The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming

Book Description
The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® software and its NXT-G programming language are powerful tools that make it easy to write custom programs for your robots. NXT-G is a great first programming language, but that doesn't mean it's easy to understand—at least not right away.

In The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming, author and experienced software engineer Terry Griffin explains how to program MINDSTORMS robots with NXT-G. You'll learn how to work with the core parts of the NXT-G language, such as blocks, data wires, files, and variables, and see how these pieces can work together. You'll also learn good programming practices, bad habits to avoid, and useful debugging strategies.

As you follow along with the book's extensive instructions and explanations, you'll learn exactly how NXT-G works and how to:

• Write custom programs that make your robots appear to think and respond to your commands
• Design, create, and debug large programs
• Write programs that use data wires and the NXT buttons to turn a robot into a contraption, like a sound generator or a sketch pad
• Use My Blocks in your programs, and share them with others
• Store data on the NXT, manage its memory, and transfer files between the NXT and your computer

The book's programs work with one general-purpose test robot that you'll build in Chapter 3.

Whether you're a young robotics enthusiast, an adult working with children to learn robotics, a parent, a FIRST LEGO League coach, or a teacher using NXT in the classroom, this is the complete guide to NXT-G that you've been looking for.

Book Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press (August, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9781593272180
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272180

• File Size: 46.6 MiB
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The Book of Audacity: Record, Edit, Mix, and Master with the Free Audio Editor

Book Description
The Book of Audacity is the definitive guide to Audacity, the powerful, free, cross-platform audio editor. Audacity allows anyone to transform their Windows, Mac, or Linux computer into a powerful recording studio.

The Book of Audacity is the perfect book for bands on a budget, solo artists, audiophiles, and anyone who wants to learn more about digital audio. Musician and podcaster Carla Schroder will guide you through a range of fun and useful Audacity projects that will demystify that geeky audio jargon and show you how to get the most from Audacity.

You'll learn how to:

• Record podcasts, interviews, and live performances
• Be your own backing band or chorus
• Edit, splice, mix, and master multitrack recordings
• Create super-high fidelity and surround-sound recordings
• Digitize your vinyl or tape collection and clean up noise, hisses, and clicks
• Create custom ringtones and sweet special effects

In addition, you'll learn how to choose and use digital audio hardware like mics and preamps, and tune your computer for flawless audio performance. You'll also find out how to package your work for digital distribution, whether you want to share a podcast through iTunes or sell your own CDs. Become your own producer with The Book of Audacity. The fun starts now.

Book Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9781593272708
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272708

• File Size: 41.7 MiB
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Create Great iPhone Photos: Apps, Tips, Tricks, and Effects

Book Description
You own the world's most versatile, customizable camera: your iPhone. Out of the box, your iPhone camera is no-frills, but you can transform it into a digital darkroom, photo editing suite, and photoblogging tool all rolled into one . . . if you know how to use it.

Create Great iPhone Photos shows you how to take great iPhone photographs—and even turn your not-so-hot photos into thrillingly inventive, atmospheric images. Author and iPhone photographer Allan Hoffman shows you how to harness the full potential of your iPhone's camera and turn it into a wildly fun tool for photographic creativity. You'll learn tips and tricks for generating effects, applying filters, and manipulating your images with wonderfully innovative apps—all right on your iPhone. And you'll be inspired by interviews with today's top iPhone photographers and galleries of their impressive work.

You'll also learn how to:

• Produce stunning panoramas, vintage-style photobooth strips, and super-saturated Polaroid® photos with a hip, 1970s look
• Unlock the secret power of your iPhone's camera with burst mode, high dynamic range (HDR) effects, exposure and focus controls, and more
• Find and install the best iPhone apps for cropping images, adjusting contrast and exposure, and editing your photos to achieve eye-popping results
• Publish and share images right from your iPhone, without the hassle of memory cards, cables, or complex desktop photo editing tools

You have Photoshop® (and a lot, lot more) right in your pocket. Do amazing things with your photos with Create Great iPhone Photos.

Book Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press (January, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9781593272852
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272852

• File Size: 31.8 MiB
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Beginning Oracle Application Express 4

Book Description
Beginning Oracle Application Express 4 introduces one of the most talked about development platforms to come out of Oracle Corporation in years. Oracle Application Express, called APEX for short, enables rapid and easy development of web-based applications that make full use of Oracle Database. The release of APEX 4 brings a huge leap forward in terms of functionality and usability for both the developer and the end user. Power users and programmers alike can quickly put together robust and scalable applications for use by one person, by a department, by an entire company.

Whether you're new to Oracle or an old hand who's yet to test the waters of APEX, Beginning Oracle Application Express 4 introduces the processes and best practices you'll need to become proficient with APEX. The book shows off the programming environment, the utilities and tools available, and then continues by walking through the process of building a working system from the ground up. While the book assumes a foundational knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, all code used is documented and explained so that those new to the languages will not be lost.

• Covers brand-new functionality in APEX 4
• Provides fully documented and explained example code
• Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application

What you'll learn

• Provides fully documented and explained example code
• Guides you through creating a working and fully deployable application
• Design, code, and troubleshoot APEX applications
• Create forms and generate reports
• Apply best-practices to database and application design
• Create intuitive navigation that inspires confidence amongst users
• Secure your applications from outside attack
• Deploy applications for one, a dozen, or hundreds of users

Who this book is for
Beginning Oracle Application Express 4 is for programmers and power users wanting to create rich, data-centric applications that are web-based, and that rest on Oracle's industry-leading database technology.

