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Microsoft Manual of Style, 4th Edition

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:32 AM PST

Microsoft Manual of Style, 4th Edition

Book Description

Maximize the impact and precision of your message! Now in its fourth edition, the Manual of Style provides essential guidance to content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who writes about computer technology. Direct from the Editorial Style Board at —you get a comprehensive glossary of both general technology terms and those specific to ; clear, concise usage and style guidelines with helpful examples and alternatives; guidance on grammar, tone, and voice; and best practices for writing content for the web, optimizing for accessibility, and communicating to a worldwide audience. Fully updated and optimized for ease of use, the Manual of Style is designed to help you communicate clearly, consistently, and accurately about technical topics—across a range of audiences and media.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Microsoft style and voice
Chapter 2. Content for the web
Chapter 3. Content for a worldwide audience
Chapter 4. Accessible content
Chapter 5. The user interface
Chapter 6. Procedures and technical content
Chapter 7. Practical issues of style
Chapter 8. Grammar
Chapter 9. Punctuation
Chapter 10. Indexes and keywords
Chapter 11. Acronyms and Other Abbreviations

Appendix. Usage Dictionary

Book Details

  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press; 4th Edition (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735648719
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735648715
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C# Database Basics

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:26 AM PST

C# Database Basics

Book Description

Working with data and databases in # certainly can be daunting if you're coming from 6, , or Access. With this hands-on , you'll shorten the learning curve considerably as you master accessing, adding, updating, and deleting data with #—basic skills you need if you intend to program with this language.

No previous knowledge of C# is necessary. By following the examples in this book, you'll learn how to tackle several tasks in C#, such as working with , building data entry forms, and using data in a web service. The book's code samples will help you get started on your own projects.

  • Create a Forms application with a datagrid
  • Connect to multiple data sources, including Access and
  • Add, edit, and update data in a you choose and design
  • Enable users to choose their data source at runtime
  • Learn the roles of DataTable, DataView, BindingSource, Filters, and other objects
  • Understand where variables are declared and how they impact the code
  • Build a simple web service that connects to a database

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. First Steps: Form with a Datagrid
Chapter 2. C# Data Access to Server
Chapter 3. Building Data Entry Forms
Chapter 4. Creating Data Entry Forms with Built-In Controls
Chapter 5. Data in a Web Service
Chapter 6. Editing Access Data on the Web
Chapter 7. Additional C# and Database Topics

Book Details

  • Paperback: 108 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449309984
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449309985
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Google Script: Enterprise Application Essentials

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Google Script: Enterprise Application Essentials

Book Description

How can you extend to fit your organization's needs? This concise shows you how to use Scripts, the -based language that provides a complete web-based platform—with no downloads, configuration, or compiling required. You'll learn how to add functionality to , spreadsheets, and other services, or build data-driven apps that run from a spreadsheet, in a browser window, or within a Site.

If you have some Java experience, getting started with Google Scripts is easy. Through code examples and step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to build applications that authenticate users, display custom data from a spreadsheet, send emails, and many more tasks.

  • Learn 's built-in debugger, script manager, and other features
  • Create a user interface as a pop-up window, a web page, or a Google Sites gadget
  • Use data objects and to build effective product pages
  • Automatically generate web forms from key values you specify in your
  • Create a UI that works as a mobile app and Google Site gadget
  • Use and to create a document revision workflow

Table of Contents
Part I: Understanding
Chapter 1. First Steps in Google Script
Chapter 2. Setting Up Your Environment
Chapter 3. Building an Interface
Chapter 4. Adding Actions

Part II: Building Enterprise Applications
Chapter 5. Dynamic Details Using
Chapter 6. Automate Your Forms and Templates
Chapter 7. Collecting Data
Chapter 8. Workflows
Chapter 9. Mash Up

Appendix. UI Element Examples

Book Details

  • Paperback: 214 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449318525
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449318529
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Getting Started with CouchDB

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Getting Started with CouchDB

Book Description

is a new breed of for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today's dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you'll learn how 's simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale.

