This book approaches Visual Basic .NET with a simple and direct style, providing maximum clarity on the subject without requiring readers to have any prior knowledge of programming. Early on, the text teaches readers how to use objects. These simple ideas, presented early, are then revisited in more detail once the basics have been thoroughly explained. For anyone, including software programmers, interested in learning about VB .NET

XML and SQL: Developing Web Applications is a guide for Web developers and database programmers interested in building robust XML applications backed by SQL databases. It makes it easier than ever for Web developers to create and manage scalable database applications optimized for the Internet.

The author offers an understanding of the many advantages of both XML and SQL and provides practical information and techniques for utilizing the best of both systems. The book explores the stages of application development step by step, featuring a real-world perspective and many examples of when and how each technology is most effective.

Specific topics covered include:
??” Project definition for a data-oriented application ??” Creating a bullet-proof data model ??” DTDs (document type definitions) and the design of XML documents ??” When to use XML, and what parts of your data should remain purely relational ??” Related standards, such as XSLT and XML Schema ??” How to use the XML support incorporated into Microsoft's SQL Server™ 2000 ??” The XML-specific features of J2EE™ (Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition)
Throughout this book, numerous concrete examples illustrate how to use each of these powerful technologies to circumvent the other's limitations. If you want to use the best part of XML and SQL to create robust, data-centric systems then there is no better resource than this book.

The combination of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and its related interlinking standards bring a range of exciting possibilities to the realm of Internet content management. This practical reference book documents these critical standards, shifting theory into practice for today's developers who are creating tomorrow's useful, efficient, and information-rich applications and Web sites.

Blending advanced reference material with practical guidelines, this authoritative guide presents a historical overview, current developments, and future perspectives in three detailed sections. Part I provides a conceptual framework highlighting current and emerging linking technologies, hypermedia concepts, and the rationale behind the "open" Web of tomorrow. Part II covers the specifics behind the emerging core standards, and then Part III examines how these technologies can be applied and how the concepts can be put to efficient use within the world of Web site management and Web publishing.

Both detailed and authoritative, this book presents the most thorough documentation of XML's linking standards available, and it examines how today's enabling technologies are likely to change the Web of tomorrow.

Topics covered in-depth include:
* Hypermedia concepts and alternatives to the Web
* XML Namespaces, XML Base, XInclude, XML Information Set, XHTML, and XSLT
* XPath, XLink, and XPointer concepts, strengths, and limitations
* Emerging tools, applications, and environments
* Migration strategies, from conventional models to more sophisticated linking techniques
* Future perspectives on the XPath, XLink, and XPointer standards

The Only Complete Guide and Reference for NetBeans IDE 5.0
The award-winning NetBeans IDE eases all aspects of Java application development, incorporating a wide range of powerful features into one well-designed package. NetBeans IDE is consistently first in supporting the latest Java technologies for developing desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications.
NetBeans IDE Field Guide provides an introduction to the IDE and an extensive range of topics to help you with both everyday and advanced programming tasks, including
??” Taking advantage of the Ant-based project system to create easily deployable projects??” Developing web applications with the built-in Apache Tomcat web server??” Constructing, assembling, and verifying large-scale Java EE applications??” Managing the Sun Java System Application Server through NetBeans IDE??” Developing mobile applications with the NetBeans Mobility Pack??” In this expanded second edition, you can also learn how to??” Build powerful and attractive desktop applications with the Matisse GUI Builder??” Profile your applications for performance issues??” Develop modules for NetBeans IDE and rich-client applications based on the NetBeans Platform??” Chat and share code with other developers using the NetBeans Collaboration Modules

XML and Java(tm): Developing Web Applications is a tutorial that will teach Web developers, programmers, and system engineers how to create robust XML business applications for the Internet using the Java technology. The authors, a team of IBM XML experts, introduce the essentials of XML and Java development, from a review of basic concepts to thorough coverage of advanced techniques. Using a step-by-step approach, this book illustrates real-world implications of XML and Java technologies as they apply to Web applications. Readers should have a basic understanding of XML as well as experience in writing simple Java programs.

XML and Java enables you to:
* Develop Web business applications using XML and Java through real-world examples and code
* Quickly obtain XML programming skills
* Become familiar with Document Object Models (DOM) and the Simple API for XML (SAX)
* Understand the Electronic Document Interchange (EDI) system design using XML and Document Type Definition (DTD), including
* coverage on automating business-to-business message exchange
* Leverage JavaBean components
* Learn a hands-on, practical orientation to XML and Java

XML has strong support from industry giants such as IBM, Sun, Microsoft, and Netscape. Java, with its "write once, run anywhere" capabilities, is a natural companion to XML for building the revolutionary Internet applications described in this book. XML and Java demonstrates how developers can harness the power of these technologies to develop effective Web applications. If you want to learn Java-based solutions for implementing key XML features--including parsing, document generation, object tree manipulation, and document processing--there is no better resource than this book.

