Ever since Visual Basic was merged into .NET, it's become the core language for creating business applications with Windows. The latest version, VB 2008, is even more useful -- and provides even more incentive for migrating from VB 6. All it lacks is a good book on how to harness its power. __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ fills the void. Written in a lively and engaging style by a developer who's grown up with Visual Basic, including both VB 6 and VB .NET, this hands-on guide addresses the core topics of the new VB, from basic to complex, with plenty of code examples. __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ also examines .NET programming from the application level with a chapter-by-chapter plan for developing, documenting, and deploying a full data-driven application. You learn, step-by-step, how to build and deploy a library management system, complete with patron, inventory, and barcode support. The book's broad range of topics include: * VB language and its syntax * An overview of the .NET Framework * Object-oriented development in VB and .NET * Generic objects, collections, and nullable types * Design and management of software projects * Integrating desktop features with Windows Forms * Database design with SQL Server 2008 * Database interface design with ADO.NET * The new LINQ feature, and how to use it within VB and .NET * Embedding XML within application source code * Encryption and authentication in .NET * Interacting with data stored in files and directories * Web development using ASP.NET * Deploying an application to a user's workstation * And much more __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ is ideal for VB 6 programmers who are ready to move to .NET, as well as VB.NET programmers who wish to improve their project-focused software development skills. Programming novices and developers coming from other languages will find the book valuable because of its language instruction and project design knowledge. Once you finish the book, you will have a firm grasp of VB 2008's core concepts and language elements, and understand how to build VB projects as they were intended -- as complete, cohesive solutions.

<p><i>Programming Visual Basic .NET</i>, Second Edition is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Entirely rewritten by .NET expert Jesse Liberty, the new edition of this tutorial will be essential reading for the millions of Visual Basic programmers looking to make the change to Microsoft's .NET programming environment. Thorough, entertaining, and easy to follow, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of the language, object-oriented programming, and the .NET Framework, and goes even further—you'll learn how to create Windows and Web applications, as well as Web services.</p> <p>A comprehensive introduction to the Visual Basic .NET language, this new edition covers topics of greatest concern to VB6 programmers who wish to make the transition from traditional Visual Basic 6 programming to the new object-oriented, component-based world of .NET. Loaded with practical examples for intermediate and advanced programmers, <i>Programming Visual Basic .NET</i> focuses on turning you into a proficient .NET developer.</p> <p>Some of the topics in the book include:</p> <ul> <li>Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework</li> <li>Object-Oriented Programming</li> <li>Building Windows Applications</li> <li>Accessing Data with ADO.NET</li> <li>ASP.NET</li> <li>Web Services</li> <li class="null1">and much more</li> </ul> Jesse Liberty's books have successfully guided thousands of new and experienced programmers alike into the world of .NET programming and <i>Programming Visual Basic .NET</i>, Second Edition will be no exception. This book is sure to become a key component of developers' .NET libraries.

If you're just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want—whether you're a programmer, system administrator, or web hacker. Nicknamed "the Llama" by two generations of users, this bestseller closely follows the popular introductory Perl course taught by the authors since 1991. This 6th edition covers recent changes to the language up to version 5.14. Perl is suitable for almost any task on almost any platform, from short fixes to complete web applications. Learning Perl teaches you the basics and shows you how to write programs up to 128 lines long—roughly the size of 90% of the Perl programs in use today. Each chapter includes exercises to help you practice what you've just learned. Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer. Topics include: Perl data and variable types Subroutines File operations Regular expressions String manipulation (including Unicode) Lists and sorting Process management Smart matching Use of third party modules Printing History November 1993 First Edition. April 1994 Minor corrections. August 1994 Minor corrections. July 1997 Second Edition. July 2001 Third Edition. July 2005 Fourth Edition.

Actually the small subtitle on the top of the front page "Regular Expressions and High-Performance I/O" would be the better title. "Java NIO" is incorrect. That suggest already that the mere 282 pages are not completely devoted to explaining usage of NIO package. The obvious conclusion is that this book is to terse to grant it the status of the sole source of information on NIO. But wait, there is more: The author feels the necessity to quote the Java package specifications, which we all have anyways on the net. This nonsensical waste of paper starts on the page 238, preceded by several pages of a similarly useless appendix B which quotes java.nio.channels.spi specifications. Thus the book has de facto approx. 230 pages. But wait, there is more! Already on the page 151 author abandons NIO and devotes himself to a talk about regular expression package, and... in his code examples uses boldly standard java.io. His examples are of a stunning banality and simplicity, to terse to be of any use beyond the regular Java instructional trail on the net. Regarding NIO, the 150 pages remaining, reader should rather take a look at "The JDK 1.4 Tutorial", 408 pages: The JDK 1.4 Tutorial. Travis'es chapter 1 and 2 clearly top this text in every aspect. Hitchens code examples seem very arbitrary, and often to verbose, dealing with, or constructing something not pertinent to IO itself. For example, pages 63/65, where author suggest to "wait" in a spinning while loop for write, without any sleep (hm..., is that really necessary?) and later on wastes an entire page on assembling some arbitrary text messages or sentences of a kind. Every reader will make many more such observations. Not a good call on O'Reilly's part... NIO is very complex indeed, and every practitioner has his/her own set of papers and snippets collected over the time, still waiting for "the ultimate" summary by someone. Last but not least, what annoys me in this book are the nonsensical and banal quotes of someone or something in the beginning of the chapters. This is a very nasty habit, copied over and over again by many authors. Only a few writers have the knowledge and ability to make such quotes, see Donald Knuth to contrast what you will find in this book. For example, "here, put this fish in you ear" by Ford Prefect. I have no clue what that means, and who or what Ford Prefect was. The said appendix with cut-and-paste of Java package specifications starts with a sentence by "U2", what ever that means. The equally useless appendix B starts with "If you build it, he will come" by... "An Iowa cornfield"! I have really no words to comment on this nonsense. Now let me pack the "NIO users manual" and ship it back to Amazon. Give me my money back!

Technical Issues......Page 4 Social and Political Issues......Page 5 A Few Abstract Object Models......Page 6 Packages, Packages, Packages......Page 10 Lies, Damn Lies, and Benchmarks......Page 13 Recommendations......Page 15 Regex Flavor......Page 16 Using java.util.regex......Page 19 The Pattern.Compile ( ) Factory......Page 21 The Matcher Object......Page 22 Other Pattern Methods......Page 28 ORO's Perl5Util......Page 30 A Mini Pel5Util Reference......Page 31 Using ORO's Underlying Classes......Page 35

Of all the Ajax-specific frameworks that have popped up in recent years, one clearly stands out as the industrial strength solution. Dojo is not just another JavaScript toolkit -- it's __the__ JavaScript toolkit -- and __Dojo: The Definitive Guide__ demonstrates how to tame Dojo's extensive library of utilities so that you can build rich and responsive web applications like never before. Dojo founder Alex Russell gives a foreword that explains the "why" of Dojo and of this book. Dojo provides an end-to-end solution for development in the browser, including everything from the core JavaScript library and turnkey widgets to build tools and a testing framework. Its vibrant open source community keeps adding to Dojo's arsenal, and this book provides an ideal companion to Dojo's official documentation. __Dojo: the Definitive Guide__ gives you the most thorough overview of this toolkit available, showing you everything from how to create complex layouts and form controls closely resembling those found in the most advanced desktop applications with stock widgets, to advanced JavaScript idioms to AJAX and advanced communication transports. With this definitive reference you get: * Get a concise introduction to Dojo that's good for all 1.x versions * Well-explained examples, with scores of tested code samples, that let you see Dojo in action * A comprehensive reference to Dojo's standard JavaScript library (including fundamental utilities in Base, Dojo's tiny but powerful kernel) that you'll wonder how you ever lived without * An extensive look at additional Core features, such as animations, drag-and-drop, back-button handling, animations like wipe and slide, and more * Exhaustive coverage of out-of-the-box Dijits (Dojo widgets) as well as definitive coverage on how to create your own, either from scratch or building on existing ones * An itemized inventory of DojoX subprojects, the build tools, and the DOH, Dojo's unit-testing framework that you can use with Dojo -- or anywhere else If you're a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book -- whether you're a one-person operation or part of an organization employing scores of developers. Dojo packs the standard JavaScript library you've always wanted, and __Dojo: The Definitive Guide__ helps you transform your ideas into working applications quickly by leveraging design concepts you already know.

