Leadership in easy steps

Author: Jon Poole
ISBN: 9781840784299 / 1840784296
©2011 | 192 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 18.50

Microsoft Project 2010 The Complete Reference

Authors: George Angel, Keith Hansen
ISBN: 9780071749312 / 0071749314
©2011 | 1st Edition | 704 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUN-11
Price: US$ 50.00
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Written by project management experts, this comprehensive guide explains how to use all of the enhanced features and expanded functionality of Microsoft Project 2010

Microsoft Project 2010: The Complete Referencewill help any project manager—beginner to expert—jumpstart a new or existing project and effectively use Microsoft Project 2010 to stay on schedule and on budget, meet customer expectations, and minimize risk. Successful project management requires mastery of this industry-leading tool and this book’s focus is all about timely and accurate reports and a clear, shared vision of project deliverables using Microsoft Project.

This definitive guide covers the improved project and portfolio management features and the enhanced view and report capabilities, empowering project managers with an automated method of concise communication and razor-sharp performance analysis and management. Two real-world case studies illustrate 1) how to jumpstart a new project and 2) how to effectively step into an existing project and gain the ability to quickly assess and improve the project, even if it is failing. You will gain critical project management skills from this authoritative resource.

Microsoft Project 2010: The Complete Reference

• Teaches Project 2010 essentials along with necessary concepts and skills to turn data, requirements, and ideas into a powerful foundation to drive an entire project from charter to close with proven results
• Covers Project 2010 scheduling basics to ensure accuracy at each step of a project, regardless of scope
• Includes thorough explanations of new reporting tools and shows how to message the current state of each stage of a project
• Features real-world case studies that highlight skills and concepts
• Contains information based on the authors’ combined 40 years of project management success and hundreds of courses taught

About the Authors

George G. Angel, PMP, IBM Certified Executive Project Manager (Fort Collins, CO)logged more than 27 years as a successful project manager and 39 years with IBM.He created and managed a Global Delivery Program Management Education Program for IBM that reaches over 3,000 IBM project executives and managers each year. George is founder and manager of Eagle Business Services, a project management education and consulting company. He teaches PMP exam prep and Project Management Certificate courses.

Keith Hansen (Orangevale, CA) is a senior trainer and consultant with over 19 years of project management-related experience. Keith started as a Microsoft Project Certified consultant in 1991 and was an early pioneer of the project portfolio management process. He has developed a tool set using Microsoft Project to manage projects, and has written templates and manuals for project management.

Other books you might be interested:

1. 9780072263411      How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Project 2007
2. 9780071626736     PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide
3. 9780071633703     PMP Certification, A Beginner’s Guide

Table of Contents 

Part I: What You Need to Know Before You Begin
Chapter 1: The Bigger Picture
Chapter 2: Important User Information

Part II: Initiating the Project
Chapter 3: Defining the Project and Aligning Objectives
Chapter 4: Setting MS Project Environment to Work for You
Chapter 5: Project Integration and Change Management

Part III: Project Planning – Plan the Work
Chapter 6: Planning for Project Success
Chapter 7: Time Management – Building the Schedule
Chapter 8: MS Project 2010 Planning Views
Chapter 9: Loading Resources in MS Project
Chapter 10: Know Your Critical Path
Chapter 11: Proactive Risk Management
Chapter 12: Optimizing Your Project Using 2010
Chapter 13: Magic of Macros
Chapter 14: Baselining Your Plan – Phase Exit

Part IV: Project Execution – Work the Plan
Chapter 15: Successful Project Execution to Closure
Chapter 16: Critical Path Management
Chapter 17: Managing Stakeholders & Dependencies

Part V: Monitoring/Controlling the Project
Chapter 18: Scope & Schedule Verification
Chapter 19: Keeping an Eye on the Schedule
Chapter 20: Controlling Costs using MS Project
Chapter 21: Risk Happens – Looking for Triggers in 2010

Part VI: Closing the Project
Chapter 22: Move Onward to Closure
Chapter 23: Effective Results using 2010 Reports / Metrics / Filters
Chapter 24: Bring the Project Home

Part VII: Program and Portfolio Management
Chapter 25: Using 2010 for Portfolio Management
Chapter 26: Managing Global Programs in 2010

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PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators
Niklas Goude, Mattias Karlsson

ISBN: 9780071747974 / 0071747974
Pub Date: OCT-10
Pages: 368
Copyright: 2011
Edition: 1
Format: Paperback
Price: US$ 45.00
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This hands-on guide shows SharePoint 2010 administrators how to use PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks and conduct remote troubleshooting.

PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators explains how to take advantage of PowerShell─the built-in scripting language─to increase productivity by automating tasks on both local and remote systems. PowerShell is fully integrated into SharePoint 2010, providing administrators with a revolutionary set of tools, including more than 500 new PowerShell commands. This book covers all PowerShell capabilities.

This comprehensive guide provides an introduction to PowerShell for administrators who have never used it before. Specifics on how and why to use PowerShell with SharePoint are included. Real-word scenarios demonstrate the advantages of PowerShell as a tool to solve common problems.

PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators

• Covers the latest versions: SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell 2.0
• Is written by global SharePoint and PowerShell experts and bloggers
• Includes comparisons between PowerShell scripting and built-in SharePoint tools that demonstrate the differences and provide a good understanding of when to use PowerShell
• Requires no prior knowledge of PowerShell—provides a good introduction to both PowerShell and SharePoint
• Offers extensive PowerShell script examples for download

About the Author

Niklas Goude (Stockholm, Sweden), a senior consultant at Enfo Zipper, has been working with PowerShell since its beginning and is the lead responsible for PowerShell-related topics at Enfo Zipper. He runs the highly respected blog, www.powershell.nu and is a frequent trainer for Microsoft courses in PowerShell and is also a highly sought after speaker at technical venues.

Mattias Karlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) is a senior consultant at Enfo Zipper, a Microsoft Gold Partner company. A SharePoint expert, he runs the popular blog http://mysharepointofview.com and is a frequent trainer and speaker at SharePoint events.

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SciTech Book News, February 2011 Issue

This guide to using the PowerShell command line interface with Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 collaboration software suite provides step-by-step instructions and real-world examples to illustrate many of the key server management automation features available in this popular business server environment. Divided into three sections, the work presents an overview of SharePoint and the basic syntax for scripting in PowerShell and then provides a collection of chapters detailing the management of key tasks from the command line. Topics covered include scripted installation, managing sites, list and document libraries, users and groups, database management and system backups and restores. Numerous illustrations, screen shots and code examples are included throughout and access to additional online resources, including code samples, is provided. Goude is a Microsoft certified PowerShell expert and Karlsson is an experienced SharePoint consultant. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Related Titles

1. 9780071493277 Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: A Beginner’s Guide
2. 9780071493284 Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: The Complete Reference

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: MOSS: The Complete Reference
Chapter 2: SharePoint Architecture
Chapter 3: The Business Side of SharePoint
Chapter 4: Installation Planning
Chapter 5: Installing SharePoint
Chapter 6: Post-Install Configuration
Chapter 7: Exploring SharePoint Central Administration
Chapter 8: SharePoint Site Administration
Chapter 9: Exploring the SharePoint User Interface
Chapter 10: Working with MOSS Sites, Office Workspaces, and Site Pages
Chapter 11: SharePoint Lists and Libraries
Chapter 12: Web Parts in SharePoint
Chapter 13: The MOSS My Site
Chapter 14: Site Columns, Content Types, and Content Management
Chapter 15: SharePoint Site Definitions
Chapter 16: SharePoint Workflow Tools
Chapter 17: Features and Solutions
Chapter 18: SharePoint Object Model and Web Services
Chapter 19: Building Event Receivers
Chapter 20: Building Web Parts
Appendix A: The STSAdm Command Tool
Appendix B: Setting Up Application Authentication
Index

How to Do Everything MacBook

Authors: Noelle, Robin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174253-5
ISBN-10: 0071742530
©2011 | 1st Edition | 352 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 24.99
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Easy-to-follow coverage of portable Macs, including the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air

How to Do Everything: MacBook strongly emphasizes the portability and other unique features of the laptop versions of the Mac, examining ports and jacks, discussing user accounts and privacy, managing multiple network connections, using MobileMe to stay synched, etc. It also explores the activities laptop users most often perform, such as productivity, entertainment, and communication.

Tasks and activities are broken down into simple-to-follow directions and highlighted with clear graphics to make everything easy to understand. Tips and tricks for getting the most out of the latest versions of the built-in software, including the new versions of iLife and iWork are also included. As a travel writer, the author understands the needs of mobile computer users. She covers battery management and power, connectivity, working online, using VoIP, and maintaining and troubleshooting the MacBook.

How to Do Everything: MacBook

• Draws on author’s personal experience as a writer who travels, providing tips and tricks for getting the best out of the MacBook on the road
• Contains accurate and up-to-date product information on latest versions of Mac OS X and iWork/iLife applications
• Explains the differences between the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air

About the Author

Robin Noelle is a professional writer who has more than 12 years’ experience in marketing and public relations, with an emphasis on technology. Her ability to translate highly technical information into layman’s terms led to Noelle facilitating interviews between product managers and editors from PC Magazine, CNET, and PC World. She has written travel guides for Avalon Travel.

Related Title

9780071639989      How to Do Everything Mac
9780071630245     How to Do Everything iPod, iPhone & iTunes
9780072263794    How to Do Everything iPad

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Wonderful World of MacBook
Chapter 2 Taming the MacBook: Using the Trackpad, Keyboard, Mouse and More
Chapter 3 Power Struggle: Battery and Power Management
Chapter 4 Ports and Jacks: Where They Are and What They Do
Chapter 5 Making Yourself at Home: Getting Comfortable with Your Desktop
Chapter 6 Hide and Seek: Navigating your MacBook
Chapter 7 A Home of One’s Own: User Accounts
Chapter 8 Personal Style: Customizing your MacBook
Chapter 9 Surf’s Up: Connecting to the Internet
Chapter 10 Navigating the World Wide Web
Chapter 11 Staying in Touch: eMail, Chatting, Video and More
Chapter 12 Getting Organized with iCal, Address Book and iSync
Chapter 13 Anything Windows Can Do, Macs Can Do Better: Running Windows Programs
Chapter 14 But Wait! There’s More: MacBook Applications Basics
Chapter 15 Your Virtual Office: iWork for Productivity
Chapter 16 Creative Spaces: iLife for Music, Movies and Websites
Chapter 17 Leisure Time: Games, Music and Movies
Chapter 18 Staying in Sync with MobileMe
Chapter 19 Under the Hood: Tune-Ups and Basic Maintenance for your MacBook
Chapter 20 Troubleshooting and Finding Help

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PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators

Authors: Goude, Niklas; Karlsson, Mattias
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174797-4
ISBN-10: 0071747974
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: October 2010
Price: US$ 45.00
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This hands-on guide shows SharePoint 2010 administrators how to use PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks and conduct remote troubleshooting.

PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators explains how to take advantage of PowerShell─the built-in scripting language─to increase productivity by automating tasks on both local and remote systems. PowerShell is fully integrated into SharePoint 2010, providing administrators with a revolutionary set of tools, including more than 500 new PowerShell commands. This book covers all PowerShell capabilities.

This comprehensive guide provides an introduction to PowerShell for administrators who have never used it before. Specifics on how and why to use PowerShell with SharePoint are included. Real-word scenarios demonstrate the advantages of PowerShell as a tool to solve common problems.

PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators

1. Covers the latest versions: SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell 2.0
2. Is written by global SharePoint and PowerShell experts and bloggers
3. Includes comparisons between PowerShell scripting and built-in SharePoint tools that demonstrate the differences and provide a good understanding of when to use PowerShell
4. Requires no prior knowledge of PowerShell—provides a good introduction to both PowerShell and SharePoint
5. Offers extensive PowerShell script examples for download

Practical PowerPivot & DAX Formulas for Excel 2010

Authors: Tennick, Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174685-4
ISBN-10: 0071746854
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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Extract actionable BI using Excel 2010 PowerPivot and DAX language

Featuring 200 ready-to-use DAX queries, Practical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010 shows Office and Excel power users how to take advantage of DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)—the new standard language for extracting BI within Excel. An entire section shows how to create tables, pivot tables, and PowerPivot tables in Excel. You can then progress to writing DAX queries and formulas to harness the power of BI.

This solutions-based guide contains more than 200 DAX queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:

1. Query: Introduction and description of query and its use
2. Syntax: Complete DAX syntax
3. Result: Screen shot showing the data returned in an Excel 2010 pivot table
4. Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization

Practical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010

1. Includes 200+ ready-to-use, easily customizable DAX queries, all available for download
2. Features a practical and hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
3. Explains how to visualize actionable BI
4. Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications The Complete Reference

Authors: Holland, Charlie
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174456-0
ISBN-10: 0071744568
©2011 | 1st Edition | 640 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 45.00
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Leverage SharePoint’s revolutionary software development platform to build business applications

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications: The Complete Reference is the perfect guide for developers who want to use SharePoint to build any type of web application using SharePoint as a platform. In SharePoint 2010, practically all of the additional functionality is aimed at extending this development capability. This book fully covers all of these features. Learn how to build a self-service web portal for customers; create a unified access point for all internal line-of-business applications; deliver e-commerce solutions; and much more.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications: The Complete Reference :

1. Defines best practices covering the entire project lifecycle
2. Explains which development tool best suits each task
3. Provides step-by-step, real-world examples with downloadable sample code
4. Features comprehensive coverage of all the new SharePoint 2010 features
5. Helps to builds the skills required to use SharePoint as a development platform, both from a software development perspective and from a project management perspective

How to Do Everything Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Authors: Cawood, Stephen
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174367-9
ISBN-10: 0071743677
©2011 | 1st Edition | 304 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 24.99
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Written by a former member of the SharePoint development team, this is a step-by-step guide to mastering the latest release of this integrated suite of server capabilities.

In How to Do Everything: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Stephen Cawood—one of the people who helped build SharePoint—offers advice from his many years of working with SharePoint customers, cutting to the core and focusing on key features to get you up to speed quickly. You’ll get easy-to-follow tutorials on blogs, wikis, MySites, Web parts, taxonomy, document management, workflow, publishing sites, team sites, and much more. Take full advantage of the content management, enterprise search, collaboration, and information-sharing capabilities of SharePoint 2010 with help from this practical guide.

How to Do Everything: Microsoft SharePoint 2010:

1. Covers the key new features, including new out-of-the-box web parts and SharePoint taxonomy
2. Contains step-by-step examples that walk you through the most common SharePoint tasks
3. Explains how to use SharePoint Workspace to work with SharePoint offline
4. Includes valuable advice from SharePoint experts
5. Functions as a handy reference to learn new features and as a refresher

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps

Authors: Matthews, Marty; Buchanan, Nancy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174193-4
ISBN-10: 0071741933
©2011 | 1st Edition | 272 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 21.99
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A full-color, step-by-step guide to all the key features of SharePoint 2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps starts you up on SharePoint 2010 right away, including SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, and SharePoint Workspace 2010. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft’s integrated collaboration suite. Follow along and quickly learn how to plan, build, administer, and secure a SharePoint site and integrate it with Microsoft Office 2010. Get up to speed on SharePoint 2010 in no time with help from this practical, fast-paced guide.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps

1. Offers full-color coverage of the key capabilities of the entire SharePoint suite
2. Features high production quality, breadth of coverage, and a low price
3. Includes color screenshots on every page with step-by-step explanations

Business Intelligence with Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007

Authors: Utley, Craig
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149370-3
ISBN-10: 0071493700
©2008 | 1st Edition | 358 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: January 2008
Price: US$ 49.99
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Deliver BI Solutions with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Maximize the powerful BI tools available in PerformancePoint 2007 with help from this practical guide. You will learn how to collect and store data, monitor progress, analyze performance, distribute dynamic reports, and create maintainable projects and forecasts. Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides full details on creating scorecards and dashboards, performing advanced analysis on data, and setting up business plans. You will also learn how to integrate PerformancePoint with ProClarity, Excel 2007, and SQL Server Reporting Services.

