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Capistrano and the Rails Application Lifecycle
Author Tom Mornini , Marc Loy
Learn how to make your Rails deployments pain-free with Capistrano! This Short Cut shows you how to use Capistrano to automate the deployment of your Rails applications. It teaches you the basics, but also goes far beyond. It shows you realistic deployment scenario....
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Windows® Presentation Foundation Unleashed
Author Daniel Lehenbauer - Lead Developer Responsible for WPF 3D , Adam Nathan
Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a key component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to create richer and more compelling ....
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Author Tom St Denis
The only guide for software developers who must learn and implement cryptography safely and cost effectively.The book begins with a chapter that introduces the subject of cryptography to the reader. The second chapter discusses how to implement large integer arithme....
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Need for the Six Sigma Business Scorecard
Author Praveen Gupta
Praveen Gupta was at Motorola in 1987 when Bill Smith first proposed what has become Six Sigma, and has been working to improve processes ever since. Somewhere along the line Mr. Gupta became focused on the problems of relating corporate goals and profits to process....
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The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap
Author Stu Maschwitz
Written by Stu Maschwitz, co-founder of the Orphanage (the legendary guerrilla visual effects studio responsible for amazing and award-winning effects in such movies as Sin City, The Day After Tomorrow, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), this book is a must-h....
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Author Pete Goodliffe
Many programmers know how to write correct code - code that works. But not all know how to craft great code - code that is well written and easy to understand. Code Craft teaches programmers how to move beyond writing correct code to writing great code. The book co....
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Programming Windows Workflow Foundation: Practical WF Techniques and Examples using XAML and C#
Author K. Scott Allen
"A C# developer's book and eBook guide to the features and programming interfaces of Windows Workflow Foundation Add event-driven workflow capabilities to your .NET applications.Highlights the libraries, services and internals programmers need to knowBuilds ....
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Author Sohail Salehi
Unleash the power of ImageMagick with this fast, friendly tutorial and tips guide Complete tutorial and a gallery of tricks and techniques Create impressive image manipulations and animations on-the-fly from the command line or within your programs Complete PHP-base....
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Mastering TypoScript: TYPO3 Website, Template, and Extension Development
Author Daniel Koch
A complete guide to understanding and using TypoScript, TYPO3's powerful configuration language.About This BookPowerful control and customization using TypoScript Covers templates, extensions, admin, interface, menus, and database control You don't need to be an e....
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iText in Action: Creating and Manipulating PDF
Author Bruno Lowagie
Imagine a publisher who wants to "stamp" his ebooks on the fly with the name of the buyer (to discourage sharing). Such a publisher would (and we know one who does) use iText for the task. Developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF do....
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Rapid Web Applications with TurboGears: Using Python to Create Ajax-Powered Sites
Author Gigi Sayfan , Kevin Dangoor , Mark Ramm
“Dear PHP,It’s over between us. You can keep the kitchen sink, but I want my MVC.With TurboGears, I was able to shed the most heinous FileMaker Pro legacy ‘solution’ imaginable. It has relationships based on fields that change frequently, causing ‘disappearing data....
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Author Clyde M. Creveling
Use Six Sigma to achieve and sustain excellence in product development and commercialization!To sustain growth and profitability, companies must tightly align product development and commercialization to fast-changing customer requirements. In this book, Clyde Creve....
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Author Tim Patrick
“I have never reviewed a book I enjoyed as much as this one. Excellent coverage, perfect for the intended audience. Concise, clear, accurate descriptions. This is a winner.” –Ken Getz, MCW Technologies, LLCMaster Visual Basic 2005 by Building a Complete, Produ....
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Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns
Author Joey Lott , Danny Patterson
Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design p....
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The Java™ EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition: For Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9
Author Kim Haase , Scott Fordin , Ian Evans , Debbie Carson , Jennifer Ball , Eric Jendrock
The Java EE 5 Tutorial is an introduction to programming server-side Java applications. This book takes a task-oriented, example-driven approach to show you how to build applications for the Java EE 5 platform. This book also describes the features and functionaliti....
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Secure ASP.NET AJAX Development
Author Jason Schmitt
Many organizations are diving headfirst into AJAX technologies to make their Web applications richer and more user friendly, but they often do not realize the security implications of the AJAX approach. Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX technologies, commonly known by the c....
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UAT Defined: A Guide to Practical User Acceptance Testing
Author Rob Cimperman
This digtial Short Cut provides a concise and supremely useful guide to the emerging trend of User Acceptance Testing (UAT). The ultimate goal of UAT is to validate that a system of products is of sufficient quality to be accepted by the users and, ultimately, the s....
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Author Sergio Pereira , Scott Raymond
This short cut provides a complete quick reference to thePrototype JavaScript framework. Prototype is an open-source librarythat is particularly useful to developers of dynamic Ajaxapplications, and to other web developers who need to work with DOMelements.If you'r....
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Author Jennifer Vesperman
This easy-to-follow reference shows a variety of professionals how to use the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), the open source tool that lets you manage versions of anything stored in files. Ideal for software developers tracking different versions of the same code....
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Author Angel N. Sciortino
This shortcut teaches you how to use Mongrel, the new high-performance web application container for Rails. It starts with basic setup and installation, but goes well beyond the basics, showing you how to set up Mongrel clusters, how to use Mongrel behind Apache an....
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Python Phrasebook: Essential Code and Commands
Author Brad Dayley
Python PhrasebookBrad DayleyEssential Code and CommandsPython Phrasebook gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects in Python.Concise and AccessibleEasy to carry and easy to use–lets you ditch all those bulky bo....
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Author Timothy Fisher
Essential Code and CommandsJava Phrasebook gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects in Java.Concise and AccessibleEasy to carry and easy to use—lets you ditch all those bulky books for one portable guideFlexib....
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Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies®
Author Marcia Kaufman , Carol Baroudi , Robin Bloor , Judith Hurwitz
SOA is the most important initiative facing IT today and is difficult to grasp; this book demystifies the complex topic of SOA and makes it accessible to all those people who hear the term but aren't really sure what it meansThis team of well-respected authors expl....
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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio® 2010
Author Martin Woodward , Ajoy Krishnamoorthy , Brian Keller , Mickey Gousset
Get up to speed on Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with Visual Studio 2010 through a combination of hands-on instruction and deep-dives.Microsoft has packed a lot of brand new testing and modeling tools into Visual Studio 2010, tools that previously were avai....
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Author Mark Woodman
The little orange feed icons are everywhere on the web. From search engines to shopping sites to blogs, Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) has become one of the hottest web technologies going. RSS 2.0 is a powerful - yet surprisingly easy - way to distributing tim....
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Programming Language Fundamentals by Example
Author D.E. Stevenson
Surveying the major programming languages that have hallmarked the evolution of computing, Programming Language Fundamentals by Example provides an understanding of the many languages and notations used in computer science, the formal models used to design phases, ....
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ASP.Net 2.0 Web Parts in Action: Building Dynamic Web Portals
Author Darren Neimke
"A must-buy for every ASP.NET developer using Web Parts." Scott Guthrie General Manager Microsoft Developer Division "Squeezes the full potential out of ASP.NET Web Parts." Andres Sanabria Lead Program Manager ASP.NET and Server Application Frameworks Using Web Par....
Release Date 2006/11