Performance Tuning and Optimizing ASP.NET Applications provides a detailed review of how to tune and optimize ASP.NET applications for maximum performance. Currently, the market is being flooded with a slew of books on how to write .NET applications, but so far there has not been a title that is devoted to the more advanced topic of...

The Linux® Kernel Primer is the definitive guide to Linux kernel programming. The authors' unique top-down approach makes kernel programming easier to understand by systematically tracing functionality from user space into the kernel and carefully associating kernel internals with...

Set up a MySQL database on Windows or Linux with help from this step-by-step beginner’s guide. Learn to design and create a database with tables, load data into your tables, and generate basic and advanced reports. You’ll also get details on how to administer, secure, and back up your database, and import data from other...

Improving security was a major focus while we were developing Windows 2000. At one point, we decided to run an unusual experiment to test the product’s mettle before we released it. We set up a Windows 2000 Web server called “Windows2000test.com,” put it out there, and waited to see what happened. We made no...

Stymied by statistics? No fear—this friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, with lots of examples that show how these concepts apply to your everyday life. You’ll see how to take the margin of error out of opinion polls and how to analyze and interpret data for...

JavaScript Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of JavaScript. Explore an advanced, real-world project that will give you the tools you need to implement JavaScript into actual applications as you work your way through the development of a Web site for a school. You will be able to use the skills that you develop...

Extend your programming expertise across the widest range of mobile devices with this incisive guide to Microsoft ASP.NET mobile controls. Now integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, ASP.NET mobile controls enable you to build applications that render intelligently on different devices—regardless of markup language, browser, or...

• One of two core upgrade exams for MCSEs who need to update their 2000 certification to the 2003 program.

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You know how to design with Macromedia Flash MX, you just don't know if you know enough to pass the Certified Macromedia Flash MX Designer exam. Rather than start from scratch with a tutorial that covers more than you need to know, get exactly the information you need with the Certified Macromedia Flash...