Windows via C/C++ by Jeffrey M. Richter
Microsoft Press; 5th edition (December 12, 2007)
Language: English; 900 pages
ISBN-10: 0735624240; ISBN-13: 978-0735624245

Get the preeminent guide to programming application for Windows with C++. Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly titled Advanced Windows, Third Edition) and is now fully updated for Windows Vista, including the latest information about Windows XP. In-depth and comprehensive, this essential reference covers the Windows operating system and how to program at the API level. Recognized experts provide an inside view of how Windows works and how to use its features in Visual C++ development tasks. Topics covered include processes, thread pooling, virtual memory, DLLs, file I/O, and message crackers. For systems-level programmers, this is a must-have title. Includes code samples in Visual C++.

Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 3.5 Platform by Stephen R. G. Fraser
Apress; 1 edition (December 8, 2008)
1080 pages; Language: English
ISBN-10: 1430210532; ISBN-13: 978-1430210535

Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 3.5 Platform is about writing .NET applications using C++/CLI. While readers are learning the ins and outs of .NET application development, they will also be learning the syntax of C++, both old and new to .NET. Readers will also gain a good understanding of the .NET architecture. This is truly a .NET book applying C++ as its development language—not another C++ syntax book that happens to cover .NET.

    * Learn the syntax and semantics of C++/CLI.
    * Program Windows GUI applications.
    * Write web applications and web services in C++/CLI.
    * Work with data in a database or XML documents.
    * Create multithreaded and network–aware applications.
    * See how to use C++/CLI unmanaged code properly and safely.

Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu
O'Reilly Media; Annotated edition (April 20, 2009)
336 pages; Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596520832; ISBN-13: 978-0596520830

Updated for the latest database management systems -- including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 -- this introductory guide will get you up and running with SQL quickly. Whether you need to write database applications, perform administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the SQL fundamentals.

Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique, with numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter let you practice the skills you learn. With this book, you will:

Practical Liferay: Java–based Portal Applications Development
384 pages; Publisher: Apress (April 30, 2009)
Language: English; ISBN-10: 1430218479; ISBN-13: 978-1430218470

Liferay Portal is the leading open source enterprise portal framework that uses the latest Java and Web 2.0 technologies.

Web portals often function as a point of access to information on the World Wide Web. Web portals, such as Yahoo!, present information from diverse sources in a unified way. Aside from the search engine standard, web portals offer other services such as e–mail, news, stock prices, infotainment, and various other features. Portals provide a means for enterprises to supply a consistent look and feel with access control and procedures for multiple applications that otherwise would have been separate entities altogether.

Developing Web Applications with Apache, MySQL, memcached, and Perl by Patrick Galbraith
Wrox; 1 edition (July 7, 2009); 888 pages

Adding a cache layer to the popular LAMP stack is becoming the common solution to significantly reduce the load on back-end databases, and also allows for better web application performance. This new caching component is represented by another "m" in LAMMP, which stands for memcached—a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system that provides caching for web applications. The author walks you through the process of using Perl to develop web applications both in terms of the front-end display logic as well as the back-end data retrieval from MySQL and memcached. You also see how to configure the Apache web server to run these mod_perl applications.

You'll discover that MySQL and memcached are where the data is stored, and Apache is the server that hosts this functionality. You'll also examine each system while you learn how to install, set up, and administer it.

The book shows you how to put each of these systems together so you can start building successful applications. Helpful examples put in practice the information covered throughout the book and a problem-solving chapter offers real-world problems and the process of how you might go about finding a solution to them.

What you will learn from this book

• How to install, configure, and work with MySQL particularly basic concepts involving data, joins, and indexes as well as advanced usage of triggers, stored procedures, user-defined functions, storage engine usage, and more!
• A Perl refresher on basic concepts as well as how to work with data from MySQL using various Perl data types
• A chapter on object-oriented Perl
• How to the use Sphinx storage engine for full-text searching as well as Gearman to distribute tasks
• How to install and configure Apache 2.2 to work with mod_perl 2.0
• How to use mod_perl handlers to develop web applications, including working with Ajax
• A sample search engine application that puts together the various technologies discussed in the book

WPF Control Development Unleashed: Building Advanced User Experiences
In the PDF format with ISBN: 0672330334 and Pub Date: September 21, 2009

In this book, two leading Windows Presentation Foundation experts give developers everything they need to build next-generation WPF applications–software that is more robust, usable, and compelling.

Drawing on their close ties with Microsoft’s WPF development team, Pavan Podila and Kevin Hoffman give you a clear, robust, and practical understanding of WPF, its underpinnings, its overall architecture, and its design philosophy. Podila and Hoffman introduce never-before-published WPF design patterns and support them with robust, real-world code examples–all presented in full color, just as they appear in Visual Studio.

The authors begin by explaining how to “think in WPF,” and then introduce powerful new techniques for everything from handling 3D layouts to creating game-like physics effects. Along the way, they offer in-depth coverage of data binding, building interactivity, and control development: three of WPF’s most challenging concepts.

You’ll learn how to choose the right WPF features for every programming challenge, and use those features far more creatively and effectively.

Ultra-fast ASP.NET: Building Ultra-Fast and Ultra-Scalable Websites Using ASP.NET and SQL Server
In the PDF format with ISBN: 1430223839 and Pub Date: October 30, 2009

Ultra-Fast ASP.NET presents a practical approach to building fast and scalable web sites using ASP.NET and SQL Server. In addition to a wealth of tips, tricks and secrets, you'll find advice and code examples for all tiers of your application, including the client, caching, IIS 7, ASP.NET, threads, session state, SQL Server, Analysis Services, infrastructure and operations. By applying the ultra-fast approach to your projects, you’ll squeeze every last ounce of performance out of your code and infrastructure—giving your site unrivaled speed.

