If you're like me, you were probably a little perplexed by the announcement of the new Visual Studio and .NET platforms. My immediate reaction was, "Oh, no-not another set of tools to learn." Don't get me wrong. I embraced Visual Studio .NET and, like most of you, I looked forward to the stability of Visual Studio 2003 and version 1.1 of...
Get up to speed quickly on the new features in IBM DB2 9
In this book, the IBM expert authors provide you with comprehensive technical details and real-world business uses for all of the exciting new features in the current release of DB2 9. You’ll learn about the capabilities found in pureXML as well as administrative enhancements...
This book is the result of the research in the implementation of polygon-based graphics operations on certain general purpose parallel processors; the aim is to provide a speed-up over sequential implementations of the graphics operations concerned, and the resulting software can be viewed as a subset of the application suites of the relevant...
These Proceedings are a collection of selected papers presented at the Seventh International Conference organised by the EC GROWTH Thematic Network on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR). This conference, that was held in Madrid (September 2004), builds upon the highly successful previous Conferences held in Brussels (November 1998), Portsmouth...
Learn to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites—easily
If you're among the two and a half million Web professionals who already use Dreamweaver, here's your ticket to the exciting enhancements in the CS3 version. If you're just breaking into Web development, you'll get a thorough understanding of the basics. Either way,...
What is computer graphics and what are the conceptual tasks of research in this area? To the average person the term still conveys more or less the design of logos and the manipulation of pictures with the help of image-editing programs. However, during the past four decades, computer graphics has evolved into an innovative multifaceted field of...
A newly updated and revised edition of the classic introduction to digital image processing
The Fourth Edition of Digital Image Processing provides a complete introduction to the field and includes new information that updates the state of the art. The text offers coverage of new topics and...
This book provides an introduction to RFID technology. It describes and addresses the following: How RFID works, how it is and can be used in current and future applications. The History of RFID technology, the current state of practice and where RFID is expected to be taken in the future. The role of middleware software to route data between the...
I designed this text to teach programmers and aspiring programmers how to build applications using the C# language and Visual Studio .NET. These tools facilitate building applications for desktop computers, the Internet, and mobile devices. The text provides a thorough introduction to C#, and carefully shows how to exploit the power of the Visual...
This book is a comprehensive tour of all the essential elements of the Progress 4GL. The Progress 4GL remains by far the most powerful and comprehensive language for developing serious business applications. Combined with the Progress RDBMS(tm) database and the other components of the Progress OpenEdge(tm) product family, the Progress 4GL can...
The open-source NetBeans Platform is an extraordinarily powerful framework for building "write once, run anywhere" rich client applications. Now, for the first time since the release of NetBeans IDE 5.0, there's a comprehensive guide to rich client development on the NetBeans Platform.
Object-Oriented Design with Applications has long been the essential reference to object-oriented technology, which, in turn, has evolved to join the mainstream of industrial-strength software development. In this third edition--the first revision in 13 years--readers can learn to apply object-oriented methods using new paradigms...
