Created in 1988 by John Ousterhoult, while working at the University of Califormia, Berkeley, Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a scripting language originally designed for embedded system platforms. Since its creation, Tcl has grown far beyond its original design with numerous expansions and additions (such as the graphical Took Kit or Tk) to...
MongoDB, a cross-platform NoSQL database, is the fastest-growing new database in the world. MongoDB provides a rich document-oriented structure with dynamic queries that you’ll recognize from RDBMS offerings such as MySQL. In other words, this is a book about a NoSQL database that does not require the SQL crowd to re-learn how the...
Due to the fast growth of the Web and the difficulties in finding desired information, efficient and effective information retrieval systems have become more important than ever, and the search engine has become an essential tool for many people.
The ranker, a central component in every search engine, is responsible for the...
Within the last few years, data warehousing and knowledge discovery technology has established itself as a key technology for enterprises that wish to improve the quality of the results obtained from data analysis, decision support, and the automatic extraction of knowledge from data.
I can’t quite believe it, but just 10 years ago there was no Google.
Other web search engines were around back then, such as AltaVista, HotBot, Inktomi, and AllTheWeb, among others. So the stunningly swift ascendance of Google can settle in my mind, given some effort. But what’s even more unbelievable is that...
Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 is the fourth incarnation of the popular collaboration and
content management platform from Microsoft. With each release, the reach and capabilities
of SharePoint products and technologies have grown, offering new tools to organizations
and new opportunities to developers. With SharePoint 2010, you...
Since the first edition of Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist came out in June 2008, we have been
encouraged by the reception the book has received. Practitioners from a wide variety of industries—
health care, energy, environmental science, life sciences, national intelligence, and publishing, to name
a few—have told...
Database macro programming has changed enormously over the last 15 years,
having gone from Access Basic macros to VBA. Another major change occurred
with Office 95, when macros went to VBA modules in a separate environment
accessed via the Visual Basic Editor. It used to be fairly basic: code was entered into a special
design window....
MDX-related books often dedicate a significant part of their content to explaining the concepts of multidimensional cubes, the MDX language and its functions, and other specifics related to working with Analysis Services. And that's perfectly fine, there should be books like that, the tutorials that teach the concepts. However, that also...
During the 1980's the flat relational model (relational model), which was initiated by
Codd in 1970, gained immense popularity and acceptance in the market place. One of
the main reasons for this success is that the relational model provides physical data
independences i.e. changing the physical organization of the database does not...
Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a...
NHibernate 3 Beginner's Guide examines all of the topics required to get a functional data-access layer implemented while writing the least amount of code possible, presenting options along the way to handle particular edge cases or situations as they arise. The book begins with an introduction to NHibernate 3 and then moves on to...
