Sql server 2005 contains features that constitute the biggest change since the internal server rewrite of SQL Server 7. This is true from both programmability and data model viewpoints. This chapter describes SQL Server 2005 in terms of .NET programmability, SQL:1999 compliance, user-defined types (UDTs), and XML integration to...
At the instigation of the Iron and Steel Federation, the late Bernard Godfrey began
work in 1952 on the first edition of the Steel Designers’ Manual. As principal author
he worked on the manuscript almost continuously for a period of two years. On
many Friday evenings he would meet with his co-authors, Charles Gray, Lewis Kent...
A comprehensive strategy and planning guide for the production of world-class UX artifacts such as annotated wireframes, immersive prototypes, and detailed documentation with this book and ebook
Overview
Learn in a progressive and structured way to plan and construct highly compelling interactive,...
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 is the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s successful server platform. Included
is a new version of IIS, now in its eighth incarnation.
IIS 8.0 isn’t the revolutionary change in architecture that IIS 7.0 was. However it offers much new
functionality, absorbing many of the standalone...
Windows PowerShell is a new command-line administration tool that is a giant step forward from previous command-line tools. Often, each Microsoft product would develop separate tools for command-line management, and each of these tools usually had a very narrow feature list and varied command syntax. This would usually lead developers to have to...
Scala is a relatively new programming language that was designed by Martin Odersky and released in 2003. The distinguishing features of Scala include a seamless integration of functional programming features into an otherwise objectoriented language. Scala owes its name to its ability to scale, that is, it is a language that can grow by...
After completing my master’s degree, I moved from Poland to Germany and began working as a .NET developer for a company full of experts in … Clarion. The Clarion folks were developing the company’s flagship—very successful leasing software—and I was left to do “the rest”: a bit of...
This seventh edition of a bestseller has been totally revised and updated, making this the most comprehensive rewrite in the book's long and distinguished history. It includes new chapters, new sections and section editors, and new contributors. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to pain management, the book delivers a scholarly...
At the beginning of the decade Macromedia coined the term rich Internet application (RIA) to describe the future of applications. An RIA is a Web experience that’s engaging, interactive, lightweight, and flexible. RIAs offer the flexibility and ease of use of an intelligent desktop application and add the broad reach of traditional Web...
Increase the security of your Linux system with this handy, definitive guide. It presents the latest and best practices for securing a Linux system on both workstations and many server setups.
As the Linux operating system has matured and grown in popularity, security risks have increased. SANS is pleased to announce publication of...
The miniature web applications known as gadgets (or widgets) are a key component of the distributed web and an ideal way to publish your content far beyond the reach of your own web site. Packaging web content and functionality into a gadget enables it to be seen anywhere from iGoogle to the iPhone—wherever the user may be, on or off...
