Canvas Pocket Reference: Scripted Graphics for HTML5 - PDF

Book Description
The Canvas element is a revolutionary feature of HTML5 that enables powerful graphics for rich Internet applications, and this pocket reference provides the essentials you need to put this element to work. If you have working knowledge of JavaScript, this book will help you create detailed, interactive, and animated graphics — from charts to animations to video games — whether you're a web designer or a programmer interested in graphics.

Canvas Pocket Reference provides both a tutorial that covers all of the element's features with plenty of examples and a definitive reference to each of the Canvas-related classes, methods, and properties.

You'll learn how to:

• Draw lines, polygons, and curves
• Apply colors, gradients, patterns, and transparency
• Use transformations to smoothly rotate and resize drawings
• Work with text in a graphic environment
• Apply shadows to create a sense of depth
• Incorporate bitmapped images into vector graphics
• Perform image processing operations in JavaScript

About the Author
David Flanagan is a computer programmer who spends most of his time writing about JavaScript and Java. His books with O'Reilly include JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, JavaScript Pocket Reference, Java in a Nutshell, Java Examples in a Nutshell, and Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell. David has a blog at www.davidflanagan.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449396801
• ISBN-13: 978-1449396800

• File Size: 8.6 MiB
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Mining the Social Web: Finding Needles in the Social Haystack - PDF

Book Description
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn generate a tremendous amount of valuable social data, but how can you find out who's making connections with social media, what they're talking about, or where they're located? This concise and practical book shows you how to answer these questions and more. You'll learn how to combine social web data, analysis techniques, and visualization to help you find what you've been looking for in the social haystack, as well as useful information you didn't know existed.

Each standalone chapter introduces techniques for mining data in different areas of the social Web, including blogs and email. All you need to get started is a programming background and a willingness to learn basic Python tools.

• Get a straightforward synopsis of the social web landscape
• Use adaptable scripts on GitHub to harvest data from social network APIs such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
• Learn how to employ easy-to-use Python tools to slice and dice the data you collect
• Explore social connections in microformats with the XHTML Friends Network
• Apply advanced mining techniques such as TF-IDF, cosine similarity, collocation analysis, document summarization, and clique detection
• Build interactive visualizations with web technologies based upon HTML5 and JavaScript toolkits

"Data from the social Web is different: networks and text, not tables and numbers, are the rule, and familiar query languages are replaced with rapidly evolving web service APIs. Let Matthew Russell serve as your guide to working with social data sets old (email, blogs) and new (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook). Mining the Social Web is a natural successor to Programming Collective Intelligence: a practical, hands-on approach to hacking on data from the social Web with Python." –Jeff Hammerbacher

About the Author
Matthew Russell, Vice President of Engineering at Digital Reasoning Systems (http://www.digitalreasoning.com/) and Principal at Zaffra (http://zaffra.com), is a computer scientist who is passionate about data mining, open source, and web application technologies. He's also the author of Dojo: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly).

Book Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (January, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449388345
• ISBN-13: 978-1449388348

• File Size: 53.2 MiB
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Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build, 2nd Edition(PDF)

Book Description
As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference drills inside MSBuild – and shows how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process. Learn how to customize and extend build processes with MSBuild – and scale them to the team, product, or enterprise level with Team Foundation Build.

Discover how to:
* Create and modify MSBuild files – outside the Visual Studio IDE
* Use XML-based syntax to declare dynamic properties and items
* Apply built-in tasks or write your own
* Customize the build process – adding code generation, unit testing, or code analysis
* Use batching and incremental builds to reduce build times
* Invoke external tools in scripts and create reusable files
* Start and stop services
* Set assembly versions and extend the clean process
* Configure, customize, and extend Team Build – and automate build from end to end

CONTENTS:
ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Overview
* Chapter 1: MSBuild Quick Start
* Chapter 2: MSBuild Deep Dive, Part 1
* Chapter 3: MSBuild Deep Dive, Part 2Part II: Customizing MSBuild
* Chapter 4: Custom Tasks
* Chapter 5: Custom LoggersPart III: Advanced MSBuild Topics
* Chapter 6: Batching and Incremental Builds
* Chapter 7: External ToolsPart IV: MSBuild Cookbook
* Chapter 8: Practical Applications, Part 1
* Chapter 9: Practical Applications, Part 2Part V: Team Foundation Build
* Chapter 10: Team Build Quick Start
* Chapter 11: Team Build Deep Dive
* Chapter 12: Team Build CookbookAppendix A: New Features in MSBuild 3.5Appendix B: Common Properties and ItemsAppendix C: New Features in Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team BuildAppendix : About the Authors

Book Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2nd Edition (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735645248
• ISBN-13: 978-0735645240

• File Size: 37.6 MiB
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Drupal Performance & Scalability (Video)

Want to learn the secrets the pros use for making Drupal scale huge and perform with grace high traffic situations? In Drupal Performance & Scalability, Matt Westgate and James Sansbury teach you all you need to know to get peak performance out of Drupal on the LAMP stack.

* They carefully walk you through both installation and customization of the entire LAMP stack.
* They go over the highly-optimized Pressflow distribution of Drupal.
* They teach you how to benchmark your site's performance, how to install many types of caching layers and how to optimize each layer of your server infrastructure.
* They even teach you all about things like CDN integration, APC, Varnish, Memcache and other caching layers within Drupal and MySQL.
* They discuss scaling strategies, looking at hardware topologies for both co-located and cloud infrastructures.
* They teach you how to isolate performance bottlenecks and cover strategies for monitoring.
* They also go over some of the changes in Drupal 7 and the next release of Pressflow.

By the end of this video you'll be an old pro at creating high performance Drupal deployments!

