the only book that details how to integrate different APIs and web feeds in PHP so websites can leverage content from eBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, and FedEx, this hands-on guide takes you step by step through each stage of the API process. Experienced PHP programmer Paul Michael Reinheimer walks you through the production and consumption angles of web feeds and discusses XML-feeds so that you can access one of the fastest growing trends on the web. With real-world examples covering everything from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites, you’ll learn how to produce and document your own APIs, which will allow you to expand your sites and may even prompt you to re-examine how you structure your code.What you will learn from this book
- How to add a third party API to your site or program one of your own
- Ways that a small ISP can use the Yahoo!® XML feed to publish recent technology on a site
- Why APIs are the preferred method for disparate applications to interact over the web
- Differences between the functions of APIs and web feeds and the benefits each has to offer
- The basic structure for REST and SOAP APIs
Who this book is for
This book is for programmers who have a strong understanding of PHP and are looking for detailed coverage of multiple APIs in PHP.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. Read more
May
14
Pro PHP XML and Web Services
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by Robert Richards (Author)
Product Details
Hardcover: 936 pages
Publisher: Apress (March 27, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590596331
ISBN-13: 978-1590596333
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 2 inches
Book Description
— Nathan Smith, Godbit Project
Pro PHP XML and Web Services is the authoritative guide to using the XML features of PHP 5 and PHP 6. No other book covers XML and Web Services in PHP as deeply as this title. The first four chapters introduce the core concepts of XML required for proficiency, and will bring you up to speed on the terminology and key concepts you need to proceed with the rest of the book. Next, the book explores utilizing XML and Web Services with PHP5. Topics include DOM, SimpleXML, SAX, xmlReader, XSLT, RDF, RSS, WDDX, XML-RPC, REST, SOAP, and UDDI.
Author Robert Richards, a major contributor to the PHP XML codebase, is a leading expert in the PHP community. In this book, Richards covers all topics in depth, blending theory with practical examples. Youll find case studies for the most popular web services like Amazon, Google, eBay, and Yahoo. The book also covers XML capabilities, demonstrated through informative examples, in the PEAR libraries.
About the Author
Robert Richards, currently an independent contractor, has worked in various fields including Medical Information, Telecommunications, Media and E-Learning. Having been exposed to XML since its inception and used for various projects during his career, his most extensive work with the technology was within the E-Learning space. He helped created a proprietary XML based application server which used XML for data publishing, defining application business logic as well as data querying. He was also the lead engineer for the company’s involvement in SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model), used for Web based learning, established by the Department of Defense through its Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative.
After becoming the latest casualty of the “dot-com” implosion in 2001, Rob had his first taste of PHP and began contributing code to the domxml extension in 2002. Since then he became one of the authors of the DOM extension for PHP 5, contributes to the other XML based extensions and has authored the xmlReader, for PHP 5, and xmlwriter, for PHP 4.3+, extensions. Also on occasion, he contributes bug fixes to the libxml2 project found during the development of these extensions. Read more
Apr
21
Apress The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots.
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By Scott Preston
Amazon Sales Rank: #323433 in Books
Brand: APress
Published on: 2005-11-11
Product Description
The way Scott lays out the book is really good too . . . He explains everything in easy to understand terms and provides sample code that you can use right away.
— Jim Brown, Robots.net
The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. Youll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.
For up-to-the-minute information, check out Scott’s Bots, the author’s own website.
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Apr
21
Programming Spiders, Bots, and Aggregators in Java
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By Jeff Heaton
Amazon Sales Rank: #434219 in Books
Brand: Sybex
Published on: 2002-02
Product Description
The content and services available on the web continue to be accessed mostly through direct human control. But this is changing. Increasingly, users rely on automated agents that save them time and effort by programmatically retrieving content, performing complex interactions, and aggregating data from diverse sources. Programming Spiders, Bots, and Aggregators in Java teaches you how to build and deploy a wide variety of these agents-from single-purpose bots to exploratory spiders to aggregators that present a unified view of information from multiple user accounts.
You will quickly build on your basic knowledge of Java to quickly master the techniques that are essential to this specialized world of programming, including parsing HTML, interpreting data, working with cookies, reading and writing XML, and managing high-volume workloads. You’ll also learn about the ethical issues associated with bot use–and the limitations imposed by some websites.