The book is dated, and some of the examples, like the ones using Python are out of sync with current libraries. But, overall, the book is still valuable.It begins with a nice forward from an XML-RPC insider - Dave Winer;he was intimately involved in the evolution of the XML-RPC spec and you get a rare glimpse into the discussions that resulted in the technology spec - something that you rarely find in tech books. The next best thing about the book are the authors - they are totally in charge of the subject being developers themselves and experienced authors. With reasonable examples,tips and insights on XML-RPC - the technology itself, plus various language implementations of XML-RPC libraries, this book written on an under hyped and flawed,but successful loose integration and web services technology is a good read. Apart from sections explaining the protocol itself, the major portion of the book is devoted to Java,Perl, and Python implementations of the standard, integrating web applications with XML-rpc using PHP,and bridging ASP and COM.

With the LWP (Library for WWW in Perl) suite of modules, your programs can download and extract information from the Web. Written by a contributor to LWP, and with a foreword by one of LWP's creators, Perl & LWP is the authoritative guide to using this powerful and popular toolkit.You'll learn how to navigate the Web with LWP, fetching web pages, submitting forms, managing cookies, and accessing authenticated web sites. The book also demonstrates using three different techniques, regular expressions, tokens, and tress, to extract information from HTML. The many detailed case studies show you how to apply this knowledge to real world situations, from downloading news stories to e-commerce. Perl & LWP is a must have for Perl programmers who want to automate and mine the Web.

A guide to using Windows PowerShell to script Windows administrative tasks and control Windows from the command line.

How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex within the first few chapters. As you progress, you learn how to build a layout, add interactivity, work with data, and deploy your applications to either the Web or the desktop. Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to fellow developers at Yahoo! You'll understand how Flex works, how to use the MXML markup language and work with ActionScript, how to deploy RIAs to the desktop using Adobe AIR, and much more. Whether you're a beginner, or an experienced web developer coming to Flex from another platform, Learning Flex 3 is the ideal way to learn how Also included are brief explanations of objects, classes, components, properties, methods, types, and other Flex attributes. You will find that Learning Flex 3 is not only the most complete tutorial for Flex, it's also the quickest way to get going with the latest version of this powerful framework.

Java RMI contains a wealth of experience in designing and implementing Java's Remote Method Invocation. If you're a novice reader, you will quickly be brought up to speed on why RMI is such a powerful yet easy to use tool for distributed programming, while experts can gain valuable experience for constructing their own enterprise and distributed systems. With Java RMI , you'll learn tips and tricks for making your RMI code excel. The book also provides strategies for working with serialization, threading, the RMI registry, sockets and socket factories, activation, dynamic class downloading, HTTP tunneling, distributed garbage collection, JNDI, and CORBA. In short, a treasure trove of valuable RMI knowledge packed into one book.

AppleScript in a Nutshell is the first complete reference to AppleScript, the popular programming language that gives both power users and sophisticated enterprise customers the important ability to automate repetitive tasks and customize applications. As the Macintosh continues to expand and solidify its base in the multimedia and publishing industries, AppleScript is the tool of choice on this platform for creating sophisticated time- and money-saving workflow applications (applets). These applets automate the processing and management of digital video, imaging, print, and web-based material. AppleScript is also gaining a foothold in scientific programming, as technical organizations adopt G4 CPU-based systems for advanced computing and scientific analysis. Finally, "power users" and script novices will find that AppleScript is a great everyday Mac programming tool, similar to Perl on Windows NT or Unix. In this well-organized and concise reference, AppleScript programmers will find: \* Detailed coverage of AppleScript Version 1.4 and beyond on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. \* Complete descriptions of AppleScript language features, such as data types, flow-control statements, functions, object-oriented features (script objects and libraries), and other syntactical elements. \* Descriptions and hundreds of code samples on programming the various "scriptable" system components, such as the Finder, File Sharing, File Exchange, Network scripting, Web scripting, Apple System Profiler, the ColorSync program, and the numerous powerful language extensions called "osax" or scripting additions. Most other AppleScript books are hopelessly out of date. AppleScript in a Nutshell covers the latest updates and improvements with practical, easy to understand tips, including: \* Using AppleScript as a tool for distributed computing, an exciting development that Apple Computer calls "program linking over IP. Programmers can now do distributed computing with Macs over TCP/IP networks, including controlling remote applications with AppleScript and calling AppleScript methods on code libraries that are located on other machines. \* Using the Sherlock find application to automate web and network searching. \* Insights on scripting new Apple technologies such as Apple Data Detectors, Folder Actions, Keychain Access, and Apple Verifier. AppleScript in a Nutshell is a high-end handbook at a low-end price - an essential desktop reference that puts the full power of this user-friendly programming language into every AppleScript user's hands.

<p>Revised to cover Perl Version 5.6, this quick reference provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet.</p> <p>This third edition covers:</p> <ul> <li>A summary of Perl syntax rules</li> <li>A complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules, all with brief descriptions</li> <li>The newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and unicode support <i>The Perl 5 Pocket Reference,</i> 3rd Edition, is the perfect companion to the authoritative books on Perl published by O'Reilly &amp; Associates: <i>Programming Perl,</i> <i>Learning Perl,</i> and the <i>Perl Cookbook.</i></li> </ul>

I found the entire book easy to read and understand. I've been programming for a while now, but am new to both Python and XML and this book was at the perfect level for me. The book is very readable and the examples used were both concise and pertinent. The Python code used in the book was easy to follow even though I've only been using Python for a few weeks. This book is mostly a tutorial on what XML is, how to manipulate XML documents using Python, and how to use XML to move data over the internet via HTTP. It was a very good practical overview of XML in the context of Python. While it wasn't all-encompassing, the book gave you just the right amount of information to get started, without burying you with details that might be better left to more of a reference style book. I almost gave it just 4 stars only because the chapter on SOAP was quite dated. Since the book was last published when SOAP was in it's infancy, I didn't find that the information provided was quite as useful as it could be. The overview of SOAP was OK, but the sample code seemed to not have the same flow as the rest of the book. That said, if you're looking for information on SOAP specifically, this book may not be your best choice. Interestingly though, the last chapter that ties everything together with a more involved example web application, shows how to do a SOAP-like web service without actually using SOAP - which actually seemed to be a lot simpler in my opinion. I would have also appreciated a little more coverage of XML Schemas, but after reading the book, I now at least know what to look for. All-in-all though, an excellent book to get you started if you're looking to work with XML documents using Python.

This practical book provides everything you need to know about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). This open technology for real-time communication is used in many diverse applications such as instant messaging, Voice over IP, real-time collaboration, social networking, microblogging, lightweight middleware, cloud computing, and more. XMPP: The Definitive Guide walks you through the thought processes and design decisions involved in building a complete XMPP-enabled application, and adding real-time interfaces to existing applications. You'll not only learn simple yet powerful XMPP tools, but you'll also discover, through real-world developer stories, how common XMPP "building blocks" can help solve particular classes of problems. With this book, you will: Learn the basics of XMPP technologies, including architectural issues, addressing, and communication primitives Understand the terminology of XMPP and learn about the wealth of XMPP servers, clients, and code libraries Become familiar with the XMPP concepts and services you need to solve common problems Construct a complete business application or real-time service with XMPP Every day, more software developers and service providers are using XMPP for real-time applications, and with the help of XMPP: The Definitive Guide , you can, too.

GNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors. It is also the most powerful and flexible. Unlike all other text editors, GNU Emacs is a complete working environment -- you can stay within Emacs all day without leaving. The GNU Emacs Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's Learning GNU Emacs , which tells you how to get started with the GNU Emacs editor and, as you become more proficient, it will help you learn how to use Emacs more effectively. This small book, covering Emacs version 20, is a handy reference guide to the basic elements of this powerful editor, presenting the Emacs commands in an easy-to-use tabular format.

