ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution.
Papervision3D is a powerful real-time 3D engine for Flash. Papervision3D can take externally created 3D models and render them as Flash content, without requiring end-users to download or install an additional plug-in. It has an outstanding reputation within the Flash community and its ease of use has even impressed experienced 3D game developers....
The academic study of diamonds is as multi-faceted as the precious stones themselves. Mineralogists and geographers have written about them, as have historians and economists and students of art and fashion. They each shine their light on a different aspect of this source of luminous radiance. But who would venture to describe the entire...
In the last decade there has been a growing interest in the research and software
industry communities toward techniques, methods and tools that allow one to manage
system performance concerns in the software developer domain. Poor performance
can often be the cause of software project failure, and the need to address
performance...
This guide will give you the information necessary to plan and implement the effective deployment of your .NET Framework-based applications. If your organization is developing .NET Framework-based applications, you face the challenge of deploying those applications efficiently and reliably throughout your environment.
Open source technology enables you to build customized enterprise portal frameworks with more flexibility and fewer limitations. This book explains the fundamentals of a powerful set of open source tools and shows you how to use them.
An outstanding team of authors provides a complete tutorial and reference guide to Java Portlet API, Lucene,...
When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook's unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on any web browser....
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Field Guide is a quick reference for resolving problems that intermediate-to-advanced MOM administrators are likely to face. Authors Andy Dominey and Garry Meaburn have experience with both deploying and troubleshooting MOM in large-scale environments, and the problems and solutions they discuss are...
The only complete reference for Windows command line utilities
The last thing you need as a busy systems administrator is to click endlessly through the Windows GUI every time you want to perform a simple task. Want a better solution? Get reacquainted with the often-overlooked utilities accessible through the command line...
I have read hundreds of books throughout my career, as I’m sure many of you have, and I’ve found three general categories of technical books: On one end of the spectrum are books geared toward beginners that help readers get a basic understanding of each topic but are only skin deep. On the other extreme are highly technical reference...
Pro JavaScript RIA Techniques: Best Practices, Performance, and Presentation shows you how you can build JavaScript RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) with compelling user interfaces and great performance.
With the best practices and optimization techniques you’ll learn in this book, you can optimize performance without...