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Blended Learningby Kaye Thorne
Kogan Page 2003; US$ 16.35'Blended learning' is a workable solution that allows trainers and staff developers to integrate online learning within a broader range of more traditional learning techniques. Demonstrating how old and new methods of improving staff performance and learning can work together to give better results, this work aims to provide an ideal guidebook to creating a new style of training. It shows how the concept of blended learning can be applied most effectively as it helps readers make the first ste more...
Embedded Ethernet and Internet Completeby Jan Axelson
Lakeview Research 2004; US$ 39.95Bringing together two areas of computer technologynetworking and embedded systemsthis developer's guide offers guidance and examples for each of these, with a focus on the special requirements and limits of embedded systems. Because developing an embedded system for networking requires knowledge from many areas, including circuit design, programming, network architecture, and Ethernet and Internet protocols, developers are given valuable technical information on each that can be put to use right away. Covered are the advantages and limits of using Ethernet to connect embedded systems in a local network, hardware and program code needed to connect an embedded system to an Ethernet network and the Internet, and how to build a network.... more...
Where Wizards Stay Up Lateby Katie Hafner; Matthew Lyon
Simon & Schuster 1999; US$ 12.99Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960's, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking readers behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful... more...
Oracle JDeveloper 11g Handbookby Duncan Mills; Peter Koletzke; Avrom Roy-Faderman
McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 64.99Written by the most knowledgeable Oracle JDeveloper author team in the world This Oracle Press guide shows how to build Web applications using the Fusion Middleware development tool, Oracle JDeveloper. The book discusses the latest technologies and explains how to develop code using multiple techniques. Oracle JDeveloper 11g Handbook: A Guide to Fusion Web Development covers the Oracle Application Development Framework and JavaServer Faces. Hands-on practice examples walk you through the creation of a complete sample application that employs highly-interactive user interface components and declarative development methods. You will learn the techniques required to implement Fusion-oriented software solutions in JDeveloper. more...
Spidering Hacksby Kevin Hemenway; Tara Calishain
O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2008; US$ 23.99The Internet, with its profusion of information, has made us hungry for ever more, ever better data. Out of necessity, many of us have become pretty adept with search engine queries, but there are times when even the most powerful search engines aren't enough. If you've ever wanted your data in a different form than it's presented, or wanted to collect data from several sites and see it side-by-side without the constraints of a browser, then Spidering Hacks is for you. Spidering Hacks takes you to the next level in Internet data retrieval--beyond search engines--by showing you how to create spiders and bots to retrieve information from your favorite sites and data sources. You'll no longer feel constrained by the way host sites think... more...
Programming .NET 3.5by Jesse Liberty; Alex Horovitz
O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2008; US$ 35.99.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user's experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a "Grand Tour" of the release that describes how the four... more...
Recommender Systemsby Dietmar Jannach; Markus Zanker; Alexander Felfernig; Gerhard Friedrich
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 52.00This book introduces different approaches to developing recommender systems that automate choice-making strategies to provide affordable, personal, and high-quality recommendations. more...
Data Visualization with Flash Builderby Cesare Rocchi
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 39.95Design and create functional applications that interact with remote data sources. You get a thorough introduction to the latest Flash Builder tools learning how you can use the built-in wizards, MXML or pure ActionScript 3 to build information-rich applications for the browser or AIR applications. Hand?s on tutorials guide you through each iteration including building user interaction, charting, incorporating audio and video, customizing the UI; and a code repository provides re-usable code that you can modify and deploy in your own applications. *Hand's on approach with projects and code provided *Color illustrations, tips and tricks deliver nuanced interface solutions *Code repository provided for re-use in personal projects more...
Beginning PHP and MySQLby W. Gilmore
Springer 2010; US$ 49.99Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Fourth Edition is a major update of W. Jason Gilmore's authoritative book on PHP and MySQL. The fourth edition includes complete coverage of PHP 5.3 features, including namespacing, an update of AMP stack installation and configuration, updates to Zend Framework, coverage of MySQL Workbench, and much more. You'll not only receive extensive introductions to the core features of PHP, MySQL, and related tools, but you'll also learn how to effectively integrate them in order to build robust data-driven applications. Gilmore has seven years of experience working with these technologies, and he has packed this book with practical examples and insight into the real-world challenges... more...
WordPress All-in-One For Dummiesby Lisa Sabin-Wilson; Cory Miller; Kevin Palmer; Andrea Rennick; Michael Torbert
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011; US$ 34.99A convenient how-to guide for maximizing your WordPress experience WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog publishing platform with nearly ten million active installations. Eight minibooks provide you with expanded coverage of the most important topics to the WordPress community, such as WordPress basics, theme designs, plug-in development, social media integration, SEO, customization, and running multiple sites. Veteran author Lisa Sabin-Wilson leads an authoritative team of authors who offer their unique knowledge and skillset while sharing invaluable advice for maximizing your site’s potential and visitor experience. Presents straightforward and easy-to-understand coverage of the basics of WordPress, the most popular blog software... more...