This book offers two levels of instruction, both of which are focused on the library of routines provided on the companion CD. If your main concern is adding ready-made functionality to an application, you’ll achieve your goals quickly thanks to step-by-step instructions and sample programs that illustrate effective implementations. If you’re interested in the technologies underlying these routines, you’ll find in-depth explanations of how they work and the techniques required for customization. Read more
Apr
8
The New Market Wizards
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by Jack D. Schwager (Author)
Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 9, 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471132365
- ISBN-13: 978-0471132363
Apr
8
巴菲特致股东的信：股份公司教程
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译者序：
巴菲特当然没有写过什么书，但他每年都要在伯克希尔·哈撒韦的公司年报中给股东写一封信，总结在过去一年中的成败得失。从挑选经理、选择投资目标、评估公司，到有效地使用金融信息，这些信涵盖面甚广。但是，在美国法律教授劳伦斯人坎宁安将这些信援特定的主题加以组织整理著成本书以前，、这些信中蕴含的思想并没有引起本应获得的广泛关注。巴菲特本人认为，这本书比到目前为止的任何一本关于他的传记都要好，如果他要挑一本书去读，那必定是这本。
巴菲特是第一位靠证券投资成为拥有几百亿美元资产的世界富豪。在过去的35年中，他执掌的伯克希尔公司每股账面价值从19美元上升至37 987美元，年复合增长率高达24．00％（见下表）。尤为难能可贵的是，伯克希尔已经是一家资产总额高达1300多亿美元的巨型企业。没有哪个人的成功是偶然的。读者看完本书之后，想必会对巴菲特的投资理念有深入全面的了解，也就不难想像他为什么会取得如此惊人的业绩。
巴菲特的许多观点与传统的管理与投资教条相抵触。例如，巴菲特认为用股票期权酬报经理会对股东产生毒害作用，他更倾向于直接用现金奖励经理。因为这些经理若是真的看好自己公司的股票，只要到二级市场上去买就可以了。许多公司的业绩增长，是因为留存了本应派发给股东的红利。如果这些用于再投资的留存收益可以产生高于市场平均收益的回报，那么留存收益显然是明智的；但若是回报率比市场的平均收益率低，那么股东就会蒙受损失。许多公司经理明知回报率低，但还喜欢留存收益，因为公司的业绩毕竟还增长了，这样他们手中的股票期权价值就会提高，这等于是拿股东的钱为自己谋利。
Apr
8
巴菲特怎样选择成长股
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要想做一个巴菲特式的投资人，淘出真正高收益的股票，除非你能答出下面这些问题：
★价值投资者应该注重哪些信息？
★巴菲特本人怎样看公司报表，哪些业绩指标他认为最关键？
★为什么他能够面对市场的疯狂而不为所动，他是如何控制风险的？
★上市公司的价值和公司的经理之间有什么联系，经理最重要的品质是什么？
★还有一点最为重要，你不光要知道他怎样做，还要知道哪些事情他绝对不会做。
这本研究巴菲特选股之道的新著抛开了复杂的理论分析，将股王的经验转化为可以直接运用的技艺，具有很强的实用性。
“真正能体现你工作价值的核心，不在于你去非碰那些你还不理解的东西，也不在于你知道了人家上星期买了什么，而在于你有能力抓住一只行将启动的股票。”
—沃伦·巴菲特
关于巴菲特的故事人们讲了很多很多，但其实很少有人去系统讨论那传奇般的投资技术—他的目光投向哪里？他在寻找什么？是什么信号在告诉他该买进了？
这本《巴菲特怎样选择成长股》讲述投资者应该如何沿着巴菲特的足迹，去发现那些价值被低估的股票，去躲开一个已经十分危险的市场。作为价值投资理论的实践者和研究者，蒂默西·韦克的著作将为你提供如下知识：
★无需冒更大风险就能获得超出平均收益的三项策略
★评估作为内在价值基本要素的公司未来收益的技术
★为什么账面价值的增长是巴菲特所钟爱的衡量公司投资潜力的尺度
★巴菲特如何通过可转换证券，期权以及其他秘密武器来规避损失
Apr
5
Google Hacks 100 Industrial-Strenght Tips & Tools
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Product Details
- by Tara Calishain (Author), Rael Dornfest (Editor)
- Paperback: 325 pages
- Publisher: O’Reilly; 1 edition (February 1, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0596004478
- ISBN-13: 978-0596004477
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Everyone loves Google, and it’s the first place many people turn to locate information on the Internet. There’s a big gap, though, between knowing that you can use Google to get advance information on your blind date and having a handle on the considerable roster of fact-finding tools that the site makes available. Google Hacks reveals–and documents in considerable detail–a large collection of Google capabilities that many readers won’t have even been aware of. Want to find the best price on a pair of leg warmers? Try the Froogle price-searcher that’s hidden within the Google site. Interested in finding weblog commentary about a particular subject? Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest call your attention to the special Google syntaxes for that purpose. This book makes it clear that there’s lots more to the Google site than typing in a few keywords and trusting the search engine to yield useful results. If you’re a programmer–or even just familiar with a HTML or a scripting language–Google opens up even further. A large part of Google Hacks concerns itself with the Google API (the collection of capabilities that Google exposes for use by software) and other programmers’ resources. For example, the authors include a simple Perl application that queries the Google engine with terms specified by the user. They also document XooMLe, which delivers Google results in XML form. In brief, this is the best compendium of Google’s lesser-known capabilities available anywhere, including the Google site itself. –David Wall
