postbooks: 2009

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Fred Gerantabee, Aquent Creative Team, "Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom"

Fred Gerantabee, Aquent Creative Team, "Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom"
Wiley | 2008-11-24 | ISBN: 0470410930 | 448 pages | PDF | 22,7 MB

Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Flash Professional. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Flash experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. This training package shows the basics of using the program, such as using layers and instances to build animation sequences, as well as advance features, such as using ActionScript to create interactive Web page components. Jam-packed with information, this book and DVD takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner.

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Jeremy Osborn, Aquent Creative Team, "Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom"

Jeremy Osborn, Aquent Creative Team, "Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom"
Wiley | 2008-10-27 | ISBN: 0470410922 | 448 pages | PDF | 25,8 MB

Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Each lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files on a companion DVD that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Dreamweaver experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. This training package demonstrates how to design, develop, and maintain a fully functioning Web site. Coverage includes applying style sheets, using dynamic HTML, adding style with images and multimedia, publishing and maintaining a web site, using hyperlinks to navigate throughout a website or link to other sites on the Internet, and using databases to create dynamic websites. Jam-packed with information, this book takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner.

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Christopher Smith, Aquent Creative Team, "InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom"

Christopher Smith, Aquent Creative Team, "InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom"
Wiley | 2008-11-03 | ISBN: 0470410949 | 400 pages | PDF | 16,5 MB

InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 12 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe InDesign CS4. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions. Learning is reinforced with video tutorials and lesson files that were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Flash experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems. Each video tutorial is approximately five minutes long and demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the lesson. This training package shows how to design, produce and develop a streamlined workflow for page layout. Jam-packed with information, this book and DVD takes users from the basics through intermediate level topics and helps readers find the information they need in a clear, approachable manner. **** InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom contains a DVD with both lesson files and video tutorials. The authors are constantly working to improve the lesson files so that you have the greatest experience with the Digital Classroom books, lesson files, and video tutorials. The most recent lesson files for the book are available at the Digital Classroom Books web site at: http://www.digitalclassroombooks.com/idcs4_update. zip

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Ralf Hartmut Güting, Markus Schneider - Moving Objects Databases

Ralf Hartmut Güting, Markus Schneider - Moving Objects Databases
Morgan Kaufmann | 2005 | ISBN: 0120887991 | Pages: 416 | PDF | 2.38 MB

The current trends in consumer electronics--including the use of GPS-equipped PDAs, phones, and vehicles, as well as the RFID-tag tracking and sensor networks--require the database support of a specific flavor of spatio-temporal databases. These we call Moving Objects Databases.

Why do you need this book? With current systems, most data management professionals are not able to smoothly integrate spatio-temporal data from moving objects, making data from, say, the path of a hurricane very difficult to model, design, and query. Whether your field is geology, national security, urban planning, mobile computing, or almost anything in between, this books concepts and techniques will help you solve the data management problems associated with this kind of data.

Focuses on the modeling and design of data from moving objects--such as people, animals, vehicles, hurricanes, forest fires, oil spills, armies, or other objects--as well as the storage, retrieval, and querying of that very voluminous data.
Demonstrates through many practical examples and illustrations how new concepts and techniques are used to integrate time and space in database applications.
Provides exercises and solutions in each chapter to enable the reader to explore recent research results in practice.

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Justin London, "Modeling Derivatives in C++ (Wiley Finance)"

Justin London, "Modeling Derivatives in C++ (Wiley Finance)"
Wiley | 2004-09-17 | ISBN: 0471654647 | 768 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB

This book is the definitive and most comprehensive guide to modeling derivatives in C++ today. Providing readers with not only the theory and math behind the models, as well as the fundamental concepts of financial engineering, but also actual robust object-oriented C++ code, this is a practical introduction to the most important derivative models used in practice today, including equity (standard and exotics including barrier, lookback, and Asian) and fixed income (bonds, caps, swaptions, swaps, credit) derivatives. The book provides complete C++ implementations for many of the most important derivatives and interest rate pricing models used on Wall Street including Hull-White, BDT, CIR, HJM, and LIBOR Market Model. London illustrates the practical and efficient implementations of these models in real-world situations and discusses the mathematical underpinnings and derivation of the models in a detailed yet accessible manner illustrated by many examples with numerical data as well as real market data. A companion CD contains quantitative libraries, tools, applications, and resources that will be of value to those doing quantitative programming and analysis in C++. Filled with practical advice and helpful tools, Modeling Derivatives in C++ will help readers succeed in understanding and implementing C++ when modeling all types of derivatives.

