DOWNLOAD eBOOK Expert Visual C++/CLI: .NET for Visual C++ Programmers

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Publisher Apress
Release Date April 9, 2007
ISBN 1590597567

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C++/CLI is Microsoft's latest extension to C++ that targets the heart of .NET 2.0, the common language runtime. Expert Visual C++/CLI is written by visual C++ MVP Marcus Heege, who examines the core of the C++/CLI language. He explains both how the language elements work and how Microsoft intends them to be used.

Even if you're new to C++/CLI but are planning to migrate to it from another language, this book will ground you in the core language elements and give you the confidence to explore further and migrate effectively. It provides concise, yet in-depth coverage of all major C++/CLI features: short code examples succinctly illustrate syntax and concepts, and more elaborate examples show how C++/CLI should be used.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Excel 2007 Workbook For Dummies

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Publisher For Dummies
Release Date September 4, 2007
ISBN 0470169370

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Confused by Excel? Want to make the most of its capabilities? No worries - this hands-on workbook gets you up to speed in a step-by-step manner. From navigating the new user interface and creating your first spreadsheet to using formulas, working with charts and graphics, managing and securing data, and creating macros, you'll do it all with the help of practice files and more than 30 walk-throughs of Excel features on the CD-ROM. Plus, you get full coverage of all the new and enhanced features of Excel 2007!

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• Set up, format, and edit basic spreadsheets
• Manage and secure your Excel data
• Create formulas and functions for finance, date and time, math, text, and more
• Master data analysis with pivot tables
• Save and share your spreadsheet data
• Quick refresher explanations
• Step-by-step procedures
• Hands-on practice exercises
• Tear-out Cheat Sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Java Methods for Financial Engineering

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Publisher Springer
Release Date May 15, 2007
ISBN 1852338326

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In order to build a successful, Java-based application it is important to have a clear understanding of the principles underlying the various financial models. Those models guide the application designer in choosing the most appropriate Java data structures and implementation strategy. This book describes the principles of model building in financial engineering and explains those models as designs and working implementations for Java-based applications.

Throughout the book a series of packaged classes are developed to address a wide range of financial applications. Java methods are designed and implemented based on the most widely used models in financial engineering and investment practice. The classes and methods are explained and designed in a way which allows the financial engineer complete flexibility. The classes can be used as off-the-shelf working solutions or the innovative developer can re-arrange and modify methods to create new products.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Building Automated Trading Systems: With an Introduction to Visual C++.NET 2005

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Publisher Academic Press
Release Date March 7, 2007
ISBN 0750682515

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Over the next few years, the proprietary trading and hedge fund industries will migrate largely to automated trade selection and execution systems. Indeed, this is already happening. While several finance books provide C++ code for pricing derivatives and performing numerical calculations, none approaches the topic from a system design perspective. This book will be divided into two sectionsprogramming techniques and automated trading system ( ATS ) technologyand teach financial system design and development from the absolute ground up using Microsoft Visual C++.NET 2005. MS Visual C++.NET 2005 has been chosen as the implementation language primarily because most trading firms and large banks have developed and continue to develop their proprietary algorithms in ISO C++ and Visual C++.NET provides the greatest flexibility for incorporating these legacy algorithms into working systems. Furthermore, the .NET Framework and development environment provide the best libraries and tools for rapid development of trading systems.
The first section of the book explains Visual C++.NET 2005 in detail and focuses on the required programming knowledge for automated trading system development, including object oriented design, delegates and events, enumerations, random number generation, timing and timer objects, and data management with STL.NET and .NET collections. Furthermore, since most legacy code and modeling code in the financial markets is done in ISO C++, this book looks in depth at several advanced topics relating to managed/unmanaged/COM memory management and interoperability. Further, this book provides dozens of examples illustrating the use of database connectivity with ADO.NET and an extensive treatment of SQL and FIX and XML/FIXML. Advanced programming topics such as threading, sockets, as well as using C++.NET to connect to Excel are also discussed at length and supported by examples.
The second section of the book explains technological concerns and design concepts for automated trading systems. Specifically, chapters are devoted to handling real-time data feeds, managing orders in the exchange order book, position selection, and risk management. A .dll is included in the book that will emulate connection to a widely used industry API ( Trading Technologies, Inc.s XTAPI ) and provide ways to test position and order management algorithms. Design patterns are presented for market taking systems based upon technical analysis as well as for market making systems using intermarket spreads.
As all of the chapters revolve around computer programming for financial engineering and trading system development, this book will educate traders, financial engineers, quantitative analysts, students of quantitative finance and even experienced programmers on technological issues that revolve around development of financial applications in a Microsoft environment and the construction and implementation of real-time trading systems and tools.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK AutoCAD 2008 3D Modeling Workbook For Dummies

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Publisher For Dummies
Release Date August 13, 2007
ISBN 0470097639

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AutoCAD 2008 3D Modeling Workbook For Dummies gives you an understanding of all the features that you need to know in order to work efficiently with 3D models in AutoCAD. This book is different from other For Dummies books you might have read; it provides the information that you need to know in order to work in 3D and gives you opportunities to try out what you discover throughout the book.

The book is organized to allow you to work with procedural- and workflow-based exercises. The procedural-based exercises allow you to try out the concepts covered in the book, whereas the workflow-driven exercises give you an idea of how the concepts in the book are applied when working on a 3D model.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes

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Publisher Wiley
Release Date August 20, 2007
ISBN 047008023X

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This much-anticipated revision, written by the ultimate group of top security experts in the world, features 40 percent new content on how to find security holes in any operating system or application

New material addresses the many new exploitation techniques that have been discovered since the first edition, including attacking "unbreakable" software packages such as McAfee's Entercept, Mac OS X, XP, Office 2003, and Vista

Also features the first-ever published information on exploiting Cisco's IOS, with content that has never before been explored

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Formal Refinement for Operating System Kernels

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Publisher Springer
Release Date July 25, 2007
ISBN 1846289661

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The kernel of any operating system is its most critical component. The remainder of the system depends upon a correctly functioning and reliable kernel for its operation.

The purpose of this book is to show that the formal specification of kernels can be followed by a completely formal refinement process that leads to the extraction of executable code. The formal refinement process ensures that the code meets the specification in a precise sense.

