eBooks List For Item Computing: Professional & Programming
PHP and MySQL for Dummies with CDROM
- ISBN:
- 0764516507
- Authors:
- Janet Valade
This is an introductory level book that provides the essential information needed to enable users to build common Web database applications. The book is directed toward users who know HTML and have created static Web pages, but no prior experience with programming or database design or use is required. PHP and MySQL For Dummies contains all the information necessary to create a simple Web database or fully functional E-commerce Web site. ABOUT...
Data Warehousing Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide for IT Professionals
- ISBN:
- 0471412546
- Authors:
- Paulraj Ponniah
Geared to IT professionals eager to get into the all-important field of data warehousing, this book explores all topics needed by those who design and implement data warehouses. Readers will learn about planning requirements, architecture, infrastructure, data preparation, information delivery, implementation, and maintenance. They'll also find a wealth of industry examples garnered from the author's 25 years of experience in designing and...
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051) (Certification Press)
- ISBN:
- 0071488618
- Authors:
- Paul Allen, Joseph Bambara
The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available 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 310-051Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics coveredSimulated exam questions match the format, tone,...
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051)
- ISBN:
- 0072226870
- Authors:
- Paul Allen, Joseph Bambara
The only classroom-based training and self-assessment system! This study guide provides 100% complete coverage of all objectives for the Sun Certified Architect for J2EE exam. Based on 300,000+ hours of IT training experience, the book contains hundreds of practice exam questions and hands-on exercises. The CD-ROM features full practice exam software with interactive tutorials and lab simulations, plus an adaptive test engine.
Physical Database Design: the database professional's guide to exploiting indexes, views, storage, and more (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
- ISBN:
- 0123693896
- Authors:
- Sam S. Lightstone, Toby J. Teorey, Tom Nadeau
The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration. Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety...
Everything You Know about CSS Is Wrong!
- ISBN:
- 0980455227
- Authors:
- Rachel Andrew, Kevin Yank
Get ready to experience an eye-opening expos on CSS as you know it today. You'll discover a fresh approach to coding Cascading Style Sheets, making old hacks and workarounds a distant memory. In this book, you'll learn how to start taking full advantage of Internet Explorer 8 using the very latest CSS techniques -- whilst still catering for those nasty old browsers. You'll unearth what's put the final nail in the HTML table-based layout coffin,...
C# Network Programming
- ISBN:
- 0782141765
- Authors:
- Richard Blum
C# is Microsoft's hot new language for the .NET platform. This book covers everything C# programmers need to know to create network applications, a task traditionally done in C++. It explores the basics of network programming, including IP and TCP protocols, and moves on to targeted C# instruction, including using the C# network programming classes in the .NET framework. Topics covered include low-level network programming (such as sockets and...
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3
- ISBN:
- 0131240722
- Authors:
- Jasmin Blanchette, Mark Summerfield
Many companies are facing problems with Windows development using traditional Windows tools such as Visual Studio. When they write applications, even just "single platform" applications for Windows, they often have to account for differences between different Windows versions, which adds hassle to development and maintenance. Qt works no matter the Windows versions. This book provides all the information needed to become a professional Qt...
SSL VPN : Understanding, evaluating and planning secure, web-based remote access: A comprehensive overview of SSL VPN technologies and design strategies
- ISBN:
- 1904811078
- Authors:
- Joseph Steinberg, Tim Speed, J. Steinberg, T. Speed
A comprehensive overview of SSL VPN technologies and design strategies Understand how SSL VPN technology works Evaluate how SSL VPN could fit into your organisation?s security strategy Practical advice on educating users, integrating legacy systems, and eliminating security loopholes Written by experienced SSL VPN and data security professionals In Detail Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide remote workers with secure access to their company...
Drupal 6 Site Blueprints
- ISBN:
- 1847199046
- Authors:
- Timi Ogunjobi
Ready-made plans for 12 different professional Drupal sites Instant Drupal - Build 12 exciting and simple web projects Expand and tailor the sample projects to your client's needCreate quick prototypes of commonly used applications within hoursDevelop your own custom application by merging features from the example projectsApply easy methods to optimize the performance of your site In Detail Drupal is a powerful CMS used to build all kinds of...
Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook (Java 5,Version 1.5)
- ISBN:
- 0596007388
- Authors:
- David Flanagan, Brett McLaughlin
Java 1.5, code-named "Tiger", promises to be the most significant new version of Java since the introduction of the language. With over a hundred substantial changes to the core language, as well as numerous library and API additions, developers have a variety of new features, facilities, and techniques available. But with so many changes, where do you start? You could read through the lengthy, often boring language specification; you could wait...
Practical WPF Charts and Graphics (Expert's Voice in .Net)
- ISBN:
- 1430224819
- Authors:
- Jack Xu
Creating 2D and 3D charts is one of the most common uses of computer graphics. Such charts can have wide applications in representing mathematical, physical, and economic functions in your daily life. Whether you are an engineer, a quantitative analyst, a teacher, or a student, you will end up dealing with charting applications to some degree. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a next-generation graphics platform that enables you to build...
Coding for Data and Computer Communications
- ISBN:
- 0387212450
- Authors:
- David Salomon
Coding is an highly integral component of viable and efficient computer and data communications, yet the often heavy mathematics that form the basis of coding can prevent a serious and practical understanding of this important area. "Coding for Data and Computer Communications" eschews the complex mathematics and clearly describes the core concepts, principles, and methods of channel codes ( for error correction), source codes (for compressing...
Ambient Intelligence: A Novel Paradigm
- ISBN:
- 0387229906
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is an integrating technology for supporting a pervasive and transparent infrastructure for implementing smart environments. Such technology is used to enable environments for detecting events and behaviors of people and for responding in a contextually relevant fashion. AmI proposes a multi-disciplinary approach for enhancing human machine interaction. Ambient Intelligence: A Novel Paradigm is a compilation of edited...
XML for Bioinformatics
- ISBN:
- 0387230289
- Authors:
- Ethan Cerami
XML for Bioinformatics aims to provide biologists, software engineers, and bioinformatics professionals with a comprehensive introduction to XML and current XML applications in bioinformatics. The book will assume no background in XML, and take readers from basic to intermediate XML concepts. Core topics will include: fundamentals of XML, creating XML grammars, web services via SOAP, and parsing XML documents in Perl and Java.
Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining (Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations)
- ISBN:
- 0387243526
- Authors:
- Andreas L. Symeonidis, Pericles A. Mitkas
Knowledge, hidden in voluminous data repositories routinely created and maintained by today’s applications, can be extracted by data mining. The next step is to transform this discovered knowledge into the inference mechanisms or simply the behavior of agents and multi-agent systems. Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining addresses this issue, as well as the arguable challenge of generating intelligence from data while transferring it to a...
Secure Data Management in Decentralized Systems (Advances in Information Security)
- ISBN:
- 0387276947
The research scope of database security has expanded greatly, due to the rapid development of the global inter-networked infrastructure. Databases are no longer stand-alone systems that are only accessible to internal users of organizations. Instead, allowing selective access from different security domains has become a must for many business practices. New data services are emerging everyday, which also brings new challenges to protect data...
Methods and Procedures for the Verification and Validation of Artificial Neural Networks
- ISBN:
- 0387282882
Neural networks are members of a class of software that have the potential to enable intelligent computational systems capable of simulating characteristics of biological thinking and learning. Currently no standards exist to verify and validate neural network-based systems. NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility has contracted the Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. to perform research on this topic and develop a...
Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing
- ISBN:
- 0387698574
Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing is an edited volume based on DAPSYS 2006, the 6th Austrian-Hungarian Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Systems, which is dedicated to all aspects of distributed and parallel computing. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 2nd Austrian Grid Symposium in Innsbruck, Austria in September 2006. Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing is designed...
Handbook of Granular Computing
- ISBN:
- 0470035544
Although the notion is a relatively recent one, the notions and principles of Granular Computing (GrC) have appeared in a different guise in many related fields including granularity in Artificial Intelligence, interval computing, cluster analysis, quotient space theory and many others. Recent years have witnessed a renewed and expanding interest in the topic as it begins to play a key role in bioinformatics, e-commerce, machine learning,...
Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World
- ISBN:
- 0470061308
- Authors:
- Piotr Cofta
An increasing reliance on the Internet and mobile communication has deprived us of our usual means of assessing another party’s trustworthiness. This is increasingly forcing us to rely on control. Yet the notion of trust and trustworthiness is essential to the continued development of a technology-enabled society. Trust, Complexity and Control offers readers a single, consistent explanation of how the sociological concept of ‘trust’ can...
