Book Description
Now integrating Java 5 throughout, this reference introduces Java programming fundamentals – including problem-solving, object-oriented programming, GUI programming, data structures, networking, internationalization, advanced GUI programming, and Web programming.
Includes many new illustrations. Enhances examples throughout, using small, simple, and stimulating examples to demonstrate concepts and techniques. Offers anearlier introduction to writing programs than the previous edition. Features a new chapter on recursion, expanding treatment from earlier editions.
A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about programming.
Customer Reviews:
I'm shocked at the high reviews for this book.......2007-08-15
I highly recommend the Deitel Java: How to Program book instead.
Liang over and over again introduces terms that he has never defined. He does not tell you why code is the way it is. He is terse, and there is just no true explanation.
The layout of the text is also in black and green, and that's it. His code is hard to follow compared to the Deitel book.
I'm truly shocked at how people seem to like this book. It's unintelligible in my view. I dread reading it and actually read the Deitel book instead.
Excellent text, very thorough.......2007-07-31
This is an excellent text. It goes into great detail for an "introduction". The excercises at the end of the chapters are very well designed using everything you've learned up to that point and re-writing old excercises more efficiently using the new topics learned. His website also has alot of additional information. Head First Java is a good overview, while this text digs down to the details. Very good author and very good text. Highly recommended. One note though, this is a very long text with alot of information so if you plan of reading the entire book and doing all the excercises you will need to invest a large amount of time to do so. But if you do invest the time you will have a very good grasp of the Java language. I usually always say that there's never a "one-book catchall", but this comes pretty close. I feel that by reading this book, doing all the excercises, and making sure that you fully understand the topics, you can adequately program Java in a work environment.
A thorough coverage.......2007-07-21
My only complaint is a lack of summary information organized by language feature (similar to Java in a Nutshell presentation style). The result is that when you want confirmation on a particular detail of the language, it may take you a while before you find the right page.
Not an improvement.......2007-06-25
While I feel this is a good book for learning Java, I don't find the 6th Ed. to be an improvement over the 5th Ed.
I don't understand the author's motivation to move complex topics into earlier chapters. It only seems to distract my students, who are learning OO principles for the first time. In particular I feel that packages, regular expressions, and text i/o, are introduced unnecessarily early. The piecemeal treatment of GUI issues at the ends of the earlier chapters only seems to undermine the reasons for having a whole chapter on GUIs later. Also, why not deal with the ArrayList collection in the chapter on collections?
I liked the 5th edition better, and the 4th edition even better than that, because they dealt with the fundamental issues first, and didn't try to mix in so many marginally related issues early on.
Excellent book, here's why..........2007-04-15
I hesitate to write a review because I'm simply a student. Maybe that makes my review better or worse, you judge. This school year, I have taken Intro to Java, Advanced Java and E-Commerce programming at the college I'm attending. This book is NOT one of my assigned college textbooks but one I obtained to give me a little extra help. I have not touched my Java textbook since January.(The instructor is teaching forms and DB connections which my "textbook" didn't touch.) I don't know what I would have done without this book. Failed I suppose.
Anyway, I have been able to compare my college textbook with this one and it's no contest which is better. My college textbook will sit on my shelf and this one will be by my side when I'm programming.
Not only was this great for Java but now the later chapters are helping me clear the confusion I have from my ecommerce class. I think I learned more about ecommerce in 50 pages here than I have in 250 from my other textbook. That textbook will join the other one to collect dust. In my humble opinion, this was the only book I needed for the 3 college courses I mentioned.
Book Description
Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving real-world examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this book is for you.
These hands-on exercises, complete with insider tips and detailed illustrations, teach you the latest techniques for designing Web sites with Dreamweaver 8. You’ll learn to define a Web site; layout pages effectively with Cascading Style sheets; use tables; create rollovers; work with templates, media objects, and forms; and design for mobile devices. You’ll also learn how to use the new features in Dreamweaver 8, including the new Unified CSS Panel, the Style Rendering Toolbar, the Code Toolbar, guides, CSS Layout visualization, Zoom, and Code Collapse. Accompanied by a CD-ROM loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime training videos, this book ensures you'll master the key features of Dreamweaver 8 in no time.
Customer Reviews:
Dreamweaver.......2007-10-01
This book was okay, but it seemed to be basic things you could learn just by looking around a little bit. I was hoping for more indepth things to help me in my confusing class taught by someone who mumbles and can't speak English. Instead, I found myself still basically teaching myself. I recommend this book for any new beginner, someone who has trouble finding things on their own. It was helpful in some ways, but was not everything I was looking for.
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Hands-On Training.......2007-08-26
I am taking a web design class at City College of San Francisco : Developing websites using Macromedia 8. The text book used in this class is this book. I have found this book extremely helpful to understand the lecture given by the instructor in the class.