Chapter Listing

1. Introduction
2. Overview of performance optimizations
3. LAMP stack installations
4. Prepping MySQL
5. Installing Pressflow
6. Using the Apache benchmark tool
7. Installing Alternative PHP Cache (APC)
8. Installing Varnish
9. Installing Memecached
10. AMP optimizations
11. PHP.ini optimizations
12. Database tuning
13. Content Delivery Networks
14. Isolating performance bottlenecks
15. Hardware topologies for scaling
16. Changes in Drupal 7
17. Further resources for performance & scalability
18. Conclusion

Produced by Jeff Robbins. Directed and edited by Kent Bye.
Shot in widescreen format
Total running time: 5hr 15min

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20 great web applications alternatives to your usual desktop software

Desktop Software has been a great help in our computer work purposes. They serve as our working tool on our projects, designs, hobbies, interest etc. But web apps have set a great trend over the web. Developers of web applications created applications that are likely powerful as the desktop software but create more great output and easiness.  The best thing is that you don't need to install any of these web apps to use. Just browse over the web and visit these great web applications.

In this article, I'll be presenting 20 great web applications alternatives to your usual desktop software. Hope you will love it.

1. Google Docs

Google Docs serves as your online productivity tool. It will let you create your documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more online writing tool.

Alternative for :

• Microsoft Office
• Open Office

2. Meebo

Meebo is a web platform for your mostly chat applications. You can login your IM accounts at the same time or individual accounts.

Alternative for:

• Facebook Chat
• Yahoo Messenger
• AIM
• Windows Live Messenger

3. Slide Rocket

Presentations are really vital tool for business, education , projects and more. With Slide Rocket, a web presentation tool that allows you to create your own presentation. It presents some of the features in PowerPoint.

Alternative for:

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• OpenOffice Impress

4. Aviary

Aviary is a powerful web creation tools for photo editing, logos, web templates, color palettes , audio editing and more.  There list includes Phoenix: Image Editor, Toucan: Color Editor, Myna: Audio Editor, Peacock: Effects Editor, Raven: Vector Editor, Falcon: Image Markup and Roc: Music Creator.

Alternative for:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Soundbooth

5. Mint

Are you having a hard time to manage your money? Then Mint is all you need. It is a web tool to access to your free personal financial and online management tool.  It will help you to organize your financial accounts, set your budgets needs, and put up your savings.

Alternative for:

• Quicken

6. JayCut

JayCut is a web video editing software. With a user-friendly environment, it will let you create your videos, add and edit clips, transitions, effects, audio, download, export in Youtube and more.

Alternative for:

• Windows Movie Maker
• Ulead
• Other Video Editing Software

7. WobZip

Wobzip is an online tool that makes you uncompressed your files on the fly. It supports different compression format such as ZIP, RAR, and more zip formats. It has also an active scanner that scan your compressed files before unzipping it.

Alternative for:

• Unzipping Softwares

8. Zamzar

Zamzar is a powerful online file conversion tool. It converts various formats for documents, image, music, video, e-book, compressed files, cad formats. Just follow 4 easy steps to convert your files instantly.

Alternative for:

• File Conversion Software

9. Hulu

Hulu is a video/TV streaming website that lets you watch your favorite tv shows right at your computer. If you missed some of your favorites episode you can just tune in here and enjoy watching.  Hulu is a US exclusive website, but if you are outside the US and trying to access it, you can try this link.

Alternative for:

• TV Tuner Software

10. TokBox

If you love to video chat, TokBox is a great online video chatting applications. For free users, you can chat up to 20 people. Just simply sign up,invite your friends and start video chatting.

Alternative for:

• Video Chat

11. Moof

Moof is an online web streaming music online for your favorite music. It is like bringing your all favorite music rolled into one place. One of the great feature is you can export your iTunes library and put it into web so you will never missed out your favorite tune.

Alternative for:

• iTunes
• Music Streaming Software

12. ESET Online Virus Scanner

Everyone wants to be secure in terms of viruses and malware. ESET Online Virus Scanner deep scan your PC using your web browser.  The good thing is that you don't need to install the software and it is always up to date.

Alternative for:

• Anti Virus Software

13. Bitlet

Bitlet is a web application that lets you download your torrents. Just upload .torrent file on your computer or direct Bitlet to torrent and Bitlet will do it for you.

Alternative for:

• BitTorrent Client

14. icloud

icloud is a web operating system over the web. It is like bringing your own desktop and files running in your web browser that includes an office suite, media player, chat client, games, productivity tool, utility applications and more. Now you won't worry that you are working in a different PC.

Alternative for:

• Operating System

15. Splashup

Splashup is a powerful editing tool and photo manager.  It will let you manage your images and save it in different format. Various features that are likely with Photoshop.

Alternative for:

• Image Editing Tool

16. Wufoo

Wufoo is a great building tool for your forms, invitations and survey applications. It makes your collecting of data much easier and in customize way.

Alternative for:

• Survey Creating Tool

17. Google Voice

Google Voice makes a huge deal in international calling communication. It delivers various features such as voicemail transcription, one number calling, sms to email, block callers, screen callers, conference call and more. Bringing your all phone into your gmail account given that you are in US and Canada.

Alternative for:

• Skype

18. movavi

movavi is an online video files converter. It supports multiple formats that you need for your videos. In just 3 simple step, you will get your converted video file and watch.

Alternative for:

• Videora
• Xilisoft Video Converter
• Other Video Converter Tool

19. HootSuite

HootSuite is a web apps for your social  networking experience. Updating and monitoring your social activities such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WordPress and Ping.fm will be easy.It is also good for businesses that tracks statistics of their business over the web.

Alternative for:

• Social Network Tool
• Statistics Tracking Tool

20. Balsamiq

Balsamiq is a web wireframing tool that is great for web designer and developers. It will make your drawing more in detailed and rearrange it easily.  It is a great tool to collaborate your team work.

Hope you will enjoy this great web applications. If there are more great web apps that we missed, please tell us so and we will love to update it.

Best iPad Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders - PDF

Book Description
What really wows iPad fans is when their touchscreen does what's impossible on other gadgets: the finger-painting app that turns a cross-country flight into a moving art class, the mini music studio (two-dozen instruments strong, each with motion-induced warble effects), and the portable fireworks display that you sculpt by swiping.

Problem is, with tens of thousands of apps available for your iPad, who knows what to download? You can try to sort through a gazillion customer reviews with a mix of 5- and 1-star ratings, but that's a head-hurting time-waster. The stakes are getting higher, too: instead of freebies and 99-cent trinkets, the price of iPad apps is steadily creeping up and beyond their iPhone predecessors.

