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Smashing Photoshop CS5: 100 Professional Techniques

eBook Details:Paperback: 432 pagesPublisher: Wiley (November 16, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9780470661536ISBN-13: 978-0470661536eBook Description:

: Expand Your Imagination

is loaded with 100 creative and innovative techniques to help jump-start your creativity and inspire you to do more with your designs and photographs. This book is aimed at designers, artists and photographers who want to become proficient in Photoshop CS5, getting you quickly up to speed with many of the fantastic new tools and features.

Author Sue Jenkins is a photographer and web and graphic designer, author, software instructor and Adobe Certified Expert. Using her knowledge and years of expertise in the field she provides 100 hints, special effects, and techniques that will enable you to extend your existing skills and to develop and execute new ideas and trends.

is the ideal guide to help you to get the best out of Photoshop CS5. This book will teach you how to perform specific tasks using a variety of tools, filters, styles, adjustment layers, and more.

is loaded with 100 creative and innovative techniques to help jump-start your creativity and inspire you to do more with your designs and photographs. This book is aimed at designers, artists and photographers who want to become proficient in Photoshop CS5, getting you quickly up to speed with many of the fantastic new tools and features. is the perfect springboard for sparking new ideas and gaining inspiration for all your projects.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

With you will learn how to:

MAKE 3D TEXT WITH REPOUSSÉCREATE ENGRAVED TYPEDESIGN A BLOG HEADERSTIMULATE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGESMAKE RETRO HALFTONESWORK WITH CUSTOM BRUSHESUSE CONTENT-AWARE SCALINGTRANSFORM WITH PUPPET WARPTRACE PHOTOSMAKE SCALE MODELSMIMIC CROSS-PROCESSING (XPRO)EDIT WITH LAYER MASKSCORRECT IMAGE DISTORTIONRETOUCH AND RESTORE IMAGESEDIT WITH THE VANISHING POINTCREATE PANORAMAS

Key Topics Covered:

Part I: Web Layout And Optimization
Part II: Photoshop CS4 And CS5 Techniques
Part III: Text Effects
Part IV: Studio And Commercial Effects
Part V: Special Effects
Part VI: Image Distressing
Part VII: Image Retouching And Restoration

is the perfect springboard for sparking new ideas and gaining inspiration for all your projects.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Author Info

Sue Jenkins is a web designer, graphic designer, illustrator, fi ne art photographer (www.suejenkinsphotography.com), soft ware instructor, writer, and the owner of the Luckychair (www.luckychair.com), a professional design studio serving companies across the U.S.A. since 1997. Sue is the author of several books on Adobe soft ware and design including Dreamweaver All-in-One For Dummies, Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, Web Design: The L-Line, Th e Express Line to Learning, and How To Do Everything Illustrator. She is also the award-winning soft ware instructor in six of ClassOnDemand’s (www.classondemand.com) Adobe Training DVDs: Dreamweaver for Designers (winner of a 2007 Bronze Telly Award), Designer’s Guide to Photoshop, Designer’s Guide to Illustrator (winner of a 2009 Annual Communicator Award of Distinction), Fundamentals of Photoshop Elements (winner of a 2009 DV Magazine Award of Excellence), Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, and Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS5. In addition, Sue is an Adobe Certifi ed Expert/Adobe Certifi ed Instructor teaching three-day courses in Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Photoshop at Noble Desktop (www.nobledesktop.com) in New York City, and is currently working toward her MFA in Photography. Sue lives with her husband and son in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Smashing CSS: Professional Techniques for Modern Layout

eBook Details:Paperback: 304 pagesPublisher: Wiley (November 9, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 047068416XISBN-13: 978-0470684160eBook Description:

Smashing CSS takes you well beyond the basics, covering not only the finer points of layout and effects, but introduces you to the future with HTML5 and CSS3. Very few in the industry can show you the ins and outs of CSS like Eric Meyer and inside Smashing CSS Eric provides techniques that are thorough, utterly useful, and universally applicable in the real world. From choosing the right tools, to CSS effects and CSS3 techniques with jQuery, Smashing CSS is the practical guide to building modern web layouts.

