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- With typical Wrox thoroughness, this book covers every aspect of
virtualization on the Linux platform for administrators seeking to
optimize the use of enterprise hardware, create virtual environments
geared toward specific tasks, or establish a testing environment
- Provides a complete foundation in virtualization, XEN, and competing
approaches with in-depth discussions of installing, configuring, and
using XEN, including detailed examples of XEN configuration files,
system configuration files, and system-level configuration information
- Offers details that help system administrator adopt XEN and justify
its selection
- Covers optimizing XEN, XEN hosts, and guest operating systems for
maximum performance and reliability; using XEN in enterprise data
centers; procedures and considerations for building custom guest
operating systems to run as virtual machines on a XEN host; and much
more

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Tagging is fast becoming one of the primary ways people organize and
manage digital information. Tagging complements traditional
organizational tools like folders and search on users desktops as well
as on the web. These developments mean that tagging has broad
implications for information management, information architecture and
interface design. And its reach extends beyond these technical domains
to our culture at large. We can imagine, for example, the scrapbookers
of the future curating their digital photos, emails, ticket stubs and
other mementos with tags. This book explains the value of tagging,
explores why people tag, how tagging works and when it can be used to
improve the user experience. It exposes tagging's superficial simplicity
to reveal interesting issues related to usability, information
architecture, online community and collective intelligence.

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This book is for anyone who wants to write good Visual Basic 2008 code – even if you have never programmed before.

Writing good code can be a challenge, there are so many options, especially in a language like Visual Basic. If you want to really get the best from a programming language you need to know which features work best in which situations and understand their strengths and weaknesses. It is this understanding that makes the difference between coding and coding well.

Beginning VB 2008 has been written to teach you how to use the Visual Basic programming language to solve problems. From the earliest chapters, and from the first introductory concepts, you'll be looking at real-world programming challenges and learning how Visual Basic can be used to overcome them. As you progress through the book the problems become more involved and interesting while the solutions become correspondingly more complex and powerful as Visual Basic features interact to achieve the results that you want.

By the time you've finished reading this book and worked through the sample exercises, you'll be a confident and very competent Visual Basic programmer. You will still have many explorations of the .NET Framework API to look forward to in your future career, but you will have a firm foundation to build from and you will know exactly where to go to find the things that you need to progress confidently in your projects.

Christian Gross is dedicated to helping his readers understand every detail of Beginning VB 2008 and so you can contact him via SKYPE (christianhgross) if you have bought this book and have a question about something Christian discusses. If Christian is available when you contact him, he will even try to answer you right away!
What you’ll learn

* Become skilled in the Visual Basic 2008 programming language.
* Learn everything you need to begin building your own applications in a solid, well–considered way: this book will teach you .NET coding from the ground up.
* Use the Visual Studio IDE to create, debug, and deploy your applications.
* Understand the mysteries of database access and the many ways that it can be accomplished from VB.
* Delve deeply into the huge range of supporting technologies that the .NET Framework offers: LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX, ADO.NET 3.0, WPF, WCF, and Windows Workflow are all introduced and explained in a straightforward and easy-to-follow way.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone who’s just starting out to learn about Visual Basic 2008. It doesn’t assume any prior knowledge of object–oriented programming, of the .NET Framework, or of coding in general. It simply assumes that you’re an intelligent person who wants to learn and starts the journey from there.