Table of Contents
Part I: Introducing APEX
Chapter 1: An Introduction to APEX 4.0
Chapter 2 – APEX 4.0: A Developer's Overview

Part II: Beginning APEX 4.0 Programming
Chapter 3 – Identifying the Problem & Designing the Solution
Chapter 4 – SQL Workshop
Chapter 5 - Creating the Base Application & Navigational Components
Chapter 6 – Forms & Reports
Chapter 7 – Charts & Maps
Chapter 8- Programatic Elements
Chapter 9 – Security
Chapter 10 – Deploying Applications

Part III: Programming Websheets
Chapter 11 – Understanding Websheets
Chapter 12 – A WebSheets Example

Part IV: Advanced Topics
Chapter 13 – Extended Developer Tools
Chapter 14 – Managing Workspaces
Chapter 15 – Team Development

Book Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430231475
• ISBN-13: 978-1430231479

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Pro Spring Integration

Book Description
Pro Spring Integration is an authoritative book from the experts that guides you through the vast world of Enterprise Application Integration and application of the Spring Integration framework towards solving integration problems. The book is:

• An introduction to the concepts of Enterprise Application Integration
• A reference on building event-driven applications using Spring Integration
• A guide to solving common integration problems using Spring Integration

What makes this book unique is its coverage of contemporary technologies and real-world information, with a focus on common problems that users are likely to confront. This book zeros in on extending the Spring Integration framework to meet your custom integration demands.

As Spring Integration is an extension of the Spring programming model it builds on the Spring Framework's existing support for enterprise integration. This book will take you through all aspects of this relationship and show you how to get the best out of your Spring applications, where integration is a consideration. It discusses simple messaging within Spring-based applications and integration with external systems via simple adapters. Those adapters provide a higher-level of abstraction over Spring's support for remoting, messaging, and scheduling, all of which receives coverage in this book.

What you'll learn

• Introduces the wide world of Spring Integration with an overview of application integration, the patterns involved and then quickly moving into applications
• How to identify integration problems that are best solved using Spring Integration and enterprise application integration (EAI)
• Discover and apply EAI patterns and related architectural concepts like staged event driven architectures (SEDA)
• Explore the concepts behind message-oriented middleware (MOM)
• How to interface with external systems using Spring Integration
• Extend the Spring Integration stack with custom adapters, endpoints, and more
• What are the next steps to production with expert insight into error handling, monitoring, management, and scaling the enterprise Java application

Who this book is for
This book is for any developer looking for a more natural way to build event-driven applications using familiar Spring idioms and techniques. The book is also geared towards architects seeking to better their applications and increase productivity in their developers.

Table of Contents

1. Enterprise Application Integration Fundamentals
2. Exploring the Alternatives
3. Introduction to Core Spring Framework
4. Introduction to Enterprise Spring
5. Introduction to Spring Integration
6. Channels
7. Transformation and Enrichment
8. Message Flow: Routing and Filtering
9. Endpoints and Adapters
10. Monitoring and Management
11. Talking to The Metal
12. Enterprise Messaging with JMS and AMQ
13. Social Messaging with Email, XMPP, and Twitter
14. Web Services
15. Extending Spring Integration
16. Scaling Your Spring Integration Application
17. Spring Integration and Spring Batch
18. Spring Integration and Your Web Application

Book Details

• Paperback: 664 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430233451
• ISBN-13: 978-1430233459

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[Mandarin] A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) – 720p – 600MB

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IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 (690 votes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Yimou Zhang
Release Date: 3 September 2010 (USA)
Country: China
Language: Mandarin | English (only a few words)

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The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development: Making and Marketing Apps that Succeed, 2nd Edition

Book Description
The phenomenal success of the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch has ushered in a "gold rush" for developers, but with well over 300,000 apps in the highly competitive App Store, it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your iOS app requires a lot of organization and some strategic planning. Updated and expanded for iOS 4, this bestselling book will show you how to incorporate marketing and business savvy into every aspect of the design and development process, giving your app the best possible chance of succeeding in the App Store.

The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development was written by experienced developers with business backgrounds, taking you step-by-step through cost effective marketing techniques that have proven successful for professional iOS app creators—perfect for independent developers on shoestring budgets. No prior business knowledge is required. This is the book you wish you had read before you launched your first app!

What you'll learn

• Analyze your ideas and competition, and identify your audience to evaluate sales potential.
• Protect your business and intellectual property and avoid potential legal hassles.
• Transform your iOS app into a powerful marketing tool.
• Build synergy with in-app cross-promotion and social media, and Apple's Game Center.
• Utilize revenue-generating business models such as in-app advertising and In-App Purchase. Includes extensive coverage of the iAd framework and the Store Kit API.
• Improve usability and implement effective testing.
• Create a pre-release buzz online with Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and a dedicated web site.
• Successfully navigate the App Store submission process.
• Execute a post-release marketing strategy with press releases, app reviews, promotional sales and giveaways.

