The authors base the book’s sample intranet on Microsoft’s free best practices example, the IBuySpy Portal, and teach you to quickly create an application that exploits the advanced features of ASP.NET. A full explanation of the IBuySpy Portal architecture is provided, which allows you to maximize product usage.
The release of Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0 places renewed emphasis on the Object Constraint Language (OCL). Within UML, OCL is the standard for specifying expressions that add vital information to object-oriented models and other object-modeling artifacts. Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) relies on OCL to add the level of...
Microsoft Access 2003 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using the Access database Wizard. Once you've created your database, Access provides all the tools you need to enter and...
This book is for everyone involved in game development and for those who want to break into the industry. Calling someone a “game developer” covers a lot of territory. A developer might be an artist making 3D models; a producer handling external development; a level designer or composer; a programmer or writer. The...
E-ffective Writing for E-Learning Environments integrates research and practice in user-centered design and learning design for instructors in post-secondary institutions and learning organizations who are developing e-learning resources. The book is intended as a development guide for experts in areas other than instructional or...
E-government has emerged not merely as a specialization in public administration but as a transformative force affecting all leaves and functions in government. Digital Government: Principles and Best Practices, written by a collection of practitioners and researchers, provides an overview of the management challenges and issues...
Why do beliefs spread? traditions persist? customs survive? This collection proposes clever and thoughtful answers and it should inspire lively discussion as sociologists, anthropologists, and organizational scholars welcome their psychologist colleagues to the ongoing debate about culture.
Advances in automatic fingerprint recognition are driven by improved fingerprint sensing and advancements in areas such as computer architecture, pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision. In addition to the new developments in science and technology, several recent social and political events have increased the level of interest...
This work provides system architects a methodology for the implementation of x.500 and LDAP based metadirectory provisioning systems. In addition this work assists in the business process analysis that accompanies any deployment. DOC Safe Harbor & European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection (Directive 95/46/EC) issues are also...
Building on the success of the first edition Fuel Cell Systems Explained presents a balanced introduction to this growing area.
"In summary, an altogether satisfying book that puts within its covers the academic tools necessary for explaining fuel cell systems on a multidisciplinary basis." Power Engineering...
This book evolved out of research that began more than 25 years ago, based on a
National Science Foundation-supported project investigating the question: what
is needed, beyond having a mathematical idea that enables students to use it in
everyday problem-solving situations! (Lesh, Landau, & Hamilton, 1983). Large
portions...
This precise pocket-sized guide delivers immediate answers for the day-to-day administration of Web servers running Microsoft Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Zero in on core IIS support procedures and everyday tasks using quick-reference tables, step-by-step instructions, and lists. You get the focused, streamlined information you need to...
