Visualizing DataHow you can take advantage of data that you might otherwise never use? With the help of a downloadable programming environment, this book helps you represent data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more. You'll learn basic visualization principles, how to choose the right kind of display for your purposes, and how to provide interactive features to design entire interfaces around large, complex data sets. ...
Tomcat: The Definitive Guide, 2nd EditionIt takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat. This book is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat. The new edition offers complete information for installing, configuring, maintaining and securing Tomcat. ...
The Sustainable NetworkThe Sustainable Network demonstrates how we can tackle challenges, ranging from energy conservation to economic and social innovation, using the global network -- of which the public Internet is just one piece. To help solve a myriad of problems today, author Sarah Sorensen points out that the best tool for enacting change already exists, lying literally at our fingertips. This book demystifies the power of the network, and issues a strong call to action. ...
The New Community RulesThe social web provides businesses with a largely untapped marketing channel for products and services -- the trick is knowing how to take advantage of it. With this book, you'll understand how social web technologies work, and learn the most practical and effective ways to reach the people who frequent these websites. You'll get intelligent advice and strategies -- including what works and what doesn't. ...
The Myths of SecurityIf you think computer security has improved in recent years, Myths of Security will shake you out of your complacency. Longtime security professional John Viega reports on the sorry state of security, with concrete suggestions for professionals and individuals confronting the issue. Provocative, insightful, and often controversial, The Myths of Security addresses IT professionals who deal with security issues, and speaks to Mac and PC users who spend time online. ...
Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5In this exciting era of Web 2.0 development,
Dojo pushes the boundaries of the
possible with snazzy user interfaces that
can be quickly implemented and easily
maintained.
This comprehensive overview to creating
object-oriented widgets with Dojo 0.9+
tackles the most foundational Dojo design
concepts-leaving you poised for
productivity and efficiency, and ready to
achieve superior results. Read on to explore
the depths of inheritance and encapsulation,
learn the most common
pitfalls (before you fall prey to them),
and begin your Dojo journey on rocksolid
footing.
You've been developing with Dojo for a
while? No problem; you'll still benefit
from a thorough review of the fundamentals
now that 0.9 has landed. ...
ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd EditionActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide is the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of ActionScript. Author Colin Moock has added hundreds of new code examples to show new Flash MX techniques in the real world. The book's language reference alone has nearly doubled from the first edition, with more than 250 new classes, objects, methods, and properties. You'll find exhaustive coverage of dozens of undocumented, under-documented, and mis-documented features. ...
C# 3.0 Design PatternsWant to speed up the development of your .NET applications? Tackle common programming problems with C# design patterns. This guide explains what design patterns are and why they're used, with tables and guidelines to help you choose one pattern over another, and plenty of case studies to illustrate how each pattern is used in practice. C# 3.0 features are introduced by example and summarized for easy reference. ...
Creating iPhone Apps with Cocoa Touch: The Mini Missing ManualCreating iPhone Apps with Cocoa Touch: The Mini Missing Manual walks you through developing your first iPhone App and introduces you to your programming environment and tools: Cocoa Touch, Interface Builder, Xcode, and the Objective-C programming language.
This eBook is adapted from parts of iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual. ...
Designing Large Scale LansThis unique book outlines the advantages of a top-down, vendor-neutral approach to network design. Everything from network reliability, network topologies, routing and switching, wireless, virtual LANs, firewalls and gateways to security, Internet protocols, bandwidth, and multicast services are covered from the perspective of an organization's specific needs, rather than from product requirements. The book also discusses proprietary technologies that are ubiquitous, such as Cisco's IOS and Novell's IPX. ...