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Richard Wagner, "Web Design Before & After Makeovers"

Richard Wagner, "Web Design Before & After Makeovers"
Wiley | ISBN: 0471783234 | 2006-05 | PDF | 244 pages | 35 Mb

Through stunning four-color images that demonstrate how nondescript "before" situations gradually become astonishing "after" results, this book offers readers simple steps to achieve unique outcomes
Readers learn how to incorporate the latest Web-building techniques on their sites, redesign a site for optimum usability, limit user bandwidth needs, keep user experience consistent with CSS, and manage content
The medley of makeovers includes: full-site makeovers (user speed, color themes, improved accessibility), page makeovers (page sizing, working with tables), text makeovers (font selection, graphic alternatives), image makeovers (incorporating text with images, file sizing), navigation makeovers (improving navigation bars, menu additions), content makeovers (better Web writing, enhancing the home page message), and an extreme makeover (combining several smaller makeovers into a major site overhaul)

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Adobe Photoshop - Every Tool Explained

A good book covering all aspects of adobe photoshop.

132 pages of easy-to-follow tutorials and expert advice to help develop your Adobe Photoshop skills.

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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

* Teaches solution architects, designers, and developers how to use Microsoft's reporting platform to create reporting and business intelligence (BI) solutions
* Updated with new information about holistic BI solutions, comprehensive OLAP/Analysis Services reporting, and complete production deployment scenarios
* Includes programming examples focused on specific, scenario-based solutions
* Explains reporting services architecture and business intelligence, teaches the fundamentals of designing reports through the use of careful planning considerations, and covers advanced report design and filtering techniques

From the Back Cover
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

SQL Server Reporting Services makes reporting faster and easier than ever. This hands-on guide will show you how to harness the full power of Reporting Services to create reporting and business intelligence solutions that meet your company's needs. It walks you step-by-step through the fundamentals of designing the most effective reports by following careful planning considerations.

The authors progress from beginning to advanced report design and filtering techniques, showing you the conditions where reports could be more efficient. They also explore holistic business intelligence solutions, comprehensive OLAP/Analysis Services reporting, and complete production-deployment scenarios.

You'll learn how to write custom expressions and program functions to meet specific reporting needs. This will help you design, build, and deploy reports with capabilities far greater than any other reporting tools you may have used in the past. The techniques covered in the book will also enable you to take reporting further than you have before and provide your users with real business intelligence.

What you will learn from this book

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Using reports to visualize important business-decision metrics
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Building the presentation layer for an enterprise business intelligence solution
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Reporting from OLAP cubes and relational database systems
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Enabling information workers to easily create their own self-service reports
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Real-world report design patterns and recipes
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Designing and deploying reports for enterprise portals and dashboards, including SharePoint technologies
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Advanced object-oriented programming techniques for extending and adding functionality to Reporting Services

Who this book is for
This book is for report designers, developers, administrators, and business professionals interested in learning the advanced functionality, reporting, server administration, and security issues of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.

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.

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Gunnar Thies "PHP 5.3 und MySQL 5.1: Grundlagen, Anwendung, Praxiswissen, Objektorientierung, MVC, Sichere Webanwendungen, PHP-Frameworks, Performanc

Gunnar Thies "PHP 5.3 und MySQL 5.1: Grundlagen, Anwendung, Praxiswissen, Objektorientierung, MVC, Sichere Webanwendungen, PHP-Frameworks, Performancesteigerungen"
Galileo Press | 2009-02 | ISBN: 383621377X | 1051 pages | PDF | 143 MB

PHP und MySQL sind so etwas wie das All-Star-Dream-Team des Webs: kaum eine moderne, dynamische Website kann heute noch ohne Datenbankhintergrund funktionieren und das Informations-Transportgespann PHP/MySQL ist bei dieser Arbeit fast immer an vorderster Front: Dank Gunnar Thies und Stefan Reimers ist für den engagierten Webbastler nun ein professioneller Einstieg und für den erfahrenen Webprofi ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk auf dem aktuellen Stand von PHP 5.3 und MySQL 5.1 auf dem Markt - da heißt es zugreifen, solange es noch welche gibt ;-)