Active Server Pages (ASP) has become a standard for developing server-side Web applications. Prior to the development of ASP, all information served to the client's browser was static -- the Web server did not dynamically generate any part of the site's content. ASP allows Web developers to dynamically generate browser-neutral content. ASP in a Nutshell provides the high-quality documentation that developers really need to create effective ASP applications. It focuses on how features are used in a real application and highlights little-known or undocumented apsects. This book also includes an overview of the interaction between the latest release of Internet Information Server (version 4) and ASP, plus an introduction to the IIS object model and the objects it comprises. This detailed reference enables even experienced Web developers to advance their ASP applications to new levels.

Ever since Visual Basic was merged into .NET, it's become the core language for creating business applications with Windows. The latest version, VB 2008, is even more useful -- and provides even more incentive for migrating from VB 6. All it lacks is a good book on how to harness its power. __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ fills the void. Written in a lively and engaging style by a developer who's grown up with Visual Basic, including both VB 6 and VB .NET, this hands-on guide addresses the core topics of the new VB, from basic to complex, with plenty of code examples. __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ also examines .NET programming from the application level with a chapter-by-chapter plan for developing, documenting, and deploying a full data-driven application. You learn, step-by-step, how to build and deploy a library management system, complete with patron, inventory, and barcode support. The book's broad range of topics include: * VB language and its syntax * An overview of the .NET Framework * Object-oriented development in VB and .NET * Generic objects, collections, and nullable types * Design and management of software projects * Integrating desktop features with Windows Forms * Database design with SQL Server 2008 * Database interface design with ADO.NET * The new LINQ feature, and how to use it within VB and .NET * Embedding XML within application source code * Encryption and authentication in .NET * Interacting with data stored in files and directories * Web development using ASP.NET * Deploying an application to a user's workstation * And much more __Programming Visual Basic 2008__ is ideal for VB 6 programmers who are ready to move to .NET, as well as VB.NET programmers who wish to improve their project-focused software development skills. Programming novices and developers coming from other languages will find the book valuable because of its language instruction and project design knowledge. Once you finish the book, you will have a firm grasp of VB 2008's core concepts and language elements, and understand how to build VB projects as they were intended -- as complete, cohesive solutions.

No matter what language they're programming in, developers always wish things would run faster! Especially when writing mission-critical applications, no one wants to be limited by the programming environment.__Java Performance Tuning__ provides all the details you need to know to ''performance tune'' any type of Java program and make Java code run significantly faster.__Java Performance Tuning__ contains step-by-step instructions on all aspects of the performance tuning process, right from such early considerations as setting goals, measuring performance, and choosing a compiler. Extensive examples for tuning many parts of an application are described in detail, and any pitfalls are identified. The book also provides performance tuning checklists that enable developers to make their tuning as comprehensive as possible.__Java Performance Tuning__ is a book to help you ''roll up your sleeves'' and examine your code in detail in order to apply different tuning techniques to produce the best possible result.The book shows you how to: * Create and plan a tuning strategy * Avoid performance penalties from inefficient code * Minimize the number of objects a program creates * Improve the behavior of loops and switches * Use threads effectively

JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology provides an easy way to create dynamic web pages. Its component-based approach allows web developers to easily combine static HTML for look-and-feel with Java components for dynamic features. The simplicity of this component-based model, combined with the cross-platform power of Java, allows a web development environment with enormous potential. JavaServer Pages shows how to develop Java-based web applications without having to be a hardcore programmer. The author provides an overview of JSP concepts and discusses how JSP fits into the larger picture of web applications. Web page authors will benefit from chapters on generating dynamic content, handling session information, accessing databases, authenticating users, and personalizing content. In the programming-oriented chapters, Java programmers learn how to create Java components and custom JSP tags for web authors to use in JSP pages.

Perl soared to popularity as a language for creating and managing web content, but with LWP (Library for WWW in Perl), Perl is equally adept at consuming information on the Web. LWP is a suite of modules for fetching and processing web pages.The Web is a vast data source that contains everything from stock prices to movie credits, and with LWP all that data is just a few lines of code away. Anything you do on the Web, whether it's buying or selling, reading or writing, uploading or downloading, news to e-commerce, can be controlled with Perl and LWP. You can automate Web-based purchase orders as easily as you can set up a program to download MP3 files from a web site.Perl &amp;amp; LWP covers:Understanding LWP and its designFetching and analyzing URLsExtracting information from HTML using regular expressions and tokensWorking with the structure of HTML documents using treesSetting and inspecting HTTP headers and response codesManaging cookiesAccessing information that requires authenticationExtracting linksCooperating with proxy cachesWriting web spiders (also known as robots) in a safe fashionPerl &amp;amp; LWP includes many step-by-step examples that show how to apply the various techniques. Programs to extract information from the web sites of BBC News, Altavista, ABEBooks.com, and the Weather Underground, to name just a few, are explained in detail, so that you understand how and why they work.Perl programmers who want to automate and mine the web can pick up this book and be immediately productive. Written by a contributor to LWP, and with a foreword by one of LWP's creators, Perl &amp;amp; LWP is the authoritative guide to this powerful and popular toolkit.

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If you're up on the latest Java technologies, then you know that Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 is the hottest news in Java this year. In fact, EJB 3.0 is being hailed as the new standard of server-side business logic programming. And O'Reilly's award-winning book on EJB has been refreshed just in time to capitalize on the technology's latest rise in popularity.This fifth edition, written by Bill Burke and Richard Monson-Haefel, has been updated to capture the very latest need-to-know Java technologies in the same award-winning fashion that drove the success of the previous four strong-selling editions. Bill Burke, Chief Architect at JBoss, Inc., represents the company on the EJB 3.0 and Java EE 5 specification committees. Richard Monson-Haefel is one of the world's leading experts on Enterprise Java.Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, 5th Edition is organized into two parts: the technical manuscript followed by the JBoss workbook. The technical manuscript explains what EJB is, how it works, and when to use it. The JBoss workbook provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running the examples from the manuscript on the JBoss 4.0 Application Server.Although EJB makes application development much simpler, it's still a complex and ambitious technology that requires a great deal of time to study and master. But now, thanks to Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, 5th Edition, you can overcome the complexities of EJBs and learn from hundreds of practical examples that are largeenough to test key concepts but small enough to be taken apart and explained in the detail that you need. Now you can harness the complexity of EJB with just a single resource by your side.

Programming Python demonstrates advanced applications of the increasingly popular object-oriented scripting language that's freely available on the Web. Hundreds of thousands of developers around the world use Python for Internet scripting, systems programming, user interfaces, product customization, and more. The Python interpreter is available on most popular Unix platforms, Linux, Windows and the Mac. This book is the most comprehensive resource for advanced Python programmers available today. It focuses on real-world Python applications and has been reviewed and endorsed by Python creator Guido van Rossum, who also provides the foreword. Updated for Python 2.0, this edition is really 4 books in one, with in-depth coverage of Internet scripting, systems programming, Tkinter GUIs, and C integration domains. An appendix contains recent Python changes, and there's a platform-neutral CD-ROM with book examples and Python-related packages, including the full Python 2.0 source code distribution.

With the XML ''buzz'' still dominating talk among Internet developers, there's a real need to learn how to cut through the hype and put XML to work. Java & XML shows how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is code and data that are portable. This second edition adds chapters on Advanced SAX and Advanced DOM, new chapters on SOAP and data binding, and new examples throughout. Following a concise introduction to XML basics, the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. Java developers who need to work with XML, or think that they will in the future--as well as developers involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services--will find Java & XML a constant companion. Includes a quick reference on SAX 2.0, DOM Level 2, and JDOM.

Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 The Structure of This Book......Page 12 How to Use This Book......Page 15 Conventions Used in This Book......Page 16 How to Contact Us......Page 17 Acknowledgments......Page 18 What’s New in Windows Vista?......Page 20 Windows Aero......Page 21 Changing from Aero to another theme......Page 22 Aero Wizards......Page 24 Windows System Tray notifications......Page 26 Other desktop changes......Page 27 The Sidebar and Gadgets......Page 29 Changing Sidebar Behavior......Page 30 Adding a Gadget......Page 31 Security Features......Page 33 Windows Defender......Page 34 Configuring Windows Defender......Page 35 Windows Firewall......Page 37 An example of a firewall exception at work......Page 39 Limiting computer use......Page 40 Limiting Internet usage......Page 41 Preventing users from running programs......Page 42 Preventing users from running games......Page 43 Activity reports......Page 45 User Account Control......Page 46 Disabling User Account Control......Page 49 BitLocker Drive Encryption......Page 50 So Why Not Just Encrypt the Drive?......Page 51 Windows Service Hardening......Page 52 The Start Menu......Page 53 Using Instant Search on the Start menu......Page 54 Customizing the Start menu......Page 56 Search with Windows Explorer......Page 57 Search Box......Page 58 Changing a metadata tag......Page 59 Boolean filters......Page 60 Natural language searches......Page 61 File List Headings......Page 62 The New Task Scheduler......Page 63 Scheduling a Task......Page 64 Scheduling Disk Cleanup......Page 65 Vista SideShow......Page 66 Vista’s New Printing Options......Page 67 Using the XPS Viewer......Page 69 Printing a Picture......Page 70 Summary......Page 71 A Look at the Different Versions......Page 72 Vista Home Basic Edition......Page 73 Instant Search......Page 74 Indexing file contents......Page 75 Search Folders......Page 77 Internet Explorer 7......Page 79 Built-in diagnostics......Page 81 Vista Basic interface......Page 83 Windows Photo Gallery......Page 84 Hardware considerations......Page 86 Windows Aero......Page 87 Windows Movie Maker and DVD Maker......Page 90 Windows Meeting Space......Page 91 Windows Media Center......Page 93 Windows Mobility Center......Page 94 Advanced backup and diagnostics......Page 99 Remote Desktop Connection......Page 100 Vista Enterprise Edition......Page 101 Application compatibility......Page 102 Vista Ultimate Edition......Page 103 Windows Vista on a Tablet PC......Page 104 The Tablet PC Input Panel......Page 105 Changing Screen Orientation......Page 107 Other general Tablet PC settings......Page 108 Pen flicks......Page 109 Summary......Page 111 Networking with Windows Vista......Page 113 Windows Domains Defined......Page 114 Vista Workgroups Defined......Page 115 Joining a Domain......Page 117 Joining a Workgroup......Page 119 Changing the computer name......Page 120 Vista and TCP/IP......Page 121 Understanding IP Version 4......Page 122 The IP address......Page 124 The subnet mask......Page 125 The DNS server......Page 126 CIDR notation......Page 127 Automatic Private IP Addresses......Page 128 Using an alternative IP address......Page 130 Understanding IP Version 6......Page 131 Vista Networking Tools......Page 133 The Network and Sharing Center......Page 134 The Network Window......Page 136 Managing Network Discovery......Page 137 Customizing the network......Page 139 The Network Map......Page 140 Creating a Network Connection......Page 141 Network Card Options......Page 142 Network card properties......Page 143 Connecting to a Wireless Network......Page 145 Other network connections......Page 149 Setting up a VPN connection......Page 150 Allowing a VPN connection......Page 152 Setting up an ad hoc network......Page 153 Disconnecting from a network......Page 154 Managing wireless networks......Page 155 Wireless Security on Windows Vista......Page 156 WPA......Page 157 Wireless single sign-on......Page 158 Using the Network......Page 161 Locking Down the System......Page 162 Sharing Files and Folders......Page 164 Sharing for Administrators......Page 166 Advanced sharing......Page 167 Securing a Shared Folder......Page 169 NTFS File Permissions......Page 171 NTFS permission behavior......Page 175 Accessing a Network Resource......Page 176 Mapping a drive......Page 177 Offline Files......Page 179 Sharing a Printer......Page 183 Firewall considerations......Page 184 Creating a User Account......Page 186 Standard User Account......Page 187 Using Vista with Live OneCare......Page 188 Summary......Page 190 Personalizing Vista......Page 191 Changing Between the Classic and Simple Start Menus......Page 192 Customizing the Classic Start Menu......Page 193 Customizing the Vista Simple Start Menu......Page 195 Setting the Start menu back to the defaults......Page 198 The Start menu and the filesystem......Page 199 Adding and changing a menu......Page 200 Adding Administrative Tools to the Vista Start Menu......Page 201 Controlling Start menu behavior with the registry......Page 202 Controlling the Taskbar......Page 205 Grouping Similar Items on the Taskbar......Page 206 Adding a program to the Quick Launch toolbar......Page 208 Restoring Show Desktop in the Quick Launch toolbar......Page 209 Controlling the Toolbars......Page 210 Adding a custom toolbar......Page 211 Controlling the System Tray......Page 212 Changing System Tray Behavior......Page 214 Customizing System Tray Icon Behavior......Page 215 Turning Off the System Tray Notifications......Page 216 Using the registry......Page 217 Using separate software......Page 218 Controlling Desktop Theme and Appearance......Page 219 Something Cool About Vista Desktop Backgrounds......Page 221 Restoring the Default Theme......Page 222 Deleting a theme......Page 223 Disabling Theme Changes......Page 224 Disabling themes, Part two......Page 226 Using Vista’s Color Scheme......Page 228 Limiting the number of windows available in Windows Flip 3D......Page 230 Controlling the Display......Page 231 Changing Screen Resolution......Page 232 Changing Display Refresh Rate......Page 234 Using Multiple Monitors......Page 235 Multiple-monitor considerations......Page 237 Configuring multiple monitors with UltraMon......Page 238 Summary......Page 239 Making Vista Easier to Use......Page 240 The Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP)......Page 241 Installing Additional Languages......Page 242 Changing languages......Page 243 AutoComplete......Page 245 Helping Vista Improve Handwriting Recognition......Page 246 Personalizing Handwriting for Another Language......Page 249 Using Vista to translate......Page 250 Tablet PC Usage and the Windows Journal......Page 251 Converting Handwriting to Typed Text......Page 252 Using the handwriting only......Page 255 Writing an Email; Really, Writing It......Page 256 Working with Speech Recognition......Page 258 Setting up your microphone......Page 259 Teaching yourself how to talk to your computer......Page 260 Common speech commands......Page 261 Teaching Vista’s Speech Recognition to Better Understand You......Page 262 Training Speech Recognition using the Speech Dictionary......Page 264 Ease of Access Center......Page 266 Recommendations for accessibility settings......Page 268 Syncing Devices......Page 273 Setting Up a Partnership with the Sync Center......Page 275 Using Bluetooth Devices......Page 276 Bluetooth and the Passkey......Page 277 Troubleshooting a Bluetooth connection......Page 278 Summary......Page 281 Your Computer’s Performance Rating......Page 283 How Does the Windows Experience Index Score Help?......Page 286 WEI and Software......Page 287 System Power Up......Page 289 What’s New with Vista Startup......Page 291 Startup and the BCD......Page 292 Modifying the BCD......Page 293 Startup Performance......Page 297 Windows ReadyBoost......Page 298 Using ReadyBoost......Page 299 Windows SuperFetch......Page 301 Vista ReadyDrive......Page 302 Logging On to Windows Vista......Page 303 Logging On to a Domain......Page 304 Requiring Ctrl-Alt-Delete......Page 305 Configuring Administrator auto-logon......Page 307 Automatic Disk Defragmentation......Page 308 System Shutdown......Page 311 Logoff and Lock......Page 312 Power savings in Sleep mode......Page 313 Changing Sleep options on mobile computers......Page 315 Hibernate......Page 316 Vista Power Management......Page 317 Repair Your Computer......Page 321 Safe Mode......Page 322 Change the Default OS When Dual-Booting......Page 328 Dual-boot considerations......Page 329 Improving System Startup......Page 330 Startup Repair......Page 333 Using the SRT......Page 334 System Startup with System Config......Page 335 Isolating the system service causing the problem......Page 337 Isolating the startup item causing the problem......Page 338 Summary......Page 339 Installing a Device......Page 340 The New Hardware Wizard......Page 341 Using the Device Manager to Monitor Devices......Page 343 Use the Windows Update Driver Settings......Page 347 Installing a USB Device......Page 348 Removing a USB device......Page 349 Updating Hardware Driver Software......Page 350 Updating drivers manually......Page 352 Restoring a Driver to a Previous Version......Page 353 Driver Signing Options......Page 354 Installing a New Hard Drive......Page 357 Adding an Internal Drive......Page 358 Partitioning the Drive......Page 360 Formatting the Volume......Page 362 NTFS filesystem......Page 364 Partitioning and Formatting Utilities......Page 365 Changing Volume Properties......Page 366 Shrinkage......Page 368 Simple......Page 369 Spanned......Page 370 Striped......Page 371 Upgrading to a Dynamic Disk......Page 372 Changing a dynamic disk into a basic disk......Page 373 Other Hard Disk Considerations......Page 374 Printing in Windows Vista......Page 376 Local......Page 377 Installing a Local Printer......Page 378 Installing a Network Printer......Page 379 Installing a network printer, Part 2......Page 380 Changing the Default Printer......Page 382 Sharing a Vista Printer......Page 383 Print sharing considerations......Page 384 Managing Printing with Print Management......Page 386 Adding Print Servers......Page 387 Custom views......Page 389 Deploying Printers with a Group Policy Object (GPO)......Page 392 Adding Printers Automatically with Print Management......Page 394 Securing Vista Network Printing......Page 395 Printer availability......Page 396 Assigning priority......Page 397 Redirecting a Print Job......Page 398 Summary......Page 400 Installing and Removing Software......Page 401 Installing from the Network......Page 402 Uninstalling or Changing a Program......Page 403 Removing a Program That Has Been Uninstalled......Page 405 Disabling User Account Control......Page 406 Turning it off......Page 409 Starting a Program Automatically......Page 413 Startup and the Registry......Page 415 Startup and Group Policy......Page 416 Logon and startup scripts......Page 418 Setting Default Actions and Programs......Page 421 Using Set Program Access and Computer Defaults......Page 423 Configuring AutoPlay Actions......Page 425 Making sure you get the AutoPlay dialog box......Page 426 Using an Application Path......Page 427 Using Speech Recognition......Page 429 Configuring Application Compatibility......Page 431 Using the Compatibility Tab......Page 433 Running an application as an administrator once......Page 435 The Application Compatibility Toolkit......Page 436 Using the Standard User Analyzer......Page 437 Summary......Page 440 Vista Deployment Overview......Page 442 Vista images are bigger......Page 444 Vista has been broken into components......Page 445 Deployment settings are stored in XML......Page 446 Vista Deployment Scenarios......Page 447 Upgrade......Page 448 Computer to Computer......Page 450 Upgrade utilities......Page 452 A word about profiles......Page 453 Running an Attended Installation......Page 454 Clean Install......Page 455 Upgrading from Windows XP......Page 459 Vista upgrades and the digital locker......Page 461 Reinstall......Page 462 Deploying with Imaging Software......Page 463 Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)......Page 464 Troubleshooting with Windows PE......Page 466 Using Windows PE to capture and deploy images......Page 468 Imaging the new system......Page 469 Windows PE and the WIM format......Page 470 Using the Windows System Image Manager......Page 471 Migrating User Information......Page 473 XML and the USMT......Page 474 Configuring the USMT......Page 475 Migrating a domain account......Page 476 Migrating settings while changing domain membership......Page 477 Part one: Preparing the target (Vista) machine......Page 478 Part two: Gathering settings from the existing machine......Page 479 Summary......Page 480 Internet Explorer 7......Page 482 What’s the Big Deal?......Page 483 Browser Viewing Improvements......Page 484 Favorites Center enhancements......Page 485 Using tabs......Page 487 Content Viewing Improvements......Page 488 Improved Ajax support......Page 489 Keyboard shortcuts: general usability......Page 492 A Closer Look at IE7’s New Features......Page 493 Are you ready for tabs?......Page 494 The Quick Tabs feature......Page 496 The Tabs List feature......Page 497 The Tab Groups feature......Page 498 The Instant Search feature......Page 501 Keyboard shortcuts: Instant Search......Page 502 The page zoom feature......Page 503 Keyboard shortcuts: Page zoom......Page 505 Advanced printing capabilities......Page 506 RSS Feed Support......Page 507 Getting started with RSS......Page 508 Administrative Improvements......Page 513 CSS fixes......Page 514 Protection against spyware with Windows Defender......Page 515 Microsoft Phishing Filter......Page 516 Security Status bar......Page 517 Extended validation certificates......Page 519 URL Display Protections......Page 520 An Address bar in every window......Page 521 IDN display protections......Page 522 Parental Controls......Page 523 Configuring Protected Mode......Page 526 Using RIES......Page 527 Practical advice for running RIES......Page 529 Compatibility in Internet Explorer 7......Page 531 No more phishing......Page 533 Summary......Page 534 Optimize Performance......Page 535 The System Console......Page 536 The Windows Task Manager......Page 537 The Applications tab......Page 538 The Processes tab......Page 539 The Performance tab......Page 541 The Reliability and Performance Monitor......Page 543 Wizards and templates for creating logs......Page 544 The Resource view......Page 545 User-friendly diagnosis reports......Page 546 The Performance Monitor......Page 547 Sharing Performance Monitor information......Page 548 Performance Subsystems......Page 551 Memory Performance......Page 552 Configuring Virtual Memory......Page 554 Windows Memory Diagnostics......Page 556 The Disk Cleanup utility......Page 557 The Disk Defragmenter utility......Page 559 Network Performance......Page 562 Optimizing for application performance......Page 563 Optimizing for program performance......Page 564 Setting the program priority in the Task Manager......Page 565 New Vista Performance Tools......Page 566 Windows ReadyBoost......Page 567 Windows SuperFetch......Page 570 The Windows Experience Index......Page 571 Command-Line Administration......Page 572 Using the Command Prompt......Page 573 The executables: cmd.exe and command.com......Page 574 Using AutoComplete......Page 575 The Command Prompt buffer......Page 576 Using the Clipboard......Page 577 The NET USER command......Page 578 The NET LOCALGROUP command......Page 580 Summary......Page 582 Why You Need Security......Page 583 Malware......Page 584 How malware spreads......Page 586 Theft of information......Page 587 Vulnerabilities......Page 588 Hardware vulnerabilities......Page 589 User Account Control......Page 590 Disabling User Account Control......Page 591 User and Group Accounts......Page 592 Administrator users......Page 593 Creating an Account......Page 594 Creating a Local Group......Page 596 Password policy......Page 598 Setting account security policies......Page 599 Managing Auditing......Page 600 Changing Audit Settings on Files......Page 601 Protecting Against Malware......Page 604 The Windows Security Center......Page 605 Antivirus and Antispyware......Page 606 Recommended settings......Page 607 Antispyware programs......Page 608 Scan......Page 609 Tools......Page 610 Windows Firewall......Page 611 The firewall in action......Page 612 Automatic Updates......Page 613 Malicious Software Removal Tool......Page 615 Internet Explorer privacy settings......Page 616 Internet Explorer security settings......Page 620 Phishing Filter......Page 623 File Encryption......Page 624 File Encryption with EFS......Page 625 File Encryption with BitLocker Drive Encryption......Page 627 Setting up BitLocker (no TPM)......Page 628 Booting with BitLocker (no TPM)......Page 631 Setting Up Disk Quotas......Page 633 Setting Individual Quotas......Page 635 Network Security......Page 636 Network Access Protection......Page 637 Wireless Network Access......Page 638 Recommended wireless network settings......Page 639 Preventing Others from Shoulder Surfing......Page 641 Backups......Page 642 Password Storage......Page 643 Staying Current on Security Issues......Page 644 Sources for Security Advisories......Page 645 Summary......Page 646 Windows Group Policies......Page 647 Understanding the Components of Active Directory......Page 648 Groups......Page 650 Domains......Page 651 Organizational units......Page 653 Group Policy processing......Page 654 The Local Group Policy Object......Page 655 Opening the Group Policy Object Editor......Page 656 Group Policy Components......Page 657 The Software Settings section......Page 658 The Administrative Templates section......Page 659 What You Can Manage with a Group Policy......Page 661 Changes to Group Policy Settings......Page 662 Power management......Page 663 Group Policy Processing......Page 664 Group Policy processing considerations......Page 665 Multiple Local Group Policy Objects......Page 667 Creating a multiple local GPO......Page 668 MLGPO practical use......Page 669 Deleting a multiple local GPO......Page 670 Disabling User Configuration and Computer Configuration settings......Page 671 Configuring the User Environment with Administrative Templates......Page 672 Configuring Security Settings with Group Policy......Page 673 Configuring a firewall setting......Page 675 Other New Group Policy Settings......Page 676 Background information: .adm and .admx files......Page 680 Group Policy storage location......Page 681 Summary......Page 682 Troubleshooting Essentials......Page 683 Automatically Updating Vista......Page 684 Automatically Checking for Solutions to Problems......Page 685 Checking Security Using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer......Page 688 Removing Software Using the Malicious Software Removal Tool......Page 690 Troubleshooting the Hard Disk......Page 692 Checking for Disk Errors......Page 693 Memory Diagnostics......Page 694 Resource Exhaustion Detection......Page 696 Setting Up a Remote Assistance Connection......Page 697 Remote Assistance and security......Page 700 Remote Assistance and Group Policy......Page 701 Remote Assistance and User Account Control......Page 702 Remote Assistance and the Windows Firewall......Page 703 Remote Assistance and compatibility......Page 705 Deploying Remote Desktop......Page 706 Establishing the Remote Desktop connection......Page 707 Remote Desktop and Windows XP......Page 712 Making the Remote Desktop connection......Page 713 Remote Desktop and NAT......Page 714 Securing the Remote Desktop connection with a different port......Page 715 Troubleshooting Network Connectivity......Page 717 IPCONFIG......Page 718 PING......Page 719 PATHPING......Page 720 NSLOOKUP......Page 721 Status and repair......Page 722 Backup and Restore......Page 723 Vista Backup and the Complete PC Image......Page 725 Restoring a Complete PC Backup......Page 726 Backup status and configuration......Page 727 Using System Restore......Page 728 Creating a manual restore point......Page 730 Using a restore point......Page 731 Using the Vista Logs......Page 732 Getting Help from a Newsgroup......Page 734 Summary......Page 735 Vista Tips and Tricks......Page 736 Removing Tool Tips......Page 737 Removing the Splash Screen in Windows Mail......Page 738 Deleting the Hibernate File......Page 739 Starting Vista Explorer at the C: Drive......Page 740 Getting Rid of Arrows on Shortcuts......Page 741 Always Running the Command Prompt in Admin Mode......Page 742 Fixing Red Eye with Windows Photo Gallery......Page 743 Getting Access to More Options from the Right-Click Menus......Page 744 Removing the IE7 Search Toolbar......Page 746 Making Text Easier to Read......Page 747 Purchasing Windows Vista Online and Downloading It for Installation......Page 748 Optimizing the Sound......Page 749 Restoring Run on the Start Menu......Page 750 Adjusting the Default Height of a Window......Page 751 Leveraging the Quick Launch Toolbar with Shortcut Keys......Page 752 Using Two Printers for One Print Device......Page 753 Converting a Volume to NTFS......Page 756 Mounting a Volume into an NTFS Folder......Page 757 The “Ultimate” Vista Tip: Do a Clean Install of Vista Without Using the Full Version......Page 759 User Account Control......Page 760 The New Logon Screen: A Step Backward......Page 762 The Price......Page 764 Closely related to price: What else you’ll have to upgrade when purchasing Windows Vista......Page 766 Closely related to stuff that doesn’t work with Vista: What’s with Vista and communication with l.........Page 767 Vista Backup......Page 768 Windows Mail......Page 769 Gadgets......Page 771 Summary......Page 772 Index......Page 774

