Welcome to Microsoft® Windows® Administrator’s Automation Toolkit. This book is designed to help you quickly automate over 100 common Windows administrative tasks. In some cases, I show you how to automate tasks using existing tools such as those included with the Windows operating system or those available for download from the Web. In many other cases, however, I provide you with tools that I designed to help you get the job done. These tools are all written in Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript), and execute under the Windows Script Host (WSH), which is included with the Windows operating system. Just because these tools are written in VBScript doesn’t mean that you need to know anything about scripting. In fact, I’ve purposely written the tools in a format that allows you to simply run them as command-line tools, meaning that you don’t need to encounter any scripting at all. However, because the tools are written in VBScript, you have the option of opening them up in Microsoft Notepad or in another script editor and making changes to them, extending their capabilities, and so forth. In fact, I’ll even give you some pointers for doing that in the first few chapters.
Administrative automation is rapidly becoming a hot topic in many organizations. Today’s “do more with less” economy rewards companies—and administrators—who can become more efficient through the automation of day-to-day administration or other time-consuming tasks. Too many administrators, however, just don’t have the time to learn a scripting language, making it difficult for them to boost their efficiency through automation. That’s where this book comes in—it provides you ready-to-run tools for a number of automation tasks.
The leading guide for Java developers who build business applications with CORBA Acknowledged experts present advanced techniques and real-world examples for building both simple and complex programs using Java with CORBA. The authors begin with a quick overview of CORBA, Java, object request brokers (ORBs), and EJB components, then quickly move on to show how to use them to build complete Java applications. This new volume features in-depth code examples, as well as expanded coverage of cutting-edge topics, including Portable Object Adaptor (POA), Remote Method Invocation (RMI) over IIOP, and EJB.
(Wiley Computer Publishing) Expert guidance on programming with distributed objects using CORBA. Shows how to program with the Portable Object Adapter, plan security for Java/CORBA using firewalls and CORBA security, and design scalable, high-performance applications. Includes a companion Web site. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DLC: Java (Computer program language).
"I commend this book to you as your springboard to the future of how to make the Net work."
-from the Foreword by Simon Phipps, Chief Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This hands-on developer's guide to Web services prepares you for the next level of distributed computing. The authors clearly show how to implement and deploy Web services using Java while also explaining the fundamentals from the ground up. After providing a detailed introduction to Web services, they walk you through the Web services architecture and its core building blocks, including standards and technologies. You'll then learn how to develop Web services solutions using Sun Java Web Services Developer Pack (JWSDP 1.0) APIs and how to expose your J2EE applications as Web services.
Focusing on concepts, technologies, and practical techniques, the authors:
* Discuss the evolving standards landscape for Web services, including the important developments to ebXML
* Present the Web services architecture using Java as well as building Web services from existing J2EE applications
* Explore and implement a case study using the Sun JWSDP 1.0 APIs
* Demonstrate Java Web services interoperability with Microsoft .NET
* Walk through the emerging Web services security standards and demonstrate how to implement security in Web services
* Provide examples using Sun JWSDP 1.0, BEA Weblogic 7.0, Apache Axis 1.0B3, Systinet WASP 4.0, Exolab CASTOR, IBM XML Security Suite, and Microsoft .NET
The companion Web site contains all the code from the examples found in the book as well as updates and links to various tools.
About the Author
RAMESH NAGAPPAN is an Enterprise Java Architect at Sun Java Center. With twelve years of experience, he specializes in the design and implementation of Java, CORBA, and XML-based distributed com- puting architectures for Internet applications, enterprise messaging, and Web services. He has also coauthored books on J2EE and EAI.
ROBERT SKOCZYLAS is an Enterprise Java Architect at Sun Java Center. With extensive experience in object-oriented technologies, he focuses on the design and implementation of large enterprise applications using Java and XML technologies.
RIMA PATEL SRIGANESH is a Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems. She specializes in Java, XML, and Integration platforms. Her areas of technology passion include Distributed Computing Models, Trust Computing, Semantic Web, and Grid Computing Architectures.
All the tools and know-how to create digital characters that can move, express emotions, and talk
3-D Human Modeling and Animation demonstrates how you can use your artistic skills in figure drawing, painting, and sculpture to create animated human figures using the latest computer technology. This easy-to-follow book guides you through all the necessary steps to create and animate digital humans. Students and professional 3-D artists will find this book to be an invaluable resource.
This Second Edition combines detailed, practical information about creating and animating 3-D human models. More than 400 images, interactive files, and exciting animations included on the CD-ROM detail the modeling and animation processes for both male and female figures. Chapter objectives and exercises are tied to the CD-ROM, which also provides color example images, sample models, modeling templates, textures, lesson plans, and relevant animation movies that allow you to start modeling and animating right away!
About the Author
PETER RATNER is a professor of 3-D computer animation in the School of Art and Art History at James Madison University. He is the founder of the computer animation program at the university and started the first animation concentration in the state of Virginia. Besides teaching and writing books, he has exhibited his oil paintings, animations, and computer graphics in numerous national and international juried exhibitions.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Mac! Whether you’ve just decided to switch from Windows or you’ve been using a Mac for awhile and want to take advantage of all its bells and whistles,
Macs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the perfect guidebook to Mac land.
You probably already know that Macs were made for media. There’s iPhoto for organizing, editing, and sharing your digital photos; iMovie to let you become a moviemaker; iDVD for preserving that movie and playing your favorites; and of course, iTunes for managing your music. But your Mac is just as happy creating documents, browsing the Internet, putting together cool presentations, or even crunching numbers. This guide shows you how to use all those applications and more. Seven minibooks cover Mac basics; working with photos, movies, and music; using the Internet; working with iLife and iWork applications; various other Mac programs; time-saving tips; and networking. You’ll discover how to
- Set up and customize a new Mac
- Get online, choose a browser, configure an e-mail account, and instant-message with iChat
- Handle Mac security and troubleshoot problems
- Create a Web site with iWeb and get it online
- Back up your files, sync your stuff, and manage your life with your Mac
- Network your Mac with other computers, even PCs, and share files, printers, and more
Even if you’re a seasoned Mac veteran, we bet you’ll find some things here you didn’t know! And you’ll refer to this book again and again.
About the Author
Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of more than 20 For Dummies books. He moonlights as a stand-up comic and has appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv.
