Windows 7 RC - RELEASE CANDIDATE

Windows 7 Release Candidate

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Welcome to Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) testing. We’re on our way to Windows 7, and the RC is a great opportunity for IT professionals like you to take Windows 7 and begin testing it in your real environment. You get to see what’s coming, and we get to see if our changes and fixes from the Beta testing are working correctly. We want to encourage you to install and actively test the RC code. This will help us ensure Windows 7 is the best possible release, and help you get ready for Windows 7 deployment.


Here’s what you need to know:

This is pre-release software, so please read the following to get an idea of the risks and key things you need to know before you try the RC.
You don’t need to rush to get Windows 7 RC. The RC release will be available at least through June 2009 and we’re not limiting the number of product keys, so you have plenty of time.
Watch the calendar. The RC will expire on June 1, 2010. Starting on March 1, 2010, your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Windows will notify you two weeks before the bi-hourly shutdowns start. To avoid interruption, you’ll need to install a non-expired version of Windows before March 1, 2010. You’ll also need to install the programs and data that you want to use. (Learn more about installing Windows).
Protect your PC and data. Be sure to back up your data and please don’t test Windows 7 RC on your primary home or business PC.
Technical details/updates: Before installing the RC please read the Release Notes, and Things to Know for important information about the release.
Keep up with the news. You can keep up with general technical information and news by following the Springboard Series blog or Windows team blog. Want technical guidance, tips, and tools? Visit the Springboard Series on TechNet.
Keep your PC updated: Be sure turn on automatic updates in Windows Update in case we publish updates for the RC.
Microsoft Partners: Learn more about Windows 7 on the Microsoft Partner Portal.


Here’s what you need to have:
Internet access (to download Windows 7 RC and get updates)
A PC with these minimum recommended specifications:
- 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor or higher
- 1 GB of system memory or more
- 16 GB of available disk space
- Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
- DVD-R/W Drive
Please note these specifications could change. And, some product features of Windows 7, such as the ability to watch and record live TV or navigation through the use of "touch," may require advanced or additional hardware.


Get the download

The 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 RC are available in five languages: English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. (Note: The RC version will not be available in Hindi or Arabic.) Just choose the version that fits the system you'll be using and pick your language to register for and download the RC.

Downloading the Windows 7 RC could take a few hours. The exact time will depend on your provider, bandwidth, and traffic. The good news is that once you start the download, you won't have to answer any more questions – you can walk away while it finishes. If your download gets interrupted, it will restart where it left off. See this FAQ for details.


Existing TechNet Plus subscribers, download the Windows 7 RC software.




Check out this link to download x86 and x64 bit versions of WINDOWS 7 RC


http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/evalcenter/dd353205(en-us).aspx?ITPID=mscomsl

Microsoft Office Access 2007 On Demand

Steve Johnson "Microsoft Office Access 2007 On Demand"
2007 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3641-3 | 448 Pages | PDF | 16.1 MB
See How To

* Create databases more efficiently using a new results-oriented interface
* Use tools for building a database that makes information easier to find and use
* Import data from other programs, HTML, XML files, and other databases
* Use forms, filters, queries, and reports to capture and analyze data
* Discover ways to prevent data corruption and unauthorized access
* Share your data with others through interactive web pages
* Put your newly acquired skills to work using the online workshops
* Organize information and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts
* Use Groove and SharePoint Team Services to collaborate and share documents and information
* Prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) exam

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SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled (With Source Code)

Grant Fritchey , Sajal Dam "SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled (With Source Code)"
Mar 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1902-6 | 545 Pages | PDF | 7.90 MB
SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled presents a direct trouble–shooting methodology for identifying poorly performing stored procedures and queries, isolating the causes of that poor performance, and fixing the underlying problems. Each chapter is dedicated to one of the top causes of poorly performing queries and shows methods for identifying and dealing with the problems in that chapter’s domain. Emphasis is always put upon or placed upon practical methods that you can put to immediate use in your day–to–day work. SQL Server 2008 functionality, tips, and tricks are emphasized in each subject area.

* Emphasizes the practical. Does not bury readers in theory.
* Gives readers practical techniques to immediately apply in their daily work.
* Dedicates a chapter to each of the most common, performance–related problem areas.

