Reviews

WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials Review

It’s without a doubt that WordPress is one of the largest content management systems out there. WordPress has been known for its easy-to-use software and along with its extendability. WordPress’s extendability features, called plugins, have always…

A Tribute to HP's Support - My Experiences

Back in 2008, I purchased my first HP laptop. It was the HP/Compaq Presario F761US; it was a budget machine, it wasn’t all too fast, and it for sure fit what I needed back then. What I wanted was a safe, reliable computer that could get me through…

Nginx HTTP Server Review - The Best Nginx Resource!

Even though you may not realize it, every single website you visit has an HTTP server to it. There are many HTTP servers out there, even some based upon open source projects, but the major ones are mainly Apache (most websites use Apache),…

Wallpaper Wizard Review - The Best Mac Wallpaper Changer

Ever since I have switched over to the Mac early last year, I was struggling to find a unique wallpaper changer that actually was modern and with a vast amount of pre-selected wallpapers. You might remember Desktoptopia from some years ago; sadly,…

Twitter is Cutting the String - You Won't Like This

Third party Twitter clients like TweetDeck, Echofon, and the newly released MetroTwit for Windows all have something in common; they’re not designed or developed by the folks over at Twitter. Recently, Ryan Sarver, from Twitter’s platform team,…

Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook Review

As the Linux operating system has been getting more and more popular, many system administrators want to learn Linux shell scripting for a larger feature set. The Linux terminal is a powerful feature; combining that with shell scripting, you can…

OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide Review

Every developer knows creating 3D games from scratch isn’t easy. However, when you use a 3D library, your life becomes quite a bit easier. OGRE 3D is one of those popular 3D open source libraries. Because Packt Publishing has been really gearing on…

Blender 2.5 Materials and Textures Cookbook Review

Blender has been getting great attention for quite some time now. As more and more features are added into this wonderful 3D program, 3D designers are really noticing Blender’s features. One of Blender’s most notable features would be how it handles…

Cornerstone 2 Review - The Best Version Control System

When I started to get more into what I do, which is of course programming, I started to fear one thing that every developer had experience with… code organization failures. You developers know exactly what that means: the failure to keep your code…

OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials Review

If you can remember a while back in late September of last year, we reviewed one of the best task managers on the Mac, OmniFocus. It ever so happens that they make one of the best diagramming applications on the Mac also, OmniGraffle. When Packt…

Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide Review

We gave you a short preview of this upcoming review, and now, we’re ready for the full review of Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide! If you may not know, Cocos2d is a highly looked upon iOS/Mac game development framework. In fact, I used it to…

Twitter for Mac Review - It's #Awesome!

With the release of the Mac App Store today, the first thing I did was to download Twitter for Mac. I’ve been wanting a new version of Twitter for quite a while now (aren’t we all?), and it’s finally here. When Tweetie first came out for Mac OS X, I…

Cocos2D for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide Preview

If you don't know, nearly a year ago I switched over to the Mac for one main reason: iOS development. Fast forward seven months after the day I switched to the Mac, Alienz (yup, shameless plug) was released. It was hard learning game development on…

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