Harnessing Hibernate is an ideal introduction to the popular framework that lets Java developers work with information from a relational database easily and efficiently. Databases are a very different world than Java objects, and they often involve people with different skills and specializations. With Hibernate, bridging these two worlds is significantly easier, and with this book, you can get up to speed with Hibernate quickly. Rather than present you with another reference, Harnessing Hibernate lets you explore the system, from download and configuration through a series of projects that demonstrate how to accomplish a variety of practical goals. The new edition of this concise guide walks you through Hibernate's primary features, which include mapping from Java classes to database tables, and from Java data types to SQL data types. You will also learn about Hibernate's data query and retrieval facilities, and much more. By reading and following along with the examples, you can get your own Hibernate environment set up quickly and start using it for real-world tasks right away. Harnessing Hibernate teaches you how to: Perform Object/Relational mapping Work with persistent data from Java code Work with groups and relationships between objects Extend Hibernate's rich type support for your own needs Simplify query creation using criteria and examples Use the Hibernate Query Language (HQL) and understand how it differs from SQL Use Hibernate in conjunction with Spring Use Hibernate in conjunction with other packages, such as the Stripes web framework and the Eclipse IDE Once you're past the first few chapters, you can jump to topics that you find particularly interesting or relevant. Allbackground material and explanations of how Hibernate works and why is in the service of a focused task. Source code can be downloaded from the book's website. If using SQL is an uncomfortable chore, Harnessing Hibernate offers you an effective and trouble-free method for working with the information you store in your applications.

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Do you think that only professionals with expensive tools and years of experience can work with web graphics? This guide tosses that notion into the trash bin.

Painting the Web is the first comprehensive book on web graphics to come along in years, and author Shelley Powers demonstrates how readers of any level can take advantage of the graphics and animation capabilities built into today's powerful browsers. She covers GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs, raster and vector graphics, CSS, Ajax effects, the canvas objects, SVG, geographical applications, and more -- everything that designers (and non-designers) use to literally paint the Web.

More importantly, Shelley's own love of web graphics shines through in every example. Not only can you master the many different techniques, you also can have fun doing it.


Topics in Painting the Web include:
GIF, JPEG, PNG, lossy versus lossless compression, color management, and optimization
Photo workflow, from camera to web page, including a review of photo editors, workflow tools, and RAW photo utilities
Tricks for best displaying your photos online
Non-photographic raster images (icons and logos), with step-by-step tutorials for creating popular "Web 2.0" effects like reflection, shiny buttons, inlays, and shadows
Vector graphics
An SVG tutorial, with examples of all the major components
Tips and tricks for using CSS
Interactive effects with Ajax such as accordions and fades
The canvas object implemented in most browsers
Geographical applications such as Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, with programming and non-programming examples
Visual effects such as forms and data displays in table or graphics
Web design for the non-designer
Graphics are not essential to the web experience, but they do make the difference between a site that's functional and one that's lively, compelling, and exciting. Whether you want to spruce up a website, use photos to annotate your stories, create hot graphics, or provide compelling displays for your data, this is the book for you.
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It's been a long time coming, but SimCity 3000 is finally here. The latest installment of this classic series offers a ton of new features, much-improved graphics, and the trademark addictive gameplay that made SimCity famous. With Prima's guide to the game in hand, you'll have a thriving metropolis on your desktop in no time. Beginning with a rundown of the series and the new elements in SimCity 3000, this book offers a wealth of information and guidance for any prospective SimMayor. The book covers topics such as connecting to neighbor cities and negotiating business deals with your fellow mayors, as well as more mundane items like where to dispose of your garbage (or to be more specific, where not to dispose of your garbage). Of course, the book also offers helpful advice for balancing your city's finances and provides a thorough description of the game's ordinances and their effects on your population. This is simply the ultimate guide to the ultimate city-building sim.

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Mobile Web Services: Architecture and Implementation
338 pages | Wiley | March 21, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470015969 | 8 Mb

Mobile Web services offer new possibilities and extraordinary rewards for the mobile telecommunications market.

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) implemented with Web services are fundamentally changing business processes supported by distributed computing. These technologies bring forward the promise of services available at any time, in any place, and on any platform. Through mobile Web services, operators can offer new value-added services for their users, explore new business opportunities and increase revenue and customer retention.This expands the commercial opportunities for developers to promote their applications and enables solutions that work seamlessly across computer and mobile environments.

Mobile Web Services is a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical guide to adapting mobile Web services-based applications. The expert author team from Nokia explain in depth the software architecture and application development interfaces needed to develop solutions for these technologies.

Mobile Web Services: Architecture and Implementation:
Provides a complete and authoritative text on implementing mobile Web services.
Describes the mobile Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concept.
Covers the discovery, description and security of Web services.
Explains how to use Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) in Web service messaging.
Discusses the challenges and possibilities of mobile Web services, and gives case studies to illustrate the application of the technology.
Presents the Nokia Mobile Web Services platform.
Offers material on developing mobile Web service clients using C++ and Java.

