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• iClone 4.31 3D Animation: Beginner’s Guide
• Puppet 2.7 Cookbook
• Learning Vaadin
• Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds: Beginner’s Guide
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook
• Salesforce CRM: The Definitive Admin Handbook

iClone 4.31 3D Animation: Beginner’s Guide Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:54 AM PST Book Description Reallusion's iClone is an animated movie making application that allows hobbyists, machinimators, home-based animators, and professionals to visualize their story or an idea by seeing it in action. Years ago, creating animations and single images would require a team of trained artists to accomplish. Now, iClone real time rending engine empowers its users to instantly view what is loaded into the 3D workspace or preview it as an animation, if you have the precise instructions. The iClone 3D Animation Beginner's Guide will walk you through the building and animating of a complete scene and several one-off projects. First we create a scene with sky, terrain , water, props and other assets. Then add two characters and manipulate their features and animate their movement. We will also use particles to create the effect of a realistic torch and animate cameras to give different views to the scene. Finally we will see how to quickly import images to enhance the scene with a mountain, barn, and water tank. It will cover some fun stuff such as playing with props, characters, and other scene assets. It will also demonstrate some advanced topics such as screen resolution, formats and codecs but mostly it will deal with doing hands on animation with precise instructions. Starting with a blank project using stock and downloadable assets you will learn to lay out and animate a scene and export that scene to both a single image and a movie. The main project will demonstrate many common and undocumented techniques, while each project introduces and examines tools and techniques for successful and fun animation of ideas or scripts. Each project of the book including the main project is designed to cover the aspects of 3D animation in a manner which anyone with basic computer skills can follow. You will discover the importance of lighting a scene including daytime scenes. The concept of the timeline and key frames will be covered in detail and other topics such as rendering (exporting), character modification and prop placement all have their own sections with step by step instructions followed by an explanation of what just happened. Good animation habits and project basics are stressed throughout the book interspersed with time saving tips and techniques gained from years of experience with iClone. When you have finished The iClone 3D Animation Beginner's Guide you will have a solid foundation in the basics of iClone by having animated a scene with multiple characters and props that involves dialog and interaction with other characters. You will have the knowledge to create new animation projects to hone your skills, tell your story, educate students or sell your product. What you will learn from this book: Install and setup iClone preferences as per your needs Quickly create and populate scenes Modify characters and clothing Fit facial photos to characters Work with animated and interactive props Pace multi-character dialog using the built in lip sync feature combined with the timeline Apply special effects such as fire, rain, fog and other particle-driven effects Set up cameras and multiple camera shots Create and export single images and animated movies in multiple formats Build timeline-based character and prop key frame animation Approach This book is a part of the Beginner’s guide series, wherein you will quickly start doing tasks with precise instructions. Then the tasks will be followed by explanation and then a challenging task or a multiple choice question about the topic just covered. Who this book is written for Do you have a story to tell or an idea to illustrate? This book is aimed at film makers, video producers/compositors, vxf artists or 3D artists/designers like you who have no previous experience with iClone. If you have that drive inside you to entertain people via the internet on sites like YouTube or Vimeo, create a superb presentation video, showcase a product or create a movie, or get a fast start on the iClone program, this Beginner's guide was written with you in mind. Book Details Paperback: 508 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849691789 ISBN-13: 978-1849691789 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. 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Puppet 2.7 Cookbook Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:54 AM PST Book Description A revolution is coming to IT operations. Configuration management tools can build servers in seconds, and automate your entire network. Tools like Puppet are essential to take full advantage of the power of cloud computing, and build reliable, scalable, secure, high-performance systems. The book takes you beyond the basics to explore the full power of Puppet, showing you in detail how to tackle a variety of real-world problems and applications. At every step it shows you exactly what commands you need to type, and includes full code samples for every recipe. The book takes the reader from a basic knowledge of Puppet to a complete and expert understanding of Puppet's latest and most advanced features, community best practices, writing great manifests, scaling and performance, and how to extend Puppet by adding your own providers and resources. The book includes real examples from production systems and techniques that are in use in some of the world's largest Puppet installations, including a distributed Puppet architecture