Best iPad Apps guides you to the hidden treasures in the App Store's crowded aisles. Author Peter Meyers stress-tested thousands of options to put together this irresistible, page-turner of a catalog. Inside these pages, you'll find apps as magical as the iPad itself.

Flip through the book for app suggestions, or head directly to one of several categories we've loaded up with "best of" selections to help you:

• Get work done
• Manipulate photos
• Make movies
• Create comics
• Browse the Web better
• Take notes
• Outline ideas
• Track your health
• Explore the world

No matter how you use your iPad, Best iPad Apps will help you find the real gems among the rubble — so you make the most of your glossy gadget.

About the Author
Peter Meyers writes about and designs digital books. Formerly an editor at O'Reilly Media, he co-founded one of the first multimedia textbook publishers (Digital Learning Interactive). He's covered the intersection of writing and technology for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Wired and blogs at www.anewkindofbook.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449392474
• ISBN-13: 978-1449392475

• File Size: 78.0 MiB
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The Facebook Marketing Book - PDF

Book Description
How can Facebook help you promote your brand, products, and services? This book provides proven tactics that you can use right away to build your brand and engage prospective customers. With 500 million active users worldwide, Facebook offers a much larger audience than traditional media, but it's a new landscape loaded with unfamiliar challenges. The Facebook Marketing Book shows you how to make the most of the service while skirting not-so-obvious pitfalls along the way.

Whether you're a marketing and PR professional, an entrepreneur, or a small business owner, you'll learn about the tools and features that will help you reach specific Facebook audiences. You'll also get an in-depth overview, with colorful and easy-to-understand introductions to Profiles, Groups, Pages, Applications, Ads, Events, and Facebook etiquette.

• Approach Facebook's complex environment with clear, actionable items
• Make sense of the social networking world
• Be familiar with the technologies you need for social network marketing
• Explore tactics for using Facebook features, functionality, and protocols
• Learn how to set specific campaign goals
• Determine which Facebook features are relevant to your campaigns
• Plan and execute Facebook marketing strategies
• Measure the results of your campaigns with key performance indicators

About the Author
Dan Zarrella has written extensively about the science of viral marketing, memetics and social media on his own blog and for a variety of popular industry blogs. His work has been featured in The Twitter Book (O'Reilly), and many leading newpapers and periodicals. He is a popular speaker and was recently awarded Shorty and Semmy awards for social media and viral marketing. Dan currently works as an inbound marketing manager at HubSpot.

Alison Zarrella currently works as an interactive copywriter and social media consultant for clients ranging from small, local businesses to big name brands such as Holiday Inn, InterContinental Hotels Group, Tide, Always, GMAC Mortgage, General Motors, Samsung, Buick and GMC Sierra. She has written for industry blogs such as Mashable and been featured as a social media and Facebook expert in radio interviews and guest lectures.

Book Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449388485
• ISBN-13: 978-1449388485

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vi and Vim Editors Pocket Reference: Support for every text editing task, 2nd Edition - PDF

Book Description
Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember. Author Arnold Robbins has chosen the most valuable commands for vi, Vim, and vi's main clones—vile, elvis, and nvi—and packed them into this easy-to-browse pocket reference. You'll find commands for all kinds of editing tasks, including programming, modifying system files, writing and marking up articles, and more.

This second edition includes:

• Command-line options
• vi commands and set options
• Input mode shortcuts
• Substitution and regular expressions
• ex commands and options
• Initialization and recovery
• Enhanced tags and tag stacks
• A greatly expanded section on Vim commands and options
• Additional features in vile, elvis, and nvi
• Internet resources for vi
• A full index

About the Author
Arnold Robbins is a professional programmer and technical author who has worked with Unix systems since 1980 and has been using AWK since 1987. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. Arnold is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor.

Book Details

• Paperback: 94 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Second Edition (January, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449392172
• ISBN-13: 978-1449392178

• File Size: 6.0 MiB
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Canvas Pocket Reference: Scripted Graphics for HTML5 - PDF

Book Description
The Canvas element is a revolutionary feature of HTML5 that enables powerful graphics for rich Internet applications, and this pocket reference provides the essentials you need to put this element to work. If you have working knowledge of JavaScript, this book will help you create detailed, interactive, and animated graphics — from charts to animations to video games — whether you're a web designer or a programmer interested in graphics.

Canvas Pocket Reference provides both a tutorial that covers all of the element's features with plenty of examples and a definitive reference to each of the Canvas-related classes, methods, and properties.

You'll learn how to:

• Draw lines, polygons, and curves
• Apply colors, gradients, patterns, and transparency
• Use transformations to smoothly rotate and resize drawings
• Work with text in a graphic environment
• Apply shadows to create a sense of depth
• Incorporate bitmapped images into vector graphics
• Perform image processing operations in JavaScript

About the Author
David Flanagan is a computer programmer who spends most of his time writing about JavaScript and Java. His books with O'Reilly include JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, JavaScript Pocket Reference, Java in a Nutshell, Java Examples in a Nutshell, and Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell. David has a blog at www.davidflanagan.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449396801
• ISBN-13: 978-1449396800

• File Size: 8.6 MiB
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Mining the Social Web: Finding Needles in the Social Haystack - PDF

Book Description
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn generate a tremendous amount of valuable social data, but how can you find out who's making connections with social media, what they're talking about, or where they're located? This concise and practical book shows you how to answer these questions and more. You'll learn how to combine social web data, analysis techniques, and visualization to help you find what you've been looking for in the social haystack, as well as useful information you didn't know existed.

Each standalone chapter introduces techniques for mining data in different areas of the social Web, including blogs and email. All you need to get started is a programming background and a willingness to learn basic Python tools.

