Expert PL/SQL Practices is a book of collected wisdom on PL/SQL programming from some of the best and the brightest in the field. Each chapter is a deep-dive into a specific problem, technology, or feature set that you’ll face as a PL/SQL programmer. Each author has chosen their topic out of the strong belief that what they...
This is a book on the organization and architecture of theJava Virtual Machine(JVM), the
software at the heart of the Java language and is found inside most computers,Web browsers,
PDAs, and networked accessories. It also covers general principles of machine organization and
architecture, with llustrations from other popular (and...
This book has evolved from class notes for the undergraduate Automation and Robotics
course at the National Taiwan University. The course was originally designed for senior
students in the Department of Civil Engineering, enhancing their understanding of
robotics technology and its potential. As this course does not have any...
This handy textbook covers all you need to get started with spreadsheets.
Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications, and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons...
Our manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. While we provide text to explain difficult concepts, the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. By paying close attention as your instructor leads you through these activities, you will learn the skills and concepts effectively.
Microsoft’s principal data access technology, ADO.NET Entity Framework, has had
two major releases as part of the .NET Framework. .NET 3.5 brought us the first version
of Entity Framework, which is covered in the first edition of Programming Entity
Framework (O’Reilly). In 2010, Microsoft .NET 4 was released, containing the...
Between the frequently recounted events of the Gold Rush and the Great Depression stretches a period of California history that is equally crucial but less often acknowledged. In his fresh, synthetic consideration of these in-between years, George L. Henderson points specifically to the take-off of California's rural juggernaut between...
Computer graphics involves simulating the distribution of light in a 3D
environment. There are only a few fundamentally different algorithms that
have survived the test of time. They can be loosely classified into projective
algorithms and image-space algorithms. The former class projects each geo
metric primitive onto the...
In January 1999 I was preparing to teach an introductory programming class in Java. I had taught it three times and I was getting frustrated. The failure rate in the class was too high and, even for students who succeeded, the overall level of achievement was too low.
One of the problems I saw was the books. They were too...
This book includes Volume I of the proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Systems,
Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS). SCSS is part of the International Joint Conferences
on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 07). The proceedings are a set
of rigorously reviewed...
Our manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. While we provide text to explain difficult concepts, the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. By paying close attention as your instructor leads you through these activities, you will learn the skills and concepts...