Two kernels are specified and refined. The first is small and of the kind often used in embedded and real-time systems. It closely resembles the one modelled in our Formal Models of Operating System Kernels. The second is a Separation Kernel, a microkernel architecture devised for cryptographic and other secure applications. Both kernels are refined to the point at which executable code can be extracted. Apart from documenting the process, including proofs, this book also shows how refinement of a realistically sized specification can be undertaken.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Networking For Dummies

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Publisher For Dummies
Release Date May 29, 2007
ISBN 0470056207

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Networking for Dummies upholds the series’ proletarian tradition by entertainingly explaining local area networks (LAN) to the rest of us. Written with three different–but equally “clueless in technical matters;quot;–audiences in mind, Lowe’s book appeals to novice network users, novice network builder/administrators, and the managers who must finance the activities of the other two groups.

A large part of this book is devoted to user issues such as “Accessing a network drive from WordPerfect” and “What is a print job?” Other chapters explain the differences among the various network architectures and network operating systems. In addition, the book pays a lot of attention to troubleshooting, particularly for common problems.

For these reasons, Networking for Dummies makes a fine resource for people who are new to a networked environment. If you are a network administrator, you might want to get a copy (or three) of this book for the corporate library and refer it to all askers of brain-dead questions.

The book’s primary shortcoming is its ignorance of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Novell IntranetWare. (Coverage of NT stops at version 3.51 and coverage of NetWare stops at version 4.1.) Still, lots of organizations still run these network operating systems, and if yours is one of them, this book may fit your needs admirably.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Maya Professional Tips and Techniques

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date March 6, 2007
ISBN 0470107405

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Designed for busy Maya users like you, this guide offers dozens of how-tos, workarounds, and shortcuts culled from years of experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven production pipeline. You’ll discover tricks and timesavers on texturing particles, customizing Paint Effects brushes, modeling polygon faces, creating facial rigs with wire deformers, and much more—and helpful full-color illustrations reinforce the concepts. From modeling, animating, and rigging to texturing and lighting, this book will help you streamline workflow and improve your skills.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Flash Video for Professionals: Expert Techniques for Integrating Video on the Web

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date July 2, 2007
ISBN 0470131136

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More than just a programming guide, this book takes you step by step through the process of gathering and preparing content, asking the right questions, determining the scope of the project and writing the project proposal. The authors cull from their professional experience of running their own digital media company to explain the special considerations in deploying Flash video applications, presenting ideas for solutions as well as tips for avoiding the most common pitfalls.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Photoshop Elements 5 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date March 6, 2007
ISBN 0470100869

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Workflow is critical for digital photographers. Whether you're new to Photoshop Elements or an experienced image editor, this professional book will show you how to create consistent high-quality images by establishing a logical sequence of essential tasks. From sorting images and RAW conversion to advanced editing and output, it's all here in the friendly, professional style that readers know and trust from the Tim Grey Guides series. Go well beyond the basics in this one-of-kind guide to Photoshop Elements.

• Use Photoshop Elements' tools more efficiently
• Create a workflow that works
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• Excel at corrective and artistic cropping
• Apply the best tonal adjustments and color correction
• Master the differences between Quick Fix and Full Edit
• Save and output files for best quality
• View a sample workflow checklist and create your own

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Databases

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Publisher Wrox
Release Date February 12, 2007
ISBN-10: 047004179X

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Now you can uncover the secrets behind accessing and retrieving data from a wide range of data sources such as SQL Server and XML sources. This book walks you through the array of ADO.NET 2.0 features and clearly shows you how they can be used to develop database-driven web applications in ASP.NET.

You’ll first gain an in-depth understanding of the data source controls that enable data binding in the ASP.NET platform. Next you’ll uncover the advanced features of ASP.NET, including site navigation, implementing sorting and paging, and editing data in templates. You’ll then focus on designing transactions in ADO.NET 2.0, displaying data, and utilizing SQL Server 2005 XML.

Throughout the chapters, you’ll find examples and source code (with ASP.NET examples written in C#) that you can integrate into your applications. This will enable you to leverage ADO.NET and ASP.NET features so you can easily create a scalable N-Tier web site.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Mastering Maya 8.5

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date April 9, 2007
ISBN 0470128453

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Take your Maya skills to new levels with the sophisticated coverage you'll find in this authoritative Autodesk Maya Press reference and tutorial. From key basics through advanced techniques, our Maya experts provide the very latest professional-level instruction on Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited.

Early chapters offer a practical overview of Maya's interface. A "Quick Start" exercise lets novices create an animation the first day and covers the basics of node structure, keyframes, and basic lighting. Advanced users will broaden their skills with pertinent coverage for nCloth, mental ray integration, volume Fur rendering, advanced texturing tools, and enhanced MEL scripting. Practical tutorials reinforce learning with hands-on practice.

If you've been looking for a professional-quality and complete Maya resource to turn to again and again, this is the book

• Render and store stills through the Render View window
• Learn techniques with nCloth's powerful cloth simulation
• Tweak and add drag-and-drop Fluid Effects for real-world effects

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

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Publisher Focal Press
Release Date May 28, 2007
ISBN 0240520289

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Get the preeminent advice from one photographer to another as Martin completely updates you on the core aspects of working with Photoshop, digital workflow, and improving accessibility. Real-life examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations ensure that youre up to speed with the next generation of digital photography in no time!

Adobes Photoshop CS3 comes with powerful new features with huge payoffs. But it can be overwhelming to learn, even for professional photographers, graphic designers, keen amateurs, and others who already have an initial grasp of Photoshop. Acclaimed photographer Martin Evening, who wrote the best-selling previous books, 'Adobe Photoshop for Photographers', makes it easy with this new, thoroughly updated edition.

• Illustrated throughout with before-and-after pictures more than 750 professional, color illustrations!
• Practical techniques and real-life assignments
• Step-by-step tutorials
• Keyboard shortcut reference guide

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0

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Publisher Prentice Hall PTR
Release Date March 8, 2007
ISBN 0321419502

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ASP.NET 2.0 represents a true breakthrough in Web development technology and delivers unprecedented power, flexibility, and efficiency. If you’re an experienced programmer who wants to build production-quality Web applications and services with ASP.NET 2.0, this book is the deepest, most practical tutorial you can find.

