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The Art of Application Performance Testingby Ian Molyneaux
O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2009; US$ 27.99This practical book provides a step-by-step approach to testing mission-critical applications for scalability and performance before they're deployed -- a vital topic to which other books devote one chapter, if that. Businesses today live and die by network applications and web services. Because of the increasing complexity of these programs, and the pressure to deploy them quickly, many professionals don't take the time to ensure that they'll perform well and scale effectively. The Art of Application Performance Testing explains the complete life cycle of the testing process, and demonstrates best practices to help you plan, gain approval for, coordinate, and conduct performance tests on your applications. With this book, you'll learn... more...
UML for the IT Business Analystby Howard Podeswa
Course Technology PTR 2009; US$ 49.99Today, information-technology business analysts are often working on object-oriented (OO), Unified Modeling Language (UML) projects, yet they have a long way to go to exploit the technology beyond the adoption of use cases (just one part of the UML). This book explains how, as an IT business analyst, you can pull together all of the UML tools and fully utilize them during your IT project. Rather than approaching this topic theoretically, you will actually learn by doing: A case study takes you through the entire book, helping you to develop and validate the requirements for an IT system step by step. Whether you are a new IT business analyst; an experienced analyst, but new to the UML; a developer who is interested in expanding your role to... more...
Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Designby Brett McLaughlin; Gary Pollice; David West
O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2008; US$ 39.99"Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design is a refreshing look at subject of OOAD. What sets this book apart is its focus on learning. The authors have made the content of OOAD accessible, usable for the practitioner." Ivar Jacobson, Ivar Jacobson Consulting "I just finished reading HF OOA&D and I loved it! The thing I liked most about this book was its focus on why we do OOA&D-to write great software!" Kyle Brown, Distinguished Engineer, IBM "Hidden behind the funny pictures and crazy fonts is a serious, intelligent, extremely well-crafted presentation of OO Analysis and Design. As I read the book, I felt like I was looking over the shoulder of an expert designer who was explaining to me what issues were important... more...
J2EE Best Practicesby Darren Broemmer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 45.00Learn how to apply robust application design to your J2EE projects There are a number of best practices you need to consider to build highly effective J2EE components and integrate them into applications. These practices include evaluating and selecting the right set of software components and services to handle the job. In this book, Darren Broemmer supplies you with a set of best practices for J2EE development and then teaches you how to use them to construct an application architecture referred to as the reference architecture. The design and implementation of the reference architecture is based on a set of guiding principles that are used to optimize and automate J2EE development. In addition to the author's thorough discussions of the... more...
DSP Applications Using C and the TMS320C6x DSKby Rulph Chassaing
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 137.00The TMS320C6x is Texas Instrument's next generation DSP found in over 60 percent of wireless devices from leading manufacturers such as Ericsson, Nokia, Sony, and Handspring Author has many years experience working with the TI line of TMS DSPs and his books are based on courses and seminars given at TI sponsored meetings All programs listed in the text will be available on the Wiley FTP site In addition to its wireless applications, the TMS DSP is tailored to enable a new generation of Internet media entertainment appliances more...
Embracing Insanityby Russell Pavlicek
Pearson Education 2006; US$ 23.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. In this book, you will learn where the Open Source movement comes from and what motivates its adherents. You will be introduced to the culture that fuels the movement, as well as the personalities and organizations that promote its growth. You will also understand the strengths of the Open Source movement and how it changes the way in which software is written. In addition, people and organizations wishing to participate in the Open Source world will be given a guide regarding what to do - and what not to do - and why. You do not need to be a technical wizard to read this book. It does not matter if you are an IT manager, a programmer, or just someone who is interested in new trends in... more...
Measuring Computer Performanceby David J. Lilja
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 49.00Measuring Computer Performance sets out the fundamental techniques used in analyzing and understanding the performance of computer systems. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on practical methods of measurement, simulation, and analytical modeling. more...
Aspect-Oriented Programming with AspectJ, Adobe Readerby Ivan Kiselev
Pearson Education 2002; US$ 27.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. In a November 2001 Java Pro magazine article, noted Java pundit Daniel Savarese states, "The days of Object-Oriented Programming may be numbered, One day we may all be using Aspect-Oriented Programming ." While this may be hyperbole, the AOP bring certain needed improvements to the OOP. AspectJ is a Java-based tool that allows developers to apply standard Java syntax to AOP principles, much as C++ allowed C programmers to use C syntax in an object-oriented manner. There are AspectJ add-ons available for Borland's JBuilder, Sun's Forte for Java and for the EMACS text editor. Aspect-Oriented Programming with AspectJ introduces AOP and the AspectJ tool. The book also shows how, by using existing... more...
Linux Kernel Development, Adobe Readerby Robert Love
Pearson Education 2006; US$ 35.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. Linux Kernel Development details the design and implementation of the Linux kernel, presenting the content in a manner that is beneficial to those who wish to write and develop kernel code. This book is for anyone who wants a fun, practical approach to the Linux kernel. The author, a core kernel developer, shares valuable knowledge and experience on the very latest Linux kernel. The book discusses the major subsystems and features of the Linux kernel, including their design and implementation, their purpose and goals, and their interfaces. Specific topics covered include: process management, scheduling, time management and timers, system call interface, memory addressing and management,... more...
Event-Triggered and Time-Triggered Control Paradigmsby Roman Obermaisser
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2005; US$ 149.00Event-Triggered and Time-Triggered Control Paradigms presents a valuable survey about existing architectures for safety-critical applications and discusses the issues that must be considered when moving from a federated to an integrated architecture. The book focuses on one key topic - the amalgamation of the event-triggered and the time-triggered control paradigm into a coherent integrated architecture. The architecture provides for the integration of independent distributed application subsystems by introducing multi-criticality nodes and virtual networks of known temporal properties. more...