• Get a straightforward synopsis of the social web landscape
• Use adaptable scripts on GitHub to harvest data from social network APIs such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
• Learn how to employ easy-to-use Python tools to slice and dice the data you collect
• Explore social connections in microformats with the XHTML Friends Network
• Apply advanced mining techniques such as TF-IDF, cosine similarity, collocation analysis, document summarization, and clique detection
• Build interactive visualizations with web technologies based upon HTML5 and JavaScript toolkits

"Data from the social Web is different: networks and text, not tables and numbers, are the rule, and familiar query languages are replaced with rapidly evolving web service APIs. Let Matthew Russell serve as your guide to working with social data sets old (email, blogs) and new (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook). Mining the Social Web is a natural successor to Programming Collective Intelligence: a practical, hands-on approach to hacking on data from the social Web with Python." –Jeff Hammerbacher

About the Author
Matthew Russell, Vice President of Engineering at Digital Reasoning Systems (http://www.digitalreasoning.com/) and Principal at Zaffra (http://zaffra.com), is a computer scientist who is passionate about data mining, open source, and web application technologies. He's also the author of Dojo: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly).

Book Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (January, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449388345
• ISBN-13: 978-1449388348

• File Size: 53.2 MiB
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JavaScript Step by Step, 2nd Edition - PDF

Book Description
Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of JavaScript development.

Teach yourself how to program with JavaScript — one step at time. Ideal for developers with fundamental programming skills, this practical tutorial provides the clear guidance and hands-on examples you need to create or customize interactive Web applications using core JavaScript features and techniques.

Discover how to:

• Write and deploy JavaScript code with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010, the Eclipse IDE, or text editors
• Work with JavaScript syntax and data types
• Use the Document Object Model to retrieve, create, and change HTML elements
• Create rollover images and slideshow effects
• Validate and provide feedback for user input on Web forms
• Manipulate CSS styles and respond to browser events
• Develop interactive Web applications using AJAX
• Help speed development with JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

• All the books practice files — ready to download and put to work.
• Fully searchable online edition of this book — with unlimited access on the Web.

About the Author
Steve Suehring is a technology architect who's written about programming, security, network and system administration, operating systems, and other topics for several industry publications. He speaks at conferences and user groups and has served as an editor for a popular technology magazine.

Book Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Second Edition (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735645523
• ISBN-13: 978-0735645523

• File Size: 50.5 MiB
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Microsoft Expression Web 4 Step by Step - PDF

Book Description
The smart way to learn Microsoft® Expression® Web 4 — one step at a time!

Experience learning made easy — and quickly teach yourself how to create dynamic, standards-based Web sites. With Step by Step, you set the pace — building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Build your site with customizable templates — or create your own
• Adjust settings in Expression Web 4 to create different sites
• Add Photoshop files, Microsoft Silverlight® video, and .wmv files
• Use CSS, HTML, and XHTML to manage site style and accessibility
• Connect to servers using Microsoft ASP.NET and PHP
• Choose the right publishing method for your scenario

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

• All the books practice files — ready to download and put to work.
• Fully searchable online edition of this book — with unlimited access on the Web.
• Video tutorials illustrating important procedures and concepts

About the Author
Chris Leeds has been a Microsoft MVP since before Expression Studio was added to their catalog. Originally, he was a FrontPage MVP who learned what users needed from FrontPage's novice user base, and then provided instruction to help users reach their goals. He has written two books on Microsoft Expression Web for Microsoft Press and is currently working on a third, Microsoft Expression Web 4.0 Step by Step.

Book Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735639027
• ISBN-13: 978-0735639027

• File Size: 90.5 MiB
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Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step - PDF

Book Description
The smart way to build applications with Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 — one step at a time!

Experience learning made easy — and quickly teach yourself how to create SharePoint 2010 applications and workflows with Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010. With Step by Step, you set the pace — building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Design solutions to meet your business scenario — without code
• Customize lists, libraries, and SharePoint site pages
• Use Web Parts to display, edit, and modify list item data
• Access data from a variety of external sources
• Create workflows to automate business processes
• Use master pages and CSS to control how sites work

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

• All the books practice files — ready to download and put to work.
• Fully searchable online edition of this book — with unlimited access on the Web.

About the Author
Penelope Coventry, a Microsoft® MVP for SharePoint® Server, with more than 30 years of industry experience, focuses on the design, implementation, and development of solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Penny has coauthored several books, including Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Administrator's Companion and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Step by Step.

Book Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735627339
• ISBN-13: 978-0735627338

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Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step - PDF

Book Description
Teach yourself how to use the networking features in Windows 7 to connect your home computers, even if they use different operating systems. With Step by Step, you set the pace — building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Network your Windows 7-based PCs and set up security
• Add a Mac or Linux-based computer
• Share printers, devices, and files with everyone in your home
• Stream media over your network or to a remote PC
• Tweak your network and sharing settings
• Troubleshoot problems and perform easy maintenance

Your Step by Step digital content includes: Fully searchable online edition of this book — with unlimited access on the Web

About the Author
Ciprian Rusen is a technology aficionado, working as an IT Project Manager for a major consumer goods corporation. During work hours, he manages complex rollouts of enterprise IT solutions, and, in his spare time, loves to experiment with the latest technologies, learn how to best use them, and share his knowledge with others. He coordinates the 7 Tutorials team: Florina Muntenescu, Chuck Houghton, Maximilian Robu, Jack Busch and George Grigorita. Together, they write tutorials for Windows 7 users, helping them to get the best possible computing experience.

Book Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735652163
• ISBN-13: 978-0735652163

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The Ultimate Web Marketing Guide - PDF

Book Description
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEB, MOBILE, & SOCIAL MARKETING!

• Your expert, up-to-the-minute, A-Z reference & how-to guide
• Choose the right goals, media, & tools
• Plan, execute, measure, & optimize
• Avoid costly mistakes!

Now, one amazing book brings together ALL the reliable, detailed information you need to make the most of web, online, mobile, and social marketing.

It's ALL here: SEO, pay-per-click, mobile marketing, social media marketing, "PR 2.0," analytics, email marketing, YouTube videos, Twitter and Facebook, blogs, podcasts, and much more. Discover how to choose the right approaches, combine them into a coherent, optimized strategy, and measure your results. Find realistic answers to your most crucial questions…get "from the trenches" insights that save you money…learn to drive more value faster.