Die aktuelle Ausgabe (2009) ist die 2. Auflage ihres PHP/mySQL-Standardwerks, das sie komplett aktualisiert und etwa um CakePHP erweitert haben. Thies und Reimers haben ihr Buch in 3 Hauptteile gegliedert, denen sie ein kurzes Einsteigerkapitel vorangestellt haben, das Webneulingen die ersten Schritte im WWW erleichtern soll. Los geht es dann mit den Grundlagen, also dem nötigen Rüstzeug für die PHP/MySQL-Arbeit: die Installation (alles dafür auf der beiliegenden CD) und ein erster Einstieg in Funktionen und Syntax von PHP und MySQL bis hin zu Objektorientierung und SQL-Kommandos. Im zweiten Hauptteil dann ab in die Tiefe: Datenbankschnittstelle, Datenbankabstraktion, SQL, Benutzerverwaltung und Storage Engines bis hin zur Applikation der verschiedenen Aspekte der Webentwicklung wie Datenbankschema-Entwurf und Sicherheitsfragen. Abschließend dann das Überkapitel zur praktischen Umsetzung/Anwendung: Datenbankschnittstellen, Loggin-Mechanismen, Debuggin-Hilfsmittel und HTML-Grundfunktionalitäten und die jeweils benötigen Module, die Programmierung größerer Projekte wie zum Beispiel Mehrbenutzersysteme, aktuelle Webtechnologien (Web 2.0), Blogs, Wikis und Bildergalerien, fortgeschrittene Webprogrammierthemen wie die dauerhafte Objektspeicherung und zuletzt noch das Model-View-Controller-Paradigma.

Mit haben es Thies und Reimers tatsächlich wieder geschafft, das von ihnen nach eigenen Aussagen versprochene "Von den Grundlagen bis zur professionellen Programmierung"-Buch zu PHP und MySQL zu schreiben. Umfassend auf den Punkt gebracht, übersichtlich und konkret.

Das Buch richtet sich an ambitionierte Einsteiger und fortgeschrittene Entwickler, die umfangreiches Grundwissen in der Datenbankentwicklung und Programmierung mit PHP erhalten möchten. Der Autor bietet Ihnen eine praxisorientierte Einführung in Techniken, Arbeitsweisen und Werkzeuge für Ihre datenbankgestützte Webseite mit PHP und MySQL.

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Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries

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If you're a web developer with previous JavaScript and DOM scripting experience, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries is perfect for you to take your knowledge up to the next level.
This book is about JavaScript and using the document object model—the conduit to the HTML document. This book is not about learning how to program JavaScript from scratch. It starts with the assumption that you have done some JavaScript development before and understand the JavaScript syntax. This book builds on top of that knowledge to give you a deeper understanding of DOM Scripting and how to apply that to your projects. It uses this new understanding to describe what JavaScript libraries are and show you how they can be applied to your project. The book will also explain Ajax and how best to plan and apply it to your projects. It explains how to build simple animation objects for adding movement to elements on the page. There are straightforward examples that demonstrate the techniques used throughout the book.
JavaScript has seen a resurgence in popularity over the past few years, and with it has come an exploration of the power of the language as well as what it can do within the browser. This book will explain techniques new and old—such as closures, encapsulation, and inheritance—that many are using and how you can best apply them to your own projects.
By reading this book, you should have a greater understanding of how JavaScript works and be able to use advanced concepts such as closures and event delegation to build more flexible applications for the Web. You'll walk away with a greater appreciation for JavaScript libraries and how they can simplify and speed up your development. You'll also be able to implement Ajax effectively into your site, create special effects, use JavaScript libraries, and know how best to apply these libraries to your projects.

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Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning: From Novice to Professional) p

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Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition covers every step of the design and building process involved in creating powerful, extendable e–commerce web sites. Based around a real–world example involving a web site selling t–shirts, you’ll learn how to create and manage a product catalog, build and integrate a shopping cart, and process customer accounts and PayPal/credit card transactions.
With the e–commerce framework in place, authors Emilian Balanescu and Cristian Darie show you how to integrate advanced features sure to set your web site apart from the competition. You’ll learn how to expand your catalog using Amazon Web Services, optimize the web site for the search engines, and take advantage of Ajax to build an even more user–friendly shopping cart.
Other highlights:
* The authors show you how to build a complex, extendable e–commerce web site using sound development practices.
* This second edition has been updated to take advantage of a more flexible templating system, and new chapters cover Ajax integration and search engine optimization.
* The text goes beyond basic product and customer management, showing you how to integrate product reviews, process payments using both credit cards and PayPal, and expand your web site catalog using third–party services such as Amazons affiliate program.
What you’ll learn
* Build an extensible e–commerce web site using sound development techniques.
* Increase sales through proven techniques such as cross–selling, upselling, and enhancing customer service offerings.
* Expand your product and service offerings by integrating with reseller programs such as Amazon Affiliates via XML web services.
* Take advantage of search engine optimization techniques to make your web site more easy to find.
Who is this book for?
This book was written for individuals seeking to build e–commerce web sites using the PHP language and MySQL database.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

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Michael Lee, Gentry Bieker "Mastering SQL Server 2008"

Michael Lee, Gentry Bieker "Mastering SQL Server 2008"
Sybex | English | 2009-01-20 | ISBN: 047028904X | 792 pages | PDF | 7,8 MB

As Microsoft’s bestselling database manager, SQL Server is highly flexible and customizable, and has excellent support—the 2008 version offers several significant new capabilities. This book offers accurate and expert coverage on the updates to SQL Server 2008 such as its enhanced security; the ability to encrypt an entire database, data files, and log files without the need for application changes; a scalable infrastructure that can manage reports and analysis of any size and complexity; and its extensive performance data collection.

