WCF and Entity Framework are two powerful yet...

Although they are believed to be unsolvable in general, tractability results suggest that some practical NP-hard problems can be efficiently solved. Combinatorial search algorithms are designed to efficiently explore the usually large solution space of these instances by reducing the search space to feasible regions and using heuristics to...

Mongoose for Application Development is a practical, hands-on guide that takes you from...

Packed with plentiful screenshots and clear explanations, this book is a step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates a successful Oracle Forms to Oracle APEX Conversion project. This book is for Oracle Forms developers who want to migrate to Oracle APEX. The book will also be useful for Oracle APEX developers who want to convert their older Forms...

The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference, The C++ Programming Language,...

Declarative query interfaces to Sensor Networks (SN) have become a commodity. These interfaces allow access to SN deployed for collecting data using relational queries. However, SN are not confined to data collection, but may track object movement, e.g., wildlife observation or traffic monitoring. While rational approaches are well suited for...

Internet Explorer 6.0 offers dramatic performance, reliability, and usability improvements, making it the fastest, easiest, most cost-effective Web browser for organizations to deploy, manage, and support. The MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 6.0 RESOURCE KIT provides comprehensive information and tools for this browser-straight from the Microsoft...

• Examine security features and vulnerabilities within JavaScript
• Explore the Node platform, including the event-loop and core modules
• Solve common security problems with available...

Beginning Haskell provides a broad-based introduction to the Haskell language, its libraries and environment, and to the functional programming paradigm that is fast growing in importance in the software industry. The book takes a project-based approach to learning the language that is unified around the building of a web-based...

• Make a 3D model using your imagination
• Use tricks of the light to express the mood of your scene
• Learn how to get photo-real images out of your 3D software
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