This book is not an introductory treatise on SQL Server, although it does include one introductory chapter (Chapter 2). In Chapter 1, I discuss the history of the product (which I lived), from SQL Server's inception and partnership with Sybase to its current success. But beyond these early chapters, the book is very detailed and written...

In the late 1990s, the widespread availability of low-cost computers and access to global connectivity have fueled the demand for a new kind of application: the highly distributed application. Highly distributed applications are used by extremely large numbers of people around the world who are connected to many application and data servers...

Unlike other books that focus exclusively on the science of estimation—including rigid modeling techniques and continuous feedback loops that are not cost effective to most organizations—this unique guide offers practical, tested, hands-on advice for estimating software development costs in the real world. It is written by the...

Create professional-quality applications, components, and user interfaces faster and more efficiently than ever with the powerful object-oriented programming capabilities in the Visual Basic 6.0 development system. From Windows®...

Not surprisingly, the book opens up with a...

This is the second edition of Dynamic HTML in Action. We conceived the idea for the first edition of this book when we were developing computer applications with early beta versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4. At the time, we knew of no resource that demonstrated how the various emerging technologies for the World Wide Web could...

Welcome to the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, a survey of computer networking concepts, technologies, and services. This work is intended to be a comprehensive, accurate, and timely resource for students, system engineers, network administrators, IT implementers, and computing professionals from all walks of life. Before I outline its...

The wisdom in this book does not rely on brilliant theories or any Scientific Truth other than what works--on the job, time and time again. In Managing the Testing Process, you’ll examine an integrated approach–-the bricks...

Good user interfaces matter. In fact, they matter a great deal to the success of a program. While a program’s design and technology affects its overall capability and performance, as far as the user is concerned, the user interface is the program. If the user interface isn’t good, the program isn’t good. Don’t expect...