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There is a significant need for a comprehensive book addressing the operational and day-to-day security management requirements. IM, used in enterprise networks can easily be reconfigured and allow for potentially nonstop exposure; they require the level of security be scrutinized carefully. This includes inherent security flaws in various network architectures that result in additional risks to otherwise secure converged networks. A few books cover components of the architecture, design, theory, issues, challenges, and recommended policies for IM security, but none of them address IM issues in a manner that is useful for the day-to-day operations and management of enterprise networks. IM Security is intended to bridge this gap.

UNIQUE FEATURE/RATIONALE
There are no current books that cover components of the architecture, design, theory, issues, challenges, and recommended policies for IM security. No book we know of addresses IM security in a manner useful for day-to-day operations and management of IM-capable networks in todays corporate environment.

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Research on new technologies for the virtual enterprise operation has opened up new ideas on the design principles and operation approaches in order to maximize benefits and overcome limitations encountered. Agent and Web Service Technologies in Virtual Enterprises provides a comprehensive review of the most recent advances in agent and Web service technologies, integrating the most recent contributions supporting formation, integration, collaboration, and operation in virtual enterprises. This Premier Reference Source enables libraries to provide researchers with a deep and thorough understanding of the benefits and issues surrounding agents and Web service technologies, and practical insights from examples of applications of these technologies throughout various aspects of the virtual enterprise life cycle.

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With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide covers what you need to know–and shows you how to prepare–for this challenging exam.
100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 310-051
Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all the exam topics, including:

Basic Principles of Enterprise Architectures * Object-Oriented Design Using UML * Applicability of JEE Technology * Design Patterns * Legacy Connectivity * EJB and Container Models * Messaging * Internationalization and Localization * Security

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Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: One full practice exam: Detailed answers with explanations: Score Report performance assessment tool
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Mike Meyers, the leading authority on CompTIA A+ training and certification, has helped hundreds of thousands of people master the skills covered on the CompTIA A+ exams–and now he can help you, too. Completely updated for the new CompTIA A+ standards, Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+® Guide: PC Technician will help you pass CompTIA A+ exams 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604 and become an expert computer technician. Inside, you’ll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:
Work with CPUs, RAM, and motherboards
Configure CMOS and BIOS settings
Install internal devices and removable-media drives
Provide proper power and cooling
Install and configure hard drives
Work with the command-line interface
Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP
Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies
Install sound and video cards
Install and troubleshoot printers
Connect to networks and manage Internet connections
Implement security measures
Establish good communication skills

The CD-ROM features:
Two full practice exams for each CompTIA A+ exam: 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604
One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Mike Meyers teaching key CompTIA A+ topics
Electronic copy of the book
Complete exam objective map
List of official CompTIA A+ acronyms
Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians

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Learning objectives
Photographs and illustrations
Real-world examples
Try This! and Cross Check exercises
Tech tips, notes, and warnings
End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

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Visual languages are the defining component of interactive computing environments, yet in spite of the rapid pace of evolution of this domain, significant challenges remain.

Visual Languages for Interactive Computing: Definitions and Formalizations presents comprehensive coverage of the problems and methodologies related to the syntax, semantics, and ambiguities of visual languages. This all-inclusive reference authoritatively sets out the defining issues related to formalizing visual languages for interactive computing, creating a foundational reference for future research and application. As a unique collection of research on all critical elements of the field, this Premier Reference Source enables libraries to provide the defining research to drive the next generation of improvements to interactive computing.

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The Microchip PIC family of microcontrollers is the most popular series of microcontrollers in the world. However, no microcontroller is of any use without software to make it perform useful functions. This comprehensive reference focuses on designing with Microchips mid-range PIC line using MBASIC, a powerful but easy to learn programming language. It illustrates MBASICs abilities through a series of design examples, beginning with simple PIC-based projects and proceeding through more advanced designs. Unlike other references however, it also covers essential hardware and software design fundamentals of the PIC microcontroller series, including programming in assembly language when needed to supplement the capabilities of MBASIC. Details of hardware/software interfacing to the PIC are also provided.
BENEFIT TO THE READER: This book provides one of the most thorough introductions available to the worlds most popular microcontroller, with numerous hardware and software working design examples which engineers, students and hobbyists can directly apply to their design work and studies. Using MBASIC, it is possible to develop working programs for the PIC in a much shorter time frame than when using assembly language.

