Creating Database Web Applications with PHP and ASP teaches beginning and intermediate designers the fundamentals of creating complex Web applications. By covering both open source (PHP/MySQL) and proprietary tools (Microsoft ASP and Access), readers gain insight to the strengths and weaknesses of each. In addition, they learn how...

• Explains the fundamental concept of employmentlaw— employment-at-will — and how it has changed over recent years
• Coaches managers on the specifics of evaluating the opportunities and risks associated with workforce decisions
• Covers...

Science arises from the very human desire to understand and control the world. Over the course of history, we
humans have gradually built up a grand edifice of knowledge that enables us to predict, to varying extents, the
weather, the motions of the planets, solar and lunar eclipses, the courses of diseases, the rise and fall...

Today, the Spring Framework is...

“When you begin using multi-threading throughout an application, the importance of clean architecture and design is critical. . . . This places an emphasis on understanding not only the platform’s capabilities but also emerging best practices. Joe does a great job interspersing best practices alongside theory...

Cryptography is a vital technology that underpins the security of information in computer networks. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the role that cryptography plays in providing information security for technologies such as the Internet, mobile phones, payment cards, and wireless local area networks. Focusing on the...

Directory technology promises to solve the problem of decentralized information that has arisen with the explosion of distributed computing. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a set of protocols that has become the Internet standard for accessing information directories. Until now, however, those curious about...

Everyone uses PowerPoint, but how effective is your presentation at meeting the goals you've outlined? A great presentation is more than just a slideshowit's about using PowerPoint to its maximum potential to get your message across to your audience. That's the PowerPoint Predicament. Tom Bunzel reveals how to conceive, plan,...