After having worked on a few charpters in this book, I have an impression that this book may even help those people who do not have time to take a class to learn about developing and designing a web page by solely using this book because of its Hands-On-Training feature. My experiences of working on this book tell me that the first two chapters are essential for successfully working on this book and the users of this book should spend more time on the first two chapters.
Great starter guide.......2007-07-17
I'm new to Dreamweaver and found this an excellent place to start. The tutorials are easy to follow and the book is clearly written.
The best DW book ever.......2007-07-05
This is not reference book but it's a great quick start to the program. All exercises are divided by chapters, so you have to do #1 through the end to complete and cannot start halfway in the chapter. This book was very easy to use for me because of familiarity with other graphic layout programs and interfaces, so you should obtain some other manual if it looks mind boggling. Basically throughout the book you are "building" a website for a pseudo company that sells tea and tea things. But you are given files in each chapter missing only the things that you need to learn instead of starting out with a blank page each time. Also you are asked to do things multiple ways either in the interface or what is technically appropriate (Page properties vs CSS). Great intro to CSS, it takes a few chapters after completing the CSS chapter to really get the hang of it: you even get to learn how to build a nice rollover navigation. The videos are great too, they show some additional techniques.
Easy to follow along book and cd combo.......2007-07-04
I was taking an entry-level course on DW 8 at the community college and they listed this book as the required text book. I have no idea why, because the instructor never referred to it and just did his own thing. But I have learned more from the book on my own than I did from the class. Of special merit are the video tutorials that come on the cd. As you complete the exercises in each chapter, there is supplementary related material presented in video form on the cd.
The only problem is that you learn to build the particular tea-selling website that is being built in the book. While 75% of the materials is either applicable or of possible interest, there is still this 25% gap of knowledge that leaves you stranded when you are faced with the prospect of staring at a blank project of your own and putting your own content in it. I may know how to insert the file that the author created from his folder to his page, but how do I create my own file to insert in my own page?
[..]
There is no substitute for hands-on experience, and I have obviously not been gifted with intuitive knowledge of web principles. I constantly manage to get myself into situations where what I do just plain doesn't work, but no book (or library of books) can prepare you for the challenges you will face trying to implement your own ideas in the real world. But this one comes fairly close.
Book Description
Originally published in 1981 and now considered a classic text, Psychology presents a cohesive overview of the discipline that emphasizes connections to both the natural sciences and the humanities. For the Sixth Edition, Henry Gleitman and co-authors have undertaken a comprehensive revision, reorganizing and tightening the overall chapter structure and emphasizing contemporary theories and research throughout, particularly new findings in neuroscience and culture studies.
Customer Reviews:
Great Introductory Book.......2006-05-03
Great for learning the basics of psychology in a comprehensive, thorough, easy to understand manner. I used it for my university freshman psych course, and even though the professors had to add some additional information to the texts, it served as a great guildline for psychology majors.
BEWARE: paperback edition and hardcover are different books!.......2004-02-03
Actually I'm reviewing the paperback edition; Amazon has a bug in this one.
I wanted to buy the "text book" of Psychology so I checked the hardcover, there in the tab "other editions" I noticed a paperback edition (which was $100 cheaper) so i followed the link, after reading the reviews and "looking inside the book" I decided to buy the paperback edition (the reviews and the "look inside the book" were supposedly for the paperback edition).
The problem was when I received the book... it wasn't the book but the "study guide" (which is worthless without the book) I went back to Amazon and checked carefully and alas when I went to the paperback edition there is a slight change in the title (which one doesn't check again because it's supposed to be the same book) but the reviews and everything else is the same which is VERY misleading.
I already sent them an e-mail asking them to change this, but for the meantime be careful.
P.S: I rated with 3 stars because I had to put something I'll fix it when I get the hardcover edition and I can actually use it.
Text for Honors Introductory Psychology.......2001-11-07
I've used the text for my honors section of Psych 101 and as a source for lecture material in my other sections. IMHO, this the the best textbook for Intro Psych that I have ever come across in terms of the depth of material presented. It is, however, probably too difficult for the large lecture hall sections or sections taught entirely by graduate students. For these sections I would recommend David Myers' textbook. Much more student-friendly, and still an excellent source of information. Fridlund, et al., is still the gold standard.
Outstanding, comprehensive "intro." book........2001-07-15
This introduction text represents a "tour de force" in dealing with a complex subject. Psychology is divided into 5 sections dealing with Action, Cognition, Social Behavior, Development, and Individual Differences. Each chapter contains the biological basis at work, because, as the authors so beautifully put it "we aren't just minds; we are minds embodied."