What you’ll learn
* Identify and fix poorly performing queries that are hurting your business.
* Read query execution plans and identify bottlenecks in performance.
* Record system performance metrics for trend analysis.
* Learn to design databases and write Transact–SQL code to avoid common problems.
* Understand what an index is, what it does, and how to build one.
* Use industry accepted best practices and understand how to develop your own to arrive at optimal database performance.


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Pro Flex on Spring

hris Giametta "Pro Flex on Spring"
Mar 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1835-7 | 472 Pages | PDF | 8.04 MB
This book is well suited for those with some experience with Flex and Spring who are looking for development design patterns and practical RIA architecture integration techniques.

What you’ll learn
* Explore best practices on architecting enterprise Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Spring.
* Discover how Flex applications interface with Spring services.
* Understand how to persist data, end–to–end, using Flex data communication protocols with Spring and its interactions with iBATIS, Hibernate, and JDBC.
* Work with solid frameworks, Cairngorm and Pure MVC, to build Flex applications.
* Build a practical application that demonstrates real experience in delivering enterprise RIAs.
* See how Spring Factories play a key role in routing calls to Spring classes from Flex clients.


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Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Step by Step

Judy Lemke, Resources Online "Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Step by Step"
February 2007 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2357-6 | 336 Pages | PDF | 34.2 MB
The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Visio 2007—one step at a time!Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to create professional-looking business and technical diagrams with Visio 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

# Build organization charts, floor plans, and other diagrams
# Add color, text, and other effects
# Connect shapes and create effective flowcharts
# Visualize and analyze data with new PivotDiagrams
# Insert and modify diagrams in other Microsoft Office documents
# Create your own shapes and templates and build custom diagrams

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:
# Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
# Fully searchable eBook
# Bonus chapters on advanced Visio 2007 topics
# Bonus quick reference to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface


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Twingly Screensaver

Twingly Screensaver

Twingly Screensaver - displays on the screen of your monitor RSS news from various points of the globe, with the visual display from which it is based on the information. Screensave wonderfully animated and fully interactive, click on any news and read an outline, and then click on the link and news opens in your browser, the Screensave remains active in the background.

OS: Windows ® 2000/XP/Vista/W7
Language: English
Size: 5.55 MB
License: Freeware


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Pro C# with .NET 3.0, Special Edition (With source Code)

Andrew Troelsen "Pro C# with .NET 3.0, Special Edition (With source Code)"
Jan 2007 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-823-8 | 1239 Pages | PDF | 22.4 MB
C# 2005 has enjoyed huge success in the year since its launch, firmly establishing itself as the premier language for development on Microsofts successful .NET 2.0 platform. With the launch of the .NET 3.0 extensions in early 2007, the horizons of this language are being extended, and it is becoming even more powerful as it is able to leverage the new .NET 3.0 Foundations.

In recognition of this, Apress presents Pro C# with .NET 3.0, Special Edition to provide you with a complete A-to-Z reference for using C# with the .NET 2.0 platform and the .NET 3.0 extensions. The book contains new chapters that explore the interactions between the existing framework and the new extensions, giving you an edge when you evaluate and implement .NET 3.0 for the first time. To provide even more support, a bonus PDF download will be available with each purchase, offering over 500 pages of carefully selected additional content to help broaden your understanding of both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0.



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ASP.NET 3.5 Application Architecture and Design (With source Code)

Vivek Thakur "ASP.NET 3.5 Application Architecture and Design (With source Code)"
October 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-847195-50-0 | 257 Pages | PDF | 7.31 MB
Application architecture is an essential skill for ASP.NET developers. It is always tempting to jump in and start coding, but planning your architecture early in the project will leave you with a solid application that scales well, is easy to modify and extend, and saves you time and effort later on. As businesses struggle to control their costs, writing solid code that can be extended easily is becoming even more important.

This book takes a pragmatic approach to Application Architecture in ASP.NET 3.5. It presents a series of common architectural models, and shows how to select the best ones for your project and apply them.

