Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java™ Language Specification, Third Edition, is the definitive technical reference for the Java™ programming language. If you want to know the precise meaning of the language's constructs, this is the...

Select Perspective, from Select Business Solutions, is a set of best practices for software development that has evolved over a decade into a world-class component-based development (CBD) process. It is a blend of approaches from several object-oriented methods, improved and adapted to meet the new demands of CBD and Web...

This book is written for anyone familiar with programming in Java who wants to more effectively prevent, explain, communicate about, or fix bugs. This may include developers from industry, the government, or academia, was well as computer science students. Developers in each of these categories possess a wide range of...

Version 5.0 of the Java 2 Standard Edition SDK is the most important upgrade since Java first appeared a decade ago. With Java 5.0, you'll not only find substantial changes in the platform, but to the language itself-something that developers of Java took five years to complete. The main goal of Java 5.0 is to make it easier...

Do you speak SQL? We do, and in this book we provide you with an in-depth yet concise tutorial on using Structured Query Language (SQL), the standard that defines how to create and manipulate databases and the data they store. SQL is a simple yet powerful language, and you’ll be amazed at how many things you can do with just a few...

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The Cisco IP Telephony focused certification tracks validate proficiency in designing, installing, and supporting a multiservice network solution. A solid understanding of quality-of-service (QoS) features and implementation is essential for all of the Cisco IP Telephony focused certifications and is also a core component of...

Are you a professional who's new to Windows XP and Service Pack 2? Or maybe you've been running Windows XP for years, and you've just upgraded to SP2? Either way, you want to run the latest version of Windows as efficiently...

The Business Rule Approach represents a major paradigm shift in business-system design and development. Employing a business-driven approach, the use of business rules has been proven to enhance the effectiveness, flexibility, and efficiency of business systems. The technology is appropriate...