The CEH Prep Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Certified Ethical Hacking
- ISBN:
- 0470135921
- Authors:
- Ronald L. Krutz, Russell Dean Vines
The Certified Ethical Hacker program began in 2003 and ensures that IT professionals apply security principles in the context of their daily job scope Presents critical information on footprinting, scanning, enumeration, system hacking, trojans and backdoors, sniffers, denial of service, social engineering, session hijacking, hacking Web servers, and more Discusses key areas such as Web application vulnerabilities, Web-based password cracking...
SolidWorks 2009 Bible
- ISBN:
- 047025825X
SolidWorks Bible is a comprehensive reference-tutorial that covers the basics, but then quickly ramps up to more advanced level topics. Every feature is thoroughly covered yet written in a way that makes learning this robust program seem non-threatening and uncomplicated. In a market full of books for beginners this is the one book that goes into extensive detail, not just on "how" the software works, but in many cases "why" it works the way it...
Adobe Flex 3.0 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470277920
- Authors:
- Doug McCune, Deepa Subramaniam
Ready to flex your Web development muscles and start building rich Internet applications? With Flex 3.0, you can create great RIAs that perform like desktop applications using Adobe Flash Player, which is already installed on more than 95 percent of Internet-connected computers. And the fun and easy way™ to get up to speed on Flex is with Adobe Flex 3.0 For Dummies. This friendly guide shows you how Flex lets you leverage the power of...
Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Edition: In C# and VB (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
- ISBN:
- 0470478268
- Authors:
- Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader
Professional ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 In C# and VB ASP.NET 3.5 brings the power of Visual Studio® 2008 along with the multitude of language improvements in C# 2008 and Visual Basic® 2008 as well as powerful new technology called LINQ, together with the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework you already know and love. Packed with valuable coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 SP1, this essential resource offers both C# and VB examples throughout the book, and shares new and updated...
Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++ (The Wiley Finance Series)
- ISBN:
- 0470855096
- Authors:
- Daniel J. Duffy
Designing and Implementing Software for Financial Instrument Pricing provides a step by step account of how to price financial derivatives using C++, design patterns and state-of-the-art numerical schemes and methods. Written for those involved in the design and implementation of numerical models for financial derivative products, author Daniel Duffy takes a practical approach to realising these goals using C++, design patterns and state of the...
A History of Nerve Functions: From Animal Spirits to Molecular Mechanisms
- ISBN:
- 052124742X
- Authors:
- Sidney Ochs
Sidney Ochs begins his survey with a chronological look at the history of nerves from the fifth century B.C. to the early eighteenth century to demonstrate the development of our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of neuronal function. Ochs then adopts a thematic approach, considering key topics from the eighteenth century to the present. The volume will serve as an invaluable resource for historians of neuroscience and medicine, philosophers...
The Neuroscience of Language: On Brain Circuits of Words and Serial Order
- ISBN:
- 0521793742
- Authors:
- Friedemann Pulvermüller
The Neuroscience of Language puts forth the first systematic model of language to bridge the gap between linguistics and neuroscience. Neuronal models of word and serial order processing are presented in the form of a computational, connectionist neural network. The linguistic emphasis is on words and elementary syntactic rules. The essence of the work is contained in chapters on neural algorithms and networks, basic syntax, serial order...
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts)
- ISBN:
- 0521814421
- Authors:
- David G. Stern
David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations in this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, paying particular attention to the arguments of the Investigations as well as the way in which the work is written, especially the role of dialogue. While he concentrates on helping readers interpret the primary text, he also provides guidance to the unusually wide range of existing interpretations, and why they have...
Acute Pain Management (Cambridge Medicine)
- ISBN:
- 0521874912
This textbook is written as a comprehensive overview of acute pain management. It is designed to guide clinicians through an impressive array of different options available to them and to patients. In the last decade there has been a flurry of interest in the extent to which acute pain can become chronic pain, and how we might reduce the incidence of such chronicity. This overview covers a wide range of treatments for pain management, including...