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PHP has an edge over locked-in solutions such as JSP and ASP for most Web development work because it is a cross-platform technology. Surveys indicate that PHP is rapidly becoming the most widely used Web scripting language and PHP skills are now considered essential for many Web developers.
* Explains why PHP is easier to learn than Perl or JavaScript and how it is useful in server-side development and administration tasks
* Offers guidance to fully utilizing the possibilities of PHP
* Enables Web designers and others with HTML skills to quickly gain essential abilities for site administration and content development

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Software Testing Fundamentals: Methods and Metrics

“…a good book. Recommended...” (Cvu—The Journal of the ACCU, Vol.16, No.6, December 2004)
“I would recommend this to both beginners and established practitioners.” (Software Testing Verification and Reliability Journal, March 2004)

“…thought-provoking and refreshing…” (Professional tester, October 2003)

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Test Driven Development: By Example (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

Clean code that works--now. This is the seeming contradiction that lies behind much of the pain of programming. Test-driven development replies to this contradiction with a paradox--test the program before you write it. A new idea? Not at all. Since the dawn of computing, programmers have been specifying the inputs and outputs before programming precisely. Test-driven development takes this age-old idea, mixes it with modern languages and programming environments, and cooks up a tasty stew guaranteed to satisfy your appetite for clean code that works--now.

Developers face complex programming challenges every day, yet they are not always readily prepared to determine the best solution. More often than not, such difficult projects generate a great deal of stress and bad code. To garner the strength and courage needed to surmount seemingly Herculean tasks, programmers should look to test-driven development (TDD), a proven set of techniques that encourage simple designs and test suites that inspire confidence.

By driving development with automated tests and then eliminating duplication, any developer can write reliable, bug-free code no matter what its level of complexity. Moreover, TDD encourages programmers to learn quickly, communicate more clearly, and seek out constructive feedback.

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The Web Testing Companion: The Insider's Guide to Efficient and Effective Tests

The Web Testing Companion: The Insider's Guide to Efficient and Effective Tests
Wiley; 1st edition | ISBN: 0471430218 | 600 pages | May 2, 2003 | CHM | 8 Mb

* Written by one of Microsoft's key testing trainers, this hands-on tutorial and reference explains why, when, what, and how to test
* Teaches new and experienced testers how to analyze and properly test Web applications
* Filled with practical advice that can be immediately applied to any Web-testing task, on any browser running on any platform
* Concentrates on proven solutions and presents the material in a way that will help develop a professional skill set in novice testers and will improve the productivity of all testers
* Companion Web site includes dozens of valuable templates and test patterns that will allow readers to rapidly conduct tests in multiple languages against all browser and operating-system combinations

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Jim Clarke, Jim Connors, Eric J. Bruno, "JavaFX: Developing Rich Internet Applications"

Jim Clarke, Jim Connors, Eric J. Bruno, "JavaFX: Developing Rich Internet Applications"
Prentice Hall PTR | 2009 | ISBN: 013701287X | 384 pages | PDF | 6,8 MB

Build Rich Applications that Run on the Desktop, the Web, Mobile Devices...Anywhere!

Using JavaFX, developers and graphic designers can work together to build robust, immersive applications and deploy them anywhere: on the desktop, on the Web, and on millions of Java-enabled mobile devices. JavaFX lets you maintain your existing graphics and seamlessly integrate them into Java applications. Plus, JavaFX Script is a declarative language that allows you to preserve your investment in the Java platform while allowing more creativity with JavaFX’s Rich Internet Application environment.

JavaFX™: Developing Rich Internet Applications brings together all the knowledge, techniques, and reusable code you need to quickly deliver production-quality solutions. Writing for both developers and designers, the authors explain how JavaFX simplifies and improves the RIA development process, and they show how to make the most of its ready-built components and frameworks.

JavaFX™ covers everything from data integration to multimedia, special effects to REST. The authors present a full chapter of code recipes and a complete case study application. This book’s wide-ranging content includes

Building and running JavaFX programs
Understanding the role of graphics designers in creating JavaFX Graphical Assets
Writing fast, efficient JavaFX Script programs
Using data binding to simplify Model-View-Controller application design
Creating rich user experiences with JavaFX visual components
Bringing user interfaces to life with lighting, reflection, and other special effects
Adding motion with the JavaFX animation framework
Incorporating pictures, sound, and videos in your applications
Creating RESTful applications with JSON and XML
Writing JavaFX applications that make the most of the underlying Java platform

The Java™ Series is supported, endorsed, and authored by the creators of the Java technology at Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is the official place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology. The books in this Series provide the inside information you need to build effective, robust, and portable applications and applets. The Series is an indispensable resource for anyone targeting the Java platform.