Randy Connolly introduces today’s best practices for every facet of ASP.NET 2.0 development. He illuminates ASP.NET 2.0 Web server control architecture, sophisticated user interface capabilities, and navigation controls. He presents systematic, practical coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 data integration, state management, personalization, and more.

As with all books in the Prentice Hall Core Series, Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 focuses on solving serious problems with professional-quality code. With practical insights into everything from data binding to security, this is the ASP.NET 2.0 book you’ve been searching for: a definitive guide to building industrial-strength Web solutions.

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• Best practices for architecting and implementing state-of-the-art Web applications and services
• Expert insight into the entire ASP.NET development process, from design through deployment
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• In-depth coverage of the latest ASP.NET features, including master pages, new data source controls, and ASP.NET AJAX (a.k.a. “Atlas”)

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK CherryPy Essentials: Rapid Python Web Application Development

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Publisher Packt Publishing
Release Date March 31, 2007
ISBN 1904811841

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This book covers the CherryPy library for Python web development from its history and installation through its main features and core concepts to its integration with Python and other products to construct, test, and deploy a sample photoblog application. The author Sylvain Hellegouarch is dedicated to the development of free software projects and has been coordinating and administrating the community efforts around the CherryPy project since 2004. The approach based on an example application introduces many other common Python libraries, providing transferable skills also relevant for non-web Python projects. CherryPy is a Python library for web development that allows developers to build web applications in the same way as any other object-oriented Python program. Enriched by several years of active development, it has become one of the most established toolkits for building solid and high-performance web applications in Python. CherryPy abstracts the complex low-level HTTP protocol into an easy-to-use interface that respects Python idioms.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks, and Patterns

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Publisher Addison-Wesley
Release Date August 19, 2007
ISBN 0321321936

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Using the Java platform’s new scripting support, you can improve efficiency, streamline your development processes, and solve problems ranging from prototyping to Web application programming. In Scripting in Java, Dejan Bosanac covers key aspects of scripting with Java, from the exciting new Groovy scripting language to Java’s new Scripting and Web Scripting APIs.

Bosanac begins by reviewing the role and value of scripting languages, and then systematically introduces today’s best scripting solutions for the Java platform. He introduces Java scripting frameworks, identifies proven patterns for integrating scripting into Java applications, and presents practical techniques for everything from unit testing to project builds. He supports key concepts with extensive code examples that demonstrate scripting at work in real-world Java projects. Coverage includes

• Why scripting languages offer surprising value to Java programmers
• Scripting languages that run inside the JVM: BeanShell, JavaScript, and Python
• Groovy in depth: installation, configuration, Java-like syntax, Java integration, security, and more
• Groovy extensions: accessing databases, working with XML, and building simple Web applications and Swing-based UIs
• Bean Scripting Framework: implementation, basic abstractions, and usage examples
• Traditional and new patterns for Java-based scripting
• JSR 223 Scripting API: language bindings, discovery mechanisms, threading, pluggable namespaces, and more
• JSR 223 Web Scripting Framework: scripting the generation of Web content within servlet containers

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's Most Powerful Tool

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Publisher Focal Press
Telease Date July 30, 2007
ISBN 0240520769

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'As a "collectionner" of the best Photoshop books on the market I must recommend this excellent book from Richard Lynch to all the digital photographers among us.Other reviewers explained the content of the book in detail so I won't do the same,I can only agree their comments!
This book is not for beginners, but if you want to understand how "digital photography" sees the real world and how a camera or a scanner tranlate all what you see in the digital format then this book is for you.
Lynch is a real PRO and takes the patience to explain ALL the hidden secrets behind this tremendous Adobe's software.
This is a cheap investment for YEARS believe me; you'll learn on your own pace the multiple facets of "seeing images" like a photographer and by following the exercises and explanations of the 11 chapters (take your time to re-read from time to time and practice,practice...)you NEVER take photos the same way you did before!
The greatest bonus is the companion cd with all the hidden tools(above 100 and the images used in the book).
Richard Lynch has given us an enormous homework to do but it's worth more than any training course that costs you a hundred of bucks!
Terrific,awesome,well explained,I can't find words enough to recommend this book.'

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Photoshop CS3 for Forensics Professionals

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date July 30, 2007
ISBN 0470114541

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This timely book is the first to take the forensic use of digital imaging out of the classroom and into the real world for law enforcement, legal, and other forensics professionals. How do you show the exact position or size of a fluorescing blood stain in a crime scene? How do you analyze and enhance stills from security video? How do you explain your Photoshop efforts in court?

From metadata and sharpening methods to using the History log and accurately evaluating scale within a scene, this serious guide from one of the most highly sought trainers in imaging forensics outlines the processes you need for using Adobe® Photoshop® in a forensics environment. Whether you're working with the newest features of Photoshop CS3 or using an earlier version of the software, these clear, step-by-step tutorials will help you:

• Follow and apply legal rules of digital evidence and master best practices
• Maintain an audit trail for non-standard enhancements to an image
• Evaluate metadata to determine if an image is what it purports to be
• Measure objects and scale in a photograph
• Take advantage of non-destructive image enhancement techniques
• Extract fingerprints from backgrounds using color isolation techniques
• Take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw file formats in a forensic workflow
• Correct bad exposures and color shifts in crime scene, evidence, and traffic collision photos
• Perform frame averaging natively in Photoshop for image noise reduction
• Get great prints for use in court by following good color-management policies

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK C++/CLI in Action

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Publisher Manning Publications
Release Date April 11, 2007
ISBN 1932394818

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C++ is the language of choice for thousands of applications and millions of lines of code. With C++/CLI, developers can integrate existing C++ code into the .NET platform without rewriting their applications. This book explores the C++/CLI syntax, teaches how to mix native C++ and managed .NET code, and shows how to integrate C++ with Windows Forms, WPF (Avalon), and WCF (Indigo).

Imagine taking a C++-based program you've been using for a decade and giving it a snazzy new interface using Windows Presentation Foundation. How about making your old business applications talk to your new ones using Windows Communication Foundation. C++/CLI makes this--and more--possible. C++/CLI in Action shows you how to bridge the gap between your existing C++ code and the .NET platform. C++/CLI in Action will help you if:

• You're hesitant to migrate to .NET because it means rewriting code in C# or VB.
• You have significant C++ expertise that you want to leverage in the .NET.
• You only need to use pieces of the .NET framework, such as Windows Forms or web services.