Who this book is for
This book is for any developer looking to build a successful business selling iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps in Apple's iTunes App Store. All the code examples included in this book can be downloaded from http://iphonebusinessbook.com/

Table of Contents

1. Seeing the Big Picture in a Crowded App Store Marketplace
2. Doing Your Homework: Analyzing iOS App Ideas and Performing Competitive Research
3. Protecting Your Intellectual Property
4. Your iOS App Is Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool
5. Social Inception: Promoting Your Apps Within Apps
6. Money for Nothing: When It Pays to Be Free
7. Monetizing Free Apps with iAd and Other In-App Advertising Opportunities
8. Exploring the Freemium Model with In-App Purchase
9. Testing and Usability: Putting Your Best Foot Forward
10. Get the Party Started! Creating a Prerelease Buzz
11. Keys to the Kingdom: The App Store Submission Process
12. Increasing Awareness for Your iOS App
13. Online Resources for App Research and Marketing

Book Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2nd Edition (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430233001
• ISBN-13: 978-1430233008

• File Size: 52.4 MiB
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Learn Excel 2011 for Mac

Book Description
Microsoft Excel 2011 for the Mac OS X is a powerful application, but many of its most impressive features can be difficult to find. Guy Hart-Davis' Learn Excel 2011 for Mac is a practical, hands-on approach to learning all of the details of Excel 2011 to get work done efficiently on Mac OS X. From using formulas and functions to creating databases, from analyzing data to automating tasks, you'll learn everything you need to know to put this powerful application to use in a variety of tasks.

What you'll learn

• The secrets of the Excel:Mac interface!
• How to create effective workbooks and templates
• How to quickly format worksheets
• How to perform custom calculations and formulas
• What kind of creative and persuasive charts
• How to illustrate your worksheets with SmartArt, pictures, and more
• What business problem solving can be done with Excel
• How to analyze data with pivot tables
• How to automate tasks with VBA

Who this book is for
Beginning and intermediate users looking to get up to speed quickly with the Excel 2011 application and use it productively, both online and offline.

Table of Contents

1. Learning the Secrets of the Excel:Mac Interface
2. Configuring Excel:Mac to Suit the Way You Work
3. Creating Effective Workbooks and Templates
4. Formatting Your Worksheets Quickly and Efficiently
5. Performing Custom Calculations with Formulas
6. Using Excel's Built-In Functions
7. Creating Clear and Persuasive Charts
8. Using Data Bars, Color Scales, Icon Sets, and Sparklines
9. Illustrating Your Worksheets with SmartArt, Pictures, and More
10. Creating Databases Using Tables
11. Solving Business Questions with What-If Analysis, Goal Seek, and Solver
12. Analyzing Data with PivotTables
13. Collaborating and Sharing with Macs and Windows
14. Automating Tasks with Macros and VBA

Book Details

• Paperback: 488 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430235217
• ISBN-13: 978-1430235217

• File Size: 24.3 MiB
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PowerPivot for Business Intelligence Using Excel and SharePoint

Book Description
PowerPivot comprises a set of technologies for easy access to data mining and business intelligence analysis from Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. Power users and developers alike can create sophisticated, online analytic processing (OLAP) solutions using PowerPivot for Excel, and then share those solutions with other users via PowerPivot for SharePoint. Data can be pulled in from any of the leading database platforms, as well as from spreadsheets and flat files.

PowerPivot for Business Intelligence Using Excel and SharePoint is your key to mastering PowerPivot. The book takes a scenario-based approach to showing you how to collect data, to mine that data through insightful analysis, and to draw conclusions that drive business performance. Each chapter in the book is focused on a specific challenge that you'll encounter when using PowerPivot. Each chapter takes you through a solution technique that's been proven in the real world.

• Covers the leading technology for bringing data analytics to the desktop
• Presents real-world solutions to real-world scenarios
• Written by a Microsoft Virtual Technical Specialist (VTS) for Business Intelligence

What you'll learn

• Install and verify the PowerPivot software
• Integrated existing, available data to deliver business intelligence
• Leverage Time Intelligence to report change over time
• Write Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) to create custom measures
• Identify and implement solutions for role-playing dimensions
• Recognize and work-around PowerPivot's missing features

Who this book is for
PowerPivot Solutions for Excel and SharePoint is aimed at information workers and data analysts who typically use Excel to drive business decisions. The book shows how you can apply PowerPivot to problems typically addressed through complicated and arcane spreadsheet techniques. Business people without the time and interest in learning Excel arcane will especially appreciate how PowerPivot enables them to easily create models and perform analysis far in advance of anything they could do using Excel alone.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with PowerPivot for Excel
2. Hello World, PowerPivot Style
3. Combining Data Sources
4. Data Analysis Expressions
5. A Method to the Madness
6. Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint
7. Collaboration, Version Control, and Management
8. PowerPivot As a Data Source
9. PowerPivot and SQL Server Reporting Services
10. PowerPivot and Predictive Analytics
11. Tips, Tricks, and Traps

Book Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143023380X
• ISBN-13: 978-1430233800

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Taking Your iPhoto ’11 to the Max

Book Description
Taking Your iPhoto '11 to the Max walks users through Apple's most popular software application in the iLife suite—iPhoto. This book helps people use iPhoto to its fullest to organize and create digital memories and keepsakes of their life.

• Learn all about Apple's newest version of iPhoto—iPhoto '11
• Explore iPhoto one menu button at a time
• Walk-through tutorials guide you step-be-step

What you'll learn

• How to import existing photo libraries from popular Windows applications
• How to organize and edit your photos
• How to tag your photos using iPhoto's Faces and Places features Create Events, albums, and smart photo albums
• Create books, cards, and slideshows
• Share your photos via MobileMe, Flickr, and Facebook…all without leaving the iPhoto app!

Who this book is for
This book's primary audience is people who are completely new to the Mac. Most of these readers would be Windows users who have switched to the Mac to take advantage of Apple's digital suite software and integration with iPad, iPod, and iPhone. This book is also perfect for digital photo enthusiasts, both consumers and prosumers.

