Portable shell scripting is today the future of modern Linux, OS X, and Unix command–line access. Beginning Portable Shell Scripting: From Novice to Professional teaches shell scripting by using the common core of most shells and expands those principles to all of scripting.
You will learn about portable scripting and how to use...
Ruby inherits characteristics from various languages—Lisp, Smalltalk, C, and Perl, to name a few. Metaprogramming comes from Lisp (and Smalltalk). It’s a bit like magic, which makes something astonishing possible. There are two kinds of magic: white magic, which does good things, and black magic, which can do nasty things. Likewise,...
The eagerly anticipated new edition of the bestselling introduction to x86 assembly language
The long-awaited third edition of this bestselling introduction to assembly language has been completely rewritten to focus on 32-bit protected-mode Linux and the free NASM assembler. Assembly is the fundamental language bridging human ideas and...
10th anniversary edition of the bestselling AutoCAD Bible
Even AutoCAD developers turn to this book for answers!
Find out what fans of all the previous bestselling editions of this book already know: this is the top all-in-one guide to everything you need to master AutoCAD. Whether you're a...
We are fortunate that electromagnetic aspects of engineering systems are accurately described by remarkably concise and general laws. Yet, a price paid for the generality of Maxwell's equations is the effort required to make these laws of practical use to the engineer who is not only analyzing, but synthesizing and inventing. Key to the...
AutoCAD LT 2006: The Definitive Guide introduces the newest version of AutoCAD LT and guides the reader through tutorials for creating landscape drawings and electrical schematics. The tutorials demonstrate setting up new drawings and using basic drawing and editing commands, and then progress to intermediate concepts such as dimensioning, block...
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 is the latest version in the ongoing evolution of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and this resource examines the diverse facets of the IDE—from common tasks to intricate functions to the powerful tools that accompany the main code editing...
The inside scoop...for when you want more than the official line!
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 may be just what you need to crunch numbers, but to use it with confidence, you'll need to know its quirks and shortcuts. Find out what the manual doesn't always tell you in this insider's guide to using Excel in the real world....
Eight previous editions of fans ranging from novices to Autodesk insiders can't be wrong. This bestselling, comprehensive guide is your best, one-stop, go-to guide for everything you'll need to master AutoCAD. Whether you're an AutoCAD veteran exploring what's new or a novice...
Do you need to keep up with the latest hacks, attacks, and exploits effecting Microsoft products? Then you need Seven Deadliest Microsoft Attacks. This book pinpoints the most dangerous hacks and exploits specific to Microsoft applications, laying out the anatomy of these attacks including how to make your system more secure. You will...
Although this book is titled Cody’s Data Cleaning Techniques Using SAS, I hope that it is more than that. It is my hope that not only will you discover ways to detect data errors, but you will also be exposed to some DATA step programming techniques and SAS procedures that might be new to you.