With you will learn how to:

Throw elements offscreen/hide themCreate body/HTML backgrounds in XHTMLUsemore than 15 layout techniques including clearfix, two/three simple columns, faux columns, One True Layout, Holy Grail, em-based layout, fluid grids, sticky footers, and moreUse a variety of CSS effects including CSS popups, boxpunching, rounded corners, CSS sprites, Sliding Doors, Liquid Bleach, ragged floats, and moreApply CSS table styling including using thead, tfoot, and tbody, row headers, column-oriented styling (classes); styling data tables with jQuery, tables to graphs, tables to maps; and moreUse CSS3 elements including rounded corners, multiple backgrounds, RGBA, using jQuery to do CSS3 selections and so much more.

Eric Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards, and has been working on the Web since 1993. Smashing CSS is for developers who already have some experience with CSS and JavaScript and are ready for more advanced techniques.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Author Info

Eric Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards, and has been working on the Web since 1993. Smashing CSS is for developers who already have some experience with CSS and JavaScript and are ready for more advanced techniques.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

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Smashing HTML5

eBook Details:Paperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Wiley; 1st edition (February 2, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9780470977279ISBN-13: 978-0470977279eBook Description:

: Welcome to HTML5 – the future of the Web

HTML5 is packed with great new features, including new content-specific elements, audio and video playback, canvas for drawing, and many others. But where to begin? With , you have everything you need to get up and running quickly.

Bill Sanders is a professional Web developer, information and interface designer, and instructor. His expertise and knowledge shared throughout will help fast-track you toward building next-generation Web sites.

You will also learn how to:

Work with HTML5 tagsDesign page structureMake site navigation easy for your audienceIntegrate media including video into HTML5 pagesHarness the power of the HTML5 canvasUse HTML 5 formsCreate interactivity, store information, and much more

provides comprehensive coverage – from how to get started with HTML5 to optimizing media on the Web. You will learn how to use text, graphics, audio, video, and navigation in HTML5 Web pages running in compatible browsers.

is an essential read for Web designers and developers looking to transition to HTML5. With this book, you’ll be able to create Web pages that not only look great, but also take advantage of the new features HTML5 has to offer.

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: Welcome to HTML5 – the future of the Web

HTML5 is packed with great new features, including new content-specific elements, audio and video playback, canvas for drawing, and many others. But where to begin? With , you have everything you need to get up and running quickly.

Bill Sanders is a professional Web developer, information and interface designer, and instructor. His expertise and knowledge shared throughout will help fast-track you toward building next-generation Web sites.

provides comprehensive coverage – from how to get started with HTML5 to optimizing media on the Web. You will learn how to use text, graphics, audio, video, and navigation in HTML5 Web pages running in compatible browsers.

You will also learn how to:

Work with HTML5 tagsDesign page structureMake site navigation easy for your audienceIntegrate media including video into HTML5 pagesHarness the power of the HTML5 canvasUse HTML 5 formsCreate interactivity, store information, and much more

is an essential read for Web designers and developers looking to transition to HTML5. With this book, you’ll be able to create Web pages that not only look great, but also take advantage of the new features HTML5 has to offer.

Visit www.wiley.com/go/smashinghtml5 to download example code files.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world’s most popular Web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovating information to Web designers and developers.

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WordPress All-in-One For Dummies

eBook Details:Paperback: 912 pagesPublisher: For Dummies; 1st edition (April 19, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0470877014ISBN-13: 978-0470877012eBook Description:

: A convenient how-to guide for maximizing your WordPress experience

WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog publishing platform with nearly ten million active installations. Eight minibooks provide you with expanded coverage of the most important topics to the WordPress community, such as WordPress basics, theme designs, plug-in development, social media integration, SEO, customization, and running multiple sites. Veteran author Lisa Sabin-Wilson leads an authoritative team of authors who offer their unique knowledge and skillset while sharing invaluable advice for maximizing your site’s potential and visitor experience.

Presents straightforward and easy-to-understand coverage of the basics of WordPress, the most popular blog software in use todayDelves into the topics that matter most to the WordPress community, such as theme design, plug-in development, and social media integrationAddresses ways to handle a variety of WordPress security issuesExamines the WordPress network

The word on the street is that presents everything you need to know about WordPress in one convenient book!

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: Express yourself with WordPress, the world’s most popular blogging software (and it’s free!)