* Offers a complete introduction to programming the most popular microcontroller in the world, using the MBASIC compiler from a company that is committed to supporting the book both through purchases and promotion

* Provides numerous real-world design examples, all carefully tested

* CD contains the source code files and executables, and will include a demo version of the MBASIC compiler, allowing engineers to work out the design exercises in the book

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The book introduces a hot topic of novel and emerging computing paradigms and architectures -computation by travelling waves in reaction-diffusion media. A reaction-diffusion computer is a massively parallel computing device, where the micro-volumes of the chemical medium act as elementary few-bit processors, and chemical species diffuse and react in parallel. In the reaction-diffusion computer both the data and the results of the computation are encoded as concentration profiles of the reagents, or local disturbances of concentrations, whilst the computation per se is performed via the spreading and interaction of waves caused by the local disturbances. The monograph brings together results of a decade-long study into designing experimental and simulated prototypes of reaction-diffusion computing devices for image processing, path planning, robot navigation, computational geometry, logics and artificial intelligence. The book is unique because it gives a comprehensive presentation of the theoretical and experimental foundations, and cutting-edge computation techniques, chemical laboratory experimental setups and hardware implementation technology employed in the development of novel nature-inspired computing devices.

Key Features:

- Non-classical and fresh approach to theory of computation.

- In depth exploration of novel and emerging paradigms of nature-inspired computing.

- Simple to understand cellular-automata models will help readers/students to design their own computational experiments to advance ideas and concepts described in the book .

- Detailed description of receipts and experimental setups of chemical laboratory reaction-diffusion processors will make the book an invaluable resource in practical studies of non-classical and nature-inspired computing architectures .

- Step by step explanations of VLSI reaction-diffusion circuits will help students to design their own types of wave-based processors.

Key Features:

- Non-classical and fresh approach to theory of computation.

- In depth exploration of novel and emerging paradigms of nature-inspired computing.

- Simple to understand cellular-automata models will help readers/students to design their own computational experiments to advance ideas and concepts described in the book .

- Detailed description of receipts and experimental setups of chemical laboratory reaction-diffusion processors will make the book an invaluable resource in practical studies of non-classical and nature-inspired computing architectures .

- Step by step explanations of VLSI reaction-diffusion circuits will help students to design their own types of wave-based processors.

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As my headline suggests, this book is more suitable for the classroom environment than for the professional systems analyst or systems developer.

What the author did was to basically take the Zachman Framwork with all the columns and rows and explain every possible combination by using the usual modelling techniques (UML, DFDs, IDEF0, ERMs, CRUD matrix etc.). You therefore get a very - and I really mean VERY - broad overview over many of the current, state-of-the-art methods available to systems analysts (from data normalization to analyzing objectivied relationships).

I recommend you to read this book if you are someone from the academic world who wants to get a very good overview of the Zachman Framework. Especially if you are specifically interested in data analysis you will find this book to be very helpful.

Summary: aggreed there is no OOA
Rating: 5

OOA is some “super magic� that uml people found it for commercial reasons.As Mr.Hay mentions there is no OOA.there is only “analysis� of the bussiness.
I am a bussiness owner and a coder for a long long time.The concept that david hay is talking about will take developers life time period to understand.
The most simple explanation is for the reviewer to look at his/heer database tables and see the replication places as they had no abstraction in mind when they were coding the “thing�(prefered design over analysis).
David Hay’s,Len Silverstone’s and Martin Fowlers(analysis patterns) should be read over and over again.it is like swimming u do not pick it up in the first try.
PS:These books are for an analists who can understand the meaning of polymorfism
PS2:By the way OO people even could not agree about compostion over aggregation ,method over operation.Keep in mind UML is a design tool should not be used like a “golden hammer�

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An avalanche of acronyms, terms-of-art, buzz words, and short-hand phraseology confronts todays busy communications professionals. Now in its 3rd edition, Tech Terms is an invaluable learning tool to help grasp key aspects of the television and video, PC hardware and software markets, multimedia authoring tools, and the exploding wireless Internet and mobile telecomputing worlds. With more than 1000 terms described in four sentences or less, Tech Terms is perfect the perfect desk reference.