This book is for the serious student; the dabbler, and those whose understanding of psychology is limited to pop psych-type self-help, psycho-babble will be bored.
An outstanding, scholarly work worthy of reading.
the human's user manual.......2000-07-07
everyone should have a copy.
it's incredible that after all these centuries of learning, educating and supposedly progressing that the most basic aspects of our own behaviour aren't taught in some core subject.
you buy a computer, you get a manual. people think they're so smart and yet most of them don't even know what cognitive dissonance is.
if you would like to understand, read the manual.
Book Description
In order to thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it works so well on a wide variety of systems, you need to delve deep into the heart of the kernel. The kernel handles all interactions between the CPU and the external world, and determines which programs will share processor time, in what order. It manages limited memory so well that hundreds of processes can share the system efficiently, and expertly organizes data transfers so that the CPU isn't kept waiting any longer than necessary for the relatively slow disks.
The third edition of Understanding the Linux Kernel takes you on a guided tour of the most significant data structures, algorithms, and programming tricks used in the kernel. Probing beyond superficial features, the authors offer valuable insights to people who want to know how things really work inside their machine. Important Intel-specific features are discussed. Relevant segments of code are dissected line by line. But the book covers more than just the functioning of the code; it explains the theoretical underpinnings of why Linux does things the way it does.
This edition of the book covers Version 2.6, which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and block devices. The book focuses on the following topics:
- Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct memory Access (DMA)
- The Virtual Filesystem layer and the Second and Third Extended Filesystems
- Process creation and scheduling
- Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers
- Timing
- Synchronization within the kernel
- Interprocess Communication (IPC)
- Program execution
Understanding the Linux Kernel will acquaint you with all the inner workings of Linux, but it's more than just an academic exercise. You'll learn what conditions bring out Linux's best performance, and you'll see how it meets the challenge of providing good system response during process scheduling, file access, and memory management in a wide variety of environments. This book will help you make the most of your Linux system.
Customer Reviews:
The best linux kernel book.......2007-08-23
If you only read one kernel book, read this one. Also serves as a good general operating system design and implementation primer.
Must Have for all CS Students.......2007-08-09
I'm reading this book for fun, and I've been learning so much that I didn't know from Linux, wish our Operating System courses in Venezuela was taught following this book.
N00BSp3Ak - Deciphering the Linux Kernel.......2007-07-17
To be honest, I am a complete newbie to Linux (more so, the kernel), having only recently shifted to Ubuntu (which, appropriately enough, is often called a "newbie's distribution"). Fortunately, I've had my share of background in C programming both in university and as an employee.
I've only recently delved into the "deeper" side of C - the kind that involves mapping memory and handling register sets to control hardware components. So far as I have read, this book is probably not suitable for the inexperienced, but with a little re-reading, anyone who has the least bit background in computer architecture, operating systems, and, of course, programming can catch up.
"Understanding the Linux Kernel" presents Linux in an abstracted manner, using diagrams whenever possible to illustrate how certain mechanisms - such as, let's say, memory allocation - are executed in the Linux kernel. The presentation, reviewed in line with the Linux kernel code itself, allows the average skilled programmer to obtain at least a basic understanding of Linux and the concept of operating systems in general. In the long run, this material will definitely add to (or completely revolutionize) your repertoire of programming techniques.
Required knowledge to be comfortable with the content are the C syntax, data structures, and an understanding of the binary and hexadecimal number systems.
Excellent, but not for beginners.......2006-08-03
Understanding the Linux Kernel is an excellent guide for those who have some experience using Linux, and would like to know what's going on under the hood. It's a comprehensive guide that not only describes how Linux boots and initializes itself, and how programs call functions inside the kernel, but actually goes down to the murky depths of interrupts, process switching, inter-process communication, and even memory management down to the level of the 80x86 processor instructions, registers and features (actually if you add it all up, memory management takes up most of the book -- a good thing!). Furthermore there are chapters about essentials such as file systems and device drivers.
The book specifically and explicitly focuses only on the 80x86 PC architecture so if you're interested in Linux on different platforms or if you're looking for a generic Linux kernel book, this one's not for you. Also, if you're just starting out with Linux (whether it be as user, programmer or administrator), there's a lot of information in here that you don't really need to know.
An important part of the kernel that's missing from the book is how networking is implemented. This is understandable, because it would probably require another 900+ pages (that's how thick this one is) to cover in as much detail as what the book DOES cover.
All in all, as an intermediate Linux administrator/user and a novice Linux programmer, I thought this was an excellent addition to my collection, even though I skipped some of the truely low-level parts where the authors go into Pentium registers and stuff like that. The fact that "80x86" is consistently printed as "80 × 86" (notice the multiplication character replacing the letter "x") was not enough of a nuisance to take away any of the 5 stars that I'm giving this one.
VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!.......2006-06-09
Are you curious about how Linux works and why it is so efficient? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Daniel Plerre Bovet and Marco Cesati, have done an outstanding job of writing a practical book that will help you find your way through the many thousands of lines of code.
Bovet and Cesati, begin by presenting a general picture of what is inside a Unix kernal and how Linux competes against other well-known Unix systems. Then, the authors explain how 80x86 processors include special circuits to address data in memory and how Linux exploits them. They continue by explaining how each process runs either in an unprivileged User Mode or in a privileged Kernal Mode. Then, the authors introduce interrupts and exceptions. Then, they discuss how synchronization mechanisms are needed so that all these requests can be serviced in a interleaved way by the kernal. Next, the authors discuss timing measurements. Then, they explain how Linux executes, in turn, every active process in the system so that all of them can progress toward their completions. They continue by describing the sophisticated techniques required to handle the most precious resource in the system. Next, the authors show you how the kernal copes with the requests for memory issued by greedy application programs. Then, they explain how a process running in User Mode makes requests to the kernal. They continue by describing how a process may send synchronization signals to other processes. Then, the authors introduce a general layer that supports many different filesystems. Next, they offer insights into special files and on the corresponding hardware device drivers. They also show you how to reduce disk accesses through the use of RAM. Then, they show you how user applications access normal files. Next, the authors explain the techniques used by Linux to ensure that enough memory is always available. Then, they illustrate the most frequently used Linux filesystem, namely Ext2 and its recent evolution, Ext3. They continue by introducing communication mechanisms other than signals available to User Mode processes. Finally, the authors explain how user applications are started.
This most excellent book helps you distinguish between crucial data structures and secondary ones. More importantly, this book helps you become a true Linux hacker.
Book Description
Achieve financial security in 90 minutes or less.
Daniel Solin cuts through financial propaganda to show readers exactly how assets should be invested, using trusted, brand name fund managers like Fidelity and Vanguard. Solin's easy-to-follow plan allows investors to create and monitor their portfolios in 90 minutes or less a year, explaining how to assess risk and how to allocate assets to maximize returns and minimize volatility. Readers will also learn how to avoid the biggest mistakes investors make, from buying into media hype to giving their hard earned cash to hyperactive brokers and investment advisors.
Customer Reviews:
Better than Mom's Apple Pie.......2007-09-29
Most financial books are more complicated than Japanese arithmetic. This is actually understandable and the advice is rock-solid. If you have only one book on investing this should be it.
This is for some..........2007-08-08
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read (Unabridged)This book is for certain investors who do not want to
be daily envolved in investing.It is easily understood and can have
real meaning for that group of people
Love it!.......2007-07-31
I absolutely enjoyed listening to it. It was a little bit boring in the beginning but at the end Don Solin gives you advise what to do. I will take his advise once I have some money saved up and invest it to see if it works! I sure it does!
Really, really simple; but really, really effective.......2007-06-28
I don't think I've ever read a simpler book on investing. I think I finished it in two hours or less, and though it obviously lacks a lot of detail, I can't say there's anything really important that was left out.
Solin spends a lot of time describing investment traps to avoid, such as active management and other, high-cost strategies. Then he spends a very few pages describing a very simple way to construct a diversified, low-cost portfolio of mutual funds. He suggests specific allocations in just a handful of specific funds in specific fund families for specific types of investors. Literally, all you have to do is pick which kind of investor you are and then just follow the allocations Solin suggests. Rebalance once or twice a year, and you're set. Even my sister could do it in 30 minutes or less per year.
It may be hard for people to believe that such a simple strategy could work, but decades of research show that a simple, low-cost, diversified portfolio outperforms the vast majority of actively managed funds, and with relatively little risk.
The advice to "Keep it simple, stupid!" was never so appropriate.
I highly recommend this book.
A classic book on investing.......2007-06-22
I agree with the other reviewers that this book is an outstanding essay for those who want to learn how to invest. For the average investor to avoid uncompensated risk one must use an index mutual fund that has a sufficient number of issues to virtually eliminate uncompensated risk. To accomplish this an index fund is the only practical solution. Index funds and Exchange Traded Funds are available for this purpose. We call the excess return over and above the market return the value premium. Value stocks do provide returns in excess of broad market returns but in order to have adequate diversification you must assemble several hundred issues well beyond the resources of the average investor. For the period 1964 to 2000 large cap value stocks outperformed large cap growth stocks 14.5% to 11.1% and for small cap stocks 16.6% to 12%. These are huge differences. Solin's comments on small cap value stocks ignor that they can be part of a portfolio and when they are that the return is commensurate with the risk assummed. The same comment applies to the large-cap value asset class.
The book is very skinny for the price and I believe there are other books that offer as good advise but go into the subject in a little more more depth.
