Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET 2003—one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies, including the common language runtime, Web Forms, XML Web services, and the Microsoft .NET Framework...

This book answers the question, Do you need to learn C# or VB .NET to develop in .NET? You'll learn that the answer is in fact no, at least until you're good and ready. With Managed C++, your hard-earned skills as an established C++ developer or beginner won’t be wasted. Microsoft touts that .NET is language neutral and this book...

Here's the book you need to prepare for Microsoft's new MCDST exams—70-271: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Microsoft XP Operating System; and 70-272: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Microsoft Windows XP Operating System. This two-in-one Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements...

The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) provides a framework for delivery of audio and video across IP networks and unprecedented quality and reliability. In RTP: Audio and Video for the Internet, Colin Perkins, a leader of the RTP standardization process in the IETF, offers readers detailed...

Recently, the Java world has witnessed a dramatic shift away from so-called "heavyweight" architectures such as Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) toward lighter weight frameworks such as Spring. Complex and container-dependent services, such as ORM, and transaction management systems have been replaced with simpler...

Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important improvement trends of our time: making work better (using Six Sigma) and making work faster (using Lean principles). In this plain-English guide, you’ll discover how this remarkable quality improvement method can give you the tools to identify and eliminate waste and quality problems in...

Plan, design, and implement highly available Windows solutions using the expert advice in this detailed guide. Written by a network infrastructure design specialist, this book covers the planning, development, cost analysis, management, installation, configuration, and roll out of several clustering and load balancing technologies....

CSS is finally supported by all modern web browsers, empowering web designers to do what they’ve been hungering to do for years: control layout more precisely, use color more effectively, and expand typographic options beyond the frustrating limitations of the past. So where to begin? Where can you get design-focused instruction on CSS...

Information security requires far more than the latest tool or technology. Organizations must understand exactly what they are trying to protect--and why--before selecting specific solutions. Security issues are complex and often are rooted in organizational and business concerns. A careful evaluation of security needs and...

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Step by Step—Version 2003 is a comprehensive introduction to Visual Basic programming using the MicrosoftVisual Basic .NET 2003 software. I’ve designed this course with a variety of skill...

ASP.NET is a wonderful new enabling technology that allows developers to create business solutions much more effectively than ever before. However, there is room for improvement. Developers often do not see the potholes and pitfalls related to this technology until they stumble. Real World ASP.NET Best Practices helps readers to...