If you want to learn 3D modeling and animation design, but are unable to afford the Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya such kind of 3D modeling or animation software costing thousands of dollars, then the very popular, free, and open-source Blender is currently the best choice for you. However, the available books or any tutorials written for Blender have been always scarce, really not systematic, and incomplete all the time, until the day Blender For Dummies, 3rd Edition comes out.

The kernel of Linux is responsible for handling all the interactions between CPU and outside world, deciding the order of all programs share the processor time, effectively managing hundreds or thousands of processes to share the limited memory available in system, skillfully planning the data transmission as a whole to save the time consumed by CPU on waiting for the slower hard drive. Therefore, in-depth study of the most essential parts of the Linux kernel lets you completely understand what makes Linux run normally and why it can work well in various system distributions.

Agile software development is a real, continuable way to solve many key problems that have perplexed generations of software developers. That's why it is becoming more and more welcomed by software teams around the world who want to build better applications with more relaxed and enjoyable environment at work.

Folsom State Prison is one of the safest, most guarded and most dangerous heavyweight prisons in the suburb of Sacramento, USA. Here, prisoners use a deadly weapon (dagger) rather than fists at the time of combat, without exception. As a result, the knife fighting techniques developed here are far beyond any levels you can meet on the street. Because the situations that these knife fighting skills are about to deal with are much more dangerous than any so-called dangerous situations you met in the street fighting.

The Rails framework (formerly the MVC framework, AKA: Ruby on Rails) was put forward by David Heinemeier Hansson from Denmark for the first time in 2004. Different from any existing complex, ivory-towered Web development frameworks at that time, Rails is more in line with actual needs and more efficient. It combines the advantages of PHP system (rapid development) and Java system (structured programming). As a consequence, Rails received extensive attention in the industry not long after it was proposed.