I can offer a solution to this problem. I want to recommend to you a book titled How to Make Money in the Stock Market-Buy 2,500 different stocks for $1000 - Pay no Commission This book is a must for those wanting to find out about indexing (passive investing) and why it is the superior method for the small investor (and big one too). This book is an outstanding guide to personal investing. It will be useful to all investors from novices to highly the highly experienced. This book prepares the reader to approach investing from the standpoint of the underlying science. It is the antithesis of a 'get rich quick scheme'.
All aspects of Modern Portfolio Theory and passive (index) investing are explained in a through and easily understood manner. The aspect I like most is that as well as a solid theoretical foundation the book is very practical and shows the reader how to create (and more importantly) and manage over time a successful portfolio. This is a great book- for the beginning investor, it's a great place to start and for the experienced investor there are many valuable suggestions.
It's a shame to think of how much money investors have lost "investing" in the stock market over the years. I wish I had read this little book years ago. The chapter on automatic investing recommends a number of portfolios that follow modern portfolio theory and adjust risk as you age without any effort on the part of the reader at all. Had this book been written years ago and had I followed its directions I would be rich today of that I am certain. Nevertheless I will pursue one of the portfolios recommended and stick to it as my investing plan.
How to Make Money in the Stock Market-Buy 2,500 Different Stocks-Pay no CommissionHow to Make Money in the Stock Market-Buy 2,500 Different Stocks-Pay no Commission
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This delightful book leads you through the basic elements of programming in Scheme (a Lisp dialect) via a series of dialogues with well-chosen questions and exercises. Besides teaching Scheme, The Little Schemer teaches the reader how to think about computation. The authors focus on ten essential concepts of thinking about how to compute and demonstrate how to apply these concepts in inventive ways. The Little Schemer is an excellent book both for the beginner and for the seasoned programmer.
Book Description
drawings by Duane Bibby
foreword by Gerald J. Sussman
The notion that "thinking about computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do" sets both The Little Schemer (formerly known as The Little LISPer) and its new companion volume, The Seasoned Schemer, apart from other books on LISP. The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is compelling as they present abstract concepts in a humorous and easy-to-grasp fashion. Together, these books will open new doors of thought to anyone who wants to find out what computing is really about.
The Little Schemer introduces computing as an extension of arithmetic and algebra -- things that everyone studies in grade school and high school. It introduces programs as recursive functions and briefly discusses the limits of what computers can do. The authors use the programming language Scheme, and interesting foods to illustrate these abstract ideas. The Seasoned Schemer informs the reader about additional dimensions of computing: functions as values, change of state, and exceptional cases.
The Little LISPer has been a popular introduction to LISP for many years. It had appeared in French and Japanese. The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer are worthy successors and will prove equally popular as textbooks for Scheme courses as well as companion texts for any complete introductory course in Computer Science.
Customer Reviews:
Able to follow it.......2007-06-27
There is enought info here to follow the exposition even if you know nothing about Scheme. However, I also bought the Reasoned Schemer by the same author and that is unintelligible if you don't read Little Schemer first.
I also recommend Kent Dybvig's Scheme book for a more conventional exposition.
Great book - You'll learn a lot more than Scheme.......2007-02-26
I am amazed that an introductory book can teach so much. Scheme is so simple, and this method so effective, that by the end of the book you'll have written a proof of the halting problem, derived the Y Combinator, written a Scheme interpreter and be very comfortable with recursion.
To get there, be prepared to do a lot of excercises in your scheme interpreter. Occaisionally, the questions the dialog style are asking aren't the ones you'll have in mind, in which case a little re-reading is in order. The payoff is well worth it though.
Not a reference manual.......2007-02-07
If you are looking for a language reference, you will be sorely disappointed with this book. It's not designed for quickly looking things up. However, if you are looking to an easy, painless introduction to functional programming, this is the book you want. The exercises are simple, build carefully on one another, and the theory behind them is explained at every step of the book. The presentation is charming, from the peanut butter and jelly theme throughout the examples, to the cavorting elephants on the cover. Pick this book up as a supplement to the mandatory, dry, exhaustive language reference, and work through the examples a few at a time. You'll find yourself understanding the language much better.
Great programming book.......2007-01-04
This book will change the way you think about programming and recursion.
Brilliant Primer, But Not a Reference.......2006-11-15
The Little Schemer is most emphatically not a reference to the Scheme programming language. Nor will it tell you how to get your Scheme Interpreter to print "Hello World!" These are not flaws, though, any more than my TV's inability to cook a TV dinner is a flaw.
The Little Schemer is written to teach you how to think about programming using recursion, which is the natural way to program in Scheme. And at this, it succeeds brilliantly. It starts with the simplest ideas and then proceeds inductively from those elements to develop programming patterns.
