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Go beyond the basics to mastery of the art and craft of digital photography in this new edition of the landmark book from award-winning photographer and author Mikkel Aaland. Aaland draws upon his thirty years of experience in the...
Unlike other books that focus exclusively on the science of estimation—including rigid modeling techniques and continuous feedback loops that are not cost effective to most organizations—this unique guide offers practical, tested, hands-on advice for estimating software development costs in the real world. It is written by the...
"It is easy to write books that address broad topics and ideas leaving the reader with the question Yes, but how? By combining a comprehensive guide to data preparation for data mining along with specific examples in SAS, Mamdouh's book is a rare finda blend of theory and the practical at the same time. As anyone who has mined data will...
- Comprehensive study guide written by exam-certified authors - Deeper, more focused coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives-plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job - 425 practice questions on CD - Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and...
Real Application Clusters (RAC) and the Grid architecture are Oracle's strategy for scaling out enterprise systems to cope with bigger workloads and more users. Many books limit themselves by conceptualizing and theorizing about RAC technology, but this book is the first to portray implementing and administering an Oracle 10g RAC system in...
CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the BCMSN exam. Successfully passing the BCMSN 642-812 exam certifies that you have knowledge and skills necessary to implement scalable multilayer switched networks.
When you need to land and operate a robot on Mars, "halfway" software is not an option. While helping to develop the Collaborative Information Portal, or CIP, for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, Ronald Mak identified and refined a set of principles that represent the fundamental goals necessary for any successful enterprise system....
Welcome to Hacking For Dummies, 2nd Edition. This book outlines — in plain English — computer hacker tricks and techniques that you can use to assess the security of your own information systems, find security vulnerabilities, and fix the weaknesses before criminal hackers and rogue insiders have an opportunity to take advantage of...
Eclipse has established itself as a dominant force in the application-development space. Key to the success of Eclipse is the ability of developers to extend its functionality using plug-ins.
This new edition of Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins is the definitive, start-to-finish guide to building commercial-quality Eclipse...
A step-by-step guide to building PHP web sites and applications using the Smarty templating engine - Bring the benefits of Smarty to your PHP programming -Give your designers the power to modify content and layout without PHP programming -Produce code that is easier to debug, maintain, and modify -Useful for both Smarty...
Wordpress is a simple and powerful way to start blogging. If you're not an IT expert but want to use a state of the art blogging system to give your blog the best chance of success, while giving you the time to focus on content and your readers, WordPress is the right system for you, and this book is the right place to start. It will give you a...