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Dan Chak, "Enterprise Rails"

Dan Chak, "Enterprise Rails"
O'Reilly Media, Inc. | 2008-10-15 | ISBN: 0596515200 | 350 pages | PDF | 4,6 MB

What does it take to develop an enterprise application with Rails? Enterprise Rails introduces several time-tested software engineering principles to prepare you for the challenge of building a high-performance, scalable website with global reach. You'll learn how to design a solid architecture that ties the many parts of an enterprise website together, including the database, your servers and clients, and other services as well.

Many Rails developers think that planning for scale is unnecessary. But there's nothing worse than an application that fails because it can't handle sudden success. Throughout this book, you'll work on an example enterprise project to learn first-hand what's involved in architecting serious web applications.

With this book, you will:

# Tour an ideal enterprise systems layout: how Rails fits in, and which elements don't rely on Rails

# Learn to structure a Rails 2.0 application for complex websites

# Discover how plugins can support reusable code and improve application clarity

# Build a solid data model--a fortress--that protects your data from corruption

# Base an ActiveRecord model on a database view, and build support for multiple table inheritance

# Explore service-oriented architecture and web services with XML-RPC and REST

# See how caching can be a dependable way to improve performance

Building for scale requires more work up front, but you'll have a flexible website that can be extended easily when your needs change. Enterprise Rails teaches you how to architect scalable Rails applications from the ground up.

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Michael Juntao Yuan, Jacob Orshalick, Thomas Heute, "Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE"

Michael Juntao Yuan, Jacob Orshalick, Thomas Heute, "Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE"
Prentice Hall PTR | 2009 | ISBN: 0137129394 | 504 pages | PDF | 8 MB

Fully Updated to Cover Major Enhancements to Seam 2.x

In Seam Framework, Second Edition, the authors of the leading guide to Seam programming have systematically updated their text to reflect the major improvements introduced with Seam 2.x. This author team–all key Seam project contributors–teach Seam 2.x through detailed example applications that reveal how Seam simplifies many tasks that were previously difficult or impractical. Their robust descriptions are complemented by in-depth feature discussions that demonstrate how to use Seam’s power to the fullest. Whether you’re new to Seam programming or a seasoned Seam developer who wants to achieve deeper mastery of Seam 2.x, this book will be an indispensable resource.

Coverage includes
Using improvements to Seam’s conversation model, transaction management, and other features
Enhancing security, performing end-to-end validation, and providing custom exception pages
Using Quartz to execute timer jobs in your application
Generating bookmarkable RESTful Web pages the easy way
Developing highly scalable applications with Seam 2.x’s new multilayer caching
Simplifying development with Groovy, the scripting language that runs directly on the JVM
Using jBPM business processes to improve page flow
Previewing Web Beans (JSR-299), the future core of Seam that will transform Java EE Web development

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Kevin Yank, "Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition"

Kevin Yank, "Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition"
SitePoint | 2009-06-15 | ISBN: 0980576814 | 360 pages | PDF | 6,4 MB

Build Your own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL is a practical hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles and techniques needed to build a fully functional database-driven web site using PHP & MySQL.

This book covers everything from installing PHP & MySQL under Windows, Linux, and Mac through to building a live web-based content management system.

While this is essentially a beginners book, it also covers more advanced topics such as the storage of binary data in MySQL, and cookies and sessions in PHP. It comes complete with a set of handy reference guides for PHP & MySQL that include:
MySQL syntax MySQL functions MysQL column types PHP functions for working with MySQL

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Venkat Subramaniam, "Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine"

Venkat Subramaniam, "Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine"
Pragmatic Bookshelf | 2009 | ISBN: 193435631X | 250 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB

The increasing popularity and availability of multicore processors is creating a whole new set of challenges--although you can enjoy true concurrency, you're now faced with higher contention and synchronization issues. Deploying an existing application on a multicore processor may bring out previously hidden concurrency issues. Java's multi-threading facility by itself isn't enough---it's a very low level abstraction. Instead, you need a paradigm that provides a higher level of abstraction to deal with concurrency. It's time to embrace Functional Programming.

Scala is a hybrid Object-Oriented/Functional Programming language on the JVM. Using Scala, you can create traditional imperative programs, intermix them with Java code, and at the same time take advantage of higher levels of abstraction. You can use features that lead to concise, highly expressive code that remove the pain of dealing with concurrency.