Tens of millions of bloggers rely on WordPress – no wonder you want to join them! But WordPress can be a teensy bit intimidating. That’s why this friendly all-in-one guide covers everything from installing the software to developing plugins. Fret not, fearless blogger! Everything you need to know is in one of these handy, easy-to-use minibooks.

WordPress 101 – learn about open source and get a look at WordPress development and release cyclesNuts and bolts – explore PHP and MySQL

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Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications

eBook Details:Paperback: 408 pagesPublisher: Wrox; 1st edition (May 10, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0470872497ISBN-13: 978-0470872499eBook Description:

Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP: Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality and Creative PHP Frameworks and Applications

Packed with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World’s renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapted to changing business requirements. They offer different approaches to solving  typical development and quality assurance problems that every developer needs to know and master.

Details the process for creating high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be adapted to changing business requirementsCovers the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a Web applicationDemonstrates how to establish a successful development processShares real-world case studies from well-known companies and their PHP experts

With this book, you’ll learn to develop high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be maintained with reasonable cost and effort.

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Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications: Develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP

PHP has risen to become one of the most popular programming languages in the world, making high-quality, sustainable applications and frameworks created in PHP more sought after than ever. Using real-world case studies from well-known companies, this valuable book presents the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a web software architecture and explains how these companies measure and test the quality of their software. The authors and contributing PHP experts offer varying opinions as to how problems are solved so that you can benefit from different approaches prior to developing your own apps and frameworks in PHP.

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Looks at the characteristics of good internal and external software qualityShares techniques for writing new code, changing and optimizing existing code, and finding and fixing bugsReveals bad testing practices so you know what to avoidAddresses how to test service-oriented APIs, a WebDAV server, and many PHP frameworksReviews large-scale selenium-based testing and testing database interaction

Wrox guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for programmers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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Sebastian Bergmann is a cofounder of The PHP Consulting Company. He is a thought leader on software quality assurance and author of PHPUnit and various other tools. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences around the world.

Stefan Priebsch is a cofounder of The PHP Consulting Company, helping customers to improve their development processes and make better use of PHP. He is the author of various books and a frequent speaker at IT conferences.

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Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010

eBook Details:Paperback: 336 pagesPublisher: Wrox; 1st edition (May 3, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0470943335ISBN-13: 978-0470943335eBook Description:

Professional guidance on using Microsoft’s Visual Studio toolset for agile project management

Focusing on both process and results, this professional guide offers a practical approach to running agile software projects using Visual Studio’s project management templates and tools. You’ll first get a thorough overview of the interaction between traditional, scrum-based agile development techniques and the Microsoft Solutions Framework, before drilling down into the detail. The book covers tools, best practices, key templates, key data, team and process models, necessary tracking assets and a host of other project challenges, such as project communication, organization, and budgets.

Shows how to use Microsoft’s agile Visual Studio toolset for agile project managementWritten by leading experts from Microsoft and industry, this is an authoritative guide to agile development for all Microsoft-based projectsTeaches basic concepts through best practices for delivering great software on timeCovers the interaction of traditional, scrum-based agile development techniques and the Microsoft Solutions FrameworkFocuses on what must be in place to keep a project on track, including team models, process models, detailed tracking assets, and more

combines theory with practical experience to help experienced software project managers and developers ship reliable software on time.

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: Ship great software-reliably and on time-using Scrum and TFS

Three main factors are necessary to successfully ship great software: technology, talent, and process. Offering an in-depth focus on the process element, this book serves as a road map for using Scrum to organize teams and activities and shows you how to use Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) to execute a Scrum project. The three authors combine their years of experience to present you with best practices, including templates to help get you started. They also provide a trio of distinct perspectives for handling the variety of challenges that you may face, all aimed at putting you on the fast track to shipping exemplary software with Scrum and TFS.

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Details the basics of software project management, from initiating a project to organizing the teamExamines the roles and responsibilities of an effective teamIntroduces you to the tracking and reporting functions of TFSShares guidance and insight into using Scrum artifacts in TFSDemonstrates how to create product backlog items and define them for releaseIncludes in-depth coverage of running a release, a sprint, and a retrospective meetingwrox.com Programmer Forums

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Steve Resnick is a founder and managing director of BlueMetal Architects, a consulting and product development firm specializing in IT strategy, architecture, design, and delivery. Previously, he was CTO of the Microsoft Technology Centers.