Book Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Apress (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430235519
• ISBN-13: 978-1430235514

• File Size: 106.7 MiB
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Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices

Book Description
In this compact book, Steven Feuerstein, widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language, distills his many years of programming, teaching, and writing about PL/SQL into a set of best practices-recommendations for developing successful applications. Covering the latest Oracle release, Oracle Database 11gR2, Feuerstein has rewritten this new edition in the style of his bestselling Oracle PL/SQL Programming. The text is organized in a problem/solution format, and chronicles the programming exploits of developers at a mythical company called My Flimsy Excuse, Inc., as they write code, make mistakes, and learn from those mistakes-and each other.

This book offers practical answers to some of the hardest questions faced by PL/SQL developers, including:

• What is the best way to write the SQL logic in my application code?
• How should I write my packages so they can be leveraged by my entire team of developers?
• How can I make sure that all my team's programs handle and record errors consistently?

Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices summarizes PL/SQL best practices in nine major categories: overall PL/SQL application development; programming standards; program testing, tracing, and debugging; variables and data structures; control logic; error handling; the use of SQL in PL/SQL; building procedures, functions, packages, and triggers; and overall program performance.

This book is a concise and entertaining guide that PL/SQL developers will turn to again and again as they seek out ways to write higher quality code and more successful applications.

"This book presents ideas that make the difference between a successful project and one that never gets off the ground. It goes beyond just listing a set of rules, and provides realistic scenarios that help the reader understand where the rules come from. This book should be required reading for any team of Oracle database professionals."
–Dwayne King, President, KRIDAN Consulting

Book Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2nd Edition (October, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596514107
• ISBN-13: 978-0596514105

• File Size: 4.8 MiB
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How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know

Book Description
How Linux Works describes the inside of the Linux system for systems administrators, whether they maintain an extensive network in the office or one Linux box at home. Some books try to give you copy-and-paste instructions for how to deal with every single system issue that may arise, but How Linux Works actually shows you how the Linux system functions so that you can come up with your own solutions. After a guided tour of filesystems, the boot sequence, system management basics, and networking, author Brian Ward delves into open-ended topics such as development tools, custom kernels, and buying hardware, all from an administrator's point of view. With a mixture of background theory and real-world examples, this book shows both "how" to administer Linux, and "why" each particular technique works, so that you will know how to make Linux work for you.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 THE BASICS
Chapter 2 DEVICES, DISKS, FILESYSTEMS, AND THE KERNEL
Chapter 3 HOW LINUX BOOTS
Chapter 4 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM FILES, SERVERS, AND UTILITIES
Chapter 5 CONFIGURING YOUR NETWORK
Chapter 6 NETWORK SERVICES
Chapter 7 INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPTS
Chapter 8 DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Chapter 9 COMPILING SOFTWARE FROM SOURCE CODE
Chapter 10 MAINTAINING THE KERNEL
Chapter 11 CONFIGURING AND MANIPULATING PERIPHERAL DEVICES
Chapter 12 PRINTING
Chapter 13 BACKUPS
Chapter 14 SHARING FILES WITH SAMBA
Chapter 15 NETWORK FILE TRANSFER
Chapter 16 USER ENVIRONMENTS
Chapter 17 BUYING HARDWARE FOR LINUX
Chapter 18 FURTHER DIRECTIONS
Appendix Command Classification

Book Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press (May, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9781593270353
• ISBN-13: 978-1593270353

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Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Prism 4: Building Modular MVVM Applications with Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight

Book Description
This guide provides everything you need to get started with Prism and to use it to create flexible, maintainable Windows® Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight® 4.0 applications.

It can be challenging to design and build WPF or Silverlight client applications that are flexible, maintainable, and that can evolve over time based on changing requirements. These kinds of applications require a loosely coupled modular architecture that allows individual parts of the application to be independently developed and tested, allowing the application to be modified or extended later on. Additionally, the architecture should promote testability, code re-use, and flexibility.

Prism helps you to design and build flexible and maintainable WPF and Silverlight applications by using design patterns that support important architectural design principles, such as separation of concerns and loose coupling. This guide helps you understand these design patterns and describes how you can use Prism to implement them in your WPF or Silverlight applications.

This guide will show you how to use Prism to implement the Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) pattern in your application, and how to use it along with commands and interaction requests to encapsulate application logic and make it testable. It will show you how to split an application into separate functional modules that can communicate through loosely coupled events, and how to integrate those modules into the overall application. It will show you how to dynamically construct a flexible user interface by using regions, and how to implement rich navigation across a modular application. Prism allows you to use these design patterns together or in isolation, depending on your particular application requirements.

Book Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073565610X
• ISBN-13: 978-0735656109

• File Size: 14.5 MiB
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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Reference

Book Description
Sharpen your SharePoint development skills with this complete and concrete guide to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This book shows you how to develop real-world solutions with techniques for extending and customizing the SharePoint environment with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2010. You'll find numerous examples, mostly in C#, that exemplify best practices for SharePoint development.

Major topics include:

• Extending SharePoint 2010
• Developing workflows for SharePoint 2010
• Advanced Web Part development
• Security infrastructure
• SharePoint Object Model programming

You'll also learn how to work with Microsoft Silverlight® Web Parts, claims-based authentication, Business Connectivity Services, and more. It's the pragmatic, everyday reference that every SharePoint developer needs.

About the Author
Paolo Pialorsi is a consultant, trainer, and author who specializes in developing distributed applications architectures and Microsoft SharePoint enterprise solutions. He is the author of Programming Microsoft LINQ and Introducing Microsoft LINQ (Microsoft Press), and has written three Italian-language books about XML and Web Services. Paolo is one of the content owners of the Italian edition of the Microsoft SharePoint Conference, and a popular speaker at industry conferences.