Programming Scala will show you the fundamentals of functional programming using Scala. Very quickly, you'll learn how this statically typed language can give you dynamic capabilities to create concise, scalable, highly capable concurrent code.

Pragmatic programmers always use the right tool for the job. For concurrent programming on the Java VM, Scala is the tool, and Programming Scala by award-winning author Venkat Subramaniam is your guide.

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Doug Hills, "Manga Studio For Dummies"

Doug Hills, "Manga Studio For Dummies"
For Dummies | 2008-01-10 | ISBN: 0470129867 | 364 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB

Love Manga? The newest features of Manga Studio help you bring your ideas to life! The tools available in the latest version of this powerful program make it easy to turn your computer into your drawing board, and Manga Studio For Dummies makes it easy to get started.

Discover how to use Manga Studio to begin creating comics in manga or Western styles, add color to your creations, and share them with your adoring public. It’s a breeze once you know your way around the program. Manga may have begun in Japan, but Manga Studio For Dummies is written in plain English, and shows you how to:

# Build and use page templates
# Rough in your comic with penciling techniques
# Work 100 0igital, or use a combination of digital and traditional tools if you prefer
# Work with layers, rulers, and panels
# Add speech bubbles and sound effects text
# Ink your work and add tones
# Prepare your creations for print or distribution on the Web

Written by a working digital artist, Manga Studio For Dummies covers both Manga Studio Debut and EX versions. As an added bonus, it even gives you a peek into the world of manga and comics in general. With the help of Manga Studio For Dummies, you just might find yourself among the comic artists whose work populates the Web and gathers thousands of fans!

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Performance Analysis of Communications Networks and Systems 2006-03

This rigorous and self-contained book describes mathematical and, in particular, stochastic methods to assess the performance of networked systems. It consists of three parts. Part one is a review of probability theory. Part two covers the classical theory of stochastic processes (Poisson, renewal, Markov, and queuing theory), which are considered to be the basic building blocks for performance evaluation studies. Part three focuses on the relatively new field of the physics of networks. This part deals with the recently obtained insights that many very different large complex networks - such as the Internet, World Wide Web, proteins, utility infrastructures, social networks - evolve and behave according to more general common scaling laws. This understanding is useful when assessing the end-to-end quality of communications services, for example, in Internet telephony, real-time video, and interacting games. Containing problems and solutions, this book is ideal for graduate students taking courses in performance analysis.

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Ed Tittel & Mary Burmeister, "HTML 4 For Dummies, Fifth Edition"

Ed Tittel & Mary Burmeister, "HTML 4 For Dummies, Fifth Edition"
For Dummies | 2005-05-27 | ISBN: 0764589172 | 432 pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

Are you fascinated by the look and design of Web pages? Do you wish that you had the knowledge and skills to create a great looking Web site? Whether you’re an up-and-coming Web designer or just an enthusiastic hobbyist, you are probably using HTML, the standard authoring language for the Internet. HTML 4 For Dummies, now in its 5th edition, will show you the basics of working with this language as well as advanced skills for all-around knowledge.

HTML is used to create Web documents. As a standard issued by the World Wide Web Consortium, it is used by almost everyone to create and edit Web pages. HTML is capable of:

# Creating a Web site
# Inserting designs to a Web page
# Running on both PCs and Macs

The new edition of HTML 4 For Dummies contains nearly 50% more content than its previous editions, and covers a wide range of material, including: Planning a Web site to avoid underperformance

# Creating and viewing a Web page
# Working with text, tables, lists, and links
# Adding style to your page with images, colors, and fonts
# Managing layout
# Controlling positioning and appearance using CSS
# Integrating scripts with HTML
# Designing an eBay auction page
# Helpful advices and tips, as well as warnings about pitfalls

Complete with a 6-page tear-out colored reference sheet, HTML 4 For Dummies is the most comprehensive HTML guide yet. Written by a computer expert and author of over 120 books, including the previous editions of the bestselling HTML 4 For Dummies, this straightforward, fun guide will aid you through making and editing beautiful Web pages.

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Thomas Petchel - Java 2 Game Programming

Thomas Petchel - Java 2 Game Programming
Course Technology PTR | 2001 | ISBN: 1931841071 | Pages: 600 | PDF | 5.01 MB

With the power of today's personal computer, game developers no longer need to rely on low-level "tricks" to write computer games. Increasingly, object-oriented programming languages, such as Java, are being used to create cutting-edge games. "Java 2 Game Programming" gives you an inside look at how Java can be used to create powerful gaming applications more quickly and easily than ever before. With topics ranging from Java basics for newbie Java programmers to advanced coverage of animation and scene management, this book has it all. Put your new skills to use as you create a fully functional 2D game development engine and sample game. Get ready to take your programming skills to the next level as you master the concepts you need to create the hot new game of tomorrow!