This text is essential reading for wireless Web architects, mobile application developers and programmers, software developers, technical officers and consultants, as well as advanced students in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

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Web Services Essentials
304 pages | O'Reilly Media, Inc.; Student ed. edition | February 2002 | ISBN: 0596002246 | 1 Mb

As a developer new to Web Services, how do you make sense of this emerging framework so you can start writing your own services today? This concise book gives programmers both a concrete introduction and a handy reference to XML web services, first by explaining the foundations of this new breed of distributed services, and then by demonstrating quick ways to create services with open-source Java tools.

Web Services make it possible for diverse applications to discover each other and exchange data seamlessly via the Internet. For instance, programs written in Java and running on Solaris can find and call code written in C# that run on Windows XP, or programs written in Perl that run on Linux, without any concern about the details of how that service is implemented. A common set of Web Services is at the core of Microsoft's new .NET strategy, Sun Microsystems's Sun One Platform, and the W3C's XML Protocol Activity Group.

In this book, author Ethan Cerami explores four key emerging technologies:
XML Remote Procedure Calls (XML-RPC)
SOAP - The foundation for most commercial Web Services development
Universal Discovery, Description and Integration (UDDI)
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

For each of these topics, "Web Services Essentials "provides a quick overview, Java tutorials with sample code, samples of the XML documents underlying the service, and explanations of freely-available Java APIs. Cerami also includes a guide to the current state of Web Services, pointers to open-source tools and a comprehensive glossary of terms.

If you want to break through the Web Services hype and find useful information on these evolving technologies, look nofurther than "Web Services Essentials. "

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"The discussion on the common beliefs about enterprise architectures and how they relate to Web services is a gem and worth the price of the book. Similarly insightful chapters cover the impact of Web services on the enterprise, adoption steps and change management issues in implementing Web services projects. This a great book that every manager contemplating a Web services project should read." - Toufic Boubez, Ph.D., Author of "Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI"

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Vidya Vrat Agarwal, James Huddleston, "Beginning VB 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional"
Apress | ISBN 1590599470 | April 4, 2008 | 409 Pages | PDF | 7.4MB

Beginning VB 2008 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0, giving you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic.
In addition to teaching you database basics like using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in Visual Basic 2008 across a range of coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 3.5 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, so that you’ll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects.

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Positive, provoking and profit-driven, here are over 100 ideas to challenge your preconceptions and to help you build your business to be stronger, fitter and quicker.

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The Internet and E-commerce
102 pages | Thorogood; Spi edition | September 1, 2003 | ISBN: 1854182153 | 0.2 Mb

As we use the Web as a platform for more and more of our business activities, it is vital that companies and their legal advisers are aware of the legal implications and liabilities that they are exposed to. This special Report looks at the law of e-commerce and the common pitfalls that Internet businesses continue to fall into. Supported by appendices of essential legal considerations, useful addresses and websites [including the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and the Consumer Protection (Distant Selling) Regulations 2000] the Report provides a one-stop-shop to safeguarding your e-commerce business. It will also ensure that you keep future plans free from legal complications and entanglements.
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Electronic Commerce: Principles and Practice
487 pages | Academic Press; 1 edition | August 23, 2001 | ISBN: 0120959771 | 16 Mb

 

 Aldous Huxley"Brave New World"
PDF | ISBN not applicable | Year 1932 | 170 pages | English | 1.18MB

Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" is both one of the best science fiction books and one of the most brilliant pieces of satire ever written. BNW takes place on a future Earth where human beings are mass-produced and conditioned for lives in a rigid caste system. As the story progresses, we learn some of the disturbing secrets that lie underneath the bright, shiny facade of this highly-ordered world.

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Multiplayer Game Programming is the first technical guide to enable you to write a complete Internet-ready video game using DirectX 8. The first part of the book covers the history of online gaming, the architecture of multiplayer games, basic networking, and an introduction to Visual C++ and Windows programming. After you cover the basics, you'll move on to sockets, DirectPlay, Direct3D, DirectAudio, and DirectInput programming, as well as multiplayer game design. Whether you are new to game programming, or you have extensive game programming experience but want to break into the multiplayer phenomenon, this book is for you. Multiplayer Game Programming teaches you the skills necessary to create interactive, online games!

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With 1000 scrumptious and easy-to-follow recipes within its pages, this book provides the perfect answer to all those vexed questions about what to cook. No more agonizing over what to put on the table; you will easily be able to find something to tempt the palate and satisfy the appetite of even the fussiest eaters — whatever the occasion. From time-honored classics to the more unusual, there is plenty of choice here. The selection will appeal to both novice and experienced cooks alike, whether you are looking for ides for a light tasty lunch, a quick, hearty supper, a feast fit for family and friends, or something more elaborate for a dinner party.

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