The approach is mostly prescriptive; rather than drowning you in options, the book presents and explains specific high-impact recommendations and demonstrates them with detailed examples. Using this knowledge, you will soon be building high-performance web sites that scale easily as your site grows.

What you’ll learn

• A way of thinking about performance issues that will help you obtain real results.
• How to apply key principles that will help you build ultra-fast and ultra-scalable web sites.
• How to use the ultra-fast approach to be fast in multiple dimensions. You’ll have not only fast pages but also fast changes, fast fixes, fast deployments and more.
• Techniques that are being used by some of the world's largest web sites.
• How to structure your HTML and CSS to create pages that load ultra-fast.
• Tips for using Silverlight, Ajax and IIS 7 to improve the performance of your site.
• How to use comprehensive caching at all tiers to deliver content faster.
• Why you should avoid traditional session state and how to make the best use of cookies.
• Tips and tricks for optimizing your ASP.NET and SQL Server code for performance and scalability.
• How to use Analysis Services to offload your relational database.
• Why many sites that serve individual pages quickly are not scalable.
• How to avoid common pitfalls that can have an adverse impact on your site’s performance, both now and as it grows.
• How to apply an end-to-end systems-based approach to web site performance and scalability, which includes everything from the browser and the network to caching, back-end operations, hardware infrastructure, and your software development process.

Издательство: Символ-Плюс
Год издания: 2009; Страниц: 672
ISBN-13: 978-5-93286-125-7; ISBN-10: 5-93286-125-8

Книга Энтони Молинаро "SQL. Сборник рецептов" предназначена тем, кто уже знаком с основами языка запросов SQL и хочет повысить свой профессиональный уровень. Она будет полезна и экспертам SQL, поскольку автор предлагает варианты решения задач для разных СУБД: DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL и SQL Server. Если вы постоянно работаете с SQL на одной платформе, то, возможно, найдете в рецептах более эффективное решение на другой. Вы научитесь использовать SQL для решения более широкого спектра задач - от операций внутри баз данных до передачи данных по сети в приложения. Для этого достаточно открыть книгу на странице с интересующим вас рецептом.

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring by Robert Davis
400 pages; Publisher: Apress (October 11, 2009)

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring is your complete guide to planning, using, deploying, and maintaining database mirroring as a high-availability option. Mirroring protects you by maintaining one or more duplicate copies of your database for use in the event the primary copy is damaged. It is a key component of any production-level, high-availability solution. This book covers the full spectrum of database mirroring, taking you from the planning phase through the implementation to the maintenance phase and beyond.

• Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for beginner and intermediate users
• In-depth, detailed information for advanced and expert users
• Covers all phases of database mirroring from planning to sustained maintenance

Pro Silverlight 3 in C# by Matthew MacDonald
640 pages; Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (October 12, 2009)

Full-color graphics and screenshots throughout make Pro Silverlight 3 in C# an invaluable reference for professional developers wanting to discover the new features of Silverlight 3. Author Matthew MacDonald's expertly crafted tutorial guides you through creating rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive in—no matter what the target platform.

As you learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D and 3D drawing, animations, and media playback, you'll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight–all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next-generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial written from professional developer to professional developer. You'll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you're most productive in–no matter what the target platform.

Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption by Michael Coles
320 pages; Publisher: Apress; Pap/Pas edition (October 25, 2009)

Every day organizations large and small fall victim to attacks on their data. Encryption provides a shield to help defend against intruders. Because of increasing pressure from government regulators, consumers, and the business community at large, the job descriptions of SQL DBAs and developers are expanding to include encryption. Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption will show you how to efficiently implement SQL Server 2008 encryption functionality and features to secure your organizational data.

• Introduces encryption, guiding readers through its implementation in SQL Server
• Demonstrates advanced techniques such as the use of hardware security modules
• Covers all that a SQL Server database administrator needs to know about encryption

Beginning T-SQL 2008 Kathi Kellenberger
300 pages; Publisher: Apress (October 24, 2009)

Even if you have little or no knowledge of T-SQL, Beginning T-SQL 2008 will bring you up to intermediate level and teach you best practices along the way. You'll learn how to write code that will help you to achieve the best-performing applications possible.<!--

You'll find an introduction to databases, normalization, and SQL Server Management Studio. You'll understand how data is stored in a database and learn how to use at least one of the available tools to get to that data.

Each subsequent chapter teaches an aspect of T-SQL, building on the skills learned in previous chapters. Exercises are included in each chapter because the only way to learn T-SQL is to write some code.

Издательство: БХВ
ISBN: 978-5-9775-0378-5, 978-0-672-32972-2
Год: 2009; Страниц: 1191
Формат: DjVu; Размер: 60 Mb
Рассмотрены приемы работы в интегрированной среде разработки Visual Studio 2008, а также новые технологии и элементы среды, предназначенные для создания эффективных современных приложений. Описана работа с решениями, проектами, редакторами и визуальными конструкторами. Показаны новые возможности языков программирования C# и Visual Basic. Рассмотрено создание различных типов приложений, в том числе с помощью ASP.NET, Web-сервисов и WCF, Windows Forms, WPF, WF. Описано применение в приложениях современных технологий, таких как AJAX, LINQ и др. Показана работа с данными и базами данных. Уделено внимание автоматизации интегрированной среды разработки, созданию макросов, дополнительных модулей и мастеров. Показано использование Visual Studio Team System для коллективной работы над проектом, выполнение модульных и Web-тестов приложений и многое другое. Материал сопровождается практическими примерами и полезными советами.