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PHP is an easy-to-use scripting language perfect for quickly creating
the Web features you need. Once you know the basics of how the language
works, wouldn't it be great to have a collection of useful scripts that
solve those tricky problems and add interesting functionality to your
site? We thought so, too. Instead of starting at "Hello World," Wicked
Cool PHP assumes that you're familiar with the language and jumps right
into the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly
wished for PHP scripts-you'll work your way through smart configuration
options and the art of forms, all the way through to complex
database-backed scripts. Wicked Cool PHP contains a wide variety of
scripts to process credit cards, check the validity of email addresses,
template HTML, and serve dynamic images and text. The 76 easily
implemented scripts will also teach you how to:

- Send and receive email notifications
- Track your visitors' behavior with cookies and sessions
- Override PHP's default settings
- Manipulate dates, images, and text on the fly
- Harness SOAP and other web services
- Create an online poll, ecard delivery system, and blog But it's not
all fun and games: Security is a big concern when programming any web
application. So you'll learn how to encrypt your confidential data,
safeguard your passwords, and prevent common cross-site-scripting
attacks. And you'll learn how to customize all of the scripts to fit
your own needs. Dynamic Web content doesn't have to be difficult. Learn
the secrets of the craft from two experienced PHP developers with Wicked
Cool PHP.

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Like music and movies, video games are rapidly becoming an integral part
of our lives. Over the years, you've yearned for every new gaming
console, mastered each blockbuster within weeks after its release, and
have even won a local gaming competition or two. But lately you've been
spending a lot of time thinking about a game idea of your own, or are
exploring the possibility of making a career of this vibrant and growing
industry. But where should you begin?

Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame is written with the
budding game developer in mind, introducing games development through
the Python programming language and the popular Pygame games development
library. Authored by industry veteran and Python expert Will McGugan,
who most recently worked on the MotorStorm game for Play Station 3,
you'll be privy to insights that will not only help you to exploit
PyGame to its maximum potential, but also make you a more creative and
knowledgeable games developer all round.

- Learn how to create advanced games by taking advantage of the
popular open source Python programming language and Pygame games
development library.
- Learn about coding gaming preferences, sound, visual effects, and
joystick/keyboard interaction.
- Discover the concepts that are crucial to success in todays gaming
industry, such as support for multiple platforms, and granting users the
ability to extend and customize your games.
What you'll learn
- Take advantage of Python and the Pygame library to build compelling
cross-platform games.
- Learn to best use these technologies to turn your dream game into
reality.
- Create professional games by accounting for sound, special effects,
and user interaction through the joystick and keyboard.
- Build both two- and three-dimensional games, and learn more about
the factors that contribute to choosing one approach over the other.
- Provide users with the means for extending your games through level
creation and custom modifications as a means to build a vibrant
community around your product.
- Package your games in a manner that allows even novice computer
users to install, use, and update your games with ease.

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Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers is a
comprehensive, example-laden review of the most significant new features
and improvements offered by the latest release of Oracle Corporation's
flagship database product.

- Learn what's new in Oracle that really counts.
- See actual examples and test run output.
- Make sound decisions on new feature adoption. Sift the gold from the
silt and discover which new features of the latest release of Oracle's
flagship database product are really worth adopting. Years of database
administration experience from authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are
combined with sound, step-by-step testing and a heart-felt emphasis on
what matters in the real-world to help you get the most out of Oracle
Database 11g.

What you'll learn:

- Which new features really can make your day-to-day work easier
- How to automate more of your DBA work than ever before

Who is this book for?

Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers is for
developers, DBAs, project managers, consultants, and other technically
minded users of the Oracle database. The book will be of use to any
professional in the field who wants to quickly review the new features
offered by the Oracle Database 11g release.

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Fast-paced, to-the-point, and created to enable experienced programmers
with no previous knowledge of NAV development to quickly learn to
create, modify or maintain NAV applications, this book covers the
important topics of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 with clear explanations
and practical example code. NAV (formerly known as Navision) is a
complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application with a unique
design structure and a challenging learning curve that sometimes
overwhelms developers learning to modify or enhance it for vital
business purposes. Like an experienced mentor, this book covers the
topics working developers need to know to become productive as quickly
as possible: basic NAV terminology and concepts; object construction;
tools, including the Table, Form, and Report Designers; using NAV's
tools to effectively navigate through the features of objects, including
properties, triggers, and C/AL code; developing and testing in the
unique NAV C/SIDE development environment.

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