In the world of Unix operating systems, the various BSDs come with a long heritage of high-quality software and well-designed solutions, making them a favorite OS of a wide range of users. Among budget-minded users who adopted BSD early on to developers of some of today's largest Internet sites, the popularity of BSD systems continues to grow. If you use the BSD operating system, then you know that the secret of its success is not just in its price tag: practical, reliable, extraordinarily stable and flexible, BSD also offers plenty of fertile ground for creative, time-saving tweaks and tricks, and yes, even the chance to have some fun. ''Fun?'' you ask. Perhaps ''fun'' wasn't covered in the manual that taught you to install BSD and administer it effectively. But BSD Hacks, the latest in O'Reilly's popular Hacks series, offers a unique set of practical tips, tricks, tools--and even fun--for administrators and power users of BSD systems. BSD Hacks takes a creative approach to saving time and getting more done, with fewer resources. You'll take advantage of the tools and concepts that make the world's top Unix users more productive. Rather than spending hours with a dry technical document learning what switches go with a command, you'll learn concrete, practical uses for that command. The book begins with hacks to customize the user environment. You'll learn how to be more productive in the command line, timesaving tips for setting user-defaults, how to automate long commands, and save long sessions for later review. Other hacks in the book are grouped in the following areas: Customizing the User Environment Dealing with Files and Filesystems The Boot and Login Environments Backing Up Networking Hacks Securing the System Going Beyond the Basics Keeping Up-to-Date Grokking BSD If you want more than your average BSD user--you want to explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to try on your own--BSD Hacks is a must-have. This book will turn regular users into power users and system administrators into super system administrators.

