What’s most important when deciding what to include in a new release? Is it bug fixes? Or programming productivity features? Or end-user functionality that will help the developer sell upgrades to applications to their customer and user base? Visual FoxPro 8.0 combines the best of all worlds. So what’s new in Visual...

Galaxies are perhaps the most popular of all visual targets that are sought after by visual observers. At present the only way to get up-to-date information, is to query various (often highly technical) speciality books or digging deeply into the Internet. This can be a time consuming and often frustrating task, as the data aren’t often...

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...

Want to build the next runaway Facebook app like Farmville orMafia Wars? Interested in leveraging Facebook app development aspart of a marketing strategy? Whether you want to build your ownFacebook app from scratch, extend an existing Facebook app, orcreate a game,...

Declarative query interfaces to Sensor Networks (SN) have become a commodity. These interfaces allow access to SN deployed for collecting data using relational queries. However, SN are not confined to data collection, but may track object movement, e.g., wildlife observation or traffic monitoring. While rational approaches are well suited for...

Make your Pocket PC your own personal information appliance. This easy-to-follow guide will teach you everyday essentials such as managing appointments, keeping addresses, and making task lists. It shows you in a clear, step-by-step format, how to retrieve your e-mail and surf the Web, write and format letters, balance your checkbook, make voice...

Domain-specific languages (DSLs) and model-driven development (MDD) offer software engineers powerful new ways to improve productivity, enhance quality, and insulate systems...