The Shelly Cashman Series® offers the finest textbooks in computer education. This Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 book utilizes an innovative step-by-step pedagogy, which integrates demonstrations of professional-quality programs with in-depth discussions of programming concepts and techniques and opportunities for hands-on practice...

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In 2009, it is estimated that more than 1.5 billion people have access to the Internet, including 220 million in the U.S. alone. Throw in 338 million Chinese users, 55 million German users, 48 million British users, 38 million Russian users, and 67 million Brazilians, and you can see the meaning of the word “world” in the...

As a result of the multi-faceted...

Animation as both an art form and popular entertainment has existed for almost a century now. The early attempts were received enthusiastically more for their novelty than for the quality of their craft. That even holds true today: animated movies often make it through the studio process not because of their true entertainment value,...

The present work grew out of lecture notes I prepared for a Vh hour tutorial that I was invited to give at the 29th IEEE Computer Conference (CompCon) in San Francisco on February 27, 1987. I have just completed a substantial update of the material, including the addition of several topics. My main purpose is to provide a...

As you study Spanish, you can choose to approach it as an art form or as a...

Whether you are a SQL Server business intelligence (BI) developer or a SharePoint Administrator, this book shows you how Microsoft is delivering on its commitment to provide useful, usable BI to its customers. It provides a quick dive into new Microsoft SharePoint 2010 BI features and offerings as well as new SQL Server BI...

Welcome to Introducing Autodesk Maya 2012 and the world of computer-generated imagery (CGI). Whether you’re new to 3D graphics or venturing into Autodesk’s powerhouse animation software from another 3D application, you’ll find this book a perfect primer. It introduces you to Maya and shows how you can work with Maya to...

IMAGINE THE ADVANTAGE YOU’D HAVE IF ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP WEDDING SHOOTERS SHARED HIS SECRETS WITH YOU World-renowned wedding photographer, and one of the most widely acclaimed instructors in the industry today, David Ziser brings his no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point teaching style to a book that totally rewrites...

Don’t be fooled. Although the .5 might give the impression that Dreamweaver CS5.5 is a point release, it’s anything but. Dreamweaver engineers have packed a stunning amount of new features into this version. To mention just a few, there’s code hinting for the popular jQuery JavaScript library, the ability to see what pages...

For half my life—fully 18 of my 36 years—I filled out timesheets, accounting for every minute of my workday to corporations both large and small who valued my time far below my own personal estimations of its worth. Degrees and certifications combined with long hours, hard work, and a can-do attitude produced a...