Leonard Richardson is an expert in RESTful API design and the creator of the popular Python library Beautiful Soup. As a science fiction novelist, he explores complex technological and societal issues with sharp insight. His writing is characterized by thoughtful construction and the ability to draw readers into compelling worlds.
Updated to include Ruby 1.9 and 2.0, the second edition of Ruby Cookbook highlights the increasingly popular Ruby programming language. By including recipes for the Rails framework and other projects involving Ruby, this book will set the standard for the language in a variety of programming environments.
Combines professional insights along with the author's own experience and insights to speculate on how believers can make sense of their Christian faith when confronted with tragedy and suffering.
The galaxy's two multi-species superpowers stand on the brink of yet another pointless war. Soldiers, draft-dodgers, smugglers and spies from both sides are rushing towards Cedar Commons, an uninhabited forest planet near the border. Everyone has some plan for fighting, avoiding, or profiting from the conflict. None of these plans are going to work out: war destroys plans as efficiently as it does lives. But as the visitors to this once-quiet planet discover each other, they'll make new friends, new enemies, and new plans that have a chance to end the war before it causes the collapse of several civilizations.
Shows how to use the REST architectural style to create web sites that can be used by computers as well as machines, providing basic rules for using REST and real-life examples of such Web services.
With this practical guide, you'll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the world's most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web.
What Are We Waiting For? presents a series of refreshing stories and reflections that will assist the reader in understanding the seasons of Advent and Christmas. The reflections are both thoughtful and challenging, making them an ideal resource for prayer. Fr. Leonard's contemporary perspective and insight will help readers to reflect on the gospel stories and will provide an excellent aid to homilists seeking new ideas for these popular seasonal readings. Table of Contents 1.Preparing to Celebrate Christmas 2.Preparing for the End of Time 3.The Christmas Season 4.The Holy Family 5.Mary, Mother of God 6.Epiphany 7.The Baptism of the Lord
This book by bestselling author Richard Leonard asks who we are before God, how we can be confident in our faith in a loving God, and addresses the world in which Christians live.
What Does It All Mean? brings together into one volume three previous works on belief and its challenges: Where the Hell Is God?, Why Bother Praying?, and What Are We Doing on Earth for Christ's Sake? This work revises, restructures, edits, augments, and develops the early works into a single coherent case for belief. It does not shy away from the biggest challenges to faith inside and outside of the Church, but outlines a contemporary and accessible response to the issues that confront and sometimes confound believers today. It has an index for easy and quick reference.