This concise, accessible, and easy-to-read guide introduces the most important features of Fortran 03. Features: presents a complete discussion of all the basic features needed to write complete Fortran programs; makes extensive use of examples and case studies; provides a detailed exploration of control constructs, modules, procedures, arrays,...
It is widely acknowledged that the cost of validation and testing comprises a significant percentage of the overall development costs for electronic systems today, and is expected to escalate sharply in the future. Many studies have shown that up to 70% of the design development time and resources are spent on functional...
This book targets beginning to intermediate Java developers looking to build enterprise Web applications with the latest offerings from the open source Java community. In this book you’ll explore different approaches to building a Java Web application using a step-by-step approach.
Ready to take your ebooks to the next level with EPUB 3? This concise guide includes best practices and advice to help you navigate the format’s wide range of technologies and functionality. EPUB 3 is set to turn electronic publishing on its head with rich multimedia reading experiences and scripted interactivity, but this...
This book presents a systematic, easy-to-apply methodology for creating effective requirements. The authors present practical solutions for the full requirements lifecycle: gathering, analysis, specification, verification, and maintenance.
Working in the context of the Unified Process, they cover process...
Relational databases hold data, right? They indeed do, but to think of a database as nothing more than a container for data is to miss out on the profound power that underlies relational technology. A far more powerful way of thinking lies in relational technology's foundation in the mathematical disciplines of logic and set theory.
This book's strength is that it carefully walks the reader through all steps required to conduct an SEM analysis. Checklists are provided for each step, from model specification through validation. The accompanying CD provides all of the programs needed to do the analysis, with accompanying screen shots and directions in the book to allow the...
OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, offers an amazing feature set and support across the major BSD platforms. Like most firewall software though, unlocking PF's full potential takes a good teacher. Peter N.M. Hansteen's PF website and conference tutorials have helped thousands of users build the networks they need using PF....
The JavaServer Pages™ (JSP) specification is built on top of the Java™ servlet specification and is intended to provide for better separation of the presentation (e.g., HTML markup) and business logic (e.g., database operations) parts of web applications. JSP is supported by all major web and application...
IN LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD BEST SERVE our readers, we had to decide whether to ask you to spend your time wading through the detail of what particular messages look like (and there are many of them) or to focus more on interesting applications. Because the details of message formats are well-documented elsewhere (see Appendixes A and C for...
When people speak of Ruby web development, it has historically been in reference to
the opinionated juggernaut that is Rails. This is certainly not an unfounded association;
Hulu, Yellow Pages, Twitter, and countless others have relied on Rails to power their
(often massive) web presences, and Rails facilitates that process with zeal....