Ever since Visual Basic was merged into .NET, it's become the core language for creating business applications with Windows. The latest version, VB 2008, is even more useful -- and provides even more incentive for migrating from VB 6. All it lacks is a good book on how to harness its power. Programming Visual Basic 2008 fills the void. Written in a lively and engaging style by a developer who's grown up with Visual Basic, including both VB 6 and VB .NET, this hands-on guide addresses the core topics of the new VB, from basic to complex, with plenty of code examples. Programming Visual Basic 2008 also examines .NET programming from the application level with a chapter-by-chapter plan for developing, documenting, and deploying a full data-driven application. You learn, step-by-step, how to build and deploy a library management system, complete with patron, inventory, and barcode support. The book's broad range of topics include: VB language and its syntax An overview of the .NET Framework Object-oriented development in VB and .NET Generic objects, collections, and nullable types Design and management of software projects Integrating desktop features with Windows Forms Database design with SQL Server 2008 Database interface design with ADO.NET The new LINQ feature, and how to use it within VB and .NET Embedding XML within application source code Encryption and authentication in .NET Interacting with data stored in files and directories Web development using ASP.NET Deploying an application to a user's workstation And much more Programming Visual Basic 2008 is ideal for VB 6 programmers who are ready to move to .NET, as well as VB.NET programmers who wish to improve their project-focused software development skills. Programming novices and developers coming from other languages will find the book valuable because of its language instruction and project design knowledge. Once you finish the book, you will have a firm grasp of VB 2008's core concepts and language elements, and understand how to build VB projects as they were intended -- as complete, cohesive solutions.