The book begins by showing you how to use the main architectural models in your applications. You will see how to implement n-tier architectures, MVC, design patterns, and more. But this is no software engineering theory book – it is a practical, hands-on guide that shows you how to use these techniques in your software straight away. We then go on to build SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) applications with the Windows Communication Framework (WCF). Finally the book contains some essential guidance on effective database design, and a chapter on localizing your applications.

This book is a great way to learn ASP.NET Architecture in a practical, hands-on way. It will also serve as a quick reference for improving your application design.

What you will learn from this book

* Explore different architectural options while creating web solutions – tiers, layers, and logical structuring
* Master the concept of n-tier architecture and used design patterns in ASP.NET
* Implement the new ASP.NET MVC design in your applications
* Build an SOA application and see how WCF compliments it
* Design scalable and maintainable applications
* Deploy your localized applications and learn the best practices for your localization framework
* Learn better database design that can go with your application
* Explore best practices on how to globalize your commercial web applications

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Beginning Oracle Application Express

Rick Greenwald "Beginning Oracle Application Express"
December 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-470-38837-2 | 386 Pages | PDF | 8.19 MB
Oracle Application Express is an easy-to-use application development environment built on the Oracle technology stack. There are two aspects of that previous sentence that you may find jarring—that Oracle, a company widely known for its database technology, has an application development environment, and that Oracle, a company thought of as delivering high-end, enterprise-ready technology, has anything that is easy to use.

But, as this book will show, the introductory statement is completely accurate. Oracle Application Express, commonly known as Oracle APEX or simply APEX, does benefit from the long-established enterprise-class robustness that is the hallmark of Oracle technology. The applications you build will be able to support hundreds of users and many terabytes of data, scalability far beyond even the imagination of most other development environments.

And Oracle APEX, with its declarative, wizard-driven methodology, is truly easy to use. In the course of the few hundred pages of this book, you will not only learn about how to use APEX, you will create a usable order entry system. The fast learning curve presented in these pages is a consequence of many years of development and refinement of the APEX product, which began life almost a decade ago within Oracle.

By the end of this volume, you will know enough to create your own applications, as well as having the knowledge and understanding of Oracle APEX and the world of Oracle technology to explore further refinements on your own.

Best of all, you can use APEX with absolutely no cost—either in a hosted environment, as suggested in Chapter 1, or with a free version of the Oracle database.

Welcome to the world of Oracle Application Express!

This book is aimed at a particular group of users—those who are not familiar with Oracle Application Express. The book assumes that you have a basic knowledge of application development, the type you could get from playing around with a personal database such as Access. In fact, this book was written with an Access developer in mind—an Access developer looking to step up to a more scalable and reliable environment, with reduced maintenance overhead and greater integration between application systems.

This book covers the use of Oracle Application Express. Although the book is based on the 3.5 version, you can use the book with older versions as well. However, since the book will use a hosted version of Oracle Application Express, and since both the Oracle database that support the product and the product itself are available as free downloads from http://otn.oracle.com, you should be able to use the latest version easily.

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C# Graphics Programming (With Source Code)

Rod Stephens "C# Graphics Programming (With Source Code)"
March 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-470-34349-4 | 69 Pages | CHM | 5.79 MB
This Wrox Blox teaches you how to add graphics to C# 2008 applications, explaining fundamental graphics techniques such as: drawing shapes with different colors and line styles; filling areas with colors, gradients, and patterns; drawing text that is properly aligned, sized, and clipped exactly where you want it; manipulating images and saving results in bitmap, JPEG, and other types of files. Also covered are instructions for how to greatly increase your graphics capabilities using transformations. Transformations allow you to move, stretch, or rotate graphics. They also let you work in coordinate systems that make sense for your application. You will also learn how to use all of these techniques in printouts. The author describes the sequence of events that produce a printout and shows how to generate and preview printouts.

The final sections describe two powerful new graphic tools that were introduced with .NET Framework 3.0: WPF graphics and FlowDocuments. WPF applications can use XAML graphic commands to declaratively draw and fill the same kinds of shapes that a program can draw by using graphics objects.

Finally, a discussion on the FlowDocument object shows you how to define items that should be flowed across multiple pages as space permits. This lets you display text, graphics, controls, and other items that automatically flow across page breaks. FlowDocument viewers make displaying these documents easy for you, and simplifies the user's reading of the documents.

