Zend Framework, A Beginner’s Guide

July 8, 2010


Zend Framework

Zend Framework, A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Vaswani, Vikram
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163939-2
ISBN-10: 007163939X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 464 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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A Zend Technologies columnist and bestselling PHP author provides practical information on today’s most popular PHP framework—with more than 7 million downloads.

Aimed squarely at real-world PHP developers working against aggressive deadlines, Zend Framework: A Beginner’s Guide teaches developers how to work smarter, by using the most popular open-source framework for PHP. Feature-rich, robust and mature, Zend Framework can simplify and shorten the application development cycle, reduce testing time, improve quality, and provide the developer with the extensibility, scalability and flexibility needed in today’s competitive, rapidly-changing environment. This book shows how to maximize all the features of Zend Framework.

Zend Framework is to PHP what JavaServer Faces is to Java. Just as Java Server Faces: The Complete Reference is popular and useful for Java developers, Zend Framework: A Beginner’s Guide will be the best guide for open source developers looking to develop web applications using PHP and the new Zend Framework.


Key Selling Features

  • Author is has been a well-known featured columnist with Zend Technologies since 2006. His columns are among the most popular on the Zend Technology community site.
  • Covers the most important components of the Zend Framework
  • Introduces MVC concepts and theory, and then demonstrates real-world implementation of the theory
  • Provides numerous projects and code examples
  • Companion website includes all of the code in the book


About the Author

Vikram Vaswani (Bombay, India) is the founder and CEO of Melonfire (http://www.melonfire.com/), a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is also the author of PHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, and MySQL: The Complete Reference (all McGraw-Hill/Osborne titles) and XML and PHP (New Riders Publishing) He is also the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users.

He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn’t looked back since. He is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites



Articles by Vikram Vaswani

Article 01: Zend Developer Zone on April 21, 2010
Build an Enterprise – Grade PHP Stack with Zend Server
5.0 and Oracle 11g
To read, please click HERE

Article 02: IBM on May 11, 2010
Implement SOAP services with the Zend Framework
To read, please click HERE




Titles by the Vikram Vaswani:

9780071549011      PHP: A Beginner’s Guide

9780071487450      PHP Programming Solutions

9780072257953      How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL

9780072224771      MySQL: The Complete Reference

9780071605496      MySQL Database Usage & Administration

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005

June 18, 2010



Microsoft SQL Server 2005

McGraw-Hill Professional has published a series of titles on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. These comprehensive resources show you how to get up-and-running on SQL Server 2005, create and manage databases and tables, triggers, functions, stored procedures, transactions, and advanced database queries covering every aspect of the new release in full detail, starting with an in-depth review of the core database engine, build robust, high-performance Business Intelligence solutions with SSIS, generate and distribute comprehensive, integrated reports, create robust data management and business intelligence applications, transform disparate enterprise data into actionable business intelligence, create and use stored procedures for optimal database performance, and more.


Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
The Complete Reference

Author: Shapiro, Jeffrey
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226152-3
ISBN-10: 0072261528
©2007 | 2nd Edition | 672 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: November 2006
Price: US$ 49.99
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The Definitive Guide to Microsoft SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft’s next-generation data management and analysis software designed to deliver increased scalability, availability, and security to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage. Filled with practical solutions and real-world examples, this resource includes full details on:

  1. Enterprise data management capabilities, including security and clustering
  2. Powerful developer tools — T-SQL, .NET CLR, XML, ADO.NET 2.0
  3. Business Intelligence features, such as Integration Services, data warehousing, and reports


ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS:

  1. Set up, configure, and manage Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  2. Understand the RDBMS architecture
  3. Develop, debug, and deploy Web-enabled database applications
  4. Build databases, tables, indexes, and views
  5. Create triggers, stored procedures, and functions
  6. Implement sound security and disaster recovery policies
  7. Integrate .NET applications and XML
  8. Write sophisticated T-SQL statements in SQL Server Management Studio
  9. Optimize data integrity and maximize application availability
  10. Work with operational, tabular, and transactional data






Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Integration Services

Author: Nanda, Ashwani
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226319-0
ISBN-10: 0072263199
©2007 | 1st Edition | 570 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2006
Price: US$ 49.99
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Build robust, high-performance Business Intelligence solutions with SSIS

Extract, transform, and consolidate data from disparate sources and move it to single or multiple destinations using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services — the next-generation data integration platform. Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services shows you, step-by-step, how to build and manage SSIS packages, draw out meaningful information from raw data, and deliver de-duplicated and cleansed data to business applications and corporate reports. Inside, you’ll get detailed information on migrating to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, enhancing performance, and implementing encryption policies to secure SSIS packages.


ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS:

  1. Build packages with the SSIS Import and Export Wizard and BIDS
  2. Create expressions using variables, functions, and operators
  3. Lay out package workflow with Control Flow Containers and tasks
  4. Secure SSIS packages and encrypt sensitive data
  5. Monitor and audit runtime events using log providers
  6. Respond to external triggers with event handlers
  7. Transform and manipulate input using Data Flow Components
  8. Standardize, de-duplicate, and cleanse data with Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping transformations
  9. Load Data warehouse using Slowly Changing Dimension transformation
  10. Deploy, optimize, troubleshoot, and debug SSIS packages




Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Programming in T-SQL & .NET

Author: Sunderic, Dejan
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226228-5
ISBN-10: 0072262281
©2006 | 3rd Edition | 664 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2006
Price: US$ 59.99
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Create and Use Stored Procedures for Optimal Database Performance

Develop complex stored procedures to retrieve, manipulate, update, and delete data. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Programming in T-SQL & .NET identifies and describes the key concepts, techniques, and best practices you need to master in order to take full advantage of stored procedures using SQL Server’s native Transact-SQL and .NET CLR languages. You’ll learn to incorporate effective Transact-SQL stored procedures into client or middleware code, and produce CLR methods that will be compiled into CLR stored procedures. This is a must-have resource for all SQL Server 2005 developers.


Essential Skills for Database Professionals

  1. Group and execute T-SQL statements using batches, scripts, and transactions
  2. Create user-defined, system, extended, temporary, global temporary, and remote stored procedures
  3. Develop and manage stored procedures using C# and Visual Basic .NET
  4. Implement database access using ADO.NET
  5. Create CLR user-defined functions and triggers
  6. Implement reliable debugging and error handling techniques and security measures
  7. Manage source code in a repository such as Visual SourceSafe
  8. Create stored procedures for web search engines
  9. Use system and extended stored procedures to interact with the SQL Server environment






Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Author: Larson, Brian
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226090-8
ISBN-10: 0072260904
©2006 | 1st Edition | 776 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: January 2006
Price: US$ 49.99
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Transform disparate enterprise data into actionable business intelligence

Put timely, mission-critical information in the hands of employees across your organization using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the comprehensive information in this unique resource. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 shows you, step-by-step, how to author, customize, and distribute information that will give your company the competitive edge. It’s all right here — from data mining, warehousing, and scripting techniques to MDX queries, KPI analysis, and the all-new Unified Dimensional Model. Real-world examples, start-to-finish exercises, and downloadable code throughout illustrate all of the integration, analysis, and reporting capabilities of SQL Server 2005.


ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS

  1. Understand the goals and benefits of business intelligence
  2. Manage Analysis Services databases using BI Development Studio
  3. Improve performance and decrease latency using proactive caching
  4. Create interactive reports using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
  5. Enable ad hoc reporting using Report Models and Report Builder
  6. Integrate with applications using ADOMD.NET and the Report Viewer Control
  7. Design and create relational data marts and OLAP cubes
  8. Perform powerful data analysis using MDX queries and scripts
  9. Perform complex operations with Integration Services
  10. Uncover behavior patterns and proclivities using data mining






Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer’s Guide

Authors: Otey, Michael; Otey, Denielle
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226099-1
ISBN-10: 0072260998
©2006 | 1st Edition | 507 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: December 2005
Price: US$ 49.99
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CREATE ROBUST DATA MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS

Build powerful, enterprise-wide database programs using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the comprehensive information contained in this definitive volume. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer’s Guide explains how to develop server-side and client-side database applications and analyze business intelligence data. All of the brand-new features are covered in-depth — including .NET CLR Integration, Reporting Services, Integration Services, Notification Services, and Service Broker. Real-world examples and practical tips detail how to use SQL Server 2005 as a cross-tier database platform with Visual Studio 2005, create custom management scripts with SQLCMD, and improve performance with SQL Profiler.


ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS

  1. Use SQL Server Management Studio and Business Intelligence Development Studio
  2. Write stored procedures and use T-SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML)
  3. Create custom database objects with .NET CLR
  4. Build enterprise database applications using ADO, ADO.NET, and ADOMD.NET
  5. Develop and deploy SQL Server Integration Services packages
  6. Design enterprise reports using Reporting Services and Report Builder
  7. Integrate cross-platform data using XML and Web services
  8. Extend SQL Server manageability using SQL Management Objects (SMO)




Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Author: Larson, Brian
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226239-1
ISBN-10: 0072262397
©2006 | 2nd Edition | 767 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: December 2005
Price: US$ 49.99
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Generate and distribute comprehensive, integrated reports

Transform disparate corporate data into business intelligence with help from this hands-on guide. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services explains how to create, manage, and deliver traditional and interactive reports with this powerful server-based reporting solution. Written by a member of the Reporting Services development team, the book covers the entire report-building and distribution process and offers complete details on all the product’s integrated features. Improve business decision-making in your organization by getting the right information to the right people at the right time.


ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS

  1. Install and set up SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
  2. Use the SELECT query to extract report data from your data sources
  3. Add charts, images, and other graphics
  4. Generate reports using the Report Wizard and from scratch
  5. Maintain a secure, managed environment
  6. Integrate reports with desktop and web applications
  7. Enable end-user access to reports via the Report Server and its Report Manager web interface
  8. Export reports to other presentation and data exchange rendering formats






Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005: A Beginner”s Guide

Author: Petkovic, Dusan
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226093-9
ISBN-10: 0072260939
©2006 | 1st Edition | 704 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: November 2005
Price: US$ 39.99
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Deploy and manage SQL Server 2005 with ease

Learn to use all the powerful features available in SQL Server 2005 from this straightforward, hands-on guide. Set up SQL Server 2005, automate system administration tasks, execute simple and complex database queries, and use the robust analysis, business intelligence, and reporting tools. Troubleshooting, data partitioning, replication, and query optimization are also covered. With SQL Server 2005: A Beginner’s Guide, you’ll be able to set up a secure, reliable, and productive data management platform in no time.


Essential Skills for Database Professionals

  1. Install and customize SQL Server 2005
  2. Create, alter, and remove database objects with Transact-SQL statements
  3. Use SQL Server as a native XML database system
  4. Tune your database system for optimal performance
  5. Use the new SQL Server Management Studio tool for executing and analyzing ad hoc queries
  6. Retrieve data from more than one source using join operations and SELECT statements
  7. Secure your database using two different authentication modes–Windows and mixed
  8. Restore databases using transaction logs and backup and recovery methods
  9. Streamline system administration tasks using the SQL Server Agent service tool
  10. Analyze and manage information stored in a data warehouse with Microsoft Analysis Services






Certification


MCITP SQL Server 2005

MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Developer All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 70-431, 70-441 & 70-442)

Author: Gibson, Darril
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154669-0
ISBN-10: 0071546693
©2008 | 1st Edition | 944 pages , Hardcover with CDROM
Pub Date: March 2008
Price: US$ 69.99
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All-in-One is All You Need

Get complete coverage of all three Microsoft Certified IT Professional database developer exams for SQL Server 2005 in this comprehensive volume. Written by a SQL Server expert and MCITP, this definitive exam guide features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations. Detailed and authoritative, the book serves as both a complete certification study guide and an essential on-the-job reference.


