FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING is an important paradigm of programming that looks back on
a long history. The subject has always been very relevant to people who teach others how to
program — the clean and logical concepts of functional programming lend themselves especially
well to teaching. Certain industries that use computers and self...
I’m delighted that Cengage Learning invited me to write this third edition
of Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter. The earlier books,
for versions X (pronounced “ten”) and 11 (pronounced “eleven”) were
greeted with very positive responses from users and critics, not just my
friends and...
Welcome to Microsoft Office 2010—Illustrated
Introductory, First Course. If this is your first
experience with the Illustrated series, 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 to learn a skill...
This earliest recorded attempt to regulate the engineering profession reminds
us, in the bluntest way possible, that the paramount purpose of engineering and
engineering design is to serve the user. One would assume that the engineer’s
responsibility to users is so self evident that it goes without saying. Various
professional...
The Linked Open Data Project started just four years ago in 2007. In that short time
Linked Data has grown into an almost mainstream activity for many governments
around the world. As of this writing, the US Government’s open data site listed
twenty one countries whose governments publish open data regarding the operations
of...
I can tell you how much I enjoy being a geek. I can tell you how fascinated I was with
the punch-cards my dad showed me back in 1985. I can tell you how I got my first computer
when I was seven. And I can tell you that I’ve loved programming since 1989. I can
tell you a great many things about all that, but I’m not sure how...
Welcome to Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5— Illustrated. The unique page design of the book makes it a great learning tool for both new and experienced users. Each skill is presented on two facing pages so that you don’t have to turn the page to find a screen shot or finish a paragraph. See the illustration on the right to learn...
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 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...
The ASP.NET MVC framework has come a long way over the last few years.
It was originally the vision of Scott Guthrie in early 2007, and with a subsequent
prototype demonstration in late 2007 and the hire of Phil Haack as a Senior Program
Manager, this vision became a reality. Several public previews...
we2py is a framework for rapid development of secure database-driven Internet
applications. It is written in and is programmable in Python. It comprises libraries,
applications, and reusable examples.
Created in 2007,web2py has grown, evolved, and improved tremendously, thanks to
the work of many developers who have...