1. Configure, deploy, and secure all the PerformancePoint components
2. Create KPIs, scorecards, reports, and dashboards with the Dashboard Designer
3. Create business models with the Planning Business Modeler and create budgets and forecasts with Excel 2007
4. Enable advanced data analysis with PerformancePoint Server and ProClarity tools
5. Take advantage of the enhanced analytic capabilities of Excel 2007
6. Use SQL Server Reporting Services for analytics
7. Align performance with organizational objectives

Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007: The Complete Reference

Authors: Gochberg, Dave; Stewart, Rob
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-148599-9
ISBN-10: 0071485996
©2008 | 1st Edition | 647 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: January 2008
Price: US$ 59.99
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The ultimate guide to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

This comprehensive guide takes you through the planning and implementation lifecycle of a Project Server installation. You will learn how to utilize this powerful software to set up and manage projects, allocate human as well as financial resources, track progress, and adjust activities quickly to accommodate project changes and updates.

Endorsement

“Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 is an extremely advanced and dynamic toolset requiring fundamental organizational inspection. Rob and Dave provide an equally deep and unique perspective of this powerful solution.” –Daniel T. Renier, Principal Consultant, Milestone Consulting Group, Inc.

Microsoft ® Office 2007 Business Intelligence

Authors: Harts, Doug
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149424-3
ISBN-10: 0071494243
©2008 | 1st Edition | 444 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: November 2007
Price: US$ 39.99
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Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007

This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today’s networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you’re already using to help you in your everyday work.

1. Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional Formatting
2. Convert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and Charting
3. Connect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePoint
4. Create SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sources
5. Add Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboards
6. Harness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster Diagrams
7. Generate integrated PerformancePoint Scorecards
8. Create Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheets

All of the examples in the book can be downloaded for free by doing the following: go to www.mhprofessional.com. Click on the Computing tab. Click on the Downloads page. Click on the book’s title to download the examples.

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: A Beginner’s Guide

Authors: Gilster, Ron
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149327-7
ISBN-10: 0071493271
©2008 | 1st Edition | 625 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2007
Price: US$ 39.99
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Set up and administer a SharePoint Server 2007 environment

Get started on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 quickly and easily with help from this step-by-step guide. Using clear instructions, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: A Beginner’s Guide shows you how to set up and configure SharePoint Server, collect and store data, build lists and libraries, and enable enterprise search capabilities. You’ll learn how to create portals and Web pages, secure your SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and optimize performance. Microsoft Office 2007 integration techniques are also covered.

1. Install and configure SharePoint Server 2007
2. Secure your SharePoint Server network and data
3. Easily locate files and folders using the Search feature
4. Simplify data collection using forms and workflows
5. Logically organize content into lists and libraries
6. Monitor, maintain, and back up your SharePoint Server environment
7. Build Web applications and portals from reusable, modular Web Parts
8. Improve efficiency using customized views and metadata schemes
9. Seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: The Complete Reference

Authors: Sterling, David
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149328-4
ISBN-10: 007149328X
©2008 | 1st Edition | 788 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2007
Price: US$ 49.99
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The definitive guide to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Deploy and manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the enterprise with help from this one-stop resource. Through detailed instructions, screenshots, and code samples, this comprehensive guide shows you, step-by-step, how to use SharePoint Server and make the most of all its powerful tools and utilities.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: The Complete Reference explains how to develop a customized installation plan, configure the server for optimal performance, and administer users, documents, and content. You’ll get full details on designing feature-rich portals and collaboration sites, creating user-friendly forms and workflows, using modular Web Parts, and incorporating business data.

1. Install and configure SharePoint Server for the entire enterprise
2. Manage the server from the Central Administration site
3. Design SharePoint Server portals, websites, lists, and document libraries
4. Work with SharePoint Web Parts or build your own
5. Ensure cross-site consistency using site columns and content types
6. Create site definitions and templates using SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio
7. Build custom workflows using SharePoint Designer
8. Extend SharePoint Server using the Object Model and Event Receivers
9. Import and map enterprise information using the Business Data Catalog
10. Use the advanced services of Office Search and Excel Web Services

Endorsement

“This well-planned and well-written book offers a comprehensive reference for IT professionals, application developers and business analysts working with SharePoint applications.” – James A. Robertson, MCSD.NET, Senior Software Engineer, Applied Information Sciences

Visualizing Information with Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007

Authors: Parker, David
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-148261-5
ISBN-10: 007148261X
©2007 | 1st Edition | 448 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: April 2007
Price: US$ 49.99
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Create and distribute data-connected Microsoft Office Visio diagrams and reports

Get full details on the powerful features of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 inside this comprehensive volume. Written by Visio expert David Parker, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 demonstrates how to effectively visualize, explore, and communicate complex business information. Learn to use PivotDiagrams, Data Graphics, and Smart Tags, as well as link data to shapes and create meaningful Visio documents and reports. Plus, you’ll get vital security information, time-saving tips, troubleshooting techniques, and downloadable macros and code samples.