Aaron Bjork is a senior program manager at Microsoft, working on Agile experiences and tooling within Team Foundation Server.

Michael de la Maza is an Agile coach and trainer whose clients include Carbonite, Intuit, EMC, and Verizon Wireless. He developed the 19-course KnowAgile curriculum that is taught throughout the country.

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Beginning Android Application Development

eBook Details:Paperback: 448 pagesPublisher: Wrox; 1st edition (April 12, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781118017111ISBN-13: 978-1118017111eBook Description:

: Create must-have applications for the latest Android OS

The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today’s most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, he moves at a steady pace while teaching everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.

Explains what an activity is and reviews its lifecycleZeroes in on customizing activities by applying styles and themesLooks at the components of a screen, including LinearLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and RelativeLayout, among othersDetails ways to adapt to different screen sizes and adjust display orientationReviews the variety of views such as TextView, ProgressBar, TimePicker, and more

pares down the most essential steps you need to know so you can start creating Android applications today.

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: Create applications for the latest Android OS

The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today’s most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei-Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, the author proceeds to teach everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.

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Explains what an activity is and reviews its lifecycleZeroes in on how to customize activities by applying styles and themesLooks at the components of a screen, including LinearLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and RelativeLayout, among othersDetails ways to adapt to different screen sizes and adjust display orientationReviews the variety of views such as TextView, ProgressBar, TimePicker, and moreCovers SMS messaging and networkingWalks you through how to create an Android Service and interact with itPares down the most essential steps for publishing Android applications

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Wei-Meng Lee is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions (www.learn2develop.net). He writes extensively for online publications and magazines on topics ranging from .NET to Mac OS X. In addition, he is the author of Beginning iOS 4 Application Development, as well as many other technology books and articles.

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Murach’s PHP and MySQL

eBook Details:Paperback: 840 pagesPublisher: Mike Murach & Associates (November 23, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1890774561ISBN-13: 978-1890774561eBook Description:

This book was developed by the same team that authored Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting, and it has the same strong content organization that lets you focus on what you need to know, when you need to know it.

Then, whether you’re a beginning or experienced web developer, the rest of the book gives you a full set of professional PHP and MySQL skills:

The 9-chapter section on PHP teaches you how to build web applications using all the skills that make for a smooth user experience…like how to handle forms, strings, dates, arrays, cookies, sessions, and exceptionsThe 5-chapter section on MySQL teaches you all the standard features you need to know for working with databases…like how to design and create a database and how to use SQL and PHP to work with database dataThe 4-chapter section on advanced skills teaches you how to handle professional requirements, like ensuring security, generating email, processing images, and working with code from other web sites (like YouTube videos)…and it culminates with a Guitar Shop web site that shows how everything in the book ties together

Regardless of what you’re learning next, each chapter covers skills from the simple to the complex. So you can go deeper and deeper to gain a sophisticated set of web and database skills, at your own pace.

So don’t wait! Get your copy right away. I think you’ll be delighted at how quickly you’ll be creating your own database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL.

Anytime you’re on the web, you’re going to be landing on PHP pages. By most counts, over a million web sites have been written in PHP, including some of today’s largest, most recognizable sites. And those sites often use MySQL as the database.

That means there’s a continuing demand for web developers who know how to use PHP and MySQL at the professional level. With this book, you can become one of them!

So it’s a great first book in web programming if you’re just starting out:

It shows you how to get an Apache web server environment set up, so you can test the apps on your computerIt gives you a quick-start course that shows you how to develop, test, and debug PHP applications that get data from a MySQL database…in just 6 chapters

What you’ll learn in this book

If you look at the table of contents, you’ll see that this book teaches all the skills you need to develop almost any type of database-driven web site with PHP and MySQL. The chapters gradually move from the simple to the complex as they show you how to work with:

the PHP languagethe MySQL databasethe SQL statements for MySQLthe PDO and mysqli extensionsthe MVC patterndebugging and exception handlingsessions and cookiesobject-oriented PHPregular expressions and data validationSSL and secure connectionsauthentication and login formsemail and content from other sites (like YouTube)file uploadsand more!