There's no fluff here. Designed for readers who already know C++, this book starts by teaching the unique aspects of the C++/CLI language. After a quick tour through the basics, readers work through examples of integrating standard C++ into the .NET-based applications and building programs that mix C++ and .NET code for maximum performance and efficiency.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Wireless Communications & Networking

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Publisher Morgan Kaufmann
Release Date June 15, 2007
ISBN-10: 0123735807

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of mobile data networking and mobile communications under a single cover for diverse audiences including managers, practicing engineers, and students who need to understand this industry. In the last two decades, many books have been written on the subject of wireless communications and networking. However, mobile data networking and mobile communications were not fully addressed in a unified fashion. This book fills that gap in the literature and is written to provide essentials of wireless communications and wireless networking, including Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), and Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWAN).

The first ten chapters of the book focus on the fundamentals that are required to study mobile data networking and mobile communications. Numerous solved examples have been included to show applications of theoretical concepts. In addition, unsolved problems are given at the end of each chapter for practice. (A solutions manual will be available.)

After introducing fundamental concepts, the book focuses on mobile networking aspects. Four chapters are devoted on the discussion of WPAN, WLAN, WWAN, and internetworking between WLAN and WWAN. Remaining seven chapters deal with other aspects of mobile communications such as mobility management, security, cellular network planning, and 4G systems.

A unique feature of this book that is missing in most of the available books on wireless communications and networking is a balance between the theoretical and practical concepts.

Moreover, this book can be used to teach a one/two semester course in mobile data networking and mobile communications to ECE and CS students.

• Details the essentials of Wireless Personal Area Networks(WPAN), Wireless Local Are Networks (WLAN), and Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWAN)
• Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage including the latest in standards and 4G technology
• Suitable for classroom use in senior/first year grad level courses. Solutions manual and other instructor support available

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism

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Publisher O'Reilly
Release Date July 12, 2007
ISBN 0596514808

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Multi-core chips from Intel and AMD offer a dramatic boost in speed and responsiveness, and plenty of opportunities for multiprocessing on ordinary desktop computers. But they also present a challenge: More than ever, multithreading is a requirement for good performance. This guide explains how to maximize the benefits of these processors through a portable C++ library that works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Unix systems. With it, you'll learn how to use Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) effectively for parallel programming -- without having to be a threading expert.

Written by James Reinders, Chief Evangelist of Intel Software Products, and based on the experience of Intel's developers and customers, this book explains the key tasks in multithreading and how to accomplish them with TBB in a portable and robust manner. With plenty of examples and full reference material, the book lays out common patterns of uses, reveals the gotchas in TBB, and gives important guidelines for choosing among alternatives in order to get the best performance.

You'll learn how Intel Threading Building Blocks:

• Enables you to specify tasks instead of threads for better portability, easier programming, more understandable source code, and better performance and scalability in general
• Focuses on the goal of parallelizing computationally intensive work to deliver high-level solutions
• Is compatible with other threading packages, and doesn't force you to pick one package for your entire program
• Emphasizes scalable, data-parallel programming, which allows program performance to increase as you add processors
• Relies on generic programming, which enables you to write the best possible algorithms with the fewest constraints

Any C++ programmer who wants to write an application to run on a multi-core system will benefit from this book. TBB is also very approachable for a C programmer or a C++ programmer without much experience with templates. Best of all, you don't need experience with parallel programming or multi-core processors to use this book.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism

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Publisher O'Reilly
Release Date July 12, 2007
ISBN 0596514808

eBOOK Description

Multi-core chips from Intel and AMD offer a dramatic boost in speed and responsiveness, and plenty of opportunities for multiprocessing on ordinary desktop computers. But they also present a challenge: More than ever, multithreading is a requirement for good performance. This guide explains how to maximize the benefits of these processors through a portable C++ library that works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Unix systems. With it, you'll learn how to use Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) effectively for parallel programming -- without having to be a threading expert.

Written by James Reinders, Chief Evangelist of Intel Software Products, and based on the experience of Intel's developers and customers, this book explains the key tasks in multithreading and how to accomplish them with TBB in a portable and robust manner. With plenty of examples and full reference material, the book lays out common patterns of uses, reveals the gotchas in TBB, and gives important guidelines for choosing among alternatives in order to get the best performance.

You'll learn how Intel Threading Building Blocks:

• Enables you to specify tasks instead of threads for better portability, easier programming, more understandable source code, and better performance and scalability in general
• Focuses on the goal of parallelizing computationally intensive work to deliver high-level solutions
• Is compatible with other threading packages, and doesn't force you to pick one package for your entire program
• Emphasizes scalable, data-parallel programming, which allows program performance to increase as you add processors
• Relies on generic programming, which enables you to write the best possible algorithms with the fewest constraints

Any C++ programmer who wants to write an application to run on a multi-core system will benefit from this book. TBB is also very approachable for a C programmer or a C++ programmer without much experience with templates. Best of all, you don't need experience with parallel programming or multi-core processors to use this book.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism

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Publisher O'Reilly
Release Date July 12, 2007
ISBN 0596514808

eBOOK Description

Multi-core chips from Intel and AMD offer a dramatic boost in speed and responsiveness, and plenty of opportunities for multiprocessing on ordinary desktop computers. But they also present a challenge: More than ever, multithreading is a requirement for good performance. This guide explains how to maximize the benefits of these processors through a portable C++ library that works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Unix systems. With it, you'll learn how to use Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) effectively for parallel programming -- without having to be a threading expert.

Written by James Reinders, Chief Evangelist of Intel Software Products, and based on the experience of Intel's developers and customers, this book explains the key tasks in multithreading and how to accomplish them with TBB in a portable and robust manner. With plenty of examples and full reference material, the book lays out common patterns of uses, reveals the gotchas in TBB, and gives important guidelines for choosing among alternatives in order to get the best performance.

