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Mixed Bag Post for Thursday 19th of June 2008

Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Resource Kit

The high-level language of R is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible statistical software environments, and is rapidly becoming the standard setting for quantitative analysis, statistics and graphics. R provides free access to unrivalled coverage and cutting-edge applications, enabling the user to apply numerous statistical methods ranging from simple regression to time series or multivariate analysis. Building on the success of the author s bestselling Statistics An Introduction using R, The R Book is packed with worked examples, providing an all inclusive guide to R, ideal for novice and more accomplished users alike. The book assumes no background in statistics or computing and introduces the advantages of the R environment, detailing its applications in a wide range of disciplines. Provides the first comprehensive reference manual for the R language, including practical guidance and full coverage of the graphics facilities. Introduces all the statistical models covered by R, beginning with simple classical tests such as chi-square and t-test. Proceeds to examine more advance methods, from regression and analysis of variance, through to generalized linear models, generalized mixed models

Windows PowerShell(TM) Scripting Guide

Visual Basic 2005 is designed for productivity and so is this new addition to Murach s bestselling VB series. It moves at a professional pace to teach you how to develop Windows Forms applications using all the time-saving new features in Visual Basic 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. That means you ll learn how to create database applications using the new data sources feature and new data controls that are now layered on top of ADO.NET database processing is the function that s changed most dramatically in this release of Visual Basic use new object-oriented features like generics, My objects, partial classes, and class diagrams that save you time on everyday functions take advantage of new Visual Studio features like code snippets, Auto Correction, and ClickOnce deployment that simplify the tasks of creating, testing, debugging, and deploying applications But if you re new to VB.NET, you ll also gain the core skills that haven t changed. So you ll learn how to validate data...handle numeric, date, and string data do repetitive processing using arrays and collections handle exceptions in a structured way work with text, binary, and XML files access data with ADO.NET and make practical use of OOP features li

Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in VB 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional

cover of Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in VB 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professionalauthor: Nick Symmonds
asin: 1590597672
binding: Paperback
list price: $39.99 USD
amazon price: $26.39 USD


DotNetNuke is a programming framework that helps you create and deploy web projects in ASP.NET 2.0. Its ease of use means that even nonprogrammers can take advantage of the new ASP.NET 2.0 features when building a web site. It integrates with many of Microsofts other free products like SQL Server 2005 Express, which makes it a powerful and attractive option for developing web sites.

Java Pocket Guide (Pocket Guides)

cover of Java Pocket Guide (Pocket Guides)author: Robert Liguori
Patricia Liguori
asin: 0596514190
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.99 USD
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How many times have you reached an impasse while writing code because you couldn't remember how something in Java worked? This new pocket guide is designed to keep you moving. Concise, convenient and easy to use, the Java Pocket Guide gives you Java stripped down to its bare essentials -- in fact, it's the only book on Java that you can actually fit in your pocket.

Ajax Design Patterns

cover of Ajax Design Patternsauthor: Michael Mahemoff
asin: 0596101805
binding: Paperback
list price: $44.99 USD
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Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, exploded onto the scene in the spring of 2005 and remains the hottest story among web developers. With its rich combination of technologies, Ajax provides a strong foundation for creating interactive web applications with XML or JSON-based web services by using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response.

The Rational Guide to Extending SSIS 2005 with Script (Rational Guides) (Rational Guides)

cover of The Rational Guide to Extending SSIS 2005 with Script (Rational Guides) (Rational Guides)author: Donald Farmer
asin: 1932577254
binding: Paperback
list price: $24.99 USD
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The Integration Services feature of Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 brings together data from diverse sources in a high-performance data integration platform, to enable users to work across multiple applications that may not have been designed to cooperate. In this book, Donald Farmer, Microsoft's Group Program Manager for SQL Server Integration Services, clearly explains how to build practical and useful scripts for this exciting new SQL Server 2005 feature. His systematic approach, friendly tutorials, and numerous examples are suitable for both developers and IT professionals alike.

Dreamweaver 8 Bible

cover of Dreamweaver 8 Bibleauthor: Joseph W. Lowery
asin: 0471763128
binding: Paperback
list price: $49.99 USD
amazon price: $31.49 USD


Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management—plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more - this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.

Programming Language Pragmatics, Second Edition

cover of Programming Language Pragmatics, Second Editionauthor: Michael L. Scott
asin: 0126339511
binding: Paperback
list price: $70.95 USD
amazon price: $62.80 USD


Thoroughly updated to reflect the most current developments in language design and implementation, the second edition*Addresses key developments in programming language design:+ Finalized C99 standard+ Java 5+ C# 2.0+ Java concurrency package (JSR 166) and comparable mechanisms in C#+ Java and C# generics*Introduces and discusses scripting languages throughout the book and in an entire new chapter that covers:

Perl Cookbook, Second Edition

cover of Perl Cookbook, Second Editionauthor: Tom Christiansen
Nathan Torkington
asin: 0596003137
binding: Paperback
list price: $49.95 USD
amazon price: $32.97 USD


Find a Perl programmer, and you'll find a copy of Perl Cookbook nearby. Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The book contains hundreds of rigorously reviewed Perl "recipes" and thousands of examples ranging from brief one-liners to complete applications. The second edition of Perl Cookbook has been fully updated for Perl 5.8, with extensive changes for Unicode support, I/O layers, mod_perl, and new technologies that have emerged since the previous edition of the book.

Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services (Professional Reference Series)

cover of Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services (Professional Reference Series)author: Raymond Yee
asin: 159059858X
binding: Paperback
list price: $49.99 USD
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The modern Web is awash with data and services just waiting to be used, but how do you make effective use of all this information?

3D Game Textures: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop

cover of 3D Game Textures: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshopauthor: Luke Ahearn
asin: 0240807685
binding: Paperback
list price: $51.95 USD
amazon price: $32.73 USD


Game artists, architects, simulation developers, web designers and enthusiasts alike can learn to create everything from bricks to books in Photoshop with this step-by-step instructional guide. Because texture is 99% of what a gamer sees when playing, this topic deserves considerable coverage but has gotten little attention. Unlike anything on the market, this book is the first of its kind to provide an in-depth guide to game texturing with hundreds of high-quality examples.

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