We’ve designed this book to show you how to write professional applications using Microsoft
LightSwitch.
As software developers, we understand how difficult it is to develop software in real life. End
users expect their applications to be reliable, functional, and polished. They’ll also have preferences in...
Business intelligence projects do not need to cost multi-millions of dollars or take months or even years to complete! Using rapid application development (RAD) techniques along with Microsoft SQL Server 2012, this book guides database administrators, SQL programmers, and report specialists in creating practical, cost-effective business...
Numerous textbooks address software testing in a structured development environment.
By “structured” is meant a well-defined development cycle in which discretely
defined steps provide measurable outputs at each step. It is assumed that
software testing activities are based on clearly defined requirements and software...
It is fascinating to see that so many members of our global software development and implementation community are at last agreeing violently on the principles behind agile. It is gratifying to see developers and testers working side-by-side aiming for the same goals and supporting each other. If you didn’t know what agile was but could...
Visual Basic .NET is a radically new version of Microsoft Visual Basic, the world's most widely used rapid application development (RAD) package. Whether you are just beginning application development with Visual Basic .NET or are already deep in code, you will appreciate just how easy and valuable the VB.NET Language Pocket Reference is....
This is an in-depth guide describes how to build high-performance virtual project teams, shows how to reduce the cost of virtual teams and includes tools and techniques for assessing the maturity of project teams.
To successfully handle the functions of the virtual project management team, many traditional project management procedures...
What is a bicycle? The answer is a little trickier than you might think. More than just a form of transportation, your bike is a framework on which you can explore and display your own inventiveness.With a full history of the bicycle and information about commercial mods such as adding baby seats and fenders--as well as instruction...
Information technology (IT) quality engineering and quality improvement methods
are constantly getting more attention from world corporate leaders, all levels of
management, design engineers, and academia. This trend can be seen easily by the
widespread of “Six Sigma” initiatives in many Fortune IT 500 companies. For a
Six...
Beginning Java with WebSphere provides a step-by-step guide for creating and installing both client- and server-based Java applications using Rapid Application Development v8, WebSphere Application Server 8.0, and Java.
Since more and more Java applications are moving to the server and using HTML for the user interface, there is a...
Sun Microsystems’ Java™ programming language has quickly become one of the most popular programming languages in use today. Its platform independence is only one reason for this success. Other reasons include its powerful object-oriented approach to programming and its built-in memory management. The fact that it is freely available...
What is Microsoft .NET? Because this book is all about Microsoft .NET, it is important to first understand what.NET is. .NET is a technology platform for development and deployment of business applications using a set of technologies—.NET Framework, multiple programming languages, tools (particularly Visual Studio .NET),...