Book Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735639035
• ISBN-13: 978-0735639034

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Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

Book Description
With Tcl/Tk, you can create full-featured cross-platform applications in a simple and easy-to-understand way without any expensive development package; the only tools required are a simple text editor and your imagination. This practical cookbook will help you to efficiently interact with editors, debuggers, and shell type interactive programs using Tcl/Tk 8. This cookbook will comprehensively guide you through practical implementation of Tcl/Tk 8 commands and tools.

This book will take you through all the steps needed to become a productive programmer in Tcl/Tk 8. Right from guiding you through the basics to creating a stand-alone application, it provides complete explanation of all the steps along with handy tips and tricks.

The book begins with an introduction to the Tcl shell, syntax, variables, and programming best practices in the language. It then explores procedures and the flow of events with control constructs followed by advanced error trapping and recovery. From Chapter 4, a detailed study of string expressions and handling enables you to handle various string functions and use lists to expand the string functionality. The book then discusses in-depth the Tcl Dictionary and how to utilize it to store and retrieve data. File operations and Tk GUI handling are covered extensively along with a developing a real-world address book application to practice the concepts learned.

A practical, comprehensive cookbook to master the depths and breadths of Tcl/Tk 8 programming

What you will learn from this book

• Expand your Tcl/Tk abilities by gaining in-depth knowledge of the core commands
• Learn efficient programming by using control constructs in your program
• Handle numerous types of string expressions by performing formatting, searches, and advanced manipulations on them
• Gain expertise in using lists with examples teaching you the various available operations
• Demystify the Tcl Dictionary and learn how it can be a viable substitute for a third-party database
• Perform various operations on the dictionary elements in both single and multiple layer dictionaries
• Create, manage, and empower your Graphical User Interface with Tk window management, to develop attractive applications
• Ease your file system access with an in-depth study of File operations
• Perform advanced error trapping and recovery with error handling commands in Tcl

Approach
This book provides a step-by-step approach to the Tcl/Tk language with the help of re-usable examples and images. It is a series of carefully organized, easy-to-follow, standalone recipes to solve your queries. Whether you go through the recipes chapter-wise or pick up any recipe randomly, you will find clear and complete explanation of the task covered in the recipe.

Who this book is written for
If you are a beginner interested in adding Tcl/Tk 8 to your list of languages, or an experienced Tcl/Tk programmer looking to sharpen your knowledge, be assured, you will find your prefect guide in this book. Whether you are developing for your personal use or commercial applications, this book will provide you with a ready reference to the building blocks of Tcl/Tk 8.

Book Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849512981
• ISBN-13: 978-1849512985

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IBM Rational Team Concert 2 Essentials

Book Description
Software development is a collaborative effort needing active and timely input and response from all its members. Every day, project managers face ever-increasing pressures to produce high-quality software with increasing constraints. With IBM's Rational Team Concert collaborative software delivery environment, you can tremendously improve the productivity of your entire team through a web-based user-interface, continuous builds, a customizable process with work support, team support, integration and many more features.

Written by Suresh Krishna and TC Fenstermaker, experts on Rational Team Concert, this book will help you leverage the full potential of the IBM Rational Team Concert platform to improve your individual and team performance. It follows a realistic case-study example enabling you to learn about Rational Team Concert fundamentals and best practices along the way to efficiently manage your software projects and tackle various software development challenges.

Beginning with an in-depth analysis of software development challenges, the book goes on to introduce the Jazz Platform followed by a complete overview of the architecture of Rational Team Concert. After you install Rational Team Concert on WebSphere and learn to configure the server and clients, you will see all the features in relation to Web and Eclipse clients.

From Chapter 3 onwards a realistic sample application is constructed to give you a strong grasp of your concepts. As you proceed, you learn source control, the mechanism to create, control, and manage documents, artifacts in a software development lifecycle, followed by different tools that Rational Team Concert offers for effective team and work management. You tackle the various challenges of Team Collaboration by integrated e-mail, instant messaging, events, feeds, and work items, the basic units of the task. You also learn the various aspects of the software development process and release planning along with process templates, which provide the initial process and iteration of your project. Finally, you extend the Rational Team Concert and make use of the Jazz Platform APIs to customize your process to fit your organizational needs.

A comprehensive and practical guide to get acquainted with Rational Team Concert and Jazz Platform, boosting your individual and team productivity

What you will learn from this book

• Learn to set up the Rational Team Concert Team Server and Client and configure it for WebSphere
• Using source control, learn effective creation, handling, and ownership of documents, source files, and artifacts at different phases of the software development process
• Using various tools for collaboration, learn how to collaborate effectively and exchange the information required in a timely fashion
• Practice application development with the scrum methodology, which emphasizes continuous assessment of completed work
• Create, manage, and schedule work within the team using different user interface views and queries
• Maximize your team productivity with proper management of work schedules using work items, dashboards, reports, and process messages, all of which give a complete insight into the project status
• Go through the complete software development process and release planning, defining, configuring, and tracking the project release with process templates, team roles, iterations, sprints, and tracking releases
• Practice continuous integration by learning how to define and configure Build Engine definitions, which allow for scheduling, monitoring, and tracing the builds with source control and work items

Approach
With their straightforward style, Suresh Krishna and TC Fenstermaker have put their years of experience and motivation into this practical guide that assists in finding an integrated approach to increased team productivity. The numerous tips, notes, and suggestions strengthen your grasp of fundamentals and the foundation upon which you are ready to build your customized Rational Team Concert application. Ample screenshots make sure that you get the configurations correct the first time. A real-world Book Manager Application walks you through all the core features of the Rational Team Concert during different phases of development and release.

