When I received the review copy of this book, I was excited and pleased that the topic of Mac security was getting covered by a mainstream technical publisher. With a confusing morass of advice, misinformation and fanboyism available on the internet, it was about time for a technically-reviewed book by experts on the subject. The table of contents reveals the authors’ broad ambition, covering a wide collection of topics from physical security and backups to web and mail security……Click Title For Full Review

In summary, Maher Ali has released a comprehensive book that covers a wide variety of topics. Hopefully, in future editions, the font and typography used to illustrate example code will be improved. Also, as this material evolves I hope to see additional examples and information provided in the chapters covering more advanced topics, as well as better introductory material to make sure novice C programmers can come up to speed more quickly….Click Title for Full Review

I think this book excellent at explaining the concepts and taking you from novice to understanding and applying Core Animation techniques in your next application. If you are new to Cocoa and the Mac then I would not recommend this be the first book you read, but for anyone who is serious about Cocoa development, then this book should be on your bookshelf.

Pragmatic Thinking & Learning: Refactor Your Wetware is a unique book that explores a variety of theories on how the brain works; offering tips, tricks, and advice to take full advantage of ways to learn, solve problems, and ultimately find what lies beyond the realm of expertise. Basically, this book will show you how to supercharge your brain! Through a careful application of equal amounts theory and practical activities, Andy Hunt takes us on a tour of the inner workings of the mind, pointing out areas that can be fine-tuned to achieve a more efficient learning experience. Although the book was written with agile software developers in mind, it remains fairly approachable for anyone with a basic grasp of programming concepts. If you are looking for ways to become more effective at your job, accelerate and enhance your learning process, or simply want to learn more about the greatest computer of all — the brain, consider picking up a copy of this book. Read Full Review for More Details

This book is for inexperience programmers or people who have never programmed before looking to start programming on the Mac. I have been a programmer to long to really be able to know how well it will reach this audience but as an experienced programmer who has read many crappy books in his time I do know this is a great book by a man who knows how to explain things very well.