You'll learn how Intel Threading Building Blocks:

• Enables you to specify tasks instead of threads for better portability, easier programming, more understandable source code, and better performance and scalability in general
• Focuses on the goal of parallelizing computationally intensive work to deliver high-level solutions
• Is compatible with other threading packages, and doesn't force you to pick one package for your entire program
• Emphasizes scalable, data-parallel programming, which allows program performance to increase as you add processors
• Relies on generic programming, which enables you to write the best possible algorithms with the fewest constraints

Any C++ programmer who wants to write an application to run on a multi-core system will benefit from this book. TBB is also very approachable for a C programmer or a C++ programmer without much experience with templates. Best of all, you don't need experience with parallel programming or multi-core processors to use this book.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Ambient Networks: Co-operative Mobile Networking for the Wireless World

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Publisher Wiley
Release Date June 11, 2007
ISBN 0470510927

eBOOK Description

Ambient Networks defines a new kind of network architecture, which embeds support for co operation and competition between diverse network types within a common control layer. This unified networking concept can adapt to the heterogeneous environments of different radio technologies and service and network environments. Special focus is placed on facilitating both competition and co-operation of various market players, by defining interfaces which allow the instant negotiation of cooperation agreements. The Ambient Networking concept has been developed in the framework of the Ambient Networks project, which is co-sponsored by the European Union under the Information Society Technology (IST) priority of the 6th Framework Programme. The Ambient Networks project mobilised the work of researchers from over forty different organisations, both major industrial corporations and leading academic institutions, from Europe and worldwide.

This book offers a complete and detailed overview of the Ambient Networking concept and its core technologies. The authors explain the problems with current mobile IP networks and the need for a new mobility-aware IP-based control architecture, before presenting the Ambient Networking concept itself and the business opportunities that it offers. The architecture, components, features and challenges of Ambient Networking are covered in depth, with comprehensive discussions of multi-radio access, generic Ambient Network signalling, mobility support, context and network management and built-in media delivery overlay control.

Ambient Networks: Co-operative Mobile Networking for the Wireless World

• Explains the need for Ambient Networking, discussing the limitations of today’s proposed architectures, and explaining the business potential of edge networks and network co-operation.
• Describes Ambient Networking technology in detail, and addresses the technical challenges for implementation.
• Includes practical user scenarios which are fully analysed and assessed through simulation studies.

Including a complete examination of the research and technologies arising from the Ambient Networks concept, Ambient Networks will be invaluable for research and development teams in networking and communications technology, as well as advanced students in electrical engineering and computer science faculties. Standardisation specialists, research departments, and telecommunications analysts will also find this a helpful resource.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date August 13, 2007
ISBN 0470114568

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Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production shows how experienced professionals with deadlines and billable hours use InDesign efficiently and effectively. Through the case studies and interviews, readers will find inspired to look beyond the over-emphasized basic features and into the depths of InDesign's utility for real-world print design.

Most InDesign books are written for beginners, and experienced users are frustrated by them. When you already know how to make, fill, and thread a text box, the entire first half of most InDesign books is useless. But this one doesn't dwell on the basics. Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production fulfills the promise of the Mastering series, to provide real-world skills to professionals and students. Like all Mastering books, this one includes:

• A "by pros for pros" approach: The author is an active professional working in the field of graphic arts, layout, and design, writing for professionals who want to improve their skills or learn new skills.
• Real-world examples: Running throughout the text are examples of how the various skills are applied in real scenarios, described throughout the book in the form of examples and case studies from the author's own design and consulting work, as well as interviews with other designers using InDesign on the job.
• Skill-based teaching and hands-on exercises

Although the book has a comprehensive glossary, page one begins right away speaking to the core market—print professionals—in industry terms about industry challenges. This immediately lets experienced InDesign users know the book is about them. The approach is humorous, making the digestion and retention of complicated information easier for the reader through quips, anecdotes, and design- and print-geek humor. But at all times the book is true to its mission: Helping a professional do their job in InDesign without frustration, confusion, or aesthetic compromise.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK How to Cheat in Flash CS3: The art of design and animation in Adobe Flash CS3

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Publisher Focal Press
Release Date August 6, 2007
ISBN 0240520580

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If you have ever stared at a blank stage wondering how to make your ideas into reality, this is how its done. I consider each example a best practice of how to use Flash CS Professional.
Justin Everett-Church, Sr. Product Manager Flash Player, Adobe Systems

Chris Georgenes' gorgeously designed book contains many short, practical tutorials that both Flash animators and web designers will want to thumb through to learn the tricks of the trade, so they can really impress their clients."
Stefan Gruenwedel, Sr. Editor, Developer Center, Adobe Systems

This is a not-to-be-missed chance to get secrets from one of the foremost authorities on Flash animation. His techniques for animating characters are essential for anyone dreaming of creating a cartoon or animated feature.
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This is a must-have Flash book. Whether you consider yourself more a Flash designer or developer, you'll want to run home and try out the concepts and techniques in this beautifully presented book.
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A valuable resource loaded with helpful tips and hints for Flash users at all skill levels. It is filled with practical how-to examples for artists and animators, presented in a clear step-by-step manner with illustrations documenting each step along the way.
Jim Ver Hague, Professor Emeritus, Computer Graphics Design, Rochester Institute of Technology.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX

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Publisher Wrox
Release Date June 5, 2007
ISBN 0470109629

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ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX is Microsoft's Ajax tool for ASP.NET developers and this book covers the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX final release. You’ll learn how to use the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX features in order to create richer, more responsive dynamic Web sites. The book walks you through examples for each featured element, demonstrating how the client and server interact to produce a better Web application, and reviews such topics as client framework, script manager control, networking stack, application services, partial page updates, control extenders, client form elements, and client behaviors.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX

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Publisher Wrox
Release Date July 10, 2007
ISBN 0470112832

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With this comprehensive introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX framework technologies, you'll quickly learn how to build richer, more dynamic web sites and web applications. It provides you with an in-depth understanding of ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX and clearly shows you how to apply the framework. You'll also find numerous code examples throughout the chapters that you'll be able to utilize as you begin creating your applications.

Written by a team of Microsoft MVPs, this book will get you up to speed on how to program the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX framework on the ASP.NET platform. After delving into the framework, it demonstrates how to perform basic AJAX-style operations with web services, using the UpdatePanel, the AJAX Control Toolkit, and other features. You'll then progress to more advanced aspects of the framework, including security, integration with the ASP.NET services, and debugging.