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C-based techniques for building high-performance, FPGA-accelerated software applications
Circuits, Devices, and Systems
C-based Techniques for Optimizing FPGA Performance, Design Flexibility, and Time to Market
Forward written by Clive "Max" Maxfield.
High-performance FPGA-accelerated software applications are a growing demand in fields ranging from communications and image processing to biomedical and scientific computing. This book introduces powerful, C-based parallel-programming techniques for creating these applications, verifying them, and moving them into FPGA hardware.
The authors bridge the chasm between "conventional" software development and the methods and philosophies of FPGA-based digital design. Software engineers will learn to look at FPGAs as "just another programmable computing resource," while achieving phenomenal performance because much of their code is running directly in hardware. Hardware engineers will master techniques that perfectly complement their existing HDL expertise, while allowing them to explore design alternatives and create prototypes far more rapidly. Both groups will learn how to leverage C to support efficient hardware/software co-design and improve compilation, debugging, and testing.
??” Understand when C makes sense in FPGA development and where it fits into your existing processes
??” Leverage C to implement software applications directly onto mixed hardware/software platforms
??” Execute and test the same C algorithms in desktop PC environments and in-system using embedded processors
??” Master new, C-based programming models and techniques optimized for highly parallel FPGA platforms
??” Supercharge performance by optimizing through automated compilation
??” Use multiple-process streaming programming models to deliver truly astonishing performance
??” Preview the future of FPGA computing
??” Study an extensive set of realistic C code examples
About the Web Site
Visit to download fully operational, time-limited versions of a C-based FPGA design compiler, as well as additional examples and programming tips.

The fastest route to true HTML/CSS mastery!
Need to build a web site? Or update one? Or just create some effective new web content? Maybe you just need to update your skills, do the job better.
Welcome. This book's for you. We'll leverage what you already know about the web, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected. You'll master today's best practices: the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey. You'll learn through dozens of focused HTML, XHTML, and CSS examples: crafted for simplicity and easy to adapt for your own projects.
Need specific solutions? This book's modular, visual, high-efficiency format delivers them instantly. Molly E. Holzschlag draws on her unparalleled experience teaching Web design and development. No other HTML/CSS guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results!
??” All you need to succeed with HTML, XHTML, and CSS in real-world projects
??” Learn how to build web pages that'll work in any environment, on virtually any contemporary browser
??” Construct templates that simplify every page you develop
??” Structure and tag text so it's easy to work with and manage
??” Add images, media, and scripts ??” quickly and reliably
??” Discover the right ways to use HTML tables
??” Build easy-to-use forms and validate your users' input
??” Use CSS to take total control over your site's look and feel
??” Master core CSS techniques: color, images, text styles, link effects, lists, navigation, and more
??” Control margins, borders, padding, positioning, floats, even Z-index
??” Design efficient, compatible, easy-to-manage CSS layouts
Includes concise XHTML and CSS annotated references: quick help for every language element

So...you've been asked to pitch in on a PHP project...starting now. Or maybe one's on the horizon. Or maybe you need to get real PHP skills onto your r?©sum?©. You've done web stuff. Maybe used other scripting languages. Now you want to get productive with PHP, fast.
Welcome. We wrote this book for you. We'll leverage what you already know, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected.
You'll get the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey. You'll learn through dozens of focused examples: tested for reliability, crafted for clarity, easy to adapt for your own projects.
Need specific solutions? This book's modular, high-efficiency format delivers them ??” instantly. Award-winning author Steven Holzner draws on his unparalleled experience teaching programming: No other PHP guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results ??” today!
??” All you need to succeed with PHP in Linux or Windows
??” Master core concepts: operators, flow control, strings, arrays, functions, and more
??” Learn essential web techniques: cookies, session management, automated email, FTP, and more
??” Use PHP 5's object model and object-oriented techniques
??” Efficiently handle text boxes, buttons, and other HTML controls
??” Create web forms, validate user input, and check browsers
??” Work with MySQL and other databases
Includes concise PHP 5 language and functional references!
All the book's programming examples are available for download on the companion web site.
Spring Into is a new series of fast-paced tutorials from Addison-Wesley. Each book in the series is designed to bring you up-to-speed quickly. Complex topics and technologies are reduced to their core components, and each component is treated with remarkable efficiency in one- or two-page spreads. Just the information you need to begin working...now! And because the books are example-rich and easy to navigate, you'll find that they make great on-the-job references after you've mastered the basics.

* Increase efficiency with new technologies and processes
* Improve the performance and availability of your IT solutions
* Reduce IT total cost of ownership
This book presents an established methodology for transitioning the people, processes, and technologies in IT environments to the Solaris(TM) Operating System. It steps you through the various phases of the migration process, using detailed case studies to illustrate the benefits, costs, and requirements associated with a migration project. While this book focuses on UNIX server migrations, the methodology and best practices presented apply for most migrations to the Solaris environment. They can be used for projects ranging from the smallest data conversion to the largest legacy migration.

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You don't use UML in a vacuum: you use it to build software with a specific programming language. If that language is Java, you need UML for Java Programmers. In this book, one of the world's leading object design experts becomes your personal coach on UML 1&2 techniques and best practices for the Java environment.

Robert C. Martin illuminates every UML 1&2 feature and concept directly relevant to writing better Java software--and ignores features irrelevant to Java developers. He explains what problems UML can and can't solve, how Java and UML map to each other, and exactly how and when to apply those mappings.

??” Pragmatic coverage of UML as a working tool for Java developers ??” Shows Java code alongside corresponding UML diagrams ??” Covers every UML diagram relevant to Java programmers, including class, object, sequence, collaboration, and state diagrams ??” Introduces dX, a lightweight, powerfully productive RUP & XP-derived process for successful software modeling ??” Includes a detailed, start-to-finish case study: remote service client, server, sockets, and tests