This book answers the question, Do you need to learn C# or VB .NET to develop in .NET? You'll learn that the answer is in fact no, at least until you're good and ready. With Managed C++, your hard-earned skills as an established C++ developer or beginner won’t be wasted. Microsoft touts that .NET is language neutral and this book...
For the last half-century, people in industry and education have struggled to find better ways to plan and manage projects and to meet project goals on time and within budget. There is no agreed-upon way of doing this. Only a small percentage of projects achieve all their goals and one third of projects never get...
Get full details on all the innovative features and benefits available in the upcoming release of SQL Server 2005. This authoritative guide explains the new and improved enterprise data management capabilities, developer functions, and business intelligence tools. You’ll see how the new release offers enhanced scalability,...
In fact I could only dream about writing this book while working full time at Microsoft. I had problems finding time to share experiences with other teams working on the same project. We were all too busy writing software. And then I managed to get a four-month leave of absence. This is how this book started. Teaching courses to a live,...
DHTML & JavaScript offers plenty of instruction on using DHTML features as implemented in Netscape's Navigator 4+ browsers. This book contains a wealth of information about style sheets and other elements of Dynamic HTML; however, readers should be forewarned that there is no mention of Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility...
This practical, task-oriented guide explains exactly what you need to know in order to deploy, configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Internet Information Services 6 (IIS 6) on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform. Author Mitch Tulloch skillfully details essential day-to-day administrations tasks and includes dozens of invaluable...
Active Directory represents an enormous advance in network administration. It provides a vast set of powerful tools and technologies for managing a network within a native Windows environment. Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 is the resource you need to take full advantage of all it has to offer. You get a sound...
Many A+ certification guides prepare aspiring PC technicians to pass the exam, but don’t put test objectives in a “practical use” context. Other PC repair guides cover A+ exam objectives in a real-world setting, but don’t prepare students well enough to pass the test and get certified. The A+ Certification and PC...
Most computer users utilize the Windows operating system. Today, however, many experienced computer users are either moving to Linux or would like the option. One factor holding many people back is the fear of learning a new operating system and applications. This book uses a friendly, step-by-step style to walk the user through the...
Programming ADO is much more than an ADO programmer's reference. Any serious developer will tell you that a thorough understanding of ADO requires more than just listing object names and their properties. ADO is a complex COM front end on an even more complex OLE DB data access layer connecting to an ever-growing number of...
The explosive growth of the information technology industry and the constantly growing need to compile, store, access, and manipulate increasingly larger masses of data have required the development of ever more sophisticated database management tools.
Since its first incarnation in the 1970s, Structured Query Language...