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• How to create an ASP.NET AJAX application
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• Techniques for adding functionality to client-side controls and integrating with server-side data
• All about the new features that ASP.NET AJAX provides to JavaScript® programmers
• Strategies for presenting the user with feedback during an operation
• How to work with ASP.NET's set of security services
• Tips for debugging your applications

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Maya 8: The Complete Reference

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Publisher McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Release Date May 24, 2007
ISBN 0071485961

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Create breathtaking content for film, TV, games, print media, and the Web using Autodesk Maya and the detailed information contained in this comprehensive resource. Maya experts and special effects gurus Tom Meade and Shinsaku Arima cover every step in the Maya production workflow using easy-to-follow tutorials, real-world examples, and insider tips and tricks.

Maya 8: The Complete Reference shows you how to use the latest version of Maya to its full potential. You'll learn to integrate motion, create complex effects, manipulate lighting, render your final animation, and prepare for postproduction.

* Build 3D models using polygons, NURBS, and subdivision surfaces
* Use displacement maps to enhance geometry
* Create and skin skeletons
* Connect the attributes of any nodes together
* Build a control rig to manipulate skeletons
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* Master the Hypershade to control textures, cameras, and lights
* Work with the Artisan tools, Paint Effects tools, and 3D Paint tools
* Render your animation for postproduction


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills

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Publisher Focal Press
Release Date May 28, 2007
ISBN 0240520645

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“A must for any photographer, whether an absolute beginner or one in advanced mode… memorise every other word and you will be the king of your camera club.” – Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition

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“A must for any photographer, whether an absolute beginner or one in advanced mode… memorise every other word and you will be the king of your camera club.” – Amateur Photographer, praise for CS2 edition.


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional

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Publisher Apress
Release Date November 12, 2007
ISBN-10 1590598695

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Get comfortable with the most powerful version of the .NET Framework devised yet, by embracing new techniques and innovations to create your applications faster, using a wide range of tools.

The C# 2008 language is your gateway to the powerful .NET platform. C# combined with Visual Studio gives you the freedom to create your applications faster and with a greater range of tools than any other coding environment.

The new .NET "Orcas" Framework is the most powerful yet, devised with new innovations such as Language Integrated Query, making it easy for you to query your databases directly from your C# code; and ASP.NET AJAX, giving you drag-and-drop access to AJAX techniques for your web pages.

With Beginning C# 2008, expert author Christian Gross, will have you creating real applications in the first few pages, continuing with valuable support by building in good design and testing habits into every chapter. You'll learn much more than just the C# language; you'll gradually understand the mindset of a true developer as you progress through the book.
What you'll learn.

• C# 2008!
• Learn everything you need to begin building your own applications in a solid, well-considered way: this book will teach you .NET coding from the ground up.
• Use the Visual Studio IDE to create, debug, and deploy your applications.
• Understand the mysteries of database access and the many ways that it can be accomplished from C#.
• Delve deep into the huge range of supporting technologies that the .NET Framework offers--LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX, ADO.NET 3.0, WPF, WCF, and Windows Workflow are all introduced and explained in a straightforward, easy-to-follow way.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Flash CS3 For Dummies

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Publisher For Dummies
Release Date May 14, 2007
ISBN 0470121009

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The newest version of Flash offers all sorts of cool options for designing Web sites that stand out from the crowd, and this handy guide makes it easy. Enhance your site with animated graphics, boxes, or buttons; morph shapes; create text with exotically changing colors; add sound or video; and watch visitors flock to your site!

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Optical Networking Systems IP Management Solutions

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Publisher Cisco Press
Release Date 07-05-2007
ISBN 1587053519

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Optical Networking Systems (ONS) is a group of optical products from Cisco providing backbone transport, metro access, and wavelength division services. Effective management of these ONS devices requires careful planning and design and clear understanding of the characteristics of the devices and the tools and options that are available.


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK FileMaker Web Publishing: A Complete Guide to Using the API for PHP

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Publisher Wordware Publishing
Release Date August 25, 2007
ISBN 1598220411

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FileMaker Web Publishing offers an unparalleled development strategy for database managers, web designers, and programmers who are interested in getting the most out of FileMaker databases on the web. As the book covers both introductory web publishing and advanced database programming on the web, it is ideal for all skill levels.


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Introducing Windows Server 2008

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Publisher Microsoft Press
Release Date May 30, 2007
ISBN 0735624216

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Take a first look at the next generation of Windows Server with insights direct from the popular author and Microsoft MVP Mitch Tulloch and the Microsoft Windows Server team. With this insider s introduction, you will get to preview and evaluate Windows Server code name Longhorn. You will learn how to use new features that help you improve security, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency, as well as how to automate deployment and administration. Examine Windows Hypervisor virtualization, Windows Deployment Services, Internet Information Services 7.0, Windows PowerShellTM, Network Access Protection, and other security features. Take a guided preview from the experts and get ready to plan for deployment and perform your first upgrades and migrations to Windows Server code name Longhorn.

Delivers advance insights from those who know the technology best a Microsoft MVP and the Microsoft Windows Server team

Provides a preview of the features that IT professionals can use to help improve security, reliability, and operational efficiency, and deliver the next generation of Web services and applications.

Examines the new features that help IT professionals deploy Windows Server Longhorn, test application compatibility, upgrade and migrate servers, and configure server roles.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Automated Data Analysis Using Excel

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Publisher Chapman & Hall/CRC
Release Date June 15, 2007
ISBN 1584888857

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Because the analysis of copious amounts of data and the preparation of custom reports often take away time from true research, the automation of these processes is paramount to ensure productivity. Exploring the core areas of automation, report generation, data acquisition, and data analysis, Automated Data Analysis Using Excel illustrates how to minimize user intervention, automate parameter setup, obtain consistency in both analysis and reporting, and save time through automation. Focusing on the built-in Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) scripting language of Excel®, the book shows step-by-step how to construct useful automated data analysis applications for both industrial and academic settings. It begins by discussing fundamental elements, the methods for importing and accessing data, and the creation of reports. The author then describes how to use Excel to obtain data from non-native sources, such as databases and third-party calculation tools. After providing the means to access any required information, the book explains how to automate manipulations and calculations on the acquired data sources. Collecting all of the concepts previously discussed in the book, the final chapter demonstrates from beginning to end how to create a cohesive, robust application. With an understanding of this book, readers should be able to construct applications that can import data from a variety of sources, apply algorithms to data that has been imported, and create meaningful reports based on the results.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers

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Publisher Wordware Publishing
Release Date November 25, 2007
ISBN 1598220365