THE ONLY COMPLETE WEB MARKETING REFERENCE YOU NEED. CUTTING-EDGE COVERAGE OF THESE TOPICS AND MUCH MORE:

• Creating effective web/online marketing plans and budgets
• Integrating online and traditional marketing
• Designing great sites�including ecommerce sites
• Getting actionable answers from web analytics
• Profiting from search engine marketing (SEM) and optimization (SEO)
• Executing winning pay-per-click and display ad campaigns
• Developing effective email lists and campaigns
• Building two-way conversations with customers and prospects
• Marketing on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
• Creating an online PR media room
• Marketing through YouTube and podcasts
• Selling through iPhone and Android apps
• Managing web/online marketing coherently and efficiently
• Tracking performance�and improving it!

Technical accuracy guaranteed by Econsultancy's Rebecca Lieb

From the Back Cover
The up-to-date, "A-to-Z" bible for everything related to web, online, mobile, and social marketing � from planning through metrics!

• Entirely original content � not a compilation of previously published material
• Covers SEO, pay-per-click, mobile marketing, social media, "PR 2.0″, analytics, email, blog marketing, multimedia, and much more
• Shows how to combine multiple web marketing approaches into a single, coherent, optimized strategy � and measure the results

The Ultimate Web Marketing Guide is a comprehensive online marketing curriculum in a book. It brings together everything 21st century marketers and entrepreneurs need to know about search engine marketing, Web and email advertising, social marketing, mobile marketing, and a whole lot more. This isn't a "quick guide"! It offers in-depth discussion and instruction, as well as proven best practices reflecting the latest online marketing innovations and trends. Not only is each area of web marketing covered systematically: marketers are also guided in planning and integrating multiple approaches into a coherent strategy, and accurately measuring their results. The Ultimate Web Marketing Guide contains full sections on: " Search Engine Optimization, including advanced techniques " Pay-Per-Click advertising " Mobile marketing, including mobile-friendly sites and mobile advertising " Social media, including marketing on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter " "PR 2.0″, including new source development and online media rooms " Email marketing " Blog marketing " Audio, video, and podcast marketing " Online marketing management, including budgeting and analytics Both a how-to book and a comprehensive reference, this book will teach marketers and entrepreneurs exactly how to drive the most value from online marketing. It is the one indispensable web marketing book.

About the Author
Michael Miller has written more than 100 nonfiction how-to books over the past 20 years, including Que's YouTube for Business, Using Google AdWords and AdSense, and The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics. His other bestselling online marketing books include The Complete Idiot's Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Alpha Books), Sams Teach Yourself Google Analytics in 10 Minutes (Sams), and Online Marketing Heroes (Wiley).

Book Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789741008
• ISBN-13: 978-0789741004

• File Size: 15.7 MiB
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Pivot Table Data Crunching: Microsoft Excel 2010 - PDF

Book Description
PivotTables may be Excel's most powerful feature, but Microsoft has estimated that only 15% of Excel users take advantage of them. That's because PivotTables (and their companion feature, PivotCharts) have a reputation for being difficult to learn. Not any more! In this book, Excel legends Bill Jelen ("MrExcel") and Michael Alexander teach PivotTables and PivotCharts step-by-step, using realistic business scenarios that any Excel user can intuitively understand. Jelen and Alexander go far beyond merely explaining PivotTables and PivotCharts: they present practical "recipes" for solving a wide range of business problems. Drawing on more than 30 combined years of Excel experience, they provide tips and tricks you won't find anywhere else, and show exactly how to sidestep common mistakes.

Coverage includes: " Creating PivotTables, customizing them, and changing the way you view them " Performing calculations within PivotTables " Using PivotCharts and other visualizations " Analyzing multiple data sources with PivotTables " Sharing PivotTables with others " Working with and analyzing OLAP data " Making the most of Excel 2010′s powerful new PowerPivot feature " Using Excel 2010′s Slicer to dynamically filter PivotTables " Enhancing PivotTables with macros and VBA code This book is part of the new MrExcel Library series, edited by Bill Jelen, world-renowned Excel expert and host of the enormously popular Excel help site, MrExcel.com.

• Teaches PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Excel 2010′s new PowerPivot feature through real-world scenarios that make intuitive sense to users at all levels
• Includes proven PivotTable recipes for instant on-the-job results
• Helps Excel users avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
• Part of the brand-new MrExcel Library series, edited by Excel legend Bill Jelen

About the Author
Bill Jelen, known worldwide as MrExcel, presents live Excel seminars to accountants throughout the U.S. His 20 books on Microsoft Excel include Special Edition Using Excel 2007, Pivot Table Data Crunching, and VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel. Honored as a Microsoft MVP for Excel, he has produced 500 episodes of his "Learn Excel from MrExcel" video podcast. Michael Alexander, is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD), Senior Program Manager for a top Texas technology firm, and principal of DataPigTechnologies, a developer of Excel tutorials. He is author of several books on data analysis with Access and Excel.

Book Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789743132
• ISBN-13: 978-0789743138

• File Size: 30.2 MiB
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Microsoft Office 2010 In Depth - PDF

Book Description
Office 2010 In Depth is the beyond-the-basics, beneath-the-surface guide for everyone who wants to streamline their work with Office 2010, and get more done in less time. Best selling technology expert Joe Habraken provides specific, tested, proven solutions to the problems Office users run into every day: challenges other books ignore or oversimplify. Habraken thoroughly covers all facets of working with Office 2010′s core features and techniques, and powerful new enhancements such as: " The updated customizable Ribbon and new Backstage full-screen options menu " Vastly improved image and illustration tools " Live Preview for tasks like Paste, Insert, or Theme change " Improved integration with SharePoint services, Windows Live, and Office Web Apps " And much more Simply put, no other book offers Office 2010 users this much simplicity, usable content, flexibility, and value. As with all In Depth books, Office 2010 In Depth presents comprehensive coverage, breakthrough techniques, exclusive shortcuts, quick access to information, troubleshooting help for tough problems, and real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out. This book is both a reference and a desk-side resource, providing in depth coverage of important Office 2010 applications features and tools.