This Wrox Blox also contains 35 example programs written in C# 2008, although most of the code works in previous versions of C# as well. The most notable exceptions are WPF graphics and FlowDocuments, both of which require WPF provided in .NET Framework 3.0 and later

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Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference

Dino Esposito "Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference (With Code Samples)"
2006 | English | ISBN : 0735621764 | 553 Pages | PDF | 12.4 MB
Ideal reference/tutorial for building on ASP fundamentals to develop professional-level skillsBuild your expertise as you move beyond the basics—and delve into the core topics of programming with ASP.NET 2.0. Useful to both experienced developers and those developing new skills, this ultimate reference is packed with expert guidance, hands-on programming instruction, and practical examples to help you advance your mastery of developing applications for the Web.

Discover how to:
# Author rich, visually consistent pages and manage layout with themes and Master pages
# Create personalized pages that persist user preferences
# Retrieve, modify, and manage data with Microsoft ADO.NET
# Configure the HTTP pipeline to serve ASP.NET 2.0 pages
# Control program flow by tracing and handling exceptions
# Design caching layers and learn state management techniques to optimize application performance
# Manage users with membership control, registration, and authentication capabilities
# Build real-world data access layers using common design patterns
# Use custom collections with data source controls
# Learn the internals of grid controls

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Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C# - From Novice to Professional (With Source Code)

Cristian Darie & Karli Watson "Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C# - From Novice to Professional (With Source Code)"
Mar 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1074-0 | 716 Pages | PDF | 19.8 MB
With the latest incarnations of ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008, programming dynamic data–driven web sites with Microsoft technologies has become easier and much more efficient than ever before. Fewer mouse clicks and fewer lines of code can now enable more powerful features and the tools you need—Visual Web Developer and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition—are free. In Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C#: From Novice to Professional, you’ll learn how to best use the free development tools offered by Microsoft to build an online product catalog. You will gain an intimate understanding of every piece of code you write. This understanding will enable you to build your own powerful and flexible web sites efficiently and rapidly with ASP.NET 3.5.

* Build a complete site, including a shopping cart, checkout, product searching, product recommendations, control panel, customer ***s, order processing, and much, much more.
* Explore new challenges and theoretical concepts, which are carefully analyzed and explained throughout the book, with each feature you add to the web site.
* Learn to handle payments by integrating PayPal and DataCash into your site.

What you’ll learn
* Use Microsoft’s Express products to build an online product catalog.
* Add payment processing with PayPal and DataCash.
* Expand your site’s product listing through web services.
* Implement an order pipeline.
* Take advantage of SEO techniques to publicize your site.

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Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 (With Source Code)

Jim Dawson , John Wainwright "Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 (With Source Code)"
Mar 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1857-9 | 469 Pages | PDF | 10.9 MB
Learn good map design techniques for BizTalk Server and you will make huge differences to the processing speed of your implementation, as well as to the scalability and maintainability of your code. Regardless of your experience, expert authors Jim Dawson and John Wainwright ensure you make the right choices to reap the rewards and avoid the potential penalties of poor design.

Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 provides in–depth coverage of all aspects of mapping to enable you to quickly and efficiently incorporate logic that will fulfill your mapping requirements. While the mapping techniques will be useful for all versions of BizTalk Server, the code is tailored toward BizTalk Server 2006 R3 and demonstrates the latest approaches to standard maps, EDI data, and RFID components. You’ll refer again and again to the multiple solutions that will help solve your new mapping challenges, and soon find this is an essential reference for any BizTalk implementation.
What you’ll learn

* Solve complex problems within the mapping engine rather than by resorting to custom programming.
* Become familiar with facets of the EDI standard, such as ASCII X12 and EDIFACT, the types of mapping problems these standards cause, and solutions to those problems.
* Discover a migration path for developers familiar with the Mercator, Gentran, Application Integrator, and other mapping engines to move to the BizTalk engine.
* Reduce the cost of mapping by decreasing the time required to complete and test complex maps.
* Get a clear description of the simpler methods that can be employed to solve seemingly complex problems.