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Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers details the features of Photoshop CS3 and is geared toward print facilities, mainly screen printers and similar types of graphic artists. Features important to these industries include creating a personalized interface, acquiring images from clients' disks, acquiring images by scanning existing artwork, importing and exporting images, and creating new images. Color separations also play a big role in these industries, as does printing on specialty films and papers. The Photoshop interface is also discussed, including the toolbox, the palettes, the menu and options bars, and the Adobe Bridge. Additionally, the finer points of printing are detailed, including adding and using crop marks, registration marks, and captions, and producing four-color separations.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista

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Publisher Que
Release Date January 5, 2007
ISBN 0789734729

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Que crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Vista proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Vista, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® Vista is the only book you need.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Performance Optimization and Tuning

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Publisher Digital Press
Release Date April 13, 2007
ISBN 1555583199

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Database professionals will find that this new edition aids in mastering the latest version of Microsofts SQL Server. Developers and database administrators (DBAs) use SQL on a daily basis in application development and the subsequent problem solving and fine tuning. Answers to SQL issues can be quickly located helping the DBA or developer optimize and tune a database to maximum efficiency.

Basic questions are easily located on the topics of filtering, sorting, operators, conditionals, pseudo columns, single row functions, joins, grouping functions, sub queries, composite queries, hierarchies, flashback queries, parallel queries, expressions and regular expressions. Assistance on DML, data types (including collections), XML, DDL for basic database objects such as tales, views and indexes, partitioning, and security is also considered.

• Identifies the most common issues DBAs face day to day for easy reference
• Provides DBAs with solutions actually used by the authors in enterprise environments to resolve common and specialized problems to optimization issues.
• Addresses issues that have been introduced by new features which can add more control but reduce performance.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Learn FileMaker Pro 9

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Publisher Wordware Publishing
Release Date November 25, 2007
ISBN 1598220462

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With this new version of the software, FileMaker Pro expands the dramatically new and efficient approach to database management that gives users exceptional flexibility. This book explores the features of the product--both new and old--and identifies situ.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel

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Publisher Wiley
Release Date October 1, 2007
ISBN 0470099518

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Three key efforts are essential to effectively transform data into actionable information: retrieving data with SQL, presenting data with Excel, and understanding statistics as the foundation of data analysis. Data mining expert Gordon Linoff focuses on these topics and shows you how SQL and Excel can be used to extract business information from relational databases. He begins by taking a look at how data is central to the task of understanding customers, products, and markets, and he then goes on to show you how to use that data to define business dimensions, store transactions about customers, and summarize important data to produce results. Along the way, he shares stories based on his personal experience in the field, intended to enrich your understanding of why some things work—and others don't.

Each chapter explains when and why to perform a particular type of business analysis in order to obtain useful results, how to design and perform the analysis using SQL and Excel, and what you can expect the results to look like. Throughout the book, critical features of Excel are highlighted, interesting uses of Excel graphics are explained, and dataflows and graphical representations of data processing are used to illustrate how SQL works.

Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel shares hints, warnings, and technical asides about Excel, SQL, and data analysis/mining. The book also discusses:

• How entity-relationship diagrams describe the structure of data
• Ways to use SQL to generate SQL queries
• Descriptive statistics, such as averages, p-values, and the chi-square test
• How to incorporate geographic information into data analysis
• Basic ideas of hazard probabilities and survival
• How data structures summarize what a customer looks like at a specific point in time
• Several variants of linear regression

The companion Web site provides the data sets, Excel spreadsheets, and examples featured in the book.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Mastering SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Infrastructure Design

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date August 6, 2007
ISBN 0470114592

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Today's DBAs need to know how to work with users, management, and key stakeholders to identify organizational needs and leverage the technology to meet them. Covering intermediate to advanced subjects, such as performance tuning, this book shows you how to build a reporting infrastructure that can be used in any environment.

Focusing on six key principles simplicity, clarity, generality, automation, and communications all vital elements of meaningful reports, you'll learn everything you need to know to design a report infrastructure that integrates the best practices of reporting systems. When you're finished, you will have a roadmap that enables you to help corporate managers make the most of this technology.

Loaded with real-world examples, this book arms you with guidelines that apply equally well to small businesses and mega-corporations.

Coverage includes:

• Assessing user needs and managing user/corporate expectations
• Managing change and satisfying stakeholders
• Integrating RS with other SS2005 components
• Building and running reliable, scalable reporting systems
• Creating and enforcing security policies
• Performing reviews and assessing report effectiveness
• Writing user documentation
• Justifying technology or report value to management
• Extending Reporting Services programmatically
• Build the Right Reporting Infrastructure For Your Organization
• Tailor Role-Based Security To Fit Your Environment
• Use Reporting Services With Business Intelligence Technology
• Define Report Data Sources and Datasets
• Plan a Disaster Recovery Strategy

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

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Publisher Sams
Release Date August 12, 2007
ISBN 0672328674

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server’s T-SQL language.

This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, full text-based searches, functions and stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, XML, and much more.

You’ll learn what you need to know methodically, systematically, and simply–in highly focused lessons designed to make you immediately and effortlessly productive.

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes explain additional concepts, and provide additional information

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

• Use T-SQL in the Microsoft SQL Server environment
• Construct complex T-SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators
• Filter data so you get the information you need quicklyRetrieve, sort, and format database contents
• Join two or more related tables
• Make SQL Server work for you with globalization and localization
• Create subqueries to pinpoint your data
• Automate your workload with triggers
• Create and alter database tables
• Work with views, stored procedures, and more

Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register to download examples and source code from this book

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit

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Publisher Pragmatic Bookshelf
Release Date August 30, 2007
ISBN 0977616673

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The NIST estimates that poor testing costs the US economy $60 billion annually. This book gives teams straightforward and proven ways to introduce unit testing into their process, resulting in higher quality and fewer bugs.

All over the world, software teams are using unit testing both to verify their code and as a way of helping them design better code. This book is unique in the way it covers two aspects: showing developers both how to test and helping them determine what to test.

New in the second edition:

* Updated for NUnit 2.4 (.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005)
* More assert methods
* New String and Collection assertion support
* Better support for multiple-platform development
* Higher-level setup and teardown fixtures
* Whole new chapter on extending NUnit
* and more!