Essential Skills for Database Users and Professionals

1. Create shapes and link them to data
2. Summarize and analyze information using PivotDiagrams
3. Use Data Graphics, Smart Tags, and SmartShapes to reinforce information
4. Generate robust Excel, HTML, and XML reports
5. Create custom, reusable templates, stencils, and masters
6. Update and enhance diagrams with Reviewer’s comments and markups
7. Integrate Visio diagrams with other Windows applications
8. Publish and securely distribute Visio documents and summaries
9. Extend functionality using VBA macros, add-ins, and wrapper applications

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Microsoft SQL 2008 titles by McGraw-Hill Professional:

Building Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008 R2 & Office 2010

Author: Janus, Philo
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-171673-4
ISBN-10: 0071716734
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: December 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
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Create integrated business intelligence solutions using the newest releases of the Microsoft BI stack

Building Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008 R2 & Office 2010 explains how to use the entire Microsoft BI stack–SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, and Office 2010 components, including Excel/Gemini–to create integrated, practical, business intelligence solutions. An overview of SQL Server Analysis Services sets the stage for broad coverage of Excel as a front end for “self-service analysis,” using SharePoint features for collaboration and workgroup BI, and leveraging Reporting Services for enterprise dashboards and reports. This practical guide focuses on building end-to-end BI solutions that solve real business data dilemmas.

Building Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008 R2 & Office 2010 features:

1. Authoritative content written by a senior technology specialist at Microsoft who has presented to thousands of users and developers on Microsoft’s BI technologies
2. A foreword by Thierry D’Hers, Business Intelligence Group Program Manager at Microsoft
3. Real-world exercises that enable you to build practical solutions for your own business problems
4. Detailed illustrations depicting sophisticated reporting results
5. Tips on visually representing data, creating KPI’s, and business metrics

Complete coverage of Microsoft business intelligence solutions:

1. What Is Business Intelligence
2. Collaboration Meets Business Intelligence
3. Excel & Excel Services
4. Analysis Services & Cubes
5. Introducing PowerPivot
6. Getting Data In
7. Reporting Services
8. SharePoint
9. Charts & Graphs
10. Mapping; Data Mining
11. Scorecards & Dashboards
12. Master Data Services
13. Publishing and Administration

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs

Author: Anderson Mark
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170064-1
ISBN-10: 0071700641
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: November 2010
Price: US$ 50.00

An expert guide to working with SQL Server in a mixed-database environment

Microsoft SQL Server Administration for Oracle DBAs is the ideal resource for experienced Oracle database professionals looking to expand their knowledge and skill set into the Microsoft database platform. The book compares and contrasts the platform architectures and shows how to perform everyday database administrator tasks. Screenshots, script examples, and step-by-step labs are included in this practical guide.

This book is not designed to be a “SQL Server is better than Oracle” or vice versa. It will enable experienced Oracle database administrators to get up to speed on the Microsoft SQL Server platform by building on existing relational database skills. The authors’ combination of expertise in both technologies ensures technical accuracy and real-world experiences. Interviews with members of the Oracle DBA community are included in this practical guide.

Microsoft SQL Server Administration for Oracle DBAs

1. Is co-written by a data platform technical specialist at Microsoft, UK who works daily with large customers integrating SQL Server into Oracle
2. Teaches dual skills using real-world examples based on authors’ vast experience
3. Quickly explains how to perform everyday database admin tasks on SQL Server
4. Focuses on making both platforms work together successfully
5. Includes step-by-step labs and interviews with members of the Oracle DBA community

Leverage your Oracle DBA skills on SQL Server

1. SQL Server Architecture
2. Installing and Configuring SQL Server
3. Database Objects
4. Security
5. Data Access and Transaction Control
6. Backup and Recovery
7. Performance Tuning and Optimization
8. High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
9. Scheduling, Automation and Alerting
10. Data Movement
11. Upgrading and Migrating to SQL Server

Review

1. SciTech Book News, February 2011 Issue

Designed to improve the cross-platform management skills of experienced Oracle database administrators, this guide compares key features of the Oracle X-series databases to their corresponding functions in the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 environment. Beginning with two chapters examining the basics of SQL Server architecture, the work proceeds through discussions of key database administration tasks such as installation and configuration, data transactions, security, tuning and optimization, data migration and high availability environments. The work contains numerous screen shots and code examples as well as many pro-tips and database comparison notes throughout. Anderson, Fox and Bolton are Microsoft associated database experts and trainers. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Practical SQL Queries for SQL Server 2008

Author: Tennick, Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174687-8
ISBN-10: 0071746870
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Status: November 2010
Price: US$ 50.00
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Extract real, actionable business intelligence by utilizing the power of SQL queries

Featuring 300 ready-to-use SQL queries Practical SQL Queries for SQL Server 2008 shows how to write SQL queries within Microsoft’s BI stack, but well over 90% of the SQL queries will work with relational databases from other vendors. This solutions-based guide contains more than 300 SQL queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:

1. Query: Introduction and description of query and its use
2. Syntax: Complete syntax
3. Result: Screen shot showing the data returned from the SQL Server relational database by the query
4. Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization

Specific emphasis is placed on writing SQL for use within Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) connecting to SQL Server – however, the techniques and queries can also be utilized across Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), Winforms and Webforms, and in a large variety of third-party front-ends.