• By Joe Habraken, an Office expert and best selling author
• Covers the hottest new features in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Publisher
• For everyone who wants to get the most out of Office 2010, from hobbyists to power users to corporate developers

About the Author
Joe Habraken is a computer technology professional and best-selling author with more than 15 years of experience in the information technology field. His recent publications include Microsoft Office 2003 8-in-1, 0789729369, and The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, 4/e, 0789729113. Joe currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, ME, where he heads up the Information Technology program offered by the Business Administration Department. Joe is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Cisco Certified Network Associate

Book Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789743094
• ISBN-13: 978-0789743091

• File Size: 65.3 MiB
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Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring - PDF

Book Description
The Complete Guide to Avoiding and Fixing Common Rails 3 Code and Design Problems

As developers worldwide have adopted the powerful Ruby on Rails web framework, many have fallen victim to common mistakes that reduce code quality, performance, reliability, stability, scalability, and maintainability. Rails™ AntiPatterns identifies these widespread Rails code and design problems, explains why they're bad and why they happen—and shows exactly what to do instead.

The book is organized into concise, modular chapters—each outlines a single common AntiPattern and offers detailed, cookbook-style code solutions that were previously difficult or impossible to find. Leading Rails developers Chad Pytel and Tammer Saleh also offer specific guidance for refactoring existing bad code or design to reflect sound object-oriented principles and established Rails best practices. With their help, developers, architects, and testers can dramatically improve new and existing applications, avoid future problems, and establish superior Rails coding standards throughout their organizations.

This book will help you understand, avoid, and solve problems with

• Model layer code, from general object-oriented programming violations to complex SQL and excessive redundancy
• Domain modeling, including schema and database issues such as normalization and serialization
• View layer tools and conventions
• Controller-layer code, including RESTful code
• Service-related APIs, including timeouts, exceptions, backgrounding, and response codes
• Third-party code, including plug-ins and gems
• Testing, from test suites to test-driven development processes
• Scaling and deployment
• Database issues, including migrations and validations
• System design for "graceful degradation" in the real world

About the Author
Chad Pytel is the founder and CEO of thoughtbot, a software development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails, and creators of Paperclip, Shoulda, FactoryGirl, and Hoptoad, among other projects. thoughtbot embraces both agile development methodologies and a "getting real" project philosophy. Chad coauthored Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails (Apress, 2007) and has presented at various conferences around the world. To follow along with Chad and the rest of the thoughtbot team's ideas on development, design, technology, and business, visit their blog at http://robots.thoughtbot.com.

Tammer Saleh is the director of engineering at Engine Yard. He wrote the Shoulda testing framework, was the primary developer and project manager for thoughtbot's fantastic Hoptoad service, and is an experienced Ruby on Rails trainer and speaker. In previous lives, he's done AI development for the NCSA and the University of Illinois, as well as systems administration for both Citysearch.com and Caltech's Earthquake Detection Network. You can find him online at http://tammersaleh.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321604814
• ISBN-13: 978-0321604811

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Programming Python, 4th Edition - PDF

Book Description
If you've mastered Python's fundamentals, you're ready to start using it to get real work done. Programming Python will show you how, with in-depth tutorials on the language's primary application domains: system administration, GUIs, and the Web. You'll also explore how Python is used in databases, networking, front-end scripting layers, text processing, and more. This book focuses on commonly used tools and libraries to give you a comprehensive understanding of Python's many roles in practical, real-world programming.

You'll learn language syntax and programming techniques in a clear and concise manner, with lots of examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. Completely updated for version 3.x, Programming Python also delves into the language as a software development tool, with many code examples scaled specifically for that purpose.

Topics include:

• Quick Python tour: Build a simple demo that includes data representation, object-oriented programming, object persistence, GUIs, and website basics
• System programming: Explore system interface tools and techniques for command-line scripting, processing files and folders, running programs in parallel, and more
• GUI programming: Learn to use Python's tkinter widget library
• Internet programming: Access client-side network protocols and email tools, use CGI scripts, and learn website implementation techniques
• More ways to apply Python: Implement data structures, parse text-based information, interface with databases, and extend and embed Python

About the Author
Mark Lutz is the world leader in Python training, the author of Python's earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python community since 1992. He has been a software developer for 25 years, and is the author of O'Reilly's Programming Python, 3rd Edition and Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition.

Book Details

• Paperback: 1632 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Fourth Edition (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596158106
• ISBN-13: 978-0596158101

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Competing in Tough Times: Business Lessons from L.L.Bean, Trader Joe’s, Costco, and Other World-Class Retailers - PDF

Book Description
This book brings together powerful new strategies that world-class retailers are using today to thrive in a brutal business environment. Top retail expert Dr. Barry Berman shows how to plan, execute, and win based on cost and differentiation. Detailed case studies include Wegman's, Family Dollar, Target, Tesco, Walgreen, and Costco.

Competing in Tough Times brings together powerful new strategies that world-class retailers are using to thrive in today's brutally unforgiving business environment. World-renowned retail expert Dr. Barry Berman shows how to plan, build, and implement proven strategies based on both cost and differentiation. You'll learn how to safely reduce costs and prices without increasing risk, minimize product proliferation, enhance the service experience, strengthen your private label program, and more. To support each approach, Berman presents full-length examples from outstanding retailers in every market sector, from consumer goods and apparel to technology.

Whether you're a retail executive, owner, supplier, consultant, or student, these are the tools you need to compete, win—and keep on winning.

In Competing in Tough Times, Berman systematically examines ten world-class retailers, identifying shared strategies that every retailer can use to drive dramatic, sustained performance improvement. Berman highlights what these widely diverse retailers have in common in terms of both operational cost structures and differentiation. He reveals how they've developed low-cost strategies without cutting crucial "muscle," better rationalized product selection, optimized human relations and the service experience, and taken full advantage of private labeling. He presents his recommendations in an easy-to-read decision-making format, supported by current data and detailed implementation guidance.

Whatever your role in retail, Competing in Tough Times will help you implement the best practices that really matter–and get the results you really need.

Practical, usable lessons from great retailers!