The code-packed examples in this book will help you learn how to work with documents, populate a simple , replicate data from one to another, and a host of other tasks.

  • Install CouchDB on , , , or (if you must) from the source code
  • Interact with data through CouchDB's , and use standard operations, such as PUT, GET, POST, and DELETE
  • Use Futon—CouchDB's web-based interface— to manage databases and documents, and to configure replications
  • Learn how to create, update, and delete documents in format, and how to create and delete databases
  • Work with design documents to get the formatting and indexing your application requires

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Why CouchDB?
Chapter 2. Installation
Chapter 3. CouchDB Basics
Chapter 4. Design Documents

Book Details

  • Paperback: 82 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449307558
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449307554
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Hadoop: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition (Early Release)

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:54 AM PST

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition (Early Release)

Book Description

With this digital Early Release edition of : , you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.p>Ready to unleash the power of your massive dataset? With the latest edition of this comprehensive resource, you'll learn how to use Apache to build and maintain reliable, scalable, distributed systems. It's ideal for programmers looking to analyze datasets of any size, and for administrators who want to set up and run clusters.

This third edition covers recent changes to Hadoop, including new material on the new , as well as version 2 of the runtime (YARN) and its more flexible execution model. You'll also find illuminating case studies that demonstrate how Hadoop is used to solve specific problems.

  • Store large datasets with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), then run distributed computations with MapReduce
  • Use Hadoop's data and I/O building blocks for compression, data integrity, serialization (including Avro), and persistence
  • Discover common pitfalls and advanced features for writing real-world MapReduce programs
  • Design, build, and administer a dedicated Hadoop , or run Hadoop in the
  • Use Pig, a high-level query language for large-scale data processing
  • Analyze datasets with Hive, Hadoop's data warehousing system
  • Load data from relational databases into HDFS, using Sqoop
  • Take advantage of , the for structured and semi-structured data
  • Use ZooKeeper, the toolkit for building distributed systems

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Meet Hadoop
Chapter 2. MapReduce
Chapter 3. The Hadoop Distributed Filesystem
Chapter 4. Hadoop I/O
Chapter 5. Developing a MapReduce Application
Chapter 6. How MapReduce Works
Chapter 7. MapReduce Types and Formats
Chapter 8. MapReduce Features
Chapter 9. Setting Up a Hadoop
Chapter 11. Pig
Chapter 12. Hive
Chapter 13.
Chapter 14. ZooKeeper
Chapter 15. Sqoop
Chapter 16. Case Studies
Appendix. Installing Apache Hadoop

Book Details

  • Paperback: 630 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 3rd Edition (May 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449311520
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449311520
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DIY Satellite Platforms

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:54 AM PST

DIY Satellite Platforms

Book Description

Want to build your own satellite and launch it into space? It's easier than you may think. The first in a series of four books, this do-it-yourself shows you the essential steps needed to design a base picosatellite platform—complete with a solar-powered computer-controlled assembly—tough enough to withstand a rocket launch and survive in orbit for three months.

Whether you want to conduct experiments, run engineering tests, or present an orbital art , you'll select basic components such as an antenna, radio transmitter, solar cells, battery, power bus, processor, sensors, and an extremely small picosatellite chassis. This entertaining series takes you through the entire process—from planning to launch.

  • and fabricate printed circuit boards to handle your payload
  • Choose a prefab satellite kit, complete with solar cells, power system, and on-board computer
  • Calculate your power budget—how much you need vs. what the solar cells collect
  • Select between the or BasicX-24 onboard processors, and determine how to use the radio transmitter and sensors
  • Learn your launch options, including the providers and cost required
  • Use milestones to keep your schedule in motion

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. PCB Fab, Soldering, and Electronics
Chapter 3. Chassis, Structure, and Gross Anatomy
Chapter 4. Power
Chapter 5. and Coding
Chapter 6. Launching and Rockets
Chapter 7. Milestones and Planning

Book Details

  • Paperback: 84 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media / Make (January 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449310605
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449310608
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