Bigger, better, and broader in scope, the __Big Book of Windows Hacks__ gives you everything you need to get the most out of your Windows Vista or XP system, including its related applications and the hardware it runs on or connects to. Whether you want to tweak Vista's Aero interface, build customized sidebar gadgets and run them from a USB key, or hack the ''unhackable'' screensavers, you'll find quick and ingenious ways to bend these recalcitrant operating systems to your will. __The Big Book of Windows Hacks__ focuses on Vista, the new bad boy on Microsoft's block, with hacks and workarounds that also work for Windows XP. You can read each hack in just a few minutes, saving countless hours of searching for the right answer. The step-by-step instructions let you apply the solutions in no time. This book takes you beyond the operating system with hacks for applications like Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007, and hardware such as the Zune, your wireless router, and the PC itself. The Big Book of Windows Hacks includes: * Expanded tutorials, new background material, a series of ''quick hacks'', and informative sidebars * Security hacks, including protection at wireless hotspots, hacking Vista file permissions and user account protection, and more * Efficiency hacks, such as tweaking your PC hardware, troubleshooting hardware problems, and speeding up system performance * Fun hacks, like building a custom Media Center PC or turning a PC into a digital video recorder * ''Beyond Windows'' hacks for running Linux inside Vista, dual-booting Linux/Windows or XP/Vista, or emulate classic video games on your PC In all, this remarkable book contains more than 100 hacks so that the power user in you never again needs to be at the mercy of systems and hardware run by Microsoft's omnipotent Vista and XP operating systems.

Need to learn statistics as part of your job, or want some help passing a statistics course? __Statistics in a Nutshell__ is a clear and concise introduction and reference that's perfect for anyone with no previous background in the subject. This book gives you a solid understanding of statistics without being too simple, yet without the numbing complexity of most college texts. You get a firm grasp of the fundamentals and a hands-on understanding of how to apply them before moving on to the more advanced material that follows. Each chapter presents you with easy-to-follow descriptions illustrated by graphics, formulas, and plenty of solved examples. Before you know it, you'll learn to apply statistical reasoning and statistical techniques, from basic concepts of probability and hypothesis testing to multivariate analysis. Organized into four distinct sections, __Statistics in a Nutshell__ offers you: **Introductory material: * Different ways to think about statistics * Basic concepts of measurement and probability theory * Data management for statistical analysis * Research design and experimental design * How to critique statistics presented by others **Basic inferential statistics: * Basic concepts of inferential statistics * The concept of correlation, when it is and is not an appropriate measure of association * Dichotomous and categorical data * The distinction between parametric and nonparametric statistics **Advanced inferential techniques: * The General Linear Model * Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and MANOVA * Multiple linear regression **Specialized techniques: * Business and quality improvement statistics * Medical and public health statistics * Educational and psychological statistics******** Unlike many introductory books on the subject, __Statistics in a Nutshell__ doesn't omit important material in an effort to dumb it down. And this book is far more practical than most college texts, which tend to over-emphasize calculation without teaching you when and how to apply different statistical tests. With __Statistics in a Nutshell__, you learn how to perform most common statistical analyses, and understand statistical techniques presented in research articles. If you need to know how to use a wide range of statistical techniques without getting in over your head, this is the book you want.

Presents a comprehensive guide to wireless local area network 802.11 standards, including technology providers and products, network configuration and applications, and security issues

The next generation of mobile communicators is here, and delivering content to them will mean programming in WML (Wireless Markup Language) and WMLScript, the languages of the Wireless Application Environment (WAE). The WAE allows information in almost all applications to be formatted for display on mobile devices, such as cell phones, and enables the user to interact with the information. Why learn yet another technology? According to some estimates, 75 percent of all web document viewing by the year 2002 will be through non- desktop devices, many using wireless technologies. Clearly, the future is wireless. For web developers who want to get up to speed quickly in these languages, Learning WML & WMLScript maps out in detail the WAE and its two major components, WML and WMLScript. It's the resource of choice for application developers who are in a hurry to upgrade their skills and their sites so they won't be left plugged in during the wireless revolution.

An increasing number of shops are putting clustering and load-balancing technologies into place so as to provide high availability and an economic way to scale server capacity. The slender Server Load Balancing explains the state of the art in multiple-server technologies implemented at Layers 4 and 5 on the OSI network model. Though author Tony Bourke includes a fair bit of good information on configuring four commercial load-balancing solutions, the most valuable part of his work is his high-level discussions of how load balancing fits into a larger network environment, and his explanations of the relative merits of alternative approaches to the problem. A comparison of flat-based solutions with designs based on Network Address Translation (NAT) is part of this book's value; further appeal takes the form of dozens of network diagrams that document typical working solutions.Bourke shows his familiarity with real-life design constraints by documenting various load-balancing solutions and pointing out what each can do for an organization - he points out that a host that implements a NAT-based balancing solution can double as a firewall, thereby saving some money that would have been required for a dedicated security device. He also provides introductory material on the competing solutions' administration interfaces, enabling implementers to get a head start on their work without wading into vendor documentation.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an open standard Internet protocol used to allocate and manage IP addresses dynamically. Before DHCP came along, administrators had to manually configure each host on a network with an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Maintaining the changes and the associated logs took a tremendous amount of time and was prone to error. DHCP uses a client/server model in which the system updates and maintains the network information dynamically. Windows 2000 provides enhanced DHCP client-server support. DHCP for Windows 2000 is custom-designed for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining networks with Windows 2000 servers. It explains the DHCP protocol and how to install and manage DHCP on both servers and clients--including client platforms other than Windows 2000. Readers get detailed and explicit instructions for using Windows 2000 DHCP to manage their network IP configurations much more efficiently and effectively.They get background information for using DHCP in general, plus complete information about the Windows 2000 use of DHCP. For those interested in what's on the horizon, the author steps up to the plate with an analysis of the future direction of DHCP and Windows support for IPv6.

Table of Contents 7 Table of Figures 13 Preface 15 15 Contents of This Book 15 On-Line Resources 16 Conventions Used in This Book 16 Acknowledgements 17 Server Installation and Configuration 19 About JBoss 20 Installing JBoss Application Server 20 Discovering the JBoss Directory Structure 21 JBoss Configuration Files 23 Deployment in JBoss 23 A Quick Look at JBoss Internals 24 Micro-Kernel Architecture 24 Hot Deployment 25 Net Boot 25 Detached Invokers 26 Exercise Code Setup and Configuration 27 Exercises Directory Structure 27 Environment Setup 28 Exercises for Chapter 4 31 Exercise 4.1:A Simple Entity Bean 32 Start Up JBoss 32 Initialize the Database 32 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 32 Deconstructing build.xml 33 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 36 Examine and Run the Client Applications 36 Managing Entity Beans 39 Exercise 4.2:A Simple Session Bean 42 Start Up JBoss 42 Initialize the Database 42 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 42 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 43 Examine and Run the Client Application 44 Exercises for Chapter 5 47 Exercise 5.1:The Remote Component Interfaces 48 Start Up JBoss 48 Initialize the Database 48 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 48 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 49 Examine and Run the Client Applications 49 Exercise 5.2:The EJBObject, Handle, and Primary Key 50 Start Up JBoss 50 Initialize the Database 50 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 50 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 50 Examine and Run the Client Applications 50 Exercise 5.3:The Local Component Interfaces 51 Start Up JBoss 51 Initialize the Database 51 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 51 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 51 Examine and Run the Client Applications 53 Exercises for Chapter 6 55 Exercise 6.1:Basic Persistence in CMP 2.0 56 Start Up JBoss 56 Initialize the Database 56 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 56 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 57 Examine and Run the Client Applications 59 Exercise 6.2:Dependent Value Classes in CMP 2.0 60 Start Up JBoss 60 Initialize the Database 60 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 60 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 61 Examine and Run the Client Applications 61 Exercise 6.3:A Simple Relationship in CMP 2.0 62 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 62 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 62 Examine and Run the Client Applications 64 Exercises for Chapter 7 67 Exercise 7.1:Entity Relationships in CMP 2.0: Part 1 68 Start Up JBoss 68 Initialize the Database 68 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 68 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 69 Examine and Run the Client Applications 69 Exercise 7.2:Entity Relationships in CMP 2.0: Part 2 78 Start Up JBoss 78 Initialize the Database 78 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 78 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 79 Examine and Run the Client Applications 79 Exercise 7.3:Cascade Deletes in CMP 2.0 90 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 90 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 90 Examine and Run the Client Applications 90 Exercises for Chapter 8 93 Exercise 8.1:Simple EJB QL Statements 94 Start Up JBoss 94 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 94 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 94 Initialize the Database 95 Examine and Run the Client Applications 95 Exercise 8.2:Complex EJB QL Statements 105 Start Up JBoss 105 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 105 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 105 Initialize the Database 105 Examine and Run the Client Applications 106 JBoss Dynamic QL 116 Exercise for Chapter 10 121 Exercise 10.1:A BMP Entity Bean 122 Start Up JBoss 122 Initialize the Database 122 Examine the EJB Standard Files 123 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 126 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 129 Examine the Client Application 129 Run the Client Application 131 Exercises for Chapter 12 139 Exercise 12.1:A Stateless Session Bean 140 Examine the EJB 140 Examine the EJB Standard Deployment Descriptor 143 Examine the JBoss Deployment Descriptors 144 Start Up JBoss 145 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 145 Initialize the Database 146 Examine the Client Applications 148 Exercise 12.2:A Stateful Session Bean 152 Examine the EJB 152 Examine the EJB Standard Deployment Descriptor 157 Examine the JBoss Deployment Descriptor 160 Start Up JBoss 163 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 163 Initialize the Database 163 Examine the Client Applications 164 Exercises for Chapter 13 171 Exercise 13.1:JMS as a Resource 172 Start Up JBoss 172 Initialize the Database 172 Create a New JMS Topic 173 Examine the EJB Standard Files 178 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 179 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 179 Examine the Client Applications 180 Run the Client Applications 182 Exercise 13.2:The Message-Driven Bean 185 Start Up JBoss 185 Initialize the Database 185 Create a New JMS Queue 186 Examine the EJB Standard Files 188 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 190 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 191 Examine the Client Applications 192 Run the Client Applications 195 Appendix 199 Appendix A:Database Configuration 200 Set Up the Database 200 Examine the JBoss-Specific Files 203 Start Up JBoss 204 Build and Deploy the Example Programs 205 Examine and Run the Client Applications 205

