Squid proxy server enables you to cache your web content and return it quickly on subsequent requests. System administrators often struggle with delays and too much bandwidth being used, but Squid solves these problems by handling requests locally. By deploying Squid in accelerator mode, requests are handled faster than on normal web servers,...
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next version of the protocol that is used for communication among devices of all types on the Internet. IPv6 has been in existence for many years, but recently the deployment of IPv6 has accelerated greatly in the enterprise. IPv6 has been under continuous development and is maturing as real-world...
JavaScript was never meant to be the most important programming language
in the world. It was hacked together in ten days, with ideas from Scheme
and Self packed into a C-like syntax. Even its name was an awkward fit,
referring to a language with little in common besides a few keywords.1 But
once JavaScript was released, there was no...
JavaFX 2.0 is Java’s next generation graphical user interface (GUI) toolkit for developers to rapidly build
rich cross-platform applications. Built from the ground up, JavaFX takes advantage of modern GPUs
through hardware-accelerated graphics while providing well-designed programming interfaces enabling
developers to...
Adobe's Stage3D (previously codenamed Molehill) is a set of 3D APIs that has brought 3D to the Flash platform. Being a completely new technology, there were almost no resources to get you acquainted with this revolutionary platform, until now.
This book will show you how to make your very own next-gen 3D games in Flash. If...
Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) is an exciting, active field in which analysts continually
learn new techniques and approaches to develop systems more effectively and efficiently.
However there is a core set of skills that all analysts need to know—no matter what
approach or methodology is used. All information systems...
Welcome to Illustrated Course Guide: Microsoft®
Access® 2010 Advanced. If this is your first
experience with the Illustrated Course Guides,
you’ll see that this book has a unique design:
each skill is presented on two facing pages,
with steps on the left and screens on the right.
The layout makes it easy...
WELCOME TO Game and Graphics Programming for iOS and Android with OpenGL ES 2.0. This book is not your usual “OpenGL Hello Triangle” book — it’s not meant to explain the “why” (Google is there for that), but rather, to show you the “how.” This book will strictly teach you...
Welcome to Illustrated Course Guide: Microsoft®
Excel® 2010 Intermediate. If this is your first
experience with the Illustrated Course Guides,
you’ll see that this book has a unique design:
each skill is presented on two facing pages,
with steps on the left and screens on the right.
The layout makes it...
Over the past three years, I have witnessed something
remarkable as iPhone and iPad developers have created
and posted apps to Apple’s App Store at a breathtaking
pace. The App Store has swelled to more than 400,000
apps and still shows no signs of abating. The gold rush to
sell iPhone and...
Harnessing the power of an elaborate graphics engine, such as Ogre 3D is time-consuming, but a highly rewarding pursuit. Developers, over the world, attest to Ogre's elegance, versatility, and efficiency, not to mention that its code is open source and supported by a thriving online community. This book explores many useful and fun ways...
There has never been a better time to have a keen interest in commerce. The Web has
truly accelerated globalization and connected us all through a common network. Information
can now be shared at mind-boggling rates, and entrepreneurs everywhere
can truly reach a global audience if they’re clever (and...