• Plan a low-cost provider strategy that works
• Minimize product proliferation
• Strengthen linkages between employee satisfaction, customer delight, and profits
• Engage customers in a shopping experience that's pleasant, exciting, and fun
• Develop and maintain a stronger private label program
• Implement a value-driven retail strategy
• Effectively execute on the strategies you choose

About the Author
Barry Berman is Walter H. "Bud" Miller Distinguished Professor of Business at Hofstra University and Director of Hofstra's Executive MBA Program. He serves on the board of the American Collegiate Retailing Association (ACRA), and co-chairs the triennial Academy of Marketing Science (AMS)/ACRA Retailing Conference. Berman has consulted with retail clients ranging from Tesco to NCR, Simon Property Group to Fortunoff's, Kohl's, and Lord & Taylor. He has published widely on marketing and retailing topics, and is co-author of the world's leading retail management text, Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 11th Edition (Prentice Hall).

Book Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132459191
• ISBN-13: 978-0132459198

• File Size: 7.2 MiB
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Curious Folks Ask 2: 188 Real Answers on Our Fellow Creatures, Our Planet, and Beyond - PDF

Book Description
More Amazing Science Q&As from the Author of Curious Folks Ask

Why do lizards do pushups?
Does hot water really freeze faster than cold water?
Why does the moon look bigger at the horizon?
Why do some people float and others sink?
What's better, paper or plastic?
Why can't anything go faster than light?
How did oil get there?
How does carbon dating work, and why do scientists trust it?
How much does the earth weigh?
Why can't you make square soap bubbles?

Review
"For those of us with science questions that range from the profound to the fanciful, Sherry Seethaler is here with the answers. She not only educates with this wonderful collection, she entertains."
—John Cannon, Quest editor, San Diego Union-Tribune

"If you want to learn about the 'Mpemba effect' (why hot water sometimes freezes faster than cold), if you have a burning desire to know about the biosphere we live in, if you have ever wondered about why those pesky black holes don't swallow the universe and what's beyond the 'edge' of the universe, Sherry Seethaler has a knowledgeable, well-written, and research-based answer for you. Call her the Sherlock Holmes of science. With Dr. Seethaler, the hunt's afoot for the mysteries of the world!"
—Christopher Y. Wu, PhD, Associate Director of the National Science Foundation-funded Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Mid-Pacific Information and Communications Technology Center (MPICT.org) and Principal/Founder, metacyber

W hat have you always wondered about? For more than seven years, renowned science writer Dr. Sherry Seethaler has answered questions like yours–both in her weekly column in the San Diego Union-Tribune and in her best-selling book Curious Folks Ask.

Now, she's back, with 188 more of her best science Q&As, in another book you just can't put down. Seethaler is one of this generation's best science explainers, and it shows: Every answer is accurate, fun to read, and distilled to a single page–or less!

Want to know why diamonds sparkle? How spiders build huge webs without ever getting stuck? How birds flock? What causes tornadoes? Why hard-boiled egg yolks turn green? How much electricity your new TV uses? Why dogs vary so much in size and cats don't? Why it's safe for scientists to make miniature black holes? It's all here–and plenty more!

Creepy crawlies and amazing animals
How big's a bug's brain? Do elephants hate mice? How does a kangaroo clean her pouch?

Freeway noise, bad hair days, and other funky phenomena
Is jewelry radioactive? Is rainwater really pure?

Weather, climate, and the environment
What's the real deal with recycling, drought, hurricanes, and CO2?

Our planet, our universe
New oceans, dark matter, mini black holes, and beyond

Book Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137057393
• ISBN-13: 978-0137057399

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My Droid - PDF

Book Description
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Droid working just the way you want. Learn how to:
• Get started fast!
• Make the most of Droid's Android software and state-of-the-art hardware
• Discover hidden Droid shortcuts and goodies, from the Droid X Swype keyboard to face recognition
• Master the unique features built into your Droid Incredible, Droid Eris, Droid X, or older Droid
• Save time and money with powerful phone tools such as voicemail, automated transcription, three-way calling, and Google Voice
• Set up and use any email account, from Gmail and Exchange to POP3 or IMAP
• Send and receive text and multimedia messages
• Communicate with contacts, including Facebook, Gmail, or Exchange contacts
• Create and manage appointments, and sync them with Google Calendar
• Play music and videos, search YouTube, and upload your own videos
• Capture, store, and share photos…even take perfect portraits of yourself!
• Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, and your company's VPN
• Get instant information updates with real-time widgets
• Browse the Web
• Find, choose, install, and work with new Droid apps
• Keep your Droid up-to-date, reliable, and running smoothly
• Even if you have other Android Smartphone models, this book can help you make the most out of them

Book Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789747197
• ISBN-13: 978-0789747198

• File Size: 26.7 MiB
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Build a Website for Free, 2nd Edition - PDF

Book Description
Build yourself a state-of-the-art website. It's incredibly easy…and it won't cost you a dime!

You need a website. But you don't need the hassles that usually go with building one or the expense of hiring someone else to do it. Here's your solution: Build a Website for Free! You'll learn how you can use new Web 2.0 technologies to create a site that's impressive and effective. And here's the best part: You'll do it all with software and tools that won't cost you a dime!

• Plan, organize, and design a site that really works, using tools you can find for free
• Discover the simple secrets of writing pages people want to read
• Adapt your site for easy viewing on mobile devices
• Use video on your site–and get someone else to pay for hosting it
• Add an easy-to-update blog and start building your own web community
• Quickly and easily handle "nuts and bolts" tasks, from getting your site name to uploading your content
• Get your site picked up by Google, Yahoo!, and other search engines

About the Author
Mark Bell is a Ph.D. student at Indiana University. He studies media and its effect on social relations. Before returning to school, Mark worked for 15 years in the software industry as a technical writer, trainer, and developer. He started his first web design company in 1993 and has been making pages and managing websites ever since. He is the father of Jackson, 8, and the husband of Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins. Mark blogs at blog.markwbell.com. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Book Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Que; 2 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789747189
• ISBN-13: 978-0789747181

• File Size: 11.8 MiB
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100 SOA Questions: Asked and Answered - PDF

Book Description
100 SOA Questions brings together authoritative answers to the most crucial questions business, technical, and architectural decision-makers ask about SOA. It draws on the immense experience of two SOA experts who've participated in more than 100 SOA projects in the roles of architect, designer, consultant, technical manager, and strategist.

