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- Maximize your business results by fully understanding how to plan your UAG integration
- Consistently be ahead of the game by taking control of your server with backup and advanced monitoring
- An essential tutorial for new users and a great resource for veterans
- Uncover the advantages and ease of use of Direct Access, the latest VPN technology from Microsoft
- Packed with detailed explanations of concepts, terms and technologies, with hand-in-hand guidance through the tough parts
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Planning your deployment IN THE BOOK 2 Installation IN THE BOOK 3 Trunk types and uses IN THE BOOK 4 Publishing Web Applications AUGUST 2010 5 Advanced Applications and Remote Connectivity technologies AUGUST 2010 6 Authenticating and controlling access AUGUST 2010 7 Configuring and using Clients AUGUST 2010 8 Endpoint Management SEPTEMBER 2010 9 Server Maintenance and upkeep SEPTEMBER 2010 10 Advanced Configuration options and improvements SEPTEMBER 2010 11 Direct Access concepts and configuration SEPTEMBER 2010 12 Troubleshooting servers and clients SEPTEMBER 2010 -
- Easily develop feature-rich internet applications to interact with the user using various built-in components of YUI library
- Simple and powerful recipes explaining how to use and implement YUI 2.x components
- Gain a thorough understanding of the YUI tools
- Plenty of example code to help you improve your coding and productivity with the YUI Library
- Hands-on solutions that takes a practical approach to recipes
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Using YUI 2.x IN THE BOOK 2 Dom & Selector IN THE BOOK 3 Event IN THE BOOK 4 Connection Manager IN THE BOOK 5 DataSource IN THE BOOK 6 Logger and Test IN THE BOOK 7 Element & Buttons IN THE BOOK 8 Menus IN THE BOOK 9 Animation and Drag & Drop IN THE BOOK 10 Container IN THE BOOK 11 Data table & Treeview IN THE BOOK 12 Other Components IN THE BOOK 13 Some Beta Components SEPTEMBER 2010 -
- Develop flexible applications in wxPython.
- Create interface translatable applications that will run on Windows, Macintosh OSX, Linux, and other UNIX like environments.
- Learn basic and advanced user interface controls.
- Packed with practical, hands-on cookbook recipes and plenty of example code, illustrating the techniques to develop feature rich applications using wxPython.
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Getting Started, Understanding the Framework IN THE BOOK 2 Responding to Events IN THE BOOK 3 A User Interface's Building Blocks- Basic Controls IN THE BOOK 4 A User Interface's Building Blocks- Advanced Controls IN THE BOOK 5 Providing Information and Alerting Users IN THE BOOK 6 Retrieving Information from Users, Common Dialogs IN THE BOOK 7 Window Design and Layout IN THE BOOK 8 Drawing to the Screen, Using Device Contexts IN THE BOOK 9 Design Approaches and Techniques SEPTEMBER 2010 10 Creating Components and Extending Functionality SEPTEMBER 2010 11 Responsive Interfaces, Using Threads and Timers SEPTEMBER 2010 12 Application Infrastructure, Building and Managing Applications for Distribution SEPTEMBER 2010 -
- Save your valuable time by using Selenium to record, tweak and replay your test scripts
- Get rid of any bugs deteriorating the quality of your web applications
- Take your web applications one step closer to perfection using Selenium tests
- Packed with detailed working examples that illustrate the techniques and tools for debugging
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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- Local taxes may apply to your eBook purchase.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Getting Started with Selenium IDE IN THE BOOK 2 Element Locators IN THE BOOK 3 Matching Text patterns AUGUST 2010 4 Using JavaScript in your Tests AUGUST 2010 5 Creating Extensions for Selenium IDE AUGUST 2010 6 Starting to use Selenium Remote Control AUGUST 2010 7 Creating Selenium Remote Control Tests AUGUST 2010 8 Getting Started with Selenium Grid SEPTEMBER 2010 9 Running tests in parallel with Selenium Grid SEPTEMBER 2010 10 What is Selenium 2 SEPTEMBER 2010 11 Using Selenium 2 SEPTEMBER 2010 -
- Create elegant and scalable web applications using CakePHP
- Leverage your find operations with virtual fields, ad-hoc queries, and custom find types
- Add full internationalization support to your application, including translation of database records
- Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Authentication IN THE BOOK 2 Model Bindings IN THE BOOK 3 Pushing the search IN THE BOOK 4 Validation and Behaviors IN THE BOOK 5 Datasources IN THE BOOK 6 Routing magic IN THE BOOK 7 The web is a service IN THE BOOK 8 Shells SEPTEMBER 2010 9 Internationalization SEPTEMBER 2010 10 Testing SEPTEMBER 2010 11 Utility classes and tools SEPTEMBER 2010 -
