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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-646): Server Administrator Core Requirements (PRO-Certification) (PRO-Certification)»rank: 35988by: Orin Thomas, Dan Holme, Mitch Tulloch, Ian McLean, Tony Northrup
: :Get in-depth training and practice with the skills measured by the core exams for Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Windows Server 2008 Administrator certification all in one box! Covering Exams 70-640, 70-642, and 70-646, these three training kits include exam prep and practice tests to help you maximize your performance. You get official Microsoft® study guides, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. They come packed with the tools and features that exam candidates want most including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. They also provide case scenarios and exercises for skills and ... |
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions»rank: 9374by: Andy Budd, Simon Collison, Cameron Moll
: :Over the past couple of years, web designers and developers have begun taking more care in designing and building web sites. Less readily do they turn to old-fashioned techniques such as GIF spacers, tables for layout, and deprecated HTML elements, which can cause accessibility/usability problems and are just bad practice. There are three main web standards married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs - XHTML for data structure, JavaScript for dynamic effects, and Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data. Working as a companion to our Web Standards Solutions book, this title covers advanced Cascading Style Sheet techniques, and includes are all the techniques you need to master CSS and craft ... |
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Java Concurrency in Practice»rank: 7687by: Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Holmes, Doug Lea
: :'I was fortunate indeed to have worked with a fantastic team on the design and implementation of the concurrency features added to the Java platform in Java 5.0 and Java 6. Now this same team provides the best explanation yet of these new features, and of concurrency in general. Concurrency is no longer a subject for advanced users only. Every Java developer should read this book.' --Martin Buchholz JDK Concurrency Czar, Sun Microsystems 'For the past 30 years, computer performance has been driven by Moore's Law; from now on, it will be driven by Amdahl's Law. Writing code that effectively exploits multiple processors can be very challenging. Java Concurrency in Practice provides ... |
PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide»rank: 8739by: Larry Ullman
: :It hasn't taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that developers can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman gets right down to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), he goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools, with several sections devoted to creating sample applications. This guide ... |
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The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Third Edition»rank: 22289by: Lora D. Delwiche, Susan J. Slaughter
: :Getting started with SAS is easy with The Little SAS Book. This friendly, easy-to-read guide gently introduces you to the most commonly used features of SAS software plus a whole lot more! The book has been revised to include concepts of the Output Delivery System; the STYLE= option in the PRINT, REPORT, and TABULATE procedures; ODS HTML, RTF, PRINTER, and OUTPUT destinations; PROC REPORT; more on PROC TABULATE; exporting data; and the colon modifier for informats. You'll find clear and concise explanations of basic SAS concepts (such as DATA and PROC steps), inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing and presenting data, basic statistical procedures, and debugging SAS programs. Each topic ... |
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes)»rank: 182830by: Ben Forta
: : Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well-targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. It is for those users who don't have the time to read lengthy chapters, or are not inclined to read 'manuals.' You will learn retrieving and sorting data, advanced data filtering, using wildcard filtering, manipulating data, combining queries, using views, creating and using stored procedures, and creating triggers. |
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Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net)»rank: 8003by: Matthew MacDonald
: :Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it. With four–color graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you’ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, ... |
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft® .NET Framework Application Development Foundation, Second Edition»rank: 7609by: Tony Northrup
: :Exam Prep Guide Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-536 and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and labs. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: Use system types, collections, and generics to help manage data Validate input, reformat text, and extract data with regular expressions Develop services, application domains, and multithreaded applications Enhance your application by adding graphics and ... |
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CSS: The Missing Manual»rank: 11117by: David McFarland
: :Web site design has grown up. Unlike the old days, when designers cobbled together chunky HTML, bandwidth-hogging graphics, and a prayer to make their sites look good, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now lets your inner designer come out and play. But CSS isn't just a tool to pretty up your site; it's a reliable method for handling all kinds of presentation--from fonts and colors to page layout. 'CSS: The Missing Manual' clearly explains this powerful design language and how you can use it to build sparklingly new Web sites or refurbish old sites that are ready for an upgrade. Like their counterparts in print page-layout programs, style sheets allow designers to apply ... |
Microsoft® Office Project 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))»rank: 10905by: Carl Chatfield, Timothy Johnson
: :Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself how to manage your projects with Project 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Build a project plan and fine-tune the details Schedule tasks, assign resources, and manage dependencies Monitor progress and costs and keep your project on track Format Gantt charts and other views to communicate project data Begin exploring enterprise project management systems Your all-in-one learning experience includes: Files for building skills and practicing the book s lessons Fully searchable eBook Bonus guide to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface Quick course on project management in the ... |