Organized to reflect the Open Group's Open Services Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM), this book provides fast, convenient access to information about all facets of SOA planning, implementation, management, and utilization.

This book will be an invaluable resource for all executives, architects, and practitioners who have just started their SOA journey or are well underway.

In-depth answers to questions about SOA topics such as:
• SOA Concepts and Planning
• Business Strategy
• Organization and Support
• Governance
• Methods and Techniques
• Applications
• Architecture
• Information Management
• Infrastructure
• The Future of SOA

100 SOA Questions answers the most critical questions executives and practitioners have about SOA. Kerrie Holley and Dr. Ali Arsanjani draw on their unsurpassed experience from hundreds of SOA projects conducted worldwide.
• Why should business stakeholders care about SOA?
• What is the return on investment (ROI) of SOA adoption?
• What is flexibility and how does SOA deliver on this promise?
• Should service development be centralized in service centers?
• How should services be identified or specified to maximize reuse?
• How do SOA methods reduce the lifetime costs for applications?
• How can organizational barriers to SOA success be removed?
• What changes with application development when SOA is introduced?
• How does architecture change as a result of SOA adoption?
• What is a canonical message model?
• How does the SOA infrastructure support events?
• What are context-aware services?

Praise for 100 SOA Questions:
"In this book, Kerrie and Ali truly capture the essence of SOA and its benefits to your Business and IT Deployments. Businesses today are desperate to be more nimble and innovative while reducing costs–a tricky proposition. SOA enables companies to reach these goals by tightly aligning the business and IT around the business processes, breaking those processes into reusable business and IT services, and allowing the underlying business and IT infrastructure to be more nimble in supporting the business goals. Effective SOA deployments also lay the groundwork for Cloud formations that can deliver even greater flexibility and cost saving to the business. This book clearly shows that a visit to the land of SOA and Cloud should be on every CxO's bucket list for their own business."
–Daniel A. Powers, VP Amazon Web Services Sales

"100 SOA Questions is a must-read for business and IT users who are interested in improving business innovation and agility. Based on their real-world experiences from hundreds of global customer engagements, Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani do an outstanding job of explaining the multiple facets of SOA and providing a prescriptive approach to help readers incrementally unlock value from rigid business processes and antiquated application silos."
–Manoj Saxena, IBM Executive and Tech Entrepreneur

"In order for IT systems to be successful in today's world, they must be correct, complete, and extensible. For a long time we have had systems that are point-intime complete, partially correct, and minimally extensible. Kerrie and Ali get to the heart of the matter when they speak to us about the DNA of a Service-Oriented Architecture. It has been my experience in working with them that their focus in defining granularity, composability, and loose coupling from the viewpoint and with the help of the business stakeholders is much more than the cliché, 'aligning IT with the business,' would lead you to believe."
–Manny Bonet, Software Architect

"It is the underpinning infrastructure of a system that determines ultimate flexibility and the ability to scale change to keep pace with rapidly changing global markets. Through Kerrie and Ali's simple, clear, and comprehensive articulation of the Service-Oriented Architecture approach, I can see that systems must pass through the maturing that SOA brings in order to leverage design methodologies of the future. Those who don't will be destined to revisit SOA. Great work, gentlemen, in showing us, in such a real world way, the differentiator needed to fight the fight in an ever-leveling technology playing field."
–Robert Mansell, Vice President, Payments & Settlement Systems, PayPal

"This book, written by prominent IT architects Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani, shows a deep and clear understanding of the SOA paradigm for real business starting from the ground up. It will add a strong contribution both for technical and business people in terms of mutual understanding of SOA implementation to solve real life problems of today's enterprise. This book should be 'A must' to have it at each IT architect's desk."
–Alexei Chirokikh, Ph.D., CIO, Gazprombank (OJSC)

"In 100 SOA Questions, Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani have presented an up-to-date, vendor-independent explanation of Service-Oriented Architecture suitable for IT executives, as well as the broader audience of business stakeholders and architects. Sufficiently detailed while not being overly technical, 100 SOA Questions is a book I can heartily recommend to participants in the Licensed ZapThink Architect course."
–Jason Bloomberg, Managing Partner, ZapThink LLC

"Having known the authors for the better part of the past decade, I can think of no better stewards for all that is pure and good with SOA. Through absolute dedication to their craft, Holley and Arsanjani have been at the forefront of SOA IP, crafting best practices, tools, methodology, and thought leadership in ways both theoretical and practical. This book does the impossible by giving you a glimpse of the magnitude of sheer brain power focused on an incredibly relevant and important topic to both Business and IT. Use it wisely."
–Michael Liebow, Board Member, former CEO and Tech Entrepreneur

Book Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (November, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137080204
• ISBN-13: 978-0137080205

• File Size: 7.6 MiB
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jQuery Pocket Reference - PDF

Book Description
"As someone who uses jQuery on a regular basis, it was surprising to discover how much of the library I'm not using. This book is indispensable for anyone who is serious about using jQuery for non-trivial applications." — Raffaele Cecco, longtime developer of video games, including Cybernoid, Exolon, and Stormlord

jQuery is the "write less, do more" JavaScript library. Its powerful features and ease of use have made it the most popular client-side JavaScript framework for the Web. This book is jQuery's trusty companion: the definitive "read less, learn more" guide to the library.

jQuery Pocket Reference explains everything you need to know about jQuery, completely and comprehensively. You'll learn how to:

• Select and manipulate document elements
• Alter document structure
• Handle and trigger events
• Create visual effects and animations
• Script HTTP with Ajax utilities
• Use jQuery's selectors and selection methods, utilities, plugins and more

The 25-page quick reference summarizes the library, listing all jQuery methods and functions, with signatures and descriptions.

About the Author
David Flanagan is a computer programmer who spends most of his time writing about JavaScript and Java. His books with O'Reilly include JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, JavaScript Pocket Reference, Java in a Nutshell, Java Examples in a Nutshell, and Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell. David has a blog at www.davidflanagan.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (December, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449397220
• ISBN-13: 978-1449397227

• File Size: 6.6 MiB
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