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Joomla! Web Security (With Source Code)

Tom Canavan "Joomla! Web Security (With Source Code)"
October 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-847194-88-6 | 264 Pages | PDF | 8.47 MB
Joomla! is one of the most powerful open-source content management systems used to build websites and other powerful online applications. While Joomla! itself is inherently safe, misconfigurations, vulnerable components, poorly configured hosts, and weak passwords can all contribute to the downfall of your site. So, you need to know how to secure your website from security threats.

Today every website needs to take security into consideration. Using the knowledge here, your Joomla! site can be ahead of the security threats so prevalent today.

This book will take you all the way from the most basic steps of preparation to the nuts and bolts of actual protection. It is packed full of relevant and real-world topics such as security tools, configuration suggestions, setting up your test and development environment, reading and interpreting log files, and techniques used by bad hackers on the Internet. In addition to this you will learn how to respond to a site emergency should one occur and how to collect the evidence needed to pursue law enforcement action. This book covers Joomla! 1.0.x as well as 1.5.x.

The book provides a concise overview of all the parts needed to construct a defence-in-depth strategy for your Joomla! site. At the end of the book you will have a solid security foundation to take your Joomla! website to a higher level of security than the basic site setup.

What you will learn from this book
This book covers:
* Implementing steps for successful Joomla! website architecture
* Setting up metrics to measure security
* Exploring the test and development environment; developing your test plan to make sure everything will work as planned
* Utilizing your test and development site for disaster recovery
* Measuring the performance of your software development projects using a software development management system
* Exploring several tools to help protect your website
* Diving into security vulnerabilities: why they exist; some typical counter measures
* Exploring SQL Injections – how they can hurt you and how to prevent them
* Mastering the two important security layers – php.ini and .htaccess
* Reading and analyzing logs relevant to protecting your Joomla! site
* Handling Security Incidents in a professional manner
* Blocking nuisance IP addresses


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Managing and Leading Software Projects

Richard E. (Dick) Fairley "Managing and Leading Software Projects"
March 2009 | English | ISBN : 978-0-470-29455-0 | 503 Pages | PDF | 5.30 MB
* The book is organized around basic principles of software project management: planning and estimating, measuring and controlling, leading and communicating, and managing risk.
* Introduces software development methods, from traditional (hacking, requirements to code, and waterfall) to iterative (incremental build, evolutionary, agile, and spiral).
* Illustrates and emphasizes tailoring the development process to each project, with a foundation in the fundamentals that are true for all development methods.
* Topics such as the WBS, estimation, schedule networks, organizing the project team, and performance reporting are integrated, rather than being relegating to appendices.
* Each chapter in the book includes an appendix that covers the relevant topics from CMMI-DEV-v1.2, IEEE/ISO Standards 12207, IEEE Standard 1058, and the PMI Body of Knowledge.


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OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide (With Code Samples)

Aaftab Munshi &.. "OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide (With Code Samples)"
2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50279-7 | 457 Pages | PDF | 6.86 MB
Over the years, the “Red Book” has become the authoritative reference for each new version of the OpenGL API. Now we have the “Gold Book” for OpenGL ES 2.0—a cross-platform open standard ushering in a new era of shader programmability and visual sophistication for a wide variety of embedded and mobile devices, from game consoles to automobiles, from set top boxes to mobile phones.
OpenGL ES 2.0 is a software interface for rendering sophisticated 3D graphics on handheld and embedded devices. OpenGL ES 2.0 is the primary graphics library for handheld and embedded devices with programmable 3D hardware including cell phones, PDAs, consoles, appliances, vehicles, and avionics. With OpenGL ES 2.0, the full programmability of shaders has made its way onto small and portable devices. This book details the entire OpenGL ES 2.0 API and pipeline with detailed examples in order to provide a guide for developing a wide range of high-performance 3D applications for handheld devices.


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ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly (With Source Code)

Maarten Balliauw "ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly (With Source Code)"
March 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-847197-54-2 | 256 Pages | PDF | 15.5 MB
Using WebForms has led to problems for ASP.NET developers, such as low testability and inconsistent code. These problems become increasingly relevant when trying to develop or maintain anything but the simplest web site.

This book takes you through the ASP.NET MVC framework to help you simplify and build web applications quickly. With example applications built on best practices and with clear explanations, you will get started in no time.