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Jawahar Puvvala, Alok Pota, «.NET for Java Developers: Migrating to C#»

Jawahar Puvvala, Alok Pota, «.NET for Java Developers: Migrating to C#»
Addison Wesley | ISBN: 0672324024 | 2003 | CHM | 720 pages | 1.13 MB

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.NET for Java Developers is the definitive guide to leveraging your Java programming experience in the .NET environment. Understanding the similarities and differences between the C# and Java APIs enables Java programmers to quickly begin rapid application Windows development using C#. The numerous code examples, which have been tested using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Java 1.4, show readers how to create feature-rich .NET applications by translating Java coding practices into C#.

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The Java 3D API Specification 2nd Edition 2000-05

The Java 3D API Specification 2nd Edition 2000-05 (includes Source Code link Summary):

Henry Sowizral, Kevin Rushforth, Michael Deering | Addison-Wesley Professional | ISBN : 0201710412 | Pages: 652| 9.80MB

Comprehensive and definitive, this is the essential reference for Java programmers building multi-platform and Internet 3D applications with the latest version of the java 3D API . The Java 3D API Specification, Second edition covers the new Java 3D API in unprecedented depth, going beyond the “raw” spec to provide practical insight for sophisticated developers, straight from Sun Microsystems’ Java 3D experts.

Start by understanding Java 3D’s goals, programming paradigm, object hierarchy, program structure, and performance features. Next, master the basics of creating, rendering, and manipulating 3D geometry, including working with Java 3D scene graphs; using key components such as group node and leaf node objects; reusing scene graphs, and more. The CD, new to this edition, contains numerous examples, demos, and source code.

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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming Summary:

Wrox | 2009 | ISBN: 0470257024 | 936 pages | PDF | 8,8 MB

Master the increasingly complex feature set of the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server with the information in Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming. Review the new features of SQL Server that will be of interest to you as an experienced developer and move on to more detailed, practical code examples.

Learn how to write complex queries, build different types of data structures, improve application speed and performance, manage advanced scripting and errors, and design advanced databases the latest edition of this valuable programming guide.

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Web Design All-in-One For Dummies Summary:

For Dummies | 2009 | ISBN: 047041796X | 656 pages | PDF | 19 MB

Web designers must wear many hats. Among books on Web design, Web Design All-in-One For Dummies is the one that helps you successfully wear all those hats without losing your head. Full-color illustrations and five self-contained minibooks show you how to be a graphic designer, creative organizer, visual communicator, markup language technologist, and cutting-edge trendsetter, all in one. This book helps you lay the groundwork, follow design rules, test your site, register a domain name, and much more.
Getting Started covers planning, defining your target audience, choosing the right software, and more
Designing For the Web acquaints you with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus how to choose a layout and optimize graphics
Building Web Sites gets down to nuts and bolts: putting text, images, hyperlinks, and multimedia files together, organizing content, and building navigation systems
Web Standards & Testing teaches you how to test and validate so everyone can enjoy your site
Publishing & Site Maintenance helps you get your site online and keep it current Web Design All-in-One For Dummies also helps you learn how to choose a Web editor and graphics program, how to make your site accessible to the widest possible audience, and when it’s time to call in a pro like author Sue Jenkins. It’s just what you need to start and manage a great site.

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Indie Game Mag - #5 (July-August 2009)

Indie Game Mag - #5 (July-August 2009)
PDF | 26 pages | 9.3 Mb | English

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Andrew Oppel, "Databases Demystified"

Andrew Oppel, "Databases Demystified"
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2004 | ISBN: 0072253649 | 360 pages | PDF | 9,4 MB

Through clear language, step-by-step discussions, and quizzes at the end of each chapter, the author makes databases easy. Quickly learn the core skills needed to design, configure, manage, and manipulate databases, whether at work or at home. Topics such as exploring different database models, planning their design, minimizing redundant data, designing tables, applying database design concepts, and implementing database security are covered. This is that fast, easy-to-understand tutorial that you’ve been looking for.

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Game Informer June

Game Informer June
PDF | 11 pages | English | 3.06 Mb

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Mobile Gamers Magazin Nr 14 2009

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PC Gamer - June 2009 (N°188)

PC Gamer - June 2009 (N°188)
English | 58 pages | PDF | 27.47 MB

PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games magazines in their respective countries. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods, "classic" games and various other topics.