Few people find it natural to think in terms of recursive functions. Scheme's programming style may seem even more foreign to those who have done all their coding in procedural languages, such as C, Java, and Visual Basic. The value of The Little Schemer is in the way it transforms the unnatural into the natural.
Customer Reviews:
glass kiln firing.......2007-09-07
I suppose this is considered one of the best books out there for glass fusing, but I was disappointed that it did not include more practical information for beginners. I had more questions when I finished reading it than I did before I read it. It is interesting, but definately not a how to book for beginners.
Rare Book Found.......2007-02-07
It is hard to find this book and this vendor came through. Plus shipping and handling was fast, as asked, and delivered in perfect shape. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. I would definitely do business with this vendor again!
Plus the book is GREAT!
A must have for your library........1999-02-24
This volume is a must for beginners and a great adjunct for the experienced glass worker. It has a wealth of information covering tools, compatibility testing, annealing, glass qualities, kiln and kiln preparating, sagging, slumping, fusing, cutting, grinding and polishing. Boyce Lundstrom provides a the detail necessary to make fine glass products the first time around. Worth every penny.
Book Description
Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform gets high marks from me because it is concise, informative and easy to follow. After reading the first three chapters I had a clear understanding of what Ajax really is.
— Cameron Scholtz, ASU Blog
There are a few class libraries recently distributed that open the Ajax door to the .NET Framework 2.0. This book examines how the Ajax technology and the .NET Framework can work in tandem. It thoroughly covers the XMLHTTPRequest processes and the .NET 2.0 class libraries, and shows you how to turn theory into practice and concepts into code, with samples that duplicate many new web technologies. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you'll be ready to put this asynchronous technology to work.
Thanks to the folks at Google, Ajax technology has become a force to be reckoned with. It is a technology that is here and now, just waiting for you to implement it with full impact. Google Maps, Google Suggest, and Flickr.com are just a few of the sites out there that have moved Ajax into the mainstream. More shall be revealed as the technology eases its way into coding. The book will also prepare you for upcoming work changes with the release of "Atlas."
Customer Reviews:
Very Nice Book for Overall AJAX Introduction.......2006-11-11
I hardly ever review books and probably wouldn't have bothered this time if it were not for an email from Amazon seeking one. I decided to go ahead with a review because this book really filled a need I had for working with AJAX for the first time. It had me up and running in very short order. Did it go over a couple things along the way that I already knew? Yes. But I didn't mind it in that it treated all topics in an intelligent manner and helped explain where AJAX fit into the broader world of web development. Definitely geared for .NET. That's what I wanted. If that's what you're looking for, you won't be disappointed.
Right book for me at the right time. .......2006-10-19
I had done some little test applications utilizing Ajax and/or Atlas prior to reading this book, and I wanted this book to really give a solid base from which to move forward with.
Mr. Woolston's writing style is personable but not too over the top. One thing I did not like about the writing style is the manner in which code is laid out at times. For instance, with many of the sample applications, Mr. Woolston will dump about 5-6 pages of code into the book and then work towards restating it in part afterwards with some explanation. I can see where it would be useful if not in front of the sample code/a PC, but in reality this book will not be useful if not in front of a computer working on the examples.
There are other times where some of the content is not really useful in furthering education about Ajax and certain examples it feels are stretched to make the chapters longer. I think there was likely a challenge in filling out a reasonable sized book because simply put - the fundamental elements of Ajax aren't that complex. I found myself done with the book in a period of less than a week.
Those things said, after reading the book I can certainly say the overall content has an excellent "perspective of the landscape". From a history of Ajax to a little primer on Javascript, CSS/DOM, and the XmlHttpRequest, he moves forward to examples of Ajax demonstrating the technology with an Ajax framework named Anthem. The main meat of the book are really these examples, where practice implements the ideas from the prior chapters.
Lastly, the book closes with a few chapters covering security, testing, usability, performance, and a token chapter on Atlas.
One other element that I appreciated in this book was the identification of a few free tools out there to aid in Ajax development. Those tools in their own right would have definitely contributed to some time savings a week or two ago when I was struggling with a couple DOM/CSS issues prior to reading this book!
In summary, perhaps a book stretched to fit it's cover but nevertheless a very useful read to me and I would certainly recommend it.
Best of Apress.......2006-09-13
i didnot think that i would like this book because for me apress is famous with their books having lacking style of examples. Normally you find yourself lost in the examples eventough the topic is covered very well.
This book is different than others absolutely; it starts with what is ajax; and why ajax and with simple examples.
if you dont know javascript; it is still ok because one of the chapters covers javascript; so you can learn enough javascript to handle the simple ajax pages.