The MVC pattern is widely accepted as one of the best approaches for building modern web applications and Microsoft's new ASP.NET MVC Framework offers a fully supported way for developers to implement MVC in ASP.NET.

This book takes you through the essential tasks to create powerful web applications as fast as possible. These essential tasks are explained clearly, with well-structured instructions. The book does not cover every single feature in detail; it provides precise information for you to get started, and takes you through the creation of an example application that covers MVC application design techniques.

In addition to helping you write code, this book covers unit testing, to improve the stability and quality of the application you are building. It provides a quick reference to the MOQ framework to aid in unit testing. With this book, you will soon have the skills that will make you an ASP.NET developer to be reckoned with, and you will be creating applications with a speed that will astonish your colleagues and boss!

What you will learn from this book
* Learn about the architecture of ASP.NET MVC framework
* Integrate AJAX and ASP.NET MVC and use ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery to build powerful database-driven web applications
* Customize the ASP.NET MVC request lifecycle
* Give your application clean URLs and a direct coupling between URL and application logic
* Create mock objects to improve the design of code within Test-Driven deployment
* Get familiar with unit testing in a web application, including advanced unit testing concepts such as mocking

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Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 Second Edition (With Source Code)

Matthew MacDonald "Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 Second Edition (With Source Code)"
Nov 2007 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-891-7 | 993 Pages | PDF | 21.6 MB
The most up–to–date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you’ll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 guides you through Microsoft’s latest technology for building dynamic web sites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of C#.

The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from your first steps right up to the most advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and tuning your site for optimal performance. Within these pages, you’ll find tips for “best practices” and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles you need to know in order to be effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code behind, which will start you off on the track to building real–world web sites right from the beginning—rather than just faking it with simplified coding practices.

By the time you’ve finished the book, you will have mastered the core techniques and have all the knowledge you need to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.


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Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

Christopher Ostrowski "Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook"
Jul 2007 | English | ISBN : 0-07-159649-6 | 623 Pages | PDF | 15.3 MB
The Ultimate Oracle Application Server Portal ResourceBuild dynamic, feature-rich enterprise portals using Oracle Application Server Portal and the expert information in this exclusive Oracle Press guide.

You'll learn how to maximize the capabilities of Oracle Application Server Portal, customize your portals, integrate Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports, and add Java functionality. Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook covers all of the design, management, and security features available in Oracle Application Server Portal 10.1.4 alongside real-world solutions.

Take full advantage of the built-in tools and wizardsCreate rich end-user experiences quickly and easilyCustomize pages and maintain site-wide consistency using HTML templatesIncorporate data from disparate formats using Oracle Application Server Portal's content management featuresBuild pages using OmniPortlet and the Web clipping studioWrite portlets with Java and Oracle JDeveloperImplement SOA-based applications to connect business processesAdminister, tune, and secure Oracle Application Server PortalIntegrate Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, and Oracle Discoverer workbooks.


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Programming in Objective-C 2.0

Stephen G. Kochan "Programming in Objective-C 2.0"
2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-321-56615-7 | 588 Pages | PDF | 6.95 MB
Objective-C has become the standard programming language for application development on the Mac OS X and iPhone platforms. A powerful yet simple object-oriented programming language that's based on the C programming language, Objective-C is widely available not only on OS X but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler, including Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to the Objective-C language. The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages, and it includes many detailed, practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday programming needs.

The second edition of this book has been updated and expanded to cover Objective-C 2.0. It shows not only how to take advantage of the Foundation framework's rich built-in library of classes but also how to use the iPhone SDK to develop programs designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch.


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Beginning Spatial with SQL Server (With Source Code)

Alastair Aitchison "Beginning Spatial with SQL Server (With Source Code)"
Jan 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-1829-6 | 458 Pages | PDF | 11.1 MB
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces new geography and geometry spatial datatypes that enable the storage of structured data describing the shape and position of objects in space. This is an interesting and exciting new feature, with many potentially useful applications.

Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008 covers everything you need to know to begin using these new spatial datatypes, and explains how to apply them in practical situations involving the spatial relationships of people, places, and things on the earth.

