Beginning Object-Oriented ASP.NET 2.0 with VB .NET covers all of the basics, from definition to inheritance. This book even includes a chapter on Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, enabling you to create ASP.NET 2.0 applications. Also included are chapters on creating web forms, web controls, and web services. Code samples illustrate the usage of each concept.

If you have a background in procedural programming, this book will teach you what a class is, how it relates to an object, and how to model real-world data into a class. You will be able to create a class in VB .NET more...

Open Source technologies are providing contemporary developers with a range of cost-effective and robust alternatives to commercial software for building dynamic, data-driven Web applications. This practical guide presents a comprehensive survey of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, and PHP), and it shows how these solutions can be implemented efficiently and securely while improving reliability and dramatically cutting costs.

Open Source Web Development with LAMP focuses on the most important core material necessary so that developers can "hit the ground running" and begin building applica more...

Noted object technologists Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Alan McKean present a modern, thoughtful treatment on the design of object software.

Introduces Responsibility-Driven Design, the expert authors' proven method to building better software.

Practical strategies for increasing software's reliability and flexibility.

Helps reader discriminate important design choices from mundane ones, and to acquire a fundamental set of techniques that can be intelligently practiced

After more than ten years, object technology pioneer Rebecca Wirfs-Brock teams with expert Alan McKean to present a th more...

A compilation of best practice solutions to common Web Development problems in PHP, focusing on the achievement of practical goals by applying well-structured, object orientated software design principles.

Volume 2 covers the applications of PHP in the real world including authentication & access control, XML, stats & tracking, caching data to improve performance, design techniques and design patterns. The chapter on Design Patterns is particularly unique as it teaches readers about common object architectures which can be used to solve common (though unique) problems.

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This Nutshell Handbook(R) is a thorough introduction to the Korn shell, both as a user interface and as a programming language.

The Korn shell, like the C and Bourne shells, is a program that interprets UNIX commands. It has many features that aren't found in other shells, including command history (the ability to recall and edit previous commands). The Korn shell is also faster; several of its features allow you to write programs that execute more quickly than their Bourne or C shell equivalents.

This book provides a clear and concise explanation of the Korn shell's features. It explai more...

“…an informative, fun and easy-to-read book which does not patronise the reader and will not confuse.” (Virus Bulletin, April 2005)more...

Preface Should You Buy the Second Edition If You Already Own the First? The answer, of course, is yes! Here s why. Since the first edition was written, we have learned so much more about design patterns, including the following: How to use commonality and variability analysis to design application architectures How design patterns relate to and actually facilitate eXtreme programming (XP) and agile development. How testing is a first principle of quality coding. Why the use of factories to instantiate and manage objects is critical Which set of patterns are essential for students to he more...

Mitchell Waite Signature Series: Object-Oriented Design in Java takes a tutorial approach and teaches in a new way: by offering the Java code first and the design representations and explanations later. No other programming-level book on the market deals with design of Java software. There's nothing aimed at the in the trenches Java programmer. Nor can the Java programmer turn to general books on software design. These, with few exceptions, are abstract and academic, either incomprehensible or irrelevant from the perspective of the working programmer. This book targets the needs of Java appli more...

Design patterns are immensely powerful, but to build large-scale robust systems, you need more. Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design introduces a methodology for "composing" proven design patterns into reliable, robust large-scale software systems. Using POAD, you can quickly build systems that are far more robust, scalable, and maintainable-using UML class diagrams as your building blocks.

POAD: What it is, how it works, and what problems it solves

Structural and behavioral approaches to design pattern composition

Design models and UML techniques for pattern composition

POAD p more...

Maximum Linux Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation is designed for system administrators, managers, or Linux users who wish to protect their Linux servers and workstations from unauthorized intrusions and other external threats to their systems' integrity. Written by an experienced hacker--someone who knows which systems are vulnerable and how crackers get into them--this unique guide to Linux security identifies existing and potential security holes and faults, and then describes how to go about fixing them.

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