Developers of Active Server Pages often reinvent the wheel, creating a distinct ASP page each time they think they need one. Often times, these pages are functionally similar. With intelligent planning, an ASP developer stands to save a great deal of time by creating reusable ASP pages. Designing Active Server Pages is tailor-made for these developers. There is currently a plethora of Active Server Pages books. However, the vast majority of these books are either technical references or how-to books for beginners. Our book is designed for the intermediate to advanced user. Furthermore, nearly every other book on ASP focuses on using VBScript, even though ASP supports an array of scripting languages, including JScript and PerlScript. Designing Active Server Pages shows how to start using these other languages. Designing Active Server Pages is for developers who have already mastered the basics of ASP application development and are ready to take the next logical step. It is sure to become an indispensable part of every web developer's library.

Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to Web security. Hackers are attacking government sites, breaking into Internet service providers, and may be your site. Not to mention electronic credit card fraud, another thing that you need to worry about. Web Security and Commerce, written by the best-selling authors of Practical UNIX & Internet Security, discusses real risks on the Web, and explains how you can minimize them. Written for Net surfers accessing information as well as for the organizations that are running Web servers, making data and services available on the World Wide Web. Learn about the new Internet protocols and products, and find out risks, threats, and benefits of the online world. Discover the specific risks that can result from Java and JavaScript! In an entertaining approach, the book gives you an insight into digital certificates, digital identification techniques, cryptography, SSL and TLS, legal issues, and more. The appendices include SSL 3.0 Protocol, PICS Specification, and references for more information. Although the book covers the basics of Web security, this text is not meant to be a primer on computer security.

Another in the very useful O'Reilly series, which provides solutions and "how-to" advice for users of specific computer technology. The focus here is on Apache--the software that currently runs over half the web sites throughout the world--and on making Apache do exactly what is needed using the various options and "extensions" provided as part of the package (distributed by the Apache Software Foundation). Over 150 "recipes" cover broad topics such as installing the software, adding modules (e.g. perl), logging, hosting multiple sites, and handling aliases, security, dynamic content (cgi-bin), and performance. Each recipe consists of a problem, solution, and discussion, with cross-references to related recipes and web links; many require less than a page, and rarely are they more than two pages. This book should be kept close by and used as a reference as questions and problems arise. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The practical, task-oriented approach, along with numerous tips, tricks, and additional techniques, all help to get you up to speed on the most important Visual Basic 2005 concepts and information. In no time, you'll be able to take control of your programming, apply what you've learned in real world scenarios, and get quick results. What you will learn from this book How to install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and then navigate around the environment Various details about the user interface, event programming, and accessing data Ways to write proper programming code by creating additional features for your applications How Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition makes XML processing, data encryption, and notification dialogs smoother processes Who this book is for This book is for first-time programmers who are are ready to begin creating their own customized applications with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. No prior programming experience is necessary. Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit gives you the software tools you need to get started. It also provides structured tutorials that walk you through all the techniques you need to begin programming right away. The accompanying CD-ROM includes: Microsoft(r) Visual Basic 2005(r)Express Edition Microsoft(r) MSDN(r)2005 Express Edition Microsoft(r) SQL ServerTM 2005 Express Edition

Oracle provides many tools for designing, developing, administering, and securing distributed database systems. With these tools, data in multiple databases is accessible just as if it were stored in a single database. This book describes how you can use multiple databases and both Oracle8 and Oracle7 distributed system features to best advantage. Aimed at both DBAs and developers, it covers: Benefits and tradeoffs of distributed database systems How to install and configure a distributed system How to use Oracle's networking products, SQL*Net and Net8, for distributed processing How classic database design concepts extend to distributed systems and particularly to Oracle Security considerations for distributed systems How to configure and administer Oracle's distributed database features (read-only snapshots, multi-master replication, updateable snapshots, procedural replication, and conflict resolution) This book covers both Oracle8 and Oracle7 syntax, includes a complete API reference for Oracle's built-in distributed system packages (DBMS_REPACT, DBMS_SNAPSHOT), and comes with a diskette containing a wealth of helpful scripts and utilities.

David M. Bourg, Physics for Game Developers (O'Reilly, 2002) It seems to me that when you're confronted with a book title like Physics for Game Developers, you see an undercurrent of "rocks for jocks" in that. It implies that this is physics for folks who never glommed onto physics. As someone who never got above a C in any science class after Biology I in tenth grade, then, it would seem to be right up my alley. Not so. The first five chapters of the book will kill you if you're not familiar with various forms of scientific notation. (Know your Greek letters!) It doesn't help that Bourg has overloaded a few common operators for his own means (for example, he uses \* for dot product and ^ for conjunction, when coders will be used to seeing those to symbols used for multiplication and exponentiation respectively). That said, however, once you get past the first five "refresher" chapters, the book picks up a good deal. There's code! And once Bourg is describing what code does, rather than attempting to impart more abstract (well, okay, "abstract" is not the right word, but hopefully you know what I'm getting at), his language becomes a great deal clearer, at least to those of us who think in code rather than physics. Worth picking up if you're in the market for this sort of book, but you might want to pick up a copy of Physics for Dummies to help you through the first part. \*\*\*

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.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user's experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a "Grand Tour" of the release that describes how the four principal technologies can be used together, with Ajax, to build modern n-tier and service-oriented applications. Developers have struggled to implement these patterns with previous versions of the .NET Framework, but this hands-on guide uses real-world examples and fully annotated source code to demonstrate how .NET 3.5 can make it easy. The concepts and technologies that this book covers include: XAML -- Microsoft's new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) -- a new presentation framework and graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp - Ajax Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that enables applications to communicate across a network using a variety of protocols Workflow Foundation (WF) -- framework for defining, executing, and managing workflows - CardSpace -- framework for managing the identities of your user You'll learn how to useeach of the four frameworks alone and in concert to build a series of meaningful example applications. Examples are written in C#, and all of the source code will be available for download at both the O'Reilly and the authors' site, which offers access to a free support forum. Between them, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz have nearly forty years of experience in delivering commercial applications for companies such as Citibank, Apple, AT&T, NeXt, PBS, Ziff Davis, and dozens of smaller organizations. Their combined experience is valuable for telling the story of .NET 3.5 and how it will shorten the development life cycle for applications developers, and enhance your productivity.