* All of the spatial concepts introduced are explained from the ground up, so you need not have any previous knowledge of working with spatial data.
* Every section is illustrated with code examples that you can use directly in SQL Server.
* All of the topics covered in this book apply to all versions of SQL Server 2008, including the freely available SQL Server 2008 Express.


What you’ll learn
* Understand the fundamental concepts involved in working with spatial data, including spatial references and coordinate systems.
* Apply these concepts in the collection and storage of spatial data in SQL Server 2008, using the new geometry and geography field types.
* Create different types of spatial data objects—points, lines, and polygons—and use these to describe real–world objects.
* Learn how to analyze spatial data using a range of supported methods, and be aware of a number of different practical applications for these methods.
* Be shown how to integrate SQL Server with other tools, such as Microsoft Virtual Earth, to display a visual representation of spatial data.
* Know how to ensure the performance of spatially enabled databases by creating appropriate spatial indexes.


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Python Power The Comprehensive Guide

Matt Telles "Python Power The Comprehensive Guide"
2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-59863-158-6 | 529 Pages | PDF | 6.86 MB
Python, a powerful and flexible general purpose programming language is growing in popularity as more people become interested in programming using open source languages.

"Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide""shows readers how to use Python to run Web sites, write GUI interfaces, control number-crunching code, process large XML data sets, build test suites for C or Java code, and much more. Technical topics are explained clearly and concisely and end-of-chapter projects encourage the reader to program on their own. A detailed table of contents and a complete, well-organized index make this book a great reference tool.


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Python Scripting For Computational Science, 3rd Edition

Hans Petter Langtangen "Python Scripting For Computational Science, 3rd Edition"
2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-3-540-73915-9 | 769 Pages | PDF | 6.87 MB
The goal of this book is to teach computational scientists how to develop tailored, flexible, and human-efficient working environments built from small programs written in the easy-to-learn, high-level language Python.

The focus is on examples and applications of relevance to computational scientists.

These include binding together existing applications and tools, e.g. for automating simulation, data analysis, and visualization.

The book also covers steering simulations and computational experiments; equipping old programs with graphical user interfaces; making computational Web applications; and creating interactive interfaces with a Maple/Matlab-like syntax to numerical applications in C/C++ or Fortran.

The highly qualified author argues that scripting with Python makes you much more productive, increases the reliability of your scientific work and lets you have more fun - on Unix, Windows and Macintosh.

All the tools and examples in this book are open source codes. The third edition is compatible with the new NumPy implementation and features updated information, correction of errors, and improved associated software tools.



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FXRuby - Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby

Lyle Johnson "FXRuby - Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby"
Apr 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 9781934356074 | 217 Pages | PDF | 6.31 MB
FXRuby is one of the most popular libraries for developing graphical user interface applications in Ruby. This book is the quickest and easiest way to get started developing GUI applications using FXRuby.

With a combination of tutorial exercises and focused, technical information, this book goes beyond the basics to equip you with proven, practical knowledge and techniques for developing real-world FXRuby applications. Learn directly from the lead developer of FXRuby and you’ll be writing powerful and sophisticated GUIs in your favorite programming language.


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Rails for PHP Developers

Derek DeVries, Mike Naberezny "Rails for PHP Developers"
Feb 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-934-35604-3 | 409 Pages | PDF | 9.98 MB
As a PHP developer, you have some great tools for developing web applications. Ruby on Rails is another key tool to add to your web development toolbox. Rails is a high-level web development framework that emphasizes high productivity and clean code. However, the Ruby language and Rails framework take a different approach from the way many PHP developers write applications.

Ruby lies at the foundation of Rails, and we'll teach you the Ruby language from the beginning by building on your existing foundation of PHP. We'll explore Ruby through parallel code examples that illustrate the differences between the languages, and help you understand the Ruby idioms and how they differ from popular PHP code and style.

You'll then learn the Rails framework by iteratively building a complete application, starting from the home page through to a finished product. Along the way, you'll build your skills as a Rails developer by learning the Rails fundamentals such as MVC structure, domain modeling, and testing.

In addition to serving as a guide to learning both Ruby and Rails from a PHP developer's perspective, this book includes two extensive reference chapters. They map the most common PHP tasks to their equivalents in the Ruby and Rails world, giving you at-a-glance information that you'll refer to often.



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