Every new version of SQL Server brings with it new tools and features for database administrators (DBAs), developers, and architects, for them to be able to provide an effective solution for the end users in a simpler and more efficient manner. The terms effective and efficiency can be measured in a technical perspective as High Availability...
Yippie! I am thrilled that you picked up this book because it’s loaded with 100 creative and
innovative ideas to help jumpstart your creativity and teach you to do more with your designs
and photographs, faster and better, with Photoshop. Aft er fl ipping through the pages, you’ll
soon discover how valuable an addition this...
This book, like the first, second, and third editions before it, is for the working SQL programmer who wants to pick up some advanced programming tips and techniques. It assumes that the reader is an SQL programmer with a year or more of actual experience. This is not an introductory book, so let’s not have any gripes in the amazon.com...
Audiovisual storytelling has a long, well-developed history. As far back as
the earliest known prehistoric times, human beings have communicated the
essence of story through the use of pictures and sound: whether it’s cave paintings
of the hunt, a poet proclaiming the epic adventures of Odysseus, Greek
actors performing tragedy...
Howdy folks. This book is your guide to learning Blender 2.6. It assumes no previous knowledge of
Blender, although old Blender users will find a lot to learn here too. Some beginner texts are dressed-up
reference manuals, while some try to teach everything and end up teaching nothing. This book will teach
you how to use Blender 2.6,...
I love that I’ve been able to write a book about projects in iMovie.
Editing video, after all, is a project in many ways. It often requires a
good deal of time and attention to detail. It’s something you elect to
do, probably in your spare time, because you want to document
what happened at an event, or preserve memories,...
This book is intended for IT administrators to get a handle on SharePoint Foundation and is an
update of Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. It is meant to be used both as a reference
for overworked network administrators who don’t have a lot of time to spare slogging through
articles and forums, and as a cover-to-cover...
Picture an iPhone in your mind. OK, now picture any other smartphone
out there. Visualize this other smartphone until you have a really clear
image of it. Got it? OK, good.
My guess is that whichever smartphone you pictured—regardless of the
brand or manufacturer—it has a touchscreen, a built-in accelerometer,...
With more than 500 million active users around the world and still growing steadily, Facebook is more than just another social media site. In the words of author Dave Awl, Facebook is “the new town square”—the place where people gather to discuss the news of the day as well as share what’s going on in their lives. And...
This is a book for developers of all kinds. However, it has
little to do with code. It doesn’t matter if you program in C#
or Ruby or Python or PHP or Java or JavaScript or Action-
Script. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working on
databases, writing server-side code, or scripting the...
Flash is one of the most pervasive technologies
on the Web, delivering interactive
and immersive multimedia. Leading corporate
Web sites use its streamlined graphics
to communicate their brands, major motion
picture studios promote theatrical releases
with Flash video, and online news and educational
sites provide rich user...
Joomla is an open source content management system (CMS) that anyone can download for free (see forge.joomla.org/sf/go/projects.joomla/frs). This makes it an ideal choice for small businesses. Don’t let the price tag fool you, though; Joomla is powerful and robust, and more big organizations are choosing to use open source software...