Who this book is written for
If you are a Project Manager or a Team Member, who would like to find an integrated approach to deal with modern software development challenges, you should read this book. Or if you are someone who likes to stay one step ahead in team management, you have got the right choice here.OA

Book Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849681600
• ISBN-13: 978-1849681605

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Learning Android

Book Description
Want to build apps for Android devices? This book is the perfect way to master the fundamentals. Written by an expert who's taught this mobile platform to hundreds of developers in large organizations, this gentle introduction shows experienced object-oriented programmers how to use Android's basic building blocks to create user interfaces, store data, connect to the network, and more.

You'll build a Twitter-like application throughout the course of this book, adding new features with each chapter. Along the way, you'll also create your own toolbox of code patterns to help you program any type of Android application with ease.

• Get an overview of the Android platform and discover how it fits into the mobile ecosystem
• Learn about the Android stack, including its application framework, and the structure and distribution of application packages (APK)
• Set up your Android development environment and get started with simple programs
• Use Android's building blocks—Activities, Intents, Services, Content Providers, and Broadcast Receivers
• Learn how to build basic Android user interfaces and organize UI elements in Views and Layouts
• Build a service that uses a background process to update data in your application
• Get an introduction to Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL) and the Native Development Kit (NDK)

About the Author
Marko Gargenta is the founder and chief Android expert at Marakana, a training company in San Francisco. Marko has developed Android Bootcamp and Android Internals courses, and has trained over 1,000 developers on four continents. His clients include Qualcomm, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, Sharp, Cisco, U.S. Department of Defense, and many more. Marko frequently speaks on Android at technical conferences and events, and is the founder of San Francisco Android Users Group.

Book Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449390501
• ISBN-13: 978-1449390501

• File Size: 14.4 MiB
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Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets

Book Description
Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly.

Gain the know-how and experience to invent your own cool gadgets.

With Arduino, building your own embedded gadgets is easy, even for beginners. Embedded systems are everywhere—inside cars, children's toys, and mobile phones. This book will teach you the basics of embedded systems and help you build your first gadget in just a few days. Each learn-as-you-build project that follows will add to your knowledge and skills.

Experiment with Arduino, the popular microcontroller board Build robots and electronic projects with easy-to-follow instructions Turn your ideas into working physical prototypes Use Android phones as remote controls in your projects Work with an uncomplicated programming language created for artists, designers, and hobbyists Get everyone involved, with projects that even beginners can build

About the Author
Tero Karvinen teaches Linux and embedded systems in Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, where his work has also included curriculum development and research in wireless networking. He previously worked as a CEO of a small advertisement agency. Tero's education includes a Masters of Science in Economics.

Kimmo Karvinen works as a CTO in hardware manufacturer that specializes in integrated AV and security systems. Before that he worked as a marketing communications project leader and as a creative director and partner in advertisement agency. Kimmo's education includes a Masters of Art.

Book Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449389716
• ISBN-13: 978-1449389710

• File Size: 71.4 MiB
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iPhoto ’11: The Missing Manual

Book Description
With better ways to get your photos online and new options for creating printed projects, iPhoto '11 makes it easier than ever to transfer photos from a digital camera, organize them, and publish, print, or share them in maps—but there's still no printed manual for the program. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider team up in this witty, authoritative book that should have been in the box.

• Organize your collection. Discover all of the options for grouping your pictures—by events, in albums, or based on who's in the photo or where it was taken.
• Sharpen your editing skills. Learn how to use iPhoto's beefed-up editing options, including its Photoshop-like adjustments panel.
• Share images online. Get your photos to everyone on your list by publishing them to Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe.
• Dive into creative projects. Have fun building slideshows (with music), gift books, calendars, and cards.

About the Author
David Pogue is the weekly personal-technology columnist for The New York Times and an Emmy-award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes more than 100 titles.

Lesa Snider is an internationally acclaimed speaker and the author of Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual. She writes a monthly column for Photoshop User, Photoshop Elements Techniques, and Macworld magazines. In addition, Lesa is a stock photographer and chief evangelist for iStockphoto.com, and founder of the creative tutorial site www.GraphicReporter.com. Lesa has recorded many training videos including "From Photo to Graphic Art," "Practical Photoshop Elements," "Photoshop Elements for Photographers" (all at www.KelbyTraining.com), and "Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals" (www.Lynda.com).

She teaches in the Denver/Boulder area for Mike's Camera (www.mikescamera.com) and hosts her own European River Cruise workshop, "Digital Photography on the Danube" (www.photocruisewithlesa.com). She also speaks at conferences such as Photoshop World, Mac Computer Expo, Macworld Expo, Geek Girl Boot Camp, Santa Fe Workshops, and a slew of Mac User Groups (she's a proud member of COMUG.com and NCMUG.org). You can email her at lesa@graphicreporter.com.

Book Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Pogue Press (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449393233
• ISBN-13: 978-1449393236

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iMovie ’11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

Book Description
Apple's video-editing program is better than ever, but it still doesn't have a printed guide to help you get started. That's where this gorgeous, full-color book comes in. You get clear explanations of iMovie's impressive new features, like instant rendering, storyboarding, and one-step special effects. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller also give you a complete course in film editing and DVD design.

• Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage, add transitions, and use iMovie's newly restored, intuitive timeline editor.
• Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews for your movies.
• Share your film. Distribute your movie in a variety of places—on smartphones, Apple TV, your own site, and with one-click exports to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and MobileMe.
• Make DVDs. Design the menus, titles, and layout for your DVDs, and burn them to disc.