and a high-performance Puppetmaster solution using Apache and Passenger. Explore the power of Puppet with this practical guide to the world's most popular configuration management system What you will learn from this book: Make Puppet reliable, performant, and scalable Produce eye-catching reports and information for management Understand common error messages and troubleshooting common problems Manage large networks with tools like Foreman and MCollective Use classes and inheritance to write powerful Puppet code Deploy configuration files and templates for lightning-fast installations Use virtual machines to build test and staging environments, and production systems on cloud platforms such as EC2 Automate every aspect of your systems including provisioning, deployment and change management Approach This book is written in a Cookbook style showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure. It progresses through detailed information on the language and features, external tools, reporting, monitoring, and troubleshooting, and concludes with many specific recipes for managing popular applications. Who this book is written for The book assumes that the reader already has a working Puppet installation and perhaps has written some basic manifests or adapted some published modules. It also requires some experience of Linux systems administration, including familiarity with the command line, file system, and text editing. No programming experience is required. Book Details Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849515387 ISBN-13: 978-1849515382 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Posts Pro Puppet (16-05-2011) Managing Infrastructure with Puppet (05-07-2011) Your Money: The Missing Manual (16-03-2010) Yii 1.1 Application Development Cookbook (07-09-2011) Yahoo User Interface 2.X Cookbook (14-02-2011) XML for Data Architects: Designing for Reuse and Integration (30-05-2009) wxPython 2.8 Application Development Cookbook (29-12-2010) WordPress 24-Hour Trainer (12-03-2010) Windows Server 2008 How-To (01-03-2010) Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Resource Kit (25-08-2009)

Learning Vaadin Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:54 AM PST Book Description Vaadin is a new Java web framework for making applications look great and perform well, making your users happy. Vaadin promises to make your user interfaces attractive and usable while easing your development efforts and boosting your productivity. With this book in hand you will be able to utilize the full range of development and deployment features offered by Vaadin while thoroughly understanding the concepts. Learning Vaadin is a practical step-by-step tutorial to understanding, using, and mastering the art of RIA development with Vaadin. You will learn about the fundamental concepts that are the cornerstones of the framework, at the same time making progress on building your own web application. The book will also show you how to integrate Vaadin with other popular frameworks and how to run it on top of internal as well as externalized infrastructures. This book will show you how to become a professional Vaadin developer by giving you a concrete foundation through diagrams, practical examples and ready-to-use source code. It will enable you to grasp all the notions behind Vaadin one step at a time: components, layouts, events, containers, and bindings. You will learn to build first-class web applications using best-of-breed technologies. You will find detailed information on how to integrate Vaadin’s presentation layer on top of other widespread technologies, such as Spring, CDI, and JPA. Finally, the book will show you how to deploy on different infrastructures like Liferay portlet container and Google App Engine. An authoritative and complete step-by-step tutorial on how to create top-notch web applications with the RIA Vaadin framework What you will learn from this book: Understand the limitations of the thin-client approach and the rationale behind Vaadin Develop web applications with your favorite IDE Grasp key concepts: components, layouts, events, containers and bindings Easily create full-fledged web applications Use the Vaadin directory to add exciting features on top of Vaadin Extend Vaadin to create and share new components Integrate Vaadin on top of Spring, CDI, and JPA Deploy Vaadin on the Liferay portlet container and Google App Engine Approach This book begins with a tutorial on Vaadin 7, followed by a process of planning, analyzing, building, and deploying a fully functional RIA while covering troubleshooting details along the way, making it an invaluable resource for answers to all your Vaadin questions. Who this book is written for If you are a Java developer with some experience in Java web development and want to enter the world of Rich Internet Applications this technology and book are ideal for you. Learning Vaadin will be perfect as your next step towards building eye-candy dynamic web applications on a Java-based platform. Book Details Paperback: 412 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849515220 ISBN-13: 978-1849515221 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Posts Professional BlazeDS: Creating Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java (19-07-2010) Spring Persistence with Hibernate (03-11-2010) Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java™ Persistence API (01-12-2009) Hibernate Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (09-07-2010) Getting Started with Roo (05-09-2011) AdvancED Flex 4 (30-08-2010) XML and Java: Developing Web Applications, 2nd Edition (10-06-2009) Wireless Programming with J2ME: Cracking the Code (23-05-2009) Using JRuby: Bringing Ruby to Java (04-02-2011) Tomcat 6 Developer's Guide (31-12-2009)

Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds: Beginner’s Guide Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:43 AM PST Book Description Moodle is a virtual learning environment that is being used in more and more schools worldwide. It is ideal for teaching a younger age group as interactive lessons enable children to learn quicker and with greater ease. Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner’s Guide will help you to adapt your existing lesson plans to online Moodle courses and will give you ideas to create new activities, quizzes, and puzzles to make the learning process fun and interactive for young children. The interactivity of Moodle means that it is perfect for teaching younger children as they can learn by watching, listening, and doing. Learn how to create activities and quizzes that are specially adapted for younger children and are quick and easy for you to incorporate in Moodle. Other highlights include spot-the-difference exercises, games, and embedded puzzles. Teaching young children has just got easier with the help of Moodle to create fun, interactive, and informative learning activities. What you will learn from this book: Create a course and find your way around Moodle Use the Moodle Database module to create story-telling activities Create visual spot-the-difference exercises using the lesson module Embed visualizations of historic and time-based events, using the SIMILE Timeline widget Add fun games including word-search and hidden picture puzzles to your courses Explore how to embed Flash-based puzzles to Moodle Combine face-to-face teaching with online activities in a classroom environment Approach Part of Packt’s Beginner’s Guide series, this book will steadily guide the reader through exercises using practical examples that are easy to build, which are illustrated with screenshots. The activities become steadily more sophisticated and include combining the content from one module with another. Who this book is written for This book is aimed at teachers of children aged 4 to 9 who wish to integrate the Moodle open source virtual learning environment into their teaching. It assumes a basic knowledge of the Web but no prior knowledge of Moodle, although it is expected that you will either have Moodle already set up in your school, or a friendly IT technician who can do it for you. Book Details Paperback: 332 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849513287 ISBN-13: 978-1849513289 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Posts Moodle 2.0 for Business: Beginner's Guide (14-06-2011) Moodle 2.0 First Look (01-11-2010) Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development (08-09-2011) Moodle 1.9 Top Extensions Cookbook (18-12-2010) Moodle 1.9 Theme Design: Beginner's Guide (14-05-2010) Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques (03-02-2010) Moodle 1.9 Math (05-12-2009) Moodle 1.9 for Second Language Teaching (08-11-2009) Moodle 1.9 for Design and Technology (02-07-2010) Moodle 1.9 Extension Development (20-05-2010)

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:42 AM PST Book Description The power of Microsoft SharePoint as the Enterprise collaboration platform is ever-growing; due to the wide range of capabilities it offers, SharePoint 2010 can help transform your business so you can quickly respond to the changes and challenges that you face. For End Users, SharePoint helps you and your team work “better, faster, and smarter”. This book will take your SharePoint knowledge further, showing you how to use your skills to solve real business problems. While many other titles might be characterized as “SharePoint Explained”, this cookbook contains advanced content that goes beyond that found in other SharePoint End User offerings: it is “SharePoint Applied”. It provides recipes walking Power Users through a range of collaboration, data integration, business intelligence, electronic form, and workflow scenarios, as well as offering three invaluable business scenarios for building composite applications. The cookbook begins by providing a comprehensive treatment of SharePoint essentials, while quickly moving forward to topics like Data Integration, Business Intelligence, and automating business processes. At the end of the book, the information presented in the earlier recipes is combined to create three example SharePoint 2010 “composite applications” for Human Resources (HR), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Project Management. Composite applications are the “unique selling point” of SharePoint 2010 and understanding how to create them is the key to unlocking the business value of the product. Don’t just understand basic SharePoint functionality; learn to solve your real-world business problems by “Thinking SharePoint” What you will learn from this book: Quickly move through some essential SharePoint End User tasks before moving on to more advanced functionality Take a deep dive into SharePoint document management Learn from a comprehensive treatment of SharePoint workflows Understand who is listening to your information with SharePoint Web Analytics tools Create and publish InfoPath forms to front-end your business processes Discover the SharePoint security trimmed user interface from a practical business perspective Understand SharePoint search and how to find things more easily Turn data into information using SharePoint’s powerful business intelligence tools Unlock the true business value of SharePoint with HR, CRM, and PM composite application examples Understand how to apply your SharePoint knowledge to “Think SharePoint” rather than simply grasping basic SharePoint concepts Approach This hands-on cookbook takes readers through many highly applicable intermediate and advanced SharePoint recipes, as well as offering three real-world business scenarios to