Rails is large, powerful, and new. How do you use it effectively? How do you harness the power? And, most important, how do you get high quality, real-world applications written?
From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you how the...
Implement bulletproof e-business security the proven Hacking Exposed way
Defend against the latest Web-based attacks by looking at your Web applications through the eyes of a malicious intruder. Fully revised and updated to cover the latest Web exploitation techniques, Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Second Edition shows you,...
Social Networking has quickly become a very popular activity on the Internet, particularly with the emergence of sites like Facebook and MySpace. PHP is a flexible web development language used on a wide variety of sites, including Facebook and Yahoo! But building a social networking site from scratch using PHP involves some complex logic,...
Email was the Internet’s first killer app. One of the most frequently asked questions
about Java is how to send email from a Java applet or application. While it’s certainly
possible to write a Java program that uses sockets to communicate with mail servers,
this requires detailed knowledge of some fairly...
Java just keeps growing, adding features, functionality, complexity, and tempting developers to growl with frustration. The new 1.4 release of Java 2 Standard edition increases the size of the platform by 50%, to 2757 classes in 135 packages. How are you going to figure out what this means for your applications? As always, Java in...
The target audience for this work includes systems programmers and administrators who are looking for assistance in implementing Samba in new and existing Windows and UNIX environments. A basic overview of both UNIX and Windows system and network architectures is provided to assist those readers whose primary background may be in one or the other...
Maximize your performance on 70-562, a required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET Application Development certification. This all-new, 2-in-1 SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes...
Internet Security discusses not only the technology needed to support a solid security strategy, but also those policies and processes that must be incorporated in order for that strategy to work.
New methods of breaking into corporate networks are resulting in major losses. This book provides the latest information on how to...
Network Security Technologies, Second Edition presents key security technologies from diverse fields, using a hierarchical framework that enables understanding of security components, how they relate to one another, and how they interwork. The author delivers a unique presentation of major legacy, state-of-the-art, and emerging network security...
I first began developing social applications when Facebook opened up its developer
platform in 2007, giving people like me a taste of the extensive social data that an
application can use to improve growth and target personalization settings. At the time,
I was building social fantasy sports applications for CBSSports.com, pulling user...
Reliable human authentication schemes are of paramount importance in our highly networked society. Advances in biometrics help address the myriad of problems associated with traditional human recognition methods. The performance and benefits of a biometric system can be significantly enhanced by consolidating the evidence presented...
A guide to architecting, designing, and building distributed applications with Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation is the .NET technology that is used to build service-oriented applications, exchange messages in various communication scenarios, and run workflows. This guide enables developers to...