Before diving into ajax; it tells you about different ajax libraries; so i like this part too; you will have an idea about other ajax libraries too.
I could not run the first example which is the easiest one and i struggle a lot to solve it;but most of the codes in the book is easy to implement.
And guess what; as you can see from the title; the book is for .NET developers; so if you are a .NET developer; this is right book to buy.
It is not like other apress books that have coding examples problem. the sequence for the chapter makes the book easy to follow.
After reading this book; i start reading some tutorials about Atlas ( which is basically Microsoft's Ajax ) and it really helps you to understand atlas too;
If you like google maps; or virtual maps; this books has a suprise for you :)
i read 4-5 different books from apress and this one is the best; i will highly recommend this book to all .net developers who want to learn ajax with .net
Great book.......2006-08-18
About 3/4 done with this book. Today I just built my 1st Ajax feature in a few hours at work with the suff I learned. This books is a quick read with great examples works in both 1.1 and 2.0. Buy it!
Best Ajax Book I've Read.......2006-08-16
Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform gets high marks from me because it is concise, informative and easy to follow. After reading the first three chapters I had a clear understanding of what Ajax really is. Author Dan Woolston has extensive experience with AJAX and he seemed to share it all here without overwhelming this reader.
Woolston did not waste my time in getting me up to speed. In the first three chapters I learned how to write my own reusable (cross browser) JavaScript functions that will work together to execute an Ajax call.
Of course I might rely on one of the various existing frameworks to do this for me. However, now I know what's going on under the covers and I can make an informed decision about what Ajax to use and when. I know exactly what is happening when Ajax is implemented and why.The book also does a nice job of covering CSS and the DOM (document object model). As you know (or will know after reading), these combine with JavaScript to create the foundation of Ajax! Once you understand how they work together you'll know more about Ajax than 90% of your developer friends.
Excellent Feature #1: The overview of JavaScript, CSS and the DOM is fantastic. I really appreciated the fact that it was concise and dead-on accurate in addressing the specific elements that a .NET developer needs to understand in order to code Ajax.
Continuing on, after the book had me up to speed with Ajax, it went into n-tier design. This is important because, in theory, a programmer can go hog wild on Ajax and break tons of rules regarding sound application architecture. So I was impressed that Woolston transitioned directly into best-practices for how and when to use Ajax.
The first third of the book covers Ajax theory and best-practices. With Ajax, one size does not fit all. Therefore, chapter seven includes overviews of many popular Ajax frameworks including non .NET frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, WebORB, xajax (PHP) and Direct Web Remoting (Java). It also covers .NET frameworks including Ajax.NET, Anthem and Atlas.
The other two thirds of the book are devoted to Ajax programming concepts. The author uses the Anthem framework for most of this coding. Anthem is an open-source, .NET framework in C# that is compatible with ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0. It is extremely lightweight, requiring only one class file for core functionality.
Excellent Feature #2: The book's code walkthroughs are based on a fully functional n-tier sample application that you can download free. The sample application uses the AdventureWorks database which is also a free download from Microsoft if you don't already have access to it.
You might think that some .NET features and topics lend themselves to Ajax technology and therefore should be covered in more detail. You'd be right. Woolston sets aside complete chapters on Web services, Custom Controls, ASP.NET Security and Web Parts.
Excellent Feature #3: When you're done learning how to build your own Ajax, there are two chapters devoted to debugging and testing Ajax.
One of the last chapters was my favorite. Chapter 19 is all about usability. As you may know, Ajax solves many usability problems. But can also create new ones. Woolston addresses the good, the bad and the ugly.
The book provides ideas and examples of good Ajax. The author has test-driven many Ajax controls and shares his trials and tribulations. This feedback no doubt will save developers valuable time.
The book also discusses potential pitfalls of using Ajax. Woolston tackles cross-browser compatibility issues and how to best overcome them. He also talks about how to deal with the browser's back button. How to handle browsers with disabled JavaScript and how to work past the problem of pageshifting.
Some of the other usability topics covered in Chapter 19 include Ajax menus, bookmarking, type-aheads, connected controls, code visibility and page paradigms.
Suffices to say this book packs a big Ajax punch. I highly recommend it to any of my peers who are interested in building Ajax functionality into their web applications. This book is applicable to .NET developers who are working with ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0. In my opinion, web developers of any skill level will find it helpful.
Book Description
This book introduces the reader to the C++ programming language and how to use it to write applications in quantitative finance (QF) and related areas. No previous knowledge of C or C++ is required. - experience with VBA, Matlab or other programming language is sufficient. The book adopts an incremental approach; starting from basic principles then moving on to advanced complex techniques and then to real-life applications in financial engineering. There are five major parts in the book:
- C++ fundamentals and object-oriented thinking in QF
- Advanced object-oriented features such as inheritance and polymorphism
- Template programming and the Standard Template Library (STL)
- An introduction to GOF design patterns and their applications in QF Applications
The kinds of applications include binomial and trinomial methods, Monte Carlo simulation, advanced trees, partial differential equations and finite difference methods.
