Sep 8, 2008

SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach


Joseph Sack, "SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599802 | July 23, 2008 | 872 pages | PDF | 4.8MB

SQL Server 2008 Transact–SQL Recipes: A Problem–Solution Approach is an example–based guide to the Transact–SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2008. Learn to create databases, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your data, and more. Author Joseph Sack takes common Transact–SQL tasks and breaks them down into a problem/solution format that is quick and easy to read so that you can get the job done fast when the pressure is on.

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Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

Jaroslav Tulach, "Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1430209739 | July 28, 2008 | 416 pages | PDF | 2.1MB

You might think more than enough design books exist in the programming world already. In fact, there are so many that it makes sense to ask why you would read yet another. Is there really a need for yet another design book? In fact, there is a greater need than ever before, and Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect fills that need!

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Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice to Professional

Robin Dewson, "Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers: From Novice to Professional"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599586 | July 24, 2008 | 496 pages | PDF | 14.3MB

SQL Server 2008 is a first–rate database management system. It offers more capability than any previous release of SQL Server. More than just a classic relational database management system, SQL Server 2008 includes exciting and powerful features that make it useful for everything from large corporate data warehouses to ad hoc departmental databases. You’ll find enhanced support for XML, new support for spatial data, transparent data encryption, a policy–based management system, and more.

Author and developer Robin Dewson will show you the way from beginner to SQL Server 2008 professional. Learn to install SQL Server 2008 and navigate around Management Studio before getting right to the heart of mastering fundamental SQL Server 2008 tasks: creating tables, storing data, securing data, and retrieving it again. Dewson ensures you’ll be fully prepared to use all the basics and create a solid foundation for your own projects.

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Android Essentials


Chris Haseman, "Android Essentials"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1430210648 | July 21, 2008 | 100 pages | PDF | 1MB

Android Essentials is a no–frills, no–nonsense, code–centric run through the guts of application development on Google’s Mobile OS. This book uses the development of a sample application to work through topics, focusing on giving developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work. Covering the entirety of the Android catalog in less than 150 pages is simply impossible. Instead, this book focuses on just four main topics: the application life cycle and OS integration, user interface, location–based services, and networking.

  • Thorough, complete, and useful work on the nuts and bolts of applicatio development in Android
  • Example driven and practically minded
  • A tool for hobbyists and professionals who want to create production–quality applications

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Sep 5, 2008

Pro Spring 2.5

Jan Machacek, Jessica Ditt, Aleksa Vukotic, Anirvan Chakraborty, "Pro Spring 2.5"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599217 | August 15, 2008 | 920 pages | PDF | 7.4MB

The move from so–called heavyweight architectures, such as Enterprise JavaBeans, toward lightweight frameworks, like Spring, has not stopped since Pro Spring was published by Rob Harrop and Jan Machacek in 2005; in fact, it’s picked up pace. The Spring Framework remains the leader in this move and provides a platform on which you can build your own applications and services.

Pro Spring 2.5 covers the new features of Spring 2.5, but moreover, it is focused on the best practices and core standards of contemporary Spring development. As members of the Spring development team at Cake Solutions, the author team brings extensive practical experience gained from working with Spring since version 1.0 and delivering successful systems on top of it.

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Pro T-SQL 2008 Programmer’s Guide

Michael Coles, "Pro T-SQL 2008 Programmer’s Guide"
Apress | ISBN-10: 143021001X | August 11, 2008 | 688 pages | PDF | 8MB

Discussing new and existing features, SQL Server designer and administrator Michael Coles takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact–SQL functionality in SQL Server 2008 in his book Pro T–SQL 2008 Programmer’s Guide. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring Coles’ technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact–SQL into your own hands. Step–by–step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best–practices will steer you down the road to success.

Pro T–SQL 2008 Programmer’s Guide is every developer’s key to making full use of SQL Server 2008’s powerful, built–in Transact–SQL language. Transact–SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It’s used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in SQL Server 2008 include a spatial data type, SQLCLR integration, the MERGE statement, a dramatically improved and market–leading XML feature set, and support for encryption—all of which are covered in this book.

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Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks


Ashraf M. A. Ahmad, Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, "Multimedia Transcoding in Mobile and Wireless Networks"
Information Science Reference | ISBN-10: 1599049848 | July 25, 2008 | 460 pages | PDF | 9MB

In recent years, the field of multimedia communication in wireless and mobile video has grown in attraction. As the number of networks, types of devices, and content representation formats increase, the need for multimedia transcoding in wireless and mobile networks intensifies in order to provide a seamless interaction between content creation and usage.

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Sep 4, 2008

Action! Cartooning

Ben Caldwell, "Action! Cartooning"
Sterling | ISBN-10: 0806987391 | March 28, 2004 | PDF | 35.5MB

Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics’ artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook of cartooning is without equal. It's simply larger, better illustrated, and more in depth than any similar title on the market. In elaborate detail, it focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement. Every aspect of creating cartoons is taught: the supplies, developing mood, and the techniques that endow characters with personality. See how to draw a variety of faces (female, heroic, cute, gaunt), and give the appearance of age. From the skeleton to the torso, to the arms, hands, and legs, follow every stroke that goes into producing bodies of all shapes and sizes. Finally, there's instruction on sending those figures into running, jumping, punching, kicking action in a fully realized scene. With advice so thorough, any amateur can become a pro.

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Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Revealed

Chris Botello "Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Revealed"
Course Technology PTR | ISBN: 1598630288 | Jan 31, 2006 | 320 Pages | PDF | 12.3MB

Get ready to capture the dynamic capabilities that Adobe Premiere Pro® 2.0 has to offer! Giving you a firm foundation, "Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Revealed" allows you to master concepts on both a technical and artistic level. Begin by examining the concept behind each task-the goal and the necessary features that are involved. Then go in-depth with the objective of your task as you study examples and learn the steps necessary to complete it. Working your way through comprehensive, step-by-step lessons, you’ll develop the confidence you need to create polished, professional-looking videos using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0.

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Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies

Katharine Kaye McMillan, Patricia Hart McMillan “Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies"
For Dummies | ISBN: 0470175338 | Dec 28, 2007 | 212 pages | PDF | 12.2MB

A full-color do-it-yourself guide that walks people step by step through painting and papering projects
Painting & Papering Do-It-Yourself For Dummies gives do-it-yourselfers all the information and advice they need to take on the most common painting and papering projects and fixes. From obtaining the right tools and selecting the right colors and styles to priming and prepping walls, ceilings, and floors, this colorful guide, which features over 40 projects, walks readers through each and every step, accompanied by a color photo or illustration. This book also covers various finishings (faux, sponging, colorwashing), borders, papering walls, matching textures and patterns, and making repairs and touch-ups.

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