complement the knowledge already gained. The book specifically sets out to cover important SharePoint 2010 topics that are often avoided by other authors. Who this book is written for If you are an advanced End User or Power User of SharePoint 2010 who wants to accomplish specific business tasks beyond the basics, then this cookbook is not to be missed. You should already be comfortable with SharePoint in order to get the most out the recipes, which are applicable up to and including SharePoint Enterprise edition. You’ll find this book useful not only as a learning tool, but also as a reference guide as your SharePoint skills and experience increase. Book Details Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849682887 ISBN-13: 978-1849682886 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Posts SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One (05-02-2011) SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 (19-10-2010) Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration (05-02-2011) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed (19-11-2010) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook (03-10-2011) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond (Exam 70-668) (26-05-2011) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook (12-02-2011) Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning (19-10-2010) Designing Solutions for Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Making the right architecture and implementation decisions (17-12-2010) Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010 (16-11-2010)

Salesforce CRM: The Definitive Admin Handbook Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:42 AM PST Book Description As an industry-leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application, Salesforce CRM helps the enterprise to improve client relations. It greatly enhances sales performance and provides your business with a robust CRM system. In order to achieve optimum performance from the Salesforce CRM system, there are a lot of things for you as the Salesforce Administrator to tackle. This is the only book which focuses on the administrative aspect of Salesforce CRM. Salesforce CRM: The Definitive Admin Handbook will give you all the information you need to administer this powerful CRM application. It is the definitive guide to implementing Salesforce CRM. Whether you are looking to enhance the core features or you have already started customizing your Salesforce CRM system and are looking for guidance on advanced features, this book will show you how to get the maximum benefit from this exciting product. This book provides a practical, step-by-step experience. You will start with the initial user, move on to security setup, and then progress to higher level tasks such as configuration, data management, and data analytics. You will also be presented with ways to improve the setup and avoid some common pitfalls using tips and tricks gained from real-world experiences. And finally you will be presented with ways in which the core platform can be further extended and enhanced to provide the maximum return on investment for your organization. This book is focused on the needs of the enterprise, providing a solution-driven approach for both business and IT specialists to get the most from this powerful and popular CRM application. It will enhance your understanding of the features and functionality of the CRM application and get you completely ready to administer Salesforce CRM. What you will learn from this book: Apply real-world knowledge to configure, maintain, extend, and maximize your company’s use of Salesforce CRM Set up organization-wide settings that affect the look and feel of the system Customize your Salesforce CRM application, including page layouts, fields, and tabs Create and manage users Configure and tailor the system using Record types and Field-level security Automate business activities using Workflows Generate Meaningful Data and Workflow Reports that deliver results Explore Salesforce CRM functions such as Sales Automation, Campaign builder, lead queue and lead assignment, Cloud scheduler , and so on Extend salesforce.com via AppExchange, Visualforce pages, components, Apex controllers, and triggers Packed with tips and tricks for enhancing end-user productivity and expanding the Salesforce CRM implementation Approach A practical guide through which you will discover how to set up and configure the application. Along the way, you will also be presented with solutions and real-life examples on how to further improve and maintain its functionality with clear step-by-step instructions. Being highly organized and compact, this book contains detailed instructions with screenshots, diagrams, and tips that clearly describe how you can administer and configure complex Salesforce CRM functionality with absolute ease. Who this book is written for This book is for administrators who want to develop and strengthen their Salesforce CRM skills in the areas of configuration and system management. Whether you are a novice or a more experienced admin, this book aims to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Salesforce CRM platform. By the end of the book, you will be ready to configure and administer a Salesforce CRM system in a real-world environment which fully supports your business needs. Book Details Paperback: 376 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1849683069 ISBN-13: 978-1849683067 Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file. Related Posts vtiger CRM: Beginner's Guide (01-08-2011) Using CiviCRM (25-03-2011) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook (10-11-2011) Implementing SugarCRM 5.x (27-10-2010) Building on SugarCRM (03-08-2011)

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