Welcome to Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL. Early in our careers, we came to recognize the qualities of open-source software. Not only is it often completely free to use, but it can also be of extremely high quality. If you have a problem, you can examine the source code to see how it works. If you find a bug, you can fix it...
J2ME is a platform for wireless and mobile Java application development. Beginning J2ME makes this and all the fun you can have with it accessible to the first time wireless Java developer as well as useful to the experienced. This book includes coverage such as sound HTTPS support, lots of user interface API enhancements, a Game API,...
The target audience for this title are current .NET 1.1 developers and future .NET 2.0 developers who need to put Extreme Programming (XP) into practice. While other Extreme Programming books are usually theoretical in approach, this book takes the reader through the practical application of Extreme Programming with code-level solutions. It shows...
Welcome to Microsoft’s Visual Web Developer (VWD)! This book most likely attracted you
because you are new to programming and want to know how to build a web application. You
have come to the right place. This book will guide you through the necessary steps and teach
you all the relevant information you need to...
This book is about Novell Open Enterprise Server. With Open Enterprise Server, Novell launched a new generation of server operating system, following a 20-year long tradition with NetWare. Open Enterprise Server is unique in the industry due to its two versions: one for Linux and another for NetWare. This book is meant as a guide to Open Enterprise...
Have you ever tried to figure out why your computer clock is off, or why your emails somehow have the wrong timestamp? Most likely, it’s due to an incorrect network time synchronization, which can be reset using the Network Time Protocol. Until now, most network administrators have been too paranoid to work with this, afraid that they...
At first glance, building and deploying applications seem simple enough. But in fact, difficult releases without any confidence or processes backing them are very common. Integration and management of a new deployment can be laborious and fraught with risk. So as team size and volume of projects grow, management becomes more difficult and risk...
"Project Management" is the team approach to programming. There are many programs out there that purport to help a development team manage a project – but most of them aren’t very good. World-renowned software guru Joel Spolsky’s company, FogCreek Software, has created a tool called FogBUGZ that incorporates all of...
Axapta is Microsoft’s flagship ERP system and the most exciting ERP product currently on the scene. If Axapta hasn’t come to a computer near you yet, it will soon.
We’d like to start by offering the most valuable piece of advice we have for anyone working with Axapta (and with any complex system, for that...
Maps have played a prominent role in human activity for thousands of years. One of the earliest known maps was uncovered during the course of an archaeological excavation in Turkey in 1961. The Çatalhöyük site is a neolithic settlement dating from approximately 6500 BC. The map consists of a partially preserved, painted plaster...
The goal of this book is to explain elementary programming concepts such as loops, abstractions, composition, and conditionals to novices of all ages. It teaches the core programming concepts based on simple problems, involving the manipulation of robots or "turtles" as frequently seen in school learning environments. The ideal reader...
This book targets Windows and Active Directory administrators and consultants. The ideal reader already has a certain level of Microsoft product knowledge, and is turning to this book for high-level task-specific information.
The Active Directory Consultant’s Field Guidecontains descriptions of...