About the Author
David Pogue is the weekly personal-technology columnist for The New York Times and an Emmy-award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes more than 100 titles.

Aaron Miller is a part-time lawyer, part-time professor, and runs a software company serving nonprofit organizations. In all of his spare time, he authors the blog "Unlocking iMovie" (www.unlockingimovie.com), his own little way of trying to make the Mac world a better place.

Book Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Pogue Press (March, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449393276
• ISBN-13: 978-1449393274

• File Size: 58.4 MiB
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OpenVPN 2 Cookbook

Book Description
It is capable of establishing direct links between computers across  networks and firewalls. It is powerful software, but getting the most  from it can be a daunting task.OpenVPN 2 Cookbook provides  solutions to common OpenVPN problems. The book covers everything a  system administrator needs to manage and run an OpenVPN network, from  point to point networks to troubleshooting.

OpenVPN 2 Cookbook  offers all the information you need to successfully manage your network.  Covering all the common networks, including point to point networks,  multi-client tun style networks and multi client tap style networks,  this practical guide gives quick answers to common questions and  problems.

Each technical aspect is broken down into short  recipes that demonstrate solutions with working code, then explain why  and how that works. The book is intended to be a desk reference for  users with a whole range of experience levels.

What you will learn from this book

• Setting up point-to-point, routed as well as bridged VPNs
• Determining the best type of OpenVPN set up for your networking needs
• Configuring OpenVPN on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
• Using scripting and plugins to optimize your VPN setup
• Troubleshooting your VPN setup
• Using advanced OpenVPN techniques, such as proxy support, compression, different encryption algorithms
• Setting  up a public key infrastructure (PKI) for use with OpenVPN, including  X509 certificates, certificate revocation lists and intermediary  certificate authorities
• Integrating a hardware security token or smart card into your VPN setup

Approach
This  is a cookbook, with practical recipes providing tips and tricks to the  most common problems and scenarios faced with OpenVPN.

Who this book is written for
This  book is ideal for system administrators and networking professionals  who are interested in building secure VPNs using OpenVPN. It is  preferable that the reader has a basic knowledge of OpenVPN, as well as  general network administration skills.

Book Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849510105
• ISBN-13: 978-1849510103

• File Size: 10.4 MiB
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Moodle Security

Book Description
Moving your classes and resources online with a Learning Management  System such as Moodle opens up a whole world of possibilities for  teaching your students. However, it also opens up a number of threats as  your students, private information, and resources become vulnerable to  cyber attacks. Learn how to safeguard Moodle to keep the bad guys at  bay.

Moodle Security will show you how to make sure that only  authorized users can access the information on your Moodle site. This  may seem simple, but, every day, systems get hacked and information gets  lost or misused. Imagine the consequences if that were to happen in  your school. The straightforward examples in this book will help you to  lock down those access routes one door at a time.

By learning  about the different types of potential threat, reading this book will  prepare you for the worst. Web robots can harvest your e-mail addresses  to send spam e-mails from your account, which could have devastating  effects. Moodle comes with a number of set roles and permissions – make  sure these are assigned to the right people, and are set to keep out the  spam bots, using Moodle's authentication features. Learn how to secure  both Windows and Linux servers and to make sure that none of your system  files are accessible to the wrong people. Many of the most dangerous  web attacks come from inside your system, so once you have all of your  security settings in place, you will learn to monitor user activity to  make sure that there are no threats from registered users. You will  learn to work with the tools that help you to do this and enable you to  back up your settings so that even a crashed system can't bother you.

Protect your students and staff by securing Moodle to prevent online attacks and hacks

What you will learn from this book

• Use CAPTCHA to make sure that humans are creating new accounts on Moodle – not Spambots
• Configure PHP and Apache servers to protect your Windows and Linux systems from malicious threats
• Assign the most appropriate permissions to different files to ensure the right level of protection
• Create custom roles to control who accesses what
• Protect your site from external attacks with secure HTTP
• Organize regular anti-virus scans to ensure no new risks have been introduced to the system
• Monitor the security of Moodle easily with notifications and security reports
• Minimize the downtime of Moodle in the case of actual damage

Approach
Moodle  Security is packed with practical examples, which guide you through  optimizing the protection of your Moodle site. Each chapter covers a  different security threat and how to secure your site against it. You  will also find recommendations for what is best for your particular  system and usage..

Who this book is written for
If  you are in charge of Moodle – whether you are an administrator or lead  teacher – then securing it is one of the most important things that you  can do. You need to know the basics of working with Moodle, but no  previous experience of system administration is required.

Book Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849512647
• ISBN-13: 978-1849512640

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MODx 2.0 Web Development

Book Description
MODx is a content management system and PHP web application framework rolled into one. With the ease of a CMS and the extendibility of a framework, MODx allows you to develop professional-looking, intricate websites with its easy-to-use interface and flexible architecture. MODx provides reusable code fragments called snippets, most of which are so generic that, without any modification, they can serve multiple functionalities. The generic nature of the snippets makes it possible to get the perfect customization that is so hard in other CMS.

This book will get web developers up-and-running with MODx. With step-by-step examples and illustrative screenshots, you will be guided through installation, configuration, and customization. By the end of the book, you will have created a powerful, dynamic website by using the individual elements of MODx, without the need for programming know-how.