Google Sketchup Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Essential Techniques
- ISBN:
- 0596155115
- Authors:
- Bonnie Roskes
As the first book for intermediate and advanced users of Google SketchUp, this Cookbook goes beyond the basics to explore the complex features and tools that design professionals use. You'll get numerous step-by-step tutorials for solving common (and not so common) design problems, with detailed color graphics to guide your way, and discussions that explain additional ways to complete a task. Google SketchUp Cookbook will help you: Use SketchUp...
Complete Web Monitoring: Watching Your Visitors, Performance, Communities, and Competitors
- ISBN:
- 0596155131
- Authors:
- Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Croll Alistair, Power Sean
Do you really understand your online presence? Are you confident that visitors can use your website? Do you know their motivations? How do online communities perceive your company? To innovate and adapt your business quickly, you must know the answers to these questions. Complete Web Monitoring demonstrates how to measure every aspect of your web presence -- including analytics, backend performance, usability, communities, customer feedback, and...
ERLANG Programming
- ISBN:
- 0596518188
- Authors:
- Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson, Cesarini Francesco, Thompson Simon
This book is an in-depth introduction to Erlang, a programming language ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault tolerance, and fast response is essential. Erlang is gaining widespread adoption with the advent of multi-core processors and their new scalable approach to concurrency. With this guide you'll learn how to write complex concurrent programs in Erlang, regardless of your programming background or experience. Written by leaders...
ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Object Oriented Programming Techniques (Adobe Developer Library)
- ISBN:
- 0596528469
- Authors:
- William Sanders, Chandima Cumaranatunge, Sanders William, Cumaranatunge Chandima
Now that ActionScript is reengineered from top to bottom as a true object-oriented programming (OOP) language, reusable design patterns are an ideal way to solve common problems in Flash and Flex applications. If you're an experienced Flash or Flex developer ready to tackle sophisticated programming techniques with ActionScript 3.0, this hands-on introduction to design patterns is the book you need. ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns takes you...
The Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries Volume 1
- ISBN:
- 0632054123
Recent decades have witnessed strong declines in fish stocks around the globe, amid growing concerns about the impact of fisheries on marine and freshwater biodiversity. Fisheries biologists and managers are therefore increasingly asking about aspects of ecology, behavior, evolution and biodiversity that were traditionally studied by people working in very separate fields. This has highlighted the need to work more closely together, in order to...
Creating Lightweight Components with ATL
- ISBN:
- 0672315351
- Authors:
- Jonathan Bates
Creating Lightweight Components with ATL covers ATL in depth, including an overview of COM development, then drills down to explain how ATL implements the fundamentals of COM. It also details how small, lightweight ATL-based COM solutions can be created to solve 'real world' problems. Creating Lightweight Controls with ATL enables you to quickly get up to speed with ATL COM development, and shows how you can use the many ATL/COM APIs and...
Presenting C# (Other Sams)
- ISBN:
- 0672320371
- Authors:
- Christoph Wille
C#(C Sharp) is a simple, modern, object-oriented and type-safe programming language that provides the simplicity of Visual Basic with the power of C++. Written by Christoph Wille, one of only a handful of developers with early access to this exciting new language, this book covers the C# language from the ground up with rich coding examples, and expert insight into issues you will need to understand to fully take advantage of the power of C#....
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
- ISBN:
- 0688172172
- Authors:
- V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee
Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments -- using such low-tech tools as cotton swabs, glasses of water and dime-store mirrors. In Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have...
IT Investment: Making a Business Case (Computer Weekly Professional Series)
- ISBN:
- 0750645040
- Authors:
- Dan Remenyi
Frequently not enough attention is given to producing a comprehensive business case or to producing an economic justification for an information systems investment. In fact many organizations are not clear as to what constitutes a sound business case and how to go about producing one. This Professional level book for the Computer Weekly Professional Series will show how to go about justification for I.T. spend. This book is designed for all...
Specifying Buildings: A design management perspective
- ISBN:
- 075064849X
- Authors:
- David T Yeomans
Providing an overview of specifying, from selecting materials and products to writing the specification documents, Specifying Buildings is a new guide to this important part of the construction process. Where it differs from most books is in covering the management of the specification process, making sure that the design intent is transferred to the building assembly as specified. Covering a wide range of practices, Stephen Emmitt and David...