Topics covered: How to get the most from the Google search engine by using its Web-accessible features (including product searches, image searches, news searches, and newsgroup searches) and the large collection of desktop-resident toolbars available, as well as its advanced search syntax. Other sections have to do with programming with the Google API and simple “scrapes” of results pages, while further coverage addresses how to get your Web page to feature prominently in Google keyword searches.
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Apr
5
Investment Performance measurement
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Product Details
- Author: by Bruce J. Feibel
- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Wiley (February 4, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471268496
- ISBN-13: 978-0471268499
- Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Many investment books include a chapter or two on investment performance measurement or focus on a single aspect, but only one book addresses the breadth of the field. Investment Performance Measurement is a comprehensive guide that covers the subjects of performance and risk calculation, attribution, presentation, and interpretation. This information-packed book covers a wide range of related topics, including calculation of the returns earned by portfolios; measurement of the risks taken to earn these returns; measurement of the risk and return efficiency of the portfolio and other indicators of manager skill; and much more. By reviewing both the concepts of performance measurement and examples of how they are used, readers will gain the insight necessary to understand and evaluate the management of investment funds. Investment Performance Measurement makes extensive use of fully worked examples that supplement formulas and is a perfect companion to professional courses and seminars for analysts.Bruce J. Feibel, CFA, is Product Manager at Eagle Investment Systems, an investment management software provider located in Newton, Massachusetts. He is responsible for overseeing the development of Eagle’s investment performance measurement, attribution, and AIMR/GIPS compliance software. Prior to joining Eagle, Mr. Feibel was a principal at State Street Global Advisors. He earned his BS in accounting from the University of Florida.
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Mar
29
Amazon Context Link Ads的wordpress插件下载
Amazon.com 启动了新的文脉关系上的链接广告系统 , context link ads。现在这个系统还是bata版本. 通过下面我们介绍的wordpress插件你可以简单的把 amazon context link ads添加到你的blog中去。
Context Links 如何工作?
当你插入context links的生成的代码块到你的网页中后，context links会将对你页面内容中的相关关键词进行分析并将关键词链接到amazon.com上的产品，通过contxt link ads的预览功能，你会看到所链接的产品信息，如上图所示，点击链 接可以将拜访者带到该产品在amazon.com上的产品细节主页，如果拜访者在amazon.com上购买了东西，你可以获得amazon.com支付 的佣金，不过你需要首先注册amazon associates id才能使用这个系统。与以前amazon.com的联盟的astore等推广方式有了很大的进步，现在不用再手工添加推广链接，因此使用起来方便了很多。点击Jack Welch观看效果。
如何安装amazon context link ads 插件？
下载插件文件并上传到wordpress的插件目录，登陆到管理面板激活插件。在外观面板点击amazon ads切片。然后添加你的associates ID，完成。
下载本插件: WP Amazon Context Link Ads
本插件兼容wordpress个人2+和wordpress多用户版
没有 Associates ID的，可以到 here 去注册。