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK LightWave v9 Lighting (Wordware Game and Graphics Library)

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Publisher Wordware Publishing
Release Date June 25, 2007
ISBN 159822039X

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LightWave v9 Lighting is the only book on the market from a professional artist explaining the theory and application of lighting with LightWave 3D. The book has the following key features: Describes step-by-step everything you need to know about the qualities of light; Clearly explains modern lighting concepts; Steps through LightWave's impressive toolset, describing the qualities and uses of each tool and feature; Addresses lighting design issues, dealing with everything from the motivation of a light source to the emotional impact of color on the scene; Companion CD is packed with images and plugins, and includes a demo version of LightWave 3D version 9; Includes a 16 page color insert of lighting examples.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Essential LightWave v9: The Fastest and Easiest Way to Master LightWave 3D

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Publisher Wordware Publishing
Release Date August 25, 2007
ISBN 1598220241

Book Description

Essential LightWave v9 offers an unparalleled development strategy for graphic designers, illustrators, video producers, motion graphic artists, visual effects artists, and animators who are interested in getting the most out of LightWave 3D. As the book touches on nearly every aspect of the software, it is ideal for all skill levels.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Forecasting Oracle Performance

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Publisher Apress
Release Date April 19, 2007
ISBN 1590598024

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What makes seasoned IT professionals run for cover? Answer: Forecasting Oracle performance! Craig Shallahamer is an Oracle performance expert with over 18 years of experience. His book is the first to focus, not on the problem of solving today's problem, but squarely on the problem of forecasting the future performance of an Oracle database. Other Oracle performance books are good for putting out fires; Craig's book helps you avoid all the heat in the first place.
Application over mathematical proofs…

If you’re an IT practioner who appreciates application over mathematical proofs than you’ll be pleasantly surprised! Each chapter is filled with examples to transform the theory, mathematics, and methods into something you can practically apply. Craig's goal is to teach you about real-word Oracle performance forecasting. Period. There is no hidden agenda.
A practical and hands-on training course in a book…

This book is a kind of training course. After reading, studying, and practicing the material covered in this book, you to be able to confidently, responsibly, and professionally forecast performance and system capacity in a wide variety of real-life situations.
How to avoid being on the Wall Street Journal’s front page…

If you are more management minded (or want to be) you will be delighted with the service level management focus. Forecasting makes good business sense because it maximizes the return on IT investment and minimizes unplanned down time. To those who think forecasting is a waste of money. Well…obviously they’ve never been on the evening news because their company lost millions of dollars in revenue and brand destruction because of poorly performing or unavailable systems.
It’s about equipping you…

Without a doubt you will be equipped to deal with the realities of forecasting Oracle performance. But this book gives you more. Not only will you receive a technical and mathematical perspective, but also a communication, a presentation, and a management perspective. This is career building stuff and immensely satisfying!
What you’ll learn

This book is a “how to” book filled with examples to transform theory and mathematics into something you can practically apply. You will learn how to use a variety of forecasting models, which will enable you to methodically:

• Help manage service levels from a business value perspective,
• Identify the risk of over utilized resources,
• Predict what component of an architecture is at risk,
• Predict when a system will be at risk,
• Develop multiple risk mitigating strategies to ensure service levels are
• maintained
• Characterize a complex Oracle workload.

Who is this book for?

I.T. professionals who must ensure their production Oracle systems are meeting service levels, in part, through forecasting performance, identifying risk, and developing solutions to ensure systems are available without wasting budget. Readers include database administrators, I.T. managers, developers, capacity planners, systems architects, systems integrators.

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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008

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Publisher Sybex
Release Date October 8, 2007
ISBN 0470144823

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In Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008, VIZ expert Jon McFarland teaches you how to get the most out of Autodesk's potent 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. As you follow real-world examples, you'll quickly see how to apply these techniques to your design projects. Whether you're entirely new to VIZ or simply want to master its newest features, this book offers the clear explanations and step-by-step instruction you need to make VIZ work for you.

Coverage includes:

* Finding your way around in VIZ
* Linking to AutoCAD files
* Modeling using primitive and compound objects
* Editing using modifers and sub-objects
* Creating complex shapes with surface modeling tools
* Managing your design data more efficiently
* Simulating lighting effects accurately with global illumination
* Rendering real-world surfaces with Architectural material
* Setting up animated walk-throughs
* Using radiosity to create accurate scene lighting
* Using mental ray to achieve the most realistic rendering
* Producing design presentation views
* Understanding keyframes and function curve editing
* Acquiring 3D models and props from the Web


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional

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Publisher Apress
Release Date August 24, 2007
ISBN 1590597702

eBOOK Description

Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional offers comprehensive information on using the PHP scripting language in conjunction with Oracle’s database platform. PHP is one of the most prominent open source technologies in the area of web development, while Oracle is one of the most widely deployed and used database products.

You’ll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. The book is packed with practical examples based on the many years of real-world experience of authors W Jason Gilmore and Bob Bryla. This book is an ideal read for web designers or programmers wanting to create applications with PHP in an Oracle environment.

* The book covers a solid alternative to the “M” in the LAMP stack.
* Database examples are based on real-world scenarios.
* The text shows off Oracle’s strong enterprise features.
* The authors highlight Oracle’s robust internationalization support.
* Covers a solid alternative to the “M” in the LAMP stack
* Database examples are based on real-world scenarios
* Shows off Oracle’s strong, enterprise features
* Highlights Oracle’s robust internationalization support


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DOWNLOAD eBOOK Web Publishing with PHP and FileMaker 9

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Publisher Sams
Release Date September 4, 2007
ISBN 0672329506

eBOOK Description

Whether you are a FileMaker developer who is new to web publishing, a web developer who is new to FileMaker, or a complete beginner looking to put your data online, this book is for you.

In Part I, you learn the basics of how web publishing works and how to write your own HTML and PHP. In Part II, you learn how to build a FileMaker database and install and configure the FileMaker Server to host the database. In Part III, you learn how to put it all together to create web pages that talk to your database and allow people to view the data and, if you like, modify it. Throughout the book, publishing a FileMaker Product Catalog to the web is used as an example. Each chapter builds on the previous chapter. When you are done, you will have a working website!

Detailed information on how to :

* Master web publishing
* Read and write basic HTML
* Read and write basic PHP
* Build a FileMaker database
* Install and configure FileMaker Server
* Publish your FileMaker data to the web
* Work with portals and container fields
* Repurpose your FileMaker layouts on the web


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