Practical SQL Queries for SQL Server 2008

1. Includes 300+ ready-to-use, easily customizable SQL queries, all available for download
2. Features a practical, hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
3. Explains how to visualize actionable BI
4. Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills

Complete coverage of SQL queries

1. Select – single table
2. Where; Order By
3. Select – multiple tables
4. Aggregates; Select – new tables
5. Except/Intersect/Union
6. Group By
7. System functions
8. Subqueries
9. Delete/Insert/Update
10. Views/User-defined functions
11. Stored procedures/Programming
12. DDL (data definition language)/DCL

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics & Data Visualization

Authors: Harts, Doug; Dugan, Jim; Almas, Tricia
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-160143-6
ISBN-10: 0071601430
©2010 | 1st Edition | 504 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
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A practical guide to the next-generation Business Intelligence tools available in SQL Server 2008

This book will help DBAs and business intelligence architects work with the latest 3-D visualization techniques that revolutionize data reporting, analysis, and measurement in SQL Server 2008. You will appreciate the complete end-to-end explanation of the real-time visual representation of metrics and trends.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analytics and Data Visualization begins with an overview of how these new tools, acquired from Dundas, fit into the SQL Server 2008 BI stack. You will learn strategies for data mining and advanced analytics. The book explains the full range of cutting-edge data visualization tools, including several customizable charts, map solutions for geographic data, illustrative gauges, and detailed calendars. An eight-page full-color insert highlights dazzling examples of 3-D visuals that convey business metrics in innovative ways.

Benefit to the Customer

1. Understand 3-D visualization techniques that can be used in reporting, analysis, and measurement.
2. Examples of the newest ‘Dundas’ BI tools for 3-D data visualization
3. Easily explore data relationships with a friendly front-end to statistical algorithms
4. Examples that can be used by BI Architects and connected to every desktop

Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Author: Nanda, Ashwani
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-173640-4
ISBN-10: 0071736409
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 608 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 59.99
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A practical guide to mastering Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services makes learning SSIS easier through the use of extensive exercises structured around every component within the tool. The complex topics of embedding control flow tasks and containers in a data workflow and using data transformations in the data flow are covered with real-world examples and step-by-step methods.

Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services features:

1. Details on installation, control flow, data flow transformations, administration, security, and troubleshooting
2. Two new chapters on extending SSIS through scripting/programming and standard methods for developing a data warehouse architecture
3. New advanced examples throughout each chapter
4. Hands-on exercises that are broken down into objectives, solution methodologies, numbered steps, and review for reinforcing techniques
5. A focus on real-world data warehousing solutions that can be easily applied to your own business challenges

Comprehensive coverage of SSIS:

1. Introducing SSIS
2. Import and Export Wizard
3. SSIS Workflow Nuts and Bolts
4. Control Flow Containers
5. Control Flow Tasks
6. Administration
7. Securing Packages
8. Advanced Features
9. Data Flow Components
10. Data Flow Transformations
11. Deploying Packages
12. Migrating
13. Troubleshooting and Performance Enhancements
14. Extending SSIS
15. Star Schema Data Warehouse Architecture

Review

1. SciTech Book News, February 2011 Issue

The second edition of this manual for the Microsoft SQL Server data migration and maintenance tool Integration Services (SSIS) provides updated information throughout and includes two new chapters on scripting SSIS and data warehousing. Providing step-by-step instructions, screen shots and hands-on chapter exercises, this volume covers such topics as SSIS workflow, administration of Integration Services, security, data flow transformations, package deployment, troubleshooting and system optimization. Access to online resources, including a complete set of sample data and server configurations is provided. Nanda is a Microsoft certified expert and business intelligence software developer. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Practical DMX Queries for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008

Author: Tennick, Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174866-7
ISBN-10: 0071748660
©2011 | 1st Edition | 512 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 50.00
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Extract real, actionable business intelligence using DMX

Practical DMX Queries for SQL Server Analysis Services shows how to write DMX queries within Microsoft’s BI stack. This solutions-based guide contains more than 240 DMX queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:

1. Query: Introduction and description of query and its use
2. Syntax: Complete syntax
3. Result: Screen shot showing the data returned from the Analysis Services data mining model by the query
4. Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization

Specific emphasis is placed on writing DMX for use within Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) connected to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) – however, the techniques and queries can also be utilized across Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), WinForms and WebForms, and in a large variety of third-party front-ends.

Practical DMX Queries for SQL Server Analysis Services:

1. Includes 240+ ready-to-use, easily customizable DMX queries, all available for download
2. Features a practical, hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
3. Explains how to visualize actionable BI
4. Shows how to surface knowledge discovery and make informed predictions quickly
5. Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills

Complete coverage of DMX queries

1. Cases Queries
2. Content Queries
3. Prediction Queries with Decision Trees
4. Prediction Queries with Time Series
5. Prediction and Cluster Queries with Clustering
6. Prediction Queries with Association and Sequence Clustering
7. DDL (data definition language) Queries
8. Schema and Column Queries

Practical MDX Queries: For Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008

Author: Tennick, Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-171336-8
ISBN-10: 0071713360
©2010 | 1st Edition | 304 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 49.99
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The Business Intelligence market continues to grow, despite the ongoing global recession. In fact, Gartner published (in June 2009) its annual analysis of the Business Intelligence market, citing that worldwide sales of Business Intelligence software grew 22% in 2008 (versus 13% year prior). Total revenue for the market came in at $8.8B. The BI category continues to be an area of focus and expansion for McGraw-Hill Professional.