·More than geek-speak, it covers all the bases– the BIG picture–not just terms or phrases from a single industry or discipline
·Concise and clear definitions for everything from Internet browsers and IP Webcasting to MP3, satellite direct-to-home (DTH), LCD and Plasma Flat Panel Displays and DTV/HDTV
·Fully revised 3rd edition includes more than 350 new terms and 300 updates!

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Software programs are complex, the books that explain them shouldnt be. This thoroughly illustrated, full-color guide explains everything you need to know to get up and running quickly with Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 without any extraneous information or complicated, detailed explanations. The author focuses solely on the key features you will need to start producing and mastering professional-quality DVDs immediately in order to avoid overloading you with too many details. Learn best practices for planning your project, importing video and audio assests, creating professional-looking menus, and adding custom project elements. Abundant illustrations, screenshots, and concise, results-driven text makes this the ultimate guide to getting up and running quickly with Encore DVD.

The Focal Easy Guide Series:
* Start working with new software immediately regardless of your level
* Achieve professional results, learn practical skills from industry experts
* Focused, user-friendly coverage of the key tools you need to know

* Learn all the essentials for DVD creation: project planning, importing assets, timeline creation, transcoding, menu creation, adding custom project elements and more!
* Distills everything you’ll need to know without delving into extraneous information and overloading you with too many details
*Abundant full-color screenshots and illustrations bring the instructions to life
*Accompanying website withdownloads and all the lastest software updates can be found at www.focalpress.com/companions/0240520041

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Aimed at the working test manager or test engineer, the second edition of William Perry’s Effective Methods for Software Testing is one of the most rigorous guides to software testing available. This book provides the latest in standards for measuring how good your organization’s commitment to software testing is and many ways to improve it. In all, with its numerous lists and practical step-by-step guide to testing, this book points the way toward more economical and effective software testing.

This book’s major strength is its meticulous 11-step guide to all aspects of today’s software testing process–from initial analysis and test planning to testing software installation and looking at ways to improve the testing cycle the next time around. The book is filled with to-do lists that enumerate the resources and tasks required for each step with helpful hints for what to do, how to work with management, and how to staff and execute a test plan from start to finish. (There is a chapter devoted to each of the 11 steps.) The text also incorporates the latest in testing standards from the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), and the author does a good job of integrating testing with today’s iterative software methodologies. Another standout here is a look at software tools and how they can simplify the testing process.

Of course, few software shops will be as rigorous in real life with the testing process outlined in this book, but there’s little doubt that this exhaustive guide sets a high standard that test engineers can aim for. Written in a somewhat formal–yet clear–style, this book can certainly benefit any software testing engineer or manager. –Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Software testing process fundamentals, Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) test quality assessment, software defects, Kiviatt charts, testing economics, methodologies and costs, test plans, risk analysis, structural and functional testing, dynamic and static testing, manual and automated testing, testing tools, stress testing, compliance testing, security testing, requirements testing, regression testing, 11-step software testing process, testing client/server, and Web-based systems.

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The reader of this book will be someone looking for more detailed information on the NXT-G programming language used to program the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit.

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide is suitable for young programmers, age 10 and up, as well as parents and teachers who want to learn the new language for themselves or be able to assist students/children with learning to properly program their robots.
Includes easy-to-follow examples for each and every programming block
Provides programming techniques simple enough to be understood by young programmers, age 10 and up.
Provides a test robot (with instructions) in the appendix for running the programs
What you’ll learn
Understand the basics of computer programming.
Easily program your robot with the NXT-G visual programming language.
See how to implement basic, intermediate, and advanced programs.
Learn how to program for
Moving
Waiting
Recording
Stopping
Displaying messages
Sending messages
Defining the duration of an activity
Creating random behavior
Practice with a free sample program.Who is this book for?