- Utilize jQuery's plugin framework to create a wide range of useful jQuery plugins from scratch
- Understand development patterns and best practices and move up the ladder to master plugin development
- Discover the ins and outs of some of the most popular jQuery plugins in action
- A Beginner's Guide packed with examples and step-by-step instructions to quickly get your hands dirty in developing high quality jQuery plugins
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- The first book on the newly released Inkscape version 0.48, with an exclusive focus on web design
- Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Inkscape required for web design
- Incorporate eye-catching designs, patterns, and other visual elements to spice up your web pages
- Learn how to create your own Inkscape templates in addition to using the built-in ones
- Written in a simple illustrative manner, which will appeal to web designers and experienced Inkscape users alike
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- Get to grips with all of the new features in Drupal 7
- Upgrade your Drupal 6 site, themes, and modules to Drupal 7
- Explore the new Drupal 7 administration interface and map your Drupal 6 administration interface to the new Drupal 7 structure
- Complete coverage of the DBTNG database layer with usage examples and all API changes for both Themes and Modules
This book is currently available as a RAW book. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
If you like, you can preorder the print book at the same time as you purchase the RAW book at a significant discount.
- Since a RAW book is an eBook, a RAW book is non returnable and non refundable.
- Local taxes may apply to your eBook purchase.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 What's New In Drupal 7 IN THE BOOK 2 Installation and Upgrades IN THE BOOK 3 Site Building Changes IN THE BOOK 4 Administration Changes IN THE BOOK 5 Drupal 7 contributed modules AUGUST 2010 6 Theming Changes IN THE BOOK 7 Drupal 7 Database Changes IN THE BOOK 8 Developer Changes IN THE BOOK -
- Build a flexible Social Networking framework using PHP which can be extended to fit the needs of any Social Networking site
- Develop a suitable structure for our framework, with MVC to structure the architecture and a Registry to store core Objects
- Allow users to connect and communicate with each other using communication with friends list, flexible user profiles, messages, discussions, and much more
- Plan marketing and scaling strategies, to entice more users and ensure the site can cope with the demand
- Packed with real-world code and clear explanation, this book uses an ongoing case study for creating a Social Networking framework
This book is currently available as a RAW book. A RAW book is an ebook, and this one is priced at 40% of the usual eBook price. Once you purchase the RAW book, you can immediately download the content of the book so far, and when new chapters become available, you will be notified, and can download the new version of the book. When the book is published, you will receive the full, finished eBook.
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Chapter Number Title Availability 1 Introduction to social networks IN THE BOOK 2 Planning the framework IN THE BOOK 3 Users, registration and authentication IN THE BOOK 4 Friends and Relationships IN THE BOOK 5 Profiles and statuses IN THE BOOK 6 Status stream IN THE BOOK 7 Public and Private Messages IN THE BOOK 8 Statuses: Other media IN THE BOOK 9 Events and Birthdays IN THE BOOK 10 Groups IN THE BOOK 11 An API IN THE BOOK 12 Marketing and SEO IN THE BOOK 13 Security and Maintenance IN THE BOOK 14 Planning for Growth IN THE BOOK -
- Effectively consolidate and standardize processes across your organization with a centralized source for a variety of business needs
- Discover how to effectively plan and implement Dynamics AX 2009 in your business and fully grasp the necessary hardware, network, and software requirements to do so
- Understand the varied components that make up your Dynamics AX environment, including the role of base server components, how to implement the Enterprise Portal and Role Centers for web browser access to Dynamics AX, and the various workflow capabilities required to fit the needs of your company
- Get to grips with Dynamics AX data components and understand when and how to exchange data synchronously or asynchronously and migrate data
- Includes carefully organized instructions along with screenshots that clearly display how to administer and configure your Dynamics AX environment with ease
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