This book contains a CD with all source code and many useful C++ classes that you can use in your own applications. Examples, test cases and applications are directly relevant to QF.
This book is the perfect companion to Daniel J. Duffy’s book Financial Instrument Pricing using C++ (Wiley 2004, 0470855096 / 9780470021620)
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing quant C++ book.......2007-08-31
The motivation and objective of the book are quite appealing, teaching C++ to people who want to move to quant finance. However, the job is not well implemented. I read through most of the book and were quite surprised on the number of chapters and how few contents each chapter contains. Each chapter just gently touches the surface of the subject and it hardly covers much useful knowledge of C++ compared to C++ primer and effective C++ books. If one is new to C++, do not expect to learn much from the book. If one is quite familar to C++ but has not much experience on applying C++ to quant finance, the use of this book is quite limited. Although some example codes are printed in the book, there are really few further explanation on the design and syntax of the codes.
Moreover, the book is way overpriced given its limited value. I still regret much spending 70 bucks on it.
In conclusion, it has an attractive title but is not well designed and written.
A rather pointless and useless book.......2007-03-18
According to the author this text is supposed to serve as a self-contained introduction to C++ for beginners without any prior experience in C or C++. Unfortunately, the author's lack of didactic talent and even more so his negligence to introduce and explain key concepts like e.g. the "this" pointer (all the while making extensive use of it in his examples) would probably foil any attempt of using it in that way.
Initially, I thought the text might still be useful for people hoping to refresh prior knowledge. That is until I happened to come across the code excerpt on page 107 that almost made me fall off my chair. There, the author instead of employing a simple do-while loop actually constructs a loop using goto! On top of that, he fails to initialize a member variable (tol) in the constructor that he merrily goes on to use later on. At the same time he introduces and increments count variable (n) that has no practical use at all.
Another reviewer referred to the book as having the feel of a student's scratch pad. I have to disagree. This text is nothing but an utter embarrassment.
The first step to learn C++ in quantitative finance.......2007-02-23
Well, this book has listed out the essential elements for option pricing using C++. You are assumed to have a basic background of C++ programming up to OOP and simple STL. All materials covered in part I and II are well written for sharpening your knowledge in STL, inheritance, polymorphism and data structures which are useful for filling the gap between C++ language and application in computational finance. In part III, a core section of this book, it lists out the most popular techniques for pricing derivatives products such as tree method, Finite difference scheme and Monte Carlo method. This book is highly recommended for the first glance in computational finance. With the full source code in the attached CD, you can self-study easily. In addition, another Duffy's book - Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++ and Justin 's book - Modeling Derivatives in C++ are good references for intermediate level learning.
A great introduction.......2007-02-18
This book is a great introduction to C++ for people working with or studying Quantitative Finance. I strongly recommend this book. The author is taking you from novice to a good level of understanding of C++ in a few hundred pages. I especially like the introduction to STL and the chapter on Design Patterns and how to apply them. In short a very good book.
A very good introduction into C++ from a quant finance point of view.......2007-02-14
A reviewer below quotes the phrase "After completing the reading, you will earn a 'black belt' in C++ for financial engineering" like as it was a promise made by the author of the book. This phrase in fact belongs to one of the reviewers of this book and has nothing to do with the author's own opinion. In section 0.1 the author says "After having read this book, studied the code and done the exercises you will be in a position to appreciate how to use C++ for Quantitative Finance". So, the author's promise is far more modest than a 'black belt'.
After almost having read the book I see it as an introduction into object-oriented C++ in which explanations are made through examples from quant finance. The book doesn't teach you anything but C++, so don't expect a derivation of the Black-Scholes formula or explanations of how Binomial methods work. It assumes that you know this stuff. I think this book is the best for someone who already knows a little bit about derivative pricing, but has a limited programming experience. It will give you a quick introduction into C++ and the ability to start reading more advanced literature on the subject.
Product Description
Get deep insights into Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with this hands-on guide. This book focuses on developing Windows SharePoint Services applications for the enterprise with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and the Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML). A Windows SharePoint Services expert provides technical explanations of the platform architecture and how the technology works, including concise information on key topics including Web Parts, pages, workflow, and security. With this bottom-up view of the platform architecture and task-oriented guidance, Microsoft Windows developers will learn how to embrace Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 as a first-class development platform. Experienced developers will learn how to build robust, feature-rich applications, including enterprise content management (ECM) systems. In addition, this guide includes C# and XML code samples to help developers get up and