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Brian and Janet Stoppee, "Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light: What Digital Photographers, Illustrators, and Creative Professionals Must Know"

Brian and Janet Stoppee, "Stoppees' Guide to Photography and Light: What Digital Photographers, Illustrators, and Creative Professionals Must Know"
Focal Press | 2008-10-24 | ISBN: 0240810635 | 496 pages | PDF | 47,8 MB

Brian & Janet Stoppee have incorporated their decades of daily, hands-on expertise at image-making plus their leading seminars and one-on-one training into the most comprehensive guide to photographic lighting available!

Its impossible to be successful in photography without a mastery of light. Its the basis of all things photographic. The Stoppees welcome the reader into their professional world with a conversational tone that makes you feel as if you are a member of their team in pre-production planning, out on a shoot, or back at their studio, in post-production. Theyve packed the book with full color, vibrant images and lighting diagrams that make the technology easy to quickly understand. This compendium of professional know-how shows you how to both manipulate natures light and create natural-looking illumination with artificial light sources. Whether youre a professional photographer, you use photography in your profession, or you just want your images to look more professional, this book is your resource to creating far superior digital images.

Youll gain a greater understanding of:
Lights Properties
Digital Exposure
Optics
Metering
Color
Pre-Production
Adobe Camera Raw
Scanning
Light Modifying Tools
Support Systems
Daylight Fluorescent
HMI
Wireless Battery Flash
Digital Studio Flash
Digital Tablets
Painter
Professional Printing
...and much more, just like the worlds top image-makers.

The Stoppees darkroom is all digital, so without this guide to photography and light, youll be left in the dark ages!

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Windows NT Win32 API SuperBible (Other Sams): Richard Simon

Windows NT Win32 API SuperBible is the perfect resource for programmers who want comprehensive, updated coverage of all Win32 APIs, as well as detailed information specific to the newest Windows NT functions. This book lets you look up the specific Win32 API call you need, when you need it. Concise descriptions detail what you need to know about every Win32 call, including new NT4 APIs. You'll quickly see how specific functions are used, modified, and integrated into larger applications. APIs are conveniently organized by purpose, so you can quickly find every API function available for a specific task. The chapters cover the crucial programming APIs for menus, scroll bars, clipboard, help files, MDI, GDI, dialog boxes, palettes, color-matching, DLLs, atoms, timers, and much more. Explanations of reusage syntax, parameters, possible pitfalls, and tips from the pros augment each reference entry. Summary projects also show you how to use the APIs in a practical context.
Summary: A Truly Super-Bible!
Rating: 5
What else can be said about something that claims to be a superbible? It's name says it all: almost every API you could hope to want to see is in here, with hundreds of examples that are easily programmed by hand or cut-and-pasted with the source code on the CD. Basically you set up one program (given to you at the beginning of the book) and then all the examples follow programming a "case" statement for the TEST menu control that will execute. If you're looking for ODBC or DAO APIs, this book has none, nor any APIs that will help with Multimedia or Telephony. Even so, this is a fantastic reference to anyone still using APIs to do their programming (which, unlike MFC or COM or at least not until you have a lot of experience with it...and not using AppWizard, allows you to program exactly what you want, how you want it) this book will pay for itself the very first program you write using it. Highly recommended!
Summary: Close but no cigar........
Rating: 3
Yes, the book does covers most every WIN32 API fuction call, but fails to leave out some pretty important information. For example, the book describes in detail the function anv various parameters and datatypes used by the function, but leaves out which LIBRARY .dll to use with your call. Now I'm not a C++ code jockey, but I would have expected the book to identify which .dll needed to be called instead of indicating which C++ include file (wingdi.h) the function uses.Other than that, the book is very well written and organized.
Summary: Don't waste your money on this book
Rating: 1
You can save your money, becuase no one needs such a book. This book contains very simple description of most popular API's. MSDN has same documentation and even better than this book. The book has poor explanation for every API comparing to the MSDN.
Summary: I'm sorry, this is just THE best.
Rating: 5
I originally bought this book (online mind you, having nothing but the title, page count and a few vauge reviews) with the intention of learning how to control windows with the SendMessage function, but was disappointed to find it full of mostly the drawing part of the WinAPI.But after sitting on the shelf for a few months, it's come back to teach me soooo much about the Win32 platform and C++ programming for it. I went from being an amature console C programmer to a hot GUI, interactive and not to mention much more efficient (with tips on threading and spawning from the book) Windows coder. I'd pay for it thrice if I had to. If you're tired of VB for your apps, this is the transition point for you into V/C++ and/or ASM Win32 coding. This book is Win32.
Summary: This one is a must have!
Rating: 5
Yep. It's just the most complete api reference I've seen. Don't forget there are another two parts of this book, I instantly bought along with this one.

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