MDX (Multi-Dimensional Expressions) is a standard language for extracting business intelligence from multi-dimensional cubes within data warehouses and is supported by multiple database vendors. This book is a guide to writing MDX queries within Microsoft’s Business Intelligence stack. The book’s approach is solutions-based, and hands-on, containing more than 300 MDX queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of Business Intelligence-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:

1. Query Overview: Introduction and description of query and its use
2. Syntax: Complete syntax
3. Result: Illustrates the data returned from the Analysis Services cube by the query
4. Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization

Specific emphasis is placed on writing MDX for use within Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)—however, the techniques and queries can also be utilized across Excel, Excel Services in Sharepoint, Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), Performance Point Server dashboards, Winforms and Webforms, and in a large variety of third-party front-ends.

Features

1. Practical and hands-on with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
2. Over 300 MDX queries – all downloadable from www.mhprofessional.com
3. Clear and simple layout
4. Refer to any query within the book and become immediately productive
5. Learn how to visualize actionable Business Intelligence
6. Surface corporate KPIs (key-performance indicators) quickly
7. The MDX queries can be used immediately in a corporate business intelligence environment and/or easily customized for a specific business need.
8. Serves as both a comprehensive tutorial and a reference guide
9. Dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 High Availability with Clustering & Database Mirroring

Authors: Otey, Michael
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-149813-5
ISBN-10: 0071498133
©2010 | 1st Edition | 304 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: December 2009
Price: US$ 39.99
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Create a Highly Available Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Environment

Written by the technical director for SQL Server Magazine, this expert guide shows you how to implement clustering and database mirroring in SQL Server 2008. Learn proven techniques for ensuring zero database loss, avoiding system downtime, and providing instant data backups. Filled with detailed instructions, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 High Availability with Clustering & Database Mirroring takes you from planning to management of a robust high availability solution.

1. Configure Windows Failover Clustering
2. Set up the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator on a two node failover cluster
3. Install SQL Server 2008 on your cluster
4. Handle cluster management and backup
5. Configure and manage database mirroring for high availability
6. Implement Hyper-V virtualization and Live Migration
7. Manage a SQL Server virtual machine

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 New Features Authors: Otey, Michael
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154640-9
ISBN-10: 0071546405
©2009 | 2nd Edition | 272 pages , Softcover
Status: December 2008
Price: US$ 39.99
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Maximize the New Capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Take immediate advantage of all the innovative features and benefits available in SQL Server 2008 with help from this expert guide. Written by the technical director for SQL Server Magazine, this book offers a concise yet in-depth look at the new and improved enterprise data management capabilities, developer functions, Business Intelligence tools, and security enhancements of SQL Server 2008. This is the perfect resource for decision-makers, developers, and DBAs preparing for upgrades or migration. Get details on:

1. The new Transparent Data Encryption, Extended Events, filtered indexes, and auditing features
2. The new Resource Governor, policy-based management framework, T-SQL IntelliSense and debugging, and PowerShell integration
3. Availability enhancements-Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring, peer-to-peer replication, backup compression, and the new table lock escalation
4. The new ADO.NET Entity Framework
5. LINQ (Language Integrated Query)
6. The new native DATE, TIME, FILESTREAM, and Geospatial data types
7. T-SQL enhancements, such as the new DECLARE, MERGE, and GROUPING SETS statements
8. The more powerful BI toolset, including Integration Services Data Profiling, Analysis Services new Cube Designer, and Reporting Services new tablix controls
9. Improved Microsoft Office integration capabilities

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Authors: Larson, Brian
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154944-8
ISBN-10: 0071549447
©2009 | 2nd Edition | 792 pages , Softcover
Pub Date:November 2008
Price: US$ 49.99
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Maximize the Business Intelligence Tools in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Manage, analyze, and distribute enterprise data with help from this expert resource. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 covers the entire BI lifecycle and explains how to build robust data integration, reporting, and analysis solutions. Real-world examples illustrate all of the powerful BI capabilities of SQL Server 2008. This is your one-stop guide for transforming disparate data into actionable insight for users throughout your organization.

• Understand the goals and benefits of business intelligence
• Design and create relational data marts and OLAP cubes
• Manage Analysis Services databases using BI Development Studio
• Cleanse data and populate data marts with SQL Server Integration Services
• Take advantage of the flexibility of the Unified Dimensional Model
• Manipulate and analyze data using MDX scripts and queries
• Use data mining to identify data patterns, correlations, and clustering
• Develop and distribute interactive reports with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
• Integrate business intelligence into enterprise applications using ADOMD.NET and the Report Viewer Control

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Authors: Larson, Brian
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154808-3
ISBN-10: 0071548084
©2009 | 3rd Edition | 866 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2008
Price: US$ 49.99
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The Definitive Guide to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Create and deliver data-rich reports across the enterprise using this complete server-based reporting solution. Written by a member of the original Reporting Services development team, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services covers the entire report-building and distribution process, including data extraction, integration with desktop and Web applications, and end-user access. The book explains how to maximize all of the powerful features, including the new Tablix data format, as well as enhanced performance, scalability, and visualization capabilities.