Get full details on all exam topics including how to:

  1. Install and configure SQL Server 2005
  2. Manage database design
  3. Use Transact-SQL and XML
  4. Work with functions, triggers, and CLR integration
  5. Optimize, monitor, and secure databases
  6. Create stored procedures
  7. Handle disaster recovery
  8. Work with Service Broker, Web Services, and MARS
  9. Use SQL Server Reporting Services and Notification Services
  10. Manage locks, deadlocks, and cursors
  11. Transfer data using Replication and SQL Server Integration Services


The CD-ROM features:

  1. Six full practice exams-two for each exam: 70-431, 70-441, & 70-442
  2. Scripts from the step-by-step exercises in the book
  3. Video training clips from the author
  4. Complete electronic book








MCITP SQL Server 2005

MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Administration All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 70-431, 70-443, & 70-444)

Author: Gibson, Darril
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149609-4
ISBN-10: 0071496092
©2008 | 1st Edition | 752 pages , Hardcover with CDROM
Pub Date: September 2007
Price: US$ 69.99
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All-in-One is All You Need

Get complete coverage of all three Microsoft Certified IT Professional database administration exams for SQL Server 2005 in this comprehensive volume. Written by a SQL Server expert and MCITP, this definitive exam guide features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations. Detailed and authoritative, the book serves as both a complete certification study guide and an essential on-the-job reference.


Get full details on all exam topics including how to:

  1. Install and configure SQL Server 2005
  2. Use Transact-SQL
  3. Manage server infrastructure design
  4. Optimize databases
  5. Secure databases and servers
  6. Ensure high availability
  7. Implement backup and recovery strategies
  8. Maximize the built-in administration tools
  9. Use Business Intelligence tools, including SSIS and SSRS
  10. Manage concurrency


The CD-ROM features:

  1. Six full practice exams–two for each exam: 70-431, 70-443, and 70-444
  2. Scripts from the step-by-step exercises in the book
  3. Video training clips from the author
  4. Complete electronic book




MCTS SQL Server 2005

MCTS SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance Study Guide (Exam 70-431)

Authors: Carpenter, Tom
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-226321-3
ISBN-10: 0072263210
©2007 | 3rd Edition | 640 pages , Softcover with CDROM
Pub Date: May 2007
Price: US$ 49.99
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The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, MCTS SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance Study Guide covers what you need to know–and shows you how to prepare–for this challenging exam.

  1. 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for Exam 70-431
  2. Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book–you’re ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
  3. Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
  4. Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam


Covers all the exam topics, including:

Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005 * Creating Databases and Database Objects * SQL Server Security * Creating Views, Partitions, and Linked Servers * Transact-SQL Programming * Working with Constraints, Triggers, and Stored Procedures * Backup and Restore of SQL Server with SQL Agent Jobs * Data Redundancy and Availability * Using the Service Broker * XML Data Support * SQL Server Performance Monitoring and Tuning * Troubleshooting Server and Database Errors


CD-ROM includes:

  1. Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: One full practice exam; Detailed answers with explanations; Score Report performance assessment tool
  2. Video training clips from the author
  3. Electronic book for studying on the go


With free online registration:

  1. One-hour LearnKey video training session
  2. Bonus downloadable MasterExam practice test





Zend Framework Contest

April 26, 2010

 
Zend Framework, A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Vaswani, Vikram
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163939-2
ISBN-10: 007163939X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 464 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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 Zend Framework

  

  

  

  

  

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Answer 3 simple questions
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Contest Ends on May 30, 2010

 

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Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide

April 5, 2010

 Web Design
Web Design:
A Beginner’s Guide  

Author: Willard, Wendy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170134-1
ISBN-10: 0071701346
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 496 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 29.99
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An easy-to-use guide to the latest web design tools and techniques  

Fully updated to cover new and emerging web design technologies and trends, this new edition teaches the fundamental skills and concepts of web design through tutorials, hands-on exercises, and integrated projects. The book is filled with tips for designing web pages from concept to completion. Expert advice from industry professionals take you beyond the “how to” and into the “why” of common web design practices.  

Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide, Second Edition features: 

  • Step-by-step details on how to create a successful design mockup, take it apart, and begin coding
  • Tutorials in web design using HTML and CSS, the two most widely used and supported coding methods on the web
  • Techniques for integrating multimedia such as audio, video, and animation
  • Best practices for ensuring that sites are standards-compliant and will display correctly in all major browsers
  • Instructions on how to test and deploy completed designs

Learn essential web design skills:

  1. Planning
  2. Beginning the Design Process
  3. Preparing for Production
  4. Producing the Design
  5. Getting Started with the Code
  6. Styling Content
  7. Positioning Content
  8. Integrating Dynamic Content
  9. Editing Blog Templates
10. Testing and Deployment; Publishing Content
11. Advertising Your Site
12. Maintaining Your Site 

  

About the Author

Wendy Willard (Bel Air, MD), is an accomplished professional with over 13 years of experience in all aspects of design, including publication design, print design, and web design. She is the author of the best-selling McGraw-Hill book HTML: A Beginner’s Guide (now in its fourth edition), and has written additional books and articles on the topics of Photoshop, web design, and the Mac O/S. 

  



Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide

April 5, 2010

 

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010Microsoft Visual Studio 2010:
A Beginner’s Guide

Author: Mayo, Joe
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166895-8
ISBN-10: 0071668950
©2010 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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Essential Visual Studio 2010 Skills–Made Easy!

Endorsed by Microsoft and written by a Microsoft MVP and Visual Studio expert, this hands-on guide teaches programmers and developers new to Visual Studio 2010 how to maximize the latest release of Microsoft’s flagship development environment. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide shows you how to build applications from the ground up. You’ll also learn how to customize the integrated development environment (IDE) itself, adding your own tools that integrate with Visual Studio 2010.

Microsoft® Visual Studio® is Microsoft’s flagship development environment, which includes a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers. Visual Studio 2010 is expected to release at the end of 2009 (most likely at the Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference in November). Visual Studio 2010 is a smart choice for developers. Because of the growing complexity of building applications these days, most developers would never think of writing code with a text editor or some other primitive tool. Businesses can’t afford to waste time and demand the greatest amount of productivity they can get with developers. Visual Studio 2010 is a tool for software developers that helps build applications that run on Microsoft platforms and integrate with other Microsoft applications, allowing for greater productivity in the process.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide helps developers get started with Microsoft’s newest version of their integrated development environment (IDE), Visual Studio 2010. The author shows how to build applications with Visual Studio 2010 from installation of the tool to deployment of their solutions. The book demonstrates how to get started with the features of Visual Studio 2010 that support newer technologies. The readers also learn how to customize the IDE itself, adding their own tools that work with the features that ship with VS 2010. Another important aspect of Visual Studio 2010 is extensibility. Developers can add snippets in the editor, write macros, and even develop their own tools that integrate with Visual Studio 2010. This book includes details on how the user can accomplish these tasks and make Visual Studio 2010 their own. This fast-paced tutorial helps developers learn to leverage the new features, applications, and tools in Visual Studio 2010 to their advantage..


Features

  • Covers C# and VB.NET languages, showing how to use the tools most productively
  • Incorporates the popular Beginner’s Guide elements including: Key Skills & Concepts, Ask the Experts, and Try This hands-on exercises
  • Bestselling author is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio who speaks at user groups and code camps, writes articles, and has a continuing on-line presence through multiple channels.
  • Foreword by Microsoft

 

About the Author

Joe Mayo, Microsoft MVP (Englewood, CO) is an author and instructor who specializes in Microsoft .NET software technology. He is also owner of Mayo Software Training where he brings real-world hands-on experience into the classroom. Joe is the author of C# Unleashed (Sams), LINQ Programming and numerous magazine articles for publishers such as Pinnacle and CoDe Magazine. Joe also operates the C# Station web site (www.csharp-station.com), which is a free resource for developers learning to apply C#. He is a prominent speaker at conferences and user group meetings. For more information about Mayo Software Training, visit www.mayosoftware.com.