This book is for people new to programming (10 years old and up) or for experienced programmers new to the NXT-G programming language.
Related Titles
Extreme MINDSTORMS: An Advanced Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS
Dave Baum’s Definitive Guide To LEGO MINDSTORMS, Second Edition
LEGO Spybotics Secret Agent Training Manual
Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to Robotic Sumo using LEGO MINDSTORMS
LEGO Mindstorms NXT: The Mayan Adventure

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ZK is the most popular open source SourceForge Ajax web framework that enables rich user interface for web applications with no JavaScript and little programming. This firstPress book will cover the following:
Shows you how to use this simplest Ajax framework to write real-world responsive web applications
Covers ZK’s more than 70 XUL and 80 XHTML rich GUI components
Authoritatively written by cofounder/lead of the ZK project
What you’ll learn
Perform Ajax development without the use of JavaScript.
Write your first ZK framework–based application: “Hello World!�
Augmenting with Eclipse IDE, build a more dynamic, responsive “Hello World!�application.
Use ZK’s more than 70 XUL and 80 XHTML rich GUI components.
Explore megacomponents for Google Maps and more.
Build a real-world application such as a pet store by using ZK in the presentation tier and beyond.
Integrate and use ZK with other frameworks like Hibernate.
Who is this book for?

Web application designers and programmers who wish to implement rich Ajax web applications in the simplest way.

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Introducing the technology from square one through real-world design applications, this book will significantly reduce R&D time - and spend. Eddie Insam’s approach to the internet protocols TCP/IP is to explore their potential as a practical tool for design engineers building web communication and capabilities into embedded systems for the next generation of electronic products.

Eddie Insam introduces the range of possibilities open to internet-enabled designs, including automated fault and low-stock notification, remote environmental control, control of test and measurement equipment, and programming responses based on data collected locally. These techniques are introduced as they key to a new level of interactivity between customer and manufacturer or service provider as well as a the means for users to communicate with electronic devices in increasingly useful and user-friendly ways. These new opportunities are introduced with the level of practical detail required for electronic designers getting to grips with turning the next phase of the internet revolution into reality.

The scope of this book encompasses electronic design, networking applications and wireless applications using Bluetooth and 802.11 (WiFi). The case studies are not based on one specific device, but listings are provided where required.

*An engineer’s approach to internet protocols and applications
*Reduces R&D time for design engineers
*The design guide for the cutting edge of internet-enabled electronic products and systems

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Take JAVA to the max with expert help Beginning, intermediate, and advanced JAVA programmers alike take note: everything you need to get the best performance out of your applets and servlets is packed into JAVA 2.0: The Complete Reference. World- renowned authors, Patrick Naughton (ESPN’s Sportszone, Disney, and ABC News Web sites), Herb Schildt, the world’s leading programming author, and Joseph OAENeil add 30% more material to their hugely successful past editions of this best seller. They show you exactly how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java applications and applets quickly and confidently. Plus you’ll become expert on all of Java’s new features including: *Servlets used to build powerful, scalable, robust Web applications *The Swing component set, a GUI toolkit that simplifies the development of visual components such as menus, tool bars, dialogs *Utility class updates *Java2-D, which enables you to build advanced 2D graphics and images

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Praise for Core Python Programming
“The long-awaited second edition of Wesley Chun’s Core Python Programming proves to be well worth the wait—its deep and broad coverage and useful exercises will help readers learn and practice good Python.�

—Alex Martelli, author of Python in a Nutshell and editor of Python Cookbook

“There has been lot of good buzz around Wesley Chun’s Core Python Programming. It turns out that all the buzz is well earned. I think this is the best book currently available for learning Python. I would recommend Chun’s book over Learning Python (O’Reilly), Programming Python (O’Reilly), or The Quick Python Book (Manning).�

—David Mertz, Ph.D., IBM DeveloperWorks®

“I have been doing a lot of research [on] Python for the past year and have seen a number of positive reviews of your book. The sentiment expressed confirms the opinion that Core Python Programming is now considered the standard introductory text.�

—Richard Ozaki, Lockheed Martin

“Finally, a book good enough to be both a textbook and a reference on the Python language now exists.�

—Michael Baxter, Linux Journal

“Very well written. It is the clearest, friendliest book I have come across yet for explaining Python, and putting it in a wider context. It does not presume a large amount of other experience. It does go into some important Python topics carefully and in depth. Unlike too many beginner books, it never condescends or tortures the reader with childish hide-and-seek prose games. [It] sticks to gaining a solid grasp of Python syntax and structure.�

—http://python.org bookstore Web site

“[If ] I could only own one Python book, it would be Core Python Programming by Wesley Chun. This book manages to cover more topics in more depth than Learning Python but includes it all in one book that also more than adequately covers the core language. [If] you are in the market for just one book about Python, I recommend this book. You will enjoy reading it, including its wry programmer’s wit. More importantly, you will learn Python. Even more importantly, you will find it invaluable in helping you in your day-to-day Python programming life. Well done, Mr. Chun!�

—Ron Stephens, Python Learning Foundation

“I think the best language for beginners is Python, without a doubt. My favorite book is Core Python Programming.�

—s003apr, MP3Car.com Forums

“Personally, I really like Python. It’s simple to learn, completely intuitive, amazingly flexible, and pretty darned fast. Python has only just started to claim mindshare in the Windows world, but look for it to start gaining lots of support as people discover it. To learn Python, I’d start with Core Python Programming by Wesley Chun.�

—Bill Boswell, MCSE, Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online

“If you learn well from books, I suggest Core Python Programming. It is by far the best I’ve found. I’m a Python newbie as well and in three months time I’ve been able to implement Python in projects at work (automating MSOffice, SQL DB stuff, etc.).�

—ptonman, Dev Shed Forums

“Python is simply a beautiful language. It’s easy to learn, it’s cross-platform, and it works. It has achieved many of the technical goals that Java strives for. A one-sentence description of Python would be: ‘All other languages appear to have evolved over time–but Python was designed.’ And it was designed well. Unfortunately, there aren’t a large number of books for Python. The best one I’ve run across so far is Core Python Programming.�

—Chris Timmons, C. R. Timmons Consulting

“If you like the Prentice Hall Core series, another good full-blown treatment to consider would be Core Python Programming. It addresses in elaborate concrete detail many practical topics that get little, if any, coverage in other books.�

—Mitchell L Model, MLM Consulting

“Core Python Programming is an amazingly easy read! The liberal use of examples helps clarify some of the more subtle points of the language. And the comparisons to languages with which I’m already familiar (C/C++/Java) get you programming in record speed.�

—Michael Santos, Ph.D., Green Hills Software
The Complete Developer’s Guide to Python—Fully Updated for Python 2.5
New to Python? The definitive guide to Python development for experienced programmers
Covers core language features thoroughly, including those found in the latest Python releases
Learn advanced topics such as regular expressions, networking, multithreading, GUI, and Web/CGI
Includes brand-new chapters on database, Internet, Jython, and COM Client programming
Presents hundreds of code samples and practical exercises to strengthen your Python skills

Python is an agile, robust, expressive, fully object-oriented, extensible, and scalable programming language. It combines the power of compiled languages with the simplicity and rapid development of scripting languages. In Core Python Programming, Second Edition, leading Python developer and trainer Wesley Chun helps you learn Python quickly and comprehensively so that you can immediately succeed with any Python project.

Using practical code examples, Chun introduces all the fundamentals of Python programming: syntax, objects and memory management, data types, operators, files and I/O, functions, generators, error handling and exceptions, loops, iterators, functional programming, object-oriented programming and more. After you learn the core fundamentals of Python, he shows you what you can do with your new skills, delving into advanced topics, such as regular expressions, networking programming with sockets, multithreading, GUI development, Web/CGI programming and extending Python in C.

This edition reflects major enhancements in the Python 2.x series, including 2.5 as well as capabilities set for future versions. It contains new chapters on database and Internet client programming, plus coverage of many new topics, including new-style classes, Java and Jython, Microsoft Office (Win32 COM Client) programming, and much more.
Learn professional Python style, best practices, and good programming habits
Gain a deep understanding of Python’s objects and memory model as well as its OOP features, including those found in Python’s new-style classes
Build more effective Web, CGI, Internet, and network and other client/server applications
Learn how to develop your own GUI applications using Tkinter and other toolkits available for Python
Improve the performance of your Python applications by writing extensions in C and other languages, or enhance I/O-bound applications by using multithreading
Learn about Python’s database API and how to use a variety of database systems with Python, including MySQL, Postgres, and SQLite