Starting with a walk-through of how to install MODx, you will quickly learn how to develop your site without having to use any programming language. Logical, step-by-step instructions will show you how to create your own unique site by adding and editing documents using the inbuilt TinyMCE editor. You will change the look and feel of your site by creating your own templates using HTML, CSS, and widgets. By following the example of a blog site, you will learn how to extend your templates to allow rich user interactions through comments, posts, and forms. The book teaches a few code snippets such as Ditto and Wayfinder in detail. These powerful and flexible snippets will enable you to add multiple functionalities to your site. The book will also introduce you to many more snippets that will help you build some of the commonly required web functionalities such as forums and image galleries. You will manage your users with authentication and authorization and make your site user-friendly with user groups, forums, and the use of PHx notations to embed logic in templates.

Through following this easy-to-use, step-by-step guide you will, by the end of the book, have a fully functional, feature-rich MODx site with professional-looking, dynamic web pages that are totally customizable.

A step-by-step logical guide to building a complete dynamic website using MODx

What you will learn from this book :

• Set up a working platform for developing websites with MODx
• Edit resources on your website, place them within containers, and change their properties using MODx Manager Interface
• Create, edit, and manipulate resources on your website, and manage their configurations using the TinyMCE editor
• Edit and modify resources without having to know HTML using the HTML editor (WYSIWYG editor)
• Build your site to include user registrations, logins, and user types, and set rules on who can do what
• Modify the NewsEditor snippet to allow posts from only the authenticated users
• Create aggregation and feeds and learn how to create feeds for separate categories using a snippet called Ditto
• Create lists of all the resources dynamically in MODx and learn how to present them as menus using the Wayfinder snippet
• Install and use snippets, and learn to navigate their custom functionalities
• Learn the powerful templating language PHx to extend logic to templates
• Learn to create your own snippet for unique functionalities

Approach
This book is an example-driven tutorial, which will take you from the installation of MODx through to configuration, customization, and deployment. Step-by-step instructions will enable you to build a fully-functional, feature-rich website quickly and without the knowledge of any programming language.

Who this book is written for
This book is ideal for newcomers to MODx. Both beginners and experienced web developers will benefit from this comprehensive guide to MODx. No knowledge of PHP programming or any templating language is needed, but the more advanced chapters towards the end of the book will allow more confident developers to extend their applications even further by creating their own snippets.

Book Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849513481
• ISBN-13: 978-1849513487

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration

Book Description
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning system, essentially a comprehensive business management solution, designed for midsize and large organizations. Dynamics AX provides a centralized source for business data and enables you to consolidate and standardize your business processes, helping to improve productivity and provide visibility across your organization, for a variety of business needs.

This book will enable you to successfully set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 in your business with clear, practical, step-by-step demonstrations. You will learn how to plan and implement Dynamics AX 2009 efficiently, how to manage the Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, Application Integration Framework (AIF), and much more!

Each chapter of the book explores the different aspects of administring and configuring Dynamics AX 2009 to fit any company's needs.

The book begins by introducing you to the important process of planning and implementing Dynamics AX 2009, providing the basic components to get you started with your Dynamics AX environment.

It then dives deep into the installation of the multi component server of Dynamics AX and how to get it up and running efficiently, specifically the Base Server Components, Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, and the Application Integration Framework (AIF).

Other content includes the process of importing data into your Dynamics AX 2009 instance, common user administration functions, and Alerts and Notifications.

Finally, the book considers how to enhance your Dynamics AX environment after it has been installed and it is being utilized, from tuning your system to work more efficiently to backing up and maintaining Dynamics AX to make sure you are prepared for worst-case scenarios, enabling you to keep Dynamics AX 2009 functioning at its best.

By following the clear and practical steps found in the book, you will successfully master how to administer and configure Dynamics AX 2009 into your company.

Successfully set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 into your business and effectively manage your business data with only basic knowledge of Dynamics AX and Windows Server administration required

What you will learn from this book

• Master the components required to set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 in your business and effectively manage your business data.
• Understand the current hardware, software, and network infrastructure in which you will be implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Maximize the stability and performance of your Dynamics AX environment.
• Fully understand the base Dynamics AX 2009 components and their features to get your Dynamics AX environment up and running effectively
• Implement the Enterprise Portal, a web-based solution to access data from Dynamics AX and perform many functions such as Purchase Requisitions, Sales Orders, Customer lookups, and CRM
• Understand how to set up and configure the business intelligence and advanced reporting capabilities of your data by using the Role Centers in Dynamics AX
• Enhance the security of multiple services by ensuring that the Kerberos Authentication protocol is implemented in your Dynamics AX environment.
• Learn the process of setting up and configuring workflow to fit the needs of a company that requires various workflow capabilities
• Discover how to use the Application Integration Framework to exchange data either synchronously or asynchronously between one system and another
• Manage, migrate, and convert your data in Dynamics AX
• Get a hold of the common user administration functions that are built into Dynamics AX, including setting up domains and importing users, permissions, profiles and company accounts
• Make critical, timely business decisions by fully understanding the Alerts and Notifications features that notify you when specific criteria have been met with your data
• Tweak and enhance Dynamics AX and its components for optimal performance
• Learn how to maintain the data integrity of Dynamics AX data and develop backup and recovery processes

Approach
A practical tutorial, this book shows you how to set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 and then how to improve and maintain its performance with clear step-by-step instructions, enabling Dynamics AX to fit your company's needs.

Who this book is written for
If you are a network administrator or IT personnel charged with setting up and configuring Dynamics AX 2009 in your company, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of Dynamics AX 2009 and general Windows Server Administration is required and familiarity with maintaining a SQL Server database server. Additionally, if you are a VAR tasked with implementing Dynamics AX into companies, then this book will provide you with a good overview and details of the whole Dynamics AX 2009 system.

Book Details

• Paperback: 396 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (February, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847197841
• ISBN-13: 978-1847197849

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