1. Install, configure, and customize SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
2. Create SELECT queries to extract data
3. Generate reports from the Report Wizard and from scratch
4. Add charts, images, and gauges
5. Build reusable report templates
6. Use the new Tablix data format to create reports with any structure
7. Export reports to Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, XML, and other formats
8. Enable end-user access to reports via the Report Server and its Report Manager web interface

MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2008 A BEGINNER’S GUIDE Authors: Petkovic, Dusan
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154638-6
ISBN-10: 0071546383
©2009 | 4th Edition | 709 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: July 2008
Price: US$ 39.99
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Get Started on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in No Time

Learn to use all of the powerful features available in SQL Server 2008 quickly and easily. Microsoft SQL Server 2008: A Beginner’s Guide explains the fundamentals of each topic alongside examples and tutorials that walk you through real-world database tasks. Install SQL Server 2008, construct high-performance databases, use powerful Transact-SQL statements, create stored procedures and triggers, and execute simple and complex database queries. Performance tuning, Database Engine security, Business Intelligence, and XML are also covered.

1. Set up, configure, and maintain SQL Server 2008
2. Build and manage database objects using Transact-SQL statements
3. Create stored procedures and user-defined functions
4. Optimize database performance, availability, and reliability
5. Implement solid security using authentication, encryption, and authorization
6. Automate tasks using SQL Server Agent
7. Create reliable data backups and perform flawless system restores
8. Use all-new SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence, development, and administration tools
9. Learn in detail the SQL Server XML technology (SQLXML)

Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles for many of the U.K.’s top computer magazines.

Robin started his computing career in the Cheshire homes for disabled people, where he was responsible for setting up computer rooms in a number of residential homes, and for evaluating and tailoring hardware and software so that disabled people could use the new technology – sometimes by means of only a single switch operated by mouth or finger.

After writing articles for computer magazines about his work with disabled people, he eventually worked full time for one of the country’s main IT magazine publishers, where he held several roles including editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.

With the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s, Robin branched out into developing websites. One of these presented the world’s first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders, and was featured in several news reports on TV and radio networks in the United Kingdom. In order to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin also developed the first known pop-up windows.

Robin lives on the southeast coast of England with his wife Julie, a trained nurse, and five children, where he also finds time to foster three disabled children, as well as working full time from home as a technical author.

Robin has contributed an article to “The Daily Tip” section on “IT World,” and Plug-In PHP is one of the featured books on the company’s web site. For a look at the article, please click HERE.

Books by Robin Nixon

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166659-6
ISBN-10: 0071666591
©2010 | 1st Edition | 384 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: February 2010 
Price: US$ 39.99
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Plug-In JavaScript 100 Power Solutions

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-173861-3
ISBN-10: 0071738614
©2011 | 1st Edition | 400 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: May 2010
Price: US$ 39.99
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Filled with ready-to-use JavaScript solutions for creating dynamic web content, this practical guide is will save hundreds of hours of programming time!

Plug-in JavaScript is aimed at people who have learned basic HTML (and perhaps a little CSS) but are interested in doing more. For example, they may wish to create more dynamic menu systems, provide mouse hover effects, and support Ajax functionality. This practical guide shows readers how to do all of these things and much more using very simple JavaScript.

Readers are taken through each example step by step. All explanations are included so there is no need to look up anything elsewhere. Every solution is complete and applicable immediately. The book can be dipped into as required with each chapter being self-contained.

Features

• 100 ready-to-use JavaScript solutions—saves over 500 hours of programming time
• Author based in the UK and writes for several UK-based computing magazines
• Each chapter solves a single problem or set of problems, is self-contained, and features the entire solution in JavaScript code
• Companion website includes all the book’s ready-to-run examples available for download
• While not a programming tutorial, the book fully explains all solutions should readers want to know how they work

Plug-In PHP: 100 Power Solutions

Authors: Nixon, Robin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166659-6
ISBN-10: 0071666591
©2010 | 1st Edition | 384 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 39.99

100 PHP power solutions in one handy guide

This practical resource contains 100 ready-to-run PHP plug-ins you can use to create dynamic Web content. The book begins by showing you how to install, configure, and use a powerful web development environment. Then, each chapter in Plug-In PHP offers complete, working examples for specific end results you can achieve right away. In this time-saving tool, all of the code is extensively documented along with tips for adapting it for your own requirements.

Get ready-made PHP plug-ins for:

• Text processing
• Image handling
• Content management
• Forms and user input
• Internet integration
• Chat and messaging
• MySQL, sessions, and cookies
• APIs, RSS, and XML
• JavaScript and Ajax
• Geo-location
• Spelling and language translation
• And much more

Download all of the book’s plug-ins at www.pluginphp.com

About the Author

Robin Nixon (UK) is a developer and freelance technical writer who has published more than 500 articles in magazines such as PC Plus, PCW, Web User, .net, PC Advisor, and PC Answers. He is the author of 3 computing books, including the upcoming Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript (O’Reilly).

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