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Author Sriram Srinivasan
So you've learned Perl, but you're getting frustrated. Perhaps you've taken on a larger project than the ones you're used to. Or you want to add a user interface or a networking component. Or you need to do more complicated error trapping. Whether your knowledg....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition
Author Steve Oualline
There are lots of introductory C books, but this is the first one that has the no-nonsense, practical approach that has made Nutshell Handbooks(R) famous.C programming is more than just getting the syntax right. Style and debugging also play a tremendous part in cre....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
Author Tom Christiansen , Erik Olson , Randal L. Schwartz
In this smooth, carefully paced course, leading Perl trainers and a Windows NT practitioner teach you to program in the language that promises to emerge as the scripting language of choice on NT. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this book is the ....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Practical Newspaper Reporting, 3rd Edition
Author Geoffrey Harris , David Spark
This guide to all aspects of the reporter's job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It considers:What is news?How the modern newsroom operatesHow facts are gathered and checkedThe reporter and picture ideasDistrict reportingTechniq....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Author Robert H. Jacobs
The most successful organizations of the future will be those that are capable of rapidly and effectively bringing about fundamental, lasting, system-wide changes.In response to this challenge, Real Time Strategic Change advocates a fundamental redesign of the ....
Release Date 1997/08 -
Author Randal L. Schwartz , Tom Christiansen
In this update of a bestseller, two leading Perl trainers teach you to use the most universal scripting language in the age of the World Wide Web. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this smooth, carefully paced book is the "official" guide for both....
Release Date 1997/07 -
Art of Computer Programming, The: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Author Donald E. Knuth
&>The bible of all fundamental algorithms and the work that taught many of today's software developers most of what they know about computer programming.—Byte, September 1995I can't begin to tell you how many pleasurable hours of study and recreation they h....
Release Date 1997/07 -
Listening to Learn; Learning to Listen
Author Diane Kirrane
The average employee spends 30-60 percent of his or her day listening, yet listening skills are rarely taught. This Info-line provides aids to understanding, speaking, and listening. Offers guidelines for giving feedback. Makes suggestions about what to include in a....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Basics of Instructional Systems Development—Instructional Systems Development
Author Chuck Hodell
Instructional systems development (ISD) can be a complicated business, and sometimes you just need an overview. Heres the Infoline for you. This issue provides an ISD overview along with a short profile of each component the simple design model known as ADDIE (Analy....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Author Gene Spafford , Simson Garfinkel
Attacks on government Web sites, break-ins at Internet service providers, electronic credit card fraud, invasion of personal privacy by merchants as well as hackers--is this what the World Wide Web is really all about? Web Security & Commerce cuts through the h....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Simplified Design of Data Converters
Author John Lenk
Simplified Design of Data Converters shows how to design and experiment with data converters, both analog-to-digital and digital to analog. The design approach here is the same one used in all of John Lenk's best-selling books on simplified and practical design. Th....
Release Date 1997/06 -
Choosing 360: A Guide to Evaluating Multi-rater Feedback Instruments for Management Development
Author John Fleenor , Jean Brittain Leslie , Ellen Van Van Velsor
Feedback is a rare commodity in organizational life, but it is key to managerial effectiveness. One increasingly popular vehicle for getting feedback from one's boss, peers, and subordinates is the multiple-perspective, or 360-degree, feedback instrument. Use of s....
Release Date 1997/06 -
How to Create a Good Learning Environment—Training Basics
Author Cat Sharpe
Why does even the most expertly designed and deployed training sometimes fail to produce the desired results? Could a poor learning environment be the answer? This issue presents a comprehensive discussion of why and how adults learn. It discusses various instructio....
Release Date 1997/05 -
More Productive Meetings—Business Skills
Author Cat Sharpe
This issue describes the different purposes of meetings and common characteristics of effective meetings. It outlines planning steps, meeting process steps, and activity guidelines for more efficient, productive meetings, and covers the special roles participants pl....
Release Date 1997/05 -
How to Conduct a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Author Cat Sharpe
This issue provides a detailed approach to calculating a cost-benefit analysis. It includes a four-step model to calculate costs: personnel, material, delivery, and total expenditures. It also presents practice case studies to explain the process.
Release Date 1997/05 -
Accelerated Learning—Training Basics
Author Deborah M. Fairbanks
The challenge to do more with less and in less time is the mantra of every organization. Accelerated learning is the training professionals answer to this business reality. This Infoline offers you a short course in the principles, process, and techniques of acceler....
Release Date 1997/05 -
Programming with POSIX ® Threads
Author David R. Butenhof
With this practical book, you will attain a solid understanding of threads and will discover how to put this powerful mode of programming to work in real-world applications.The primary advantage of threaded programming is that it enables your applications to accompl....
Release Date 1997/05 -
Measuring Affective and Behavioral Change—Evaluation & Research
Author James C. Robinson , Dana Gaines Robinson
This Info-line stresses the importance of laying the groundwork for measuring behavior and affective changes resulting from training programs. It concentrates on Kirkpatrick's third level of evaluation, behavior, and discusses specific techniques to track and measu....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Action Learning—Organization Development
Author Michael Marquardt
This Info-line defines action learning as a group effort that involves solving real world problems through the use of acquired learning and implementing systems-wide solutions. It discusses why this process works and the benefits to organizations that use this techn....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Author John Wooden
NATIONAL BESTSELLER"I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performances as for their success on the court, Wooden presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basket....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Stairway to Success: The Complete Blueprint for Personal and Professional Achievement
Author Nido R. Qubein
Success is not a matter of good fortune or an accident of birth. It is a matter of decision, commitment, planning, preparation, execution, and recommitment. Nido Qubein's six-step program for personal and professional achievement will help you make the most of your....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Control and Measurement of Unintentional Electromagnetic Radiation
Author W. Scott Bennett
Full and accessible coverage of the key concepts governing the reduction, containment, and measurement of unintentional electromagnetic radiation.The rapid proliferation of computers, CD players, and other digital electronic systems in recent years has made unintent....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Avionics Navigation Systems, 2nd Edition
Author Walter R. Fried , Myron Kayton
An indispensable resource for all those who design, build, manage, and operate electronic navigation systemsAvionics Navigation Systems, Second Edition, is a complete guide to the art and science of modern electronic navigation, focusing on aircraft. It covers elect....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Author Bob Glickstein
Yes, it is possible to be all things to all people, if you're talking about the Emacs editor. As a user, you can make any kind of customization you want, from choosing the keystrokes that invoke your favorite commands to creating a whole new work environment th....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Author John Zukowski
The Java AWT Reference provides complete reference documentation on the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), a large collection of classes for building graphical user interfaces in Java. With AWT, you can create windows, draw, work with images, and use components like but....
Release Date 1997/04 -
From Training to Performance Consulting
Author Madelyn Callahan
Reinventing your training department into a performance consulting department requires a roadmap. This Infoline is your quick and dirty guide. Not only does the issue give you the basics of performance consulting, but it provides detailed descriptions of the respons....
Release Date 1997/02 -
Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerrilla Guide to Raising Money
Author Susan L. Golden
Susan Golden provides not just another book on proposal writing, but one which provides a realistic view of proposal writing with practical step-by-step guidance towards success -- useful for both novice and experienced grantwriters.Patricia F. Lewis, ACFR, presiden....
Release Date 1997/02 -
Inside View: A Leader's Observations on Leadership
Author Walter F. Ulmer Jr.
With thirty-seven years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a three-star general, and nine years as the president and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership, Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., has a wealth of leadership experience. He is also an exceptionally thoughtful person co....
Release Date 1997/02