 

 

 


C# 4.0 The Complete Reference

April 5, 2010

 

C# 4.0 The Complete Reference

C# 4.0 The Complete Reference

Author: Schildt, Herbert
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174116-3
ISBN-10: 007174116X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 928 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
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In this fully updated bestseller, the world’s leading programming author provides comprehensive coverage of C# 4.0–the latest version of Microsoft’s premier programming language shipping as part of Visual Studio 2010.

 
A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Herb Schildt’s classic programming resource, C# 4.0: The Complete Reference contains carefully crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, covering all aspects of C# 4.0, including its keywords, syntax, and core libraries.

Every new C# 4.0 feature is covered, such as support for dynamic types and for parallel programming, which allows a program to perform portions of a task simultaneously when a computer contains multiple processors. Details on PLINQ, a parallel version of LINQ (Language-Integrated Query), are included. All other new features such as named and optional method arguments, and covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces and delegates are also covered. In addition, the book discusses the new classes, interfaces, and methods available in .NET 4.0.

  

Features

  • New important coverage of Parallel programming, PLINQ, and dynamic types
  • New features of C# 4.0 covered in detail: named and optional method arguments, and covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces and delegates
  • Reviewed and endorsed by Michael Howard, Microsoft
  • Provides a depth of coverage in a form that average programmers can understand
  • Includes keyword quick reference for fast look-up of keyword syntax

 

Author Information

Herb Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is the world’s leading programming author, whose books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. His acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.

 


A Beginner’s Guide Series

March 17, 2010

 

A Beginner’s Guide series, written for absolute beginners is designed for Easy Learning with Key Skills & Concepts with chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter , Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips, hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills, Extra information related to the topic being covered and Helpful reminders to help you prepare for the exam and alternative ways of doing things.

This series has reveived several praises from SciTech Book News, which is published by Book News, Inc. Book News prepares concise, descriptive reviews of new books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities for librarians and other buyers of serious books; SciTech Book News is unique in its coverage of high-level books in technology, engineering, computer, medicine, agriculture, and the physical & biological sciences.

 

AppleScript

AppleScript: A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Hart-Davis, Guy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163954-5
ISBN-10: 0071639543
©2010 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: December 2009
Price: US$ 39.99
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Reviewed in the March 2010 issue of SciTech Book News

“Written for absolute beginners, this tutorial shows how to program in AppleScript, the scripting language built into Mac OS X, in order to automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mails. Sections cover getting started, essential AppleScript programming techniques, and automating major applications with AppleScript. Debugging and error handling are also covered. Learning features include Q&A sections, hands-on exercises, tips, cautions, and example code with annotations. A companion web site offers ready-to-use code. Hart-Davis has written other computer books.”

  

  

  

HTML

HTML A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Willard, Wendy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-161143-5
ISBN-10: 0071611436
©2009 | 4th Edition | 538 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2009
Price: US$ 29.99
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Reviewed in the September 2009 issue of SciTech Book News

“The fourth edition of this beginner’s guide to programming in the HTML language describes the basic steps of structuring pages, placing images, formatting text, creating links, adding color, using forms and working with multimedia. Willard, a freelance web designer and consultant, uses hands-on exercises, self tests and Q&A sections so that novices can learn advanced applications such as dynamic web content, CSS and JavaScript. A new chapter has been added in this version that covers the use of HTML for email so that target audiences can be reached through online communications.”  

  

 

  

iPhone

iPhone SDK Programming: A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Brannan, James
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162649-1
ISBN-10: 0071626492
©2009 | 1st Edition | 480 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2009
Price: US$ 39.99
Learn More

An excerpt from this book has been published in the Winter issue of iPhone Life Magazine. To view the excerpt, please use the following link (article located on pages 80-81 of the electronic issue), please click Here.

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