Core Python Programming delivers
Systematic, expert coverage of Python’s core features
Powerful insights for developing complex applications
Easy-to-use tables and charts detailing Python modules, operators, functions, and methods
Dozens of professional-quality code examples, from quick snippets to full-fledged applications

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The authors have been working with Remote Installation Services since its birth in 1999. We are really enthusiastic about working with it. From their experiences from very different customers with very different requirements to their Windows infrastructure environment, they have gained a tremendous deal of experience and in-depth knowledge with Remote Installation Services that other people can benefit from. This includes basic understanding, a lot of theory and best-practices, but also how you can stretch Remote Installation Services to really do what any system or network administrator would require. This information is essential for anyone wishing to implement Remote Installation Services and use the advanced features and tools it contains. There is much more than up grades, adding and deleting programs from a central administrator that can be done In addition it can save the cost adding a costly third party software package like Alteris to the enterprise network. This is the reason that the authors are now gathering all the experience and knowledge, and focusing on forming a single point of entry to everything you must know about Remote Installation Services in form of a book.
Note based on my (TRS) and reviewers comments the book will be over 320 pages as authors ad numerous consulting client examples and illustrations

UNIQUE FEATURE:
Book is excellent companion to Windows and Exchange series and WMI books by Lissoir: Authors are top quality IBM Consultants

· Gives Network and Systems Administrators real tools to manage up grades, program modifications and system and security related tools
· Presents a balance of theory and methods with best-practices the authors have developed in their consulting work
· Shows how an enterprise can save the cost adding a costly third party software package like Alteris to the enterprise network

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Ajax is one of the hottest changes in Web development methods in years; Microsoft’s ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX (formerly known as “Atlas�) provides Ajax add-ins for ASP.NET developers, and this comprehensive Wrox reference offers coverage of all the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX pieces
Readers will find the hands-on, code-based technical discussions they need on ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX client-side Framework, writing OO-style JavaScript code, using ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX client-side controls, ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX XML, and advanced ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX topics including how ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX uses the ASP.NET 2.0 server control architecture
ASP.NET developers will learn to add Ajax techniques into the ASP.NET applications by prebuilding some of the underlying components and using a standardized tool-set

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Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8: For new users and professionals
Focal Press | ISBN: 0240519981 | January 30, 2006 | 256 pages | PDF | 4.6MB

If you need to get to grips fast with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash - then look no further! Whether you are a new user or a professional, this highly visual book is all you need to get up and running with the latest powerful upgrade - Macromedia Flash 8.

Birgitta Hosea breaks down the software into its main components and offers simple, visual step-by-step instructions to explain the fundamental practical techniques you need to create finished projects. The accessible style and structure lets you dip in and out when working on a project, or work straight through to explore more of the programs capabilities and develop your skills.

Pro Active Record helps you take advantage of the full power of your database engine from within your Ruby programs and Rails applications. ActiveRecord, part of the magic that makes the Rails framework so powerful and easy to use, is the model element of Rail’s model/view/controller framework. It’s an object-relational mapping library enabling you to interact with databases from both Ruby and Rails applications.

Because ActiveRecord is configured with default assumptions that mesh perfectly with the Rails framework, Rails developers often find they hardly need think about it at all. However, if you are developing in Ruby without Rails, or are deploying against legacy databases designed without Rails in mind, or you just want to take advantage of database-specific features such as large objects and stored procedures, you need the in-depth knowledge of ActiveRecord found in this book.

In Pro Active Record, authors Kevin Marshall, Chad Pytel, and Jon Yurek walk you through every step from the basics of getting and installing the ActiveRecord library to working with legacy schema to using features specific to each of today’s most popular database engines, including Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, and more! You’ll come to a deep understanding of ActiveRecord that will enable you to truly exploit all that Ruby, Rails, and your chosen database platform have to offer.

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Get started using Word 2007 right away–the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to use all the new and improved features. Follow along and learn to work with the new Office interface and ribbon, create and format documents, add graphics, use templates, and collaborate with other users. You’ll also find out how to use speech recognition, translate to and from another language, and save Word documents as web pages. Plus, you can flip straight to the information you need easily using the color-coded tabs. Get the book that gets you started using Word 2007 in no time.

Use these handy guideposts:
Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks
Need-to-know facts in concise narrative
Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
Bonus information related to the topic being covered
Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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