What’s more, within each chapter, the topics also move from the simple to the complex, so you can push your skills as far as you want to. Then, the chapter exercises let you practice what you’ve learned.

To complete your training, the last chapter presents an overview of an eCommerce web site. Then, you can download the PHP and MySQL code for free, to see how it puts the skills you’ve learned into context. Once you understand how this web site works, you will have all the skills and code you need to start creating your own database-driven web sites.

Unique format

Like all books in the Murach series, the content is presented in “paired pages,” with the essential syntax, guidelines, and examples on the right page and the perspective and extra explanation on the left page.

This helps you learn faster by reading less, and it makes an ideal reference format. To see how this works in more detail, please download a sample chapter.

Our money-back guarantee

Like all of our books, this book is backed by our 90-day, money-back guarantee: If you buy this book directly from us and aren’t satisfied with it, you can return it anytime within 90 days and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked. So order your copy today!

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Murach's C # 2010

eBook Details:Paperback: 812 pagesPublisher: Mike Murach & Associates; 4th edition (October 4, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781890774592ISBN-13: 978-1890774592eBook Description:

, 4th Edition

This is the latest edition of our best-selling C# book. The content continues to evolve with the language, of course, but one thing has stayed the same over the years: We still call this “the C# book you’ll wish you’d bought first” because it gets you developing professional Windows Forms applications without any wasted time or effort.

What makes this book so effective? Here are several things it does that other C# books don’t do:

#1: The OOP section deals with business objects, not cats and dogs

Object-oriented programming is the basis for C# 2010. But while other books try to explain it using whimsical examples (like mammals or cars), this book explains it in terms of true business objects, like customers, invoices, and products. So right from the start, you ll see how OOP is applied in the real world.

#2: There s a 4-chapter section on database programming

Business applications require database processing. So instead of glossing over this crucial function in a chapter or two, this book gives you 4 full chapters that show you how to use RAD tools like data sources as well as ADO.NET code to do fairly sophisticated database processing. There’s certainly more to learn. But you’ll have a solid set of skills that will let you easily prototype typical database applications in business.

#3: Complete applications show how all the pieces interact

The key to mastering C# development is to have plenty of real-world examples that show you how the features you’re learning interact…and that help you avoid the problems that you can run into as you build complex applications. That’s why this book gives you complete applications for everyday business functions (these can be downloaded for free from the Murach web site).

#4: The paired-pages format lets you set your own pace

Murach books have a distinctive format, where each two-page spread presents a single topic. You can read every page…skim or skip material you already know…quickly pinpoint the reference details you need…use the book however it works best for you. To see how this works, you can look at some pages using Amazon’s Look Inside feature above or download sample chapters for free from the Murach web site.

Why we say this is the C# book you’ll wish you’d bought first

#1: A FAST start, coupled with Visual Studio productivity

This book starts you off using all the best features of Visual Studio so you can begin productive work almost immediately. In fact, it has you create a simple business application in chapters 2 and 3 so you can see right away how the core features of C# and of Visual Studio work. Download these chapters for free, and see for yourself.

#2: Object-oriented programming made clear

When it comes to object-oriented programming, too many C# books resort to whimsical but useless metaphors, like illustrating objects by creating animal classes such as mammals, cats, and dogs. Then they leave it up to you to figure out how to transfer these concepts to business applications.

In contrast, we present business objects such as customers, invoices, and products so you can see how OOP is used to create multi-tiered applications in the real world.

#3: Confidence in handling business requirements

Learning to use C# classes and OOP techniques isn’t enough. You also have to know how to code for the tasks that are required in most business applications. So this book builds on your skills in incremental steps to teach you how to validate data, handle numeric, date, and string data, work with loops, arrays, and collections, code methods and event handlers, handle exceptions, and work with text, binary, and XML data.

#4: A solid grounding in database programming

You can’t create business applications without handling databases. So this book teaches you how to use C# 2010′s tools for rapid application development, like the data sources feature and data handling controls. It also includes introductions to ADO.NET coding and to LINQ, a feature that lets you query almost any data source

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Murach’s Java Servlets and JSP, 2nd Edition

eBook Details:Paperback: 758 pagesPublisher: Mike Murach & Associates; 2nd edition (January 21, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781890774448ISBN-13: 978-1890774448eBook Description:

This new edition of Murach’s Java Servlets and JSP makes it easier than ever for Java developers to master web programming. It starts by showing how to install and use Tomcat as a web server and NetBeans as an IDE. Then, it teaches how and when to use JavaServer Pages and Java servlets to build well-structured web applications that implement the MVC pattern. Next, it shows how to use sessions, cookies, JavaBeans, Expression Language (EL), the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL), and custom tags. Then, it shows how to use JDBC and connection pooling to work with a MySQL database. Finally, it shows how to use JavaMail, SSL/TLS, authentication, listeners, and filters. These are the skills that you need to build professional Java web applications. A great read for any Java developer.

Ever since we published the first edition of this book back in 2003, we’ve been getting feedback like this from developers:

“This book is excellent, excellent, excellent! The authors have a gift for developing the topic of JSP, Servlets, and building a Java-based ecommerce site in a methodical, easy-to-understand approach.”

Now, I’m delighted to tell you that you’ll feel the same way about this new, 2nd edition. The content has been redone from start to finish, so you’ll learn the best features, tools, and techniques for developing today’s web applications (see what’s NEW below).

But our popular approach hasn’t changed: This 2nd edition still presents Java web programming in a way that’s methodical, easy to understand, and easy to apply to your own web development projects (see what’s the same below).

What you’ll learn in this book

If you look at the table of contents, you’ll see that this book teaches all the skills you need to develop almost any type of Java web application today. The chapters gradually move from the simple to the complex as they show you how to work with:

the Tomcat servlet/JSP containerthe NetBeans IDEHTML pages and formsJSPs, servlets, and the MVC patternsessions and cookiesJavaBeansthe JSP Expression Language (EL)the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)custom JSP tagsMySQL, JDBC, and connection poolingJavaMailSSL and secure connectionsauthenticationadvanced HTTP skillslistenersfilters

To complete your training, section 5 presents an e-commerce web site that puts these skills into context. Once you understand how this web site works, you will have all the skills and code you need to start creating your own custom web applications.

What’s NEW in this edition

You get coverage of all the current software versions: Java SE 6, Java EE 5, servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1, Tomcat 6, NetBeans IDE 6, and MySQL 5.Today, some excellent IDEs (integrated development environments) for Java web development are available for free. As a result, it no longer makes sense to use a text editor and a command prompt to develop Java web applications. That’s why this book now shows you how to use one of the most popular open-source Java IDEs, NetBeans. Right from the start, you’ll learn how to use this tool to develop web applications faster than ever.You’ll learn how to use the JSP Expression Language (EL) and the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL). These features often work together, and they allow you to write code that’s more compact and easier to understand and maintain than you can using standard JSP tags.You’ll see how to work with listeners, which were introduced in the servlet 2.3 specification. A listener is a class that listens to web applications for certain events and provides methods that are executed when those events occur.Another new servlet feature, filters, can be used to intercept HTTP requests and execute code before or after the requested servlet or JSP is executed. So you’ll also find out how to use filters to enhance your web applications.

What’s the same

You still get detailed instructions for installing and configuring a Java web development environment on your own PC. Although Tomcat, NetBeans, MySQL, and Java itself are all free, it can be frustrating and time-consuming to get them set up right. So the work-saving advice you get here will pay for the book almost at once.You still get full coverage of what you need to know to build business web applications, presented in a way that’s easy to understand.You still get the paired-pages format that our customers like so much.You still get dozens of coding examples and the code for a full web site so you always see how the features you’re learning are applied in the real world.

Paired-pages format

Like all Murach books, this book present all of its information in “paired pages,” with the essential syntax, guidelines, and examples on the right page and the perspective and extra explanation on the left page.

This helps you learn faster by reading less, and it makes an ideal reference format when you need to refresh your memory about how to do something later on. To see how this works in more detail, please download a sample chapter.

Our Money-Back Guarantee

Like all of our books, this book is backed by our 90-day, money-back guarantee: If you buy this book directly from us and aren’t satisfied with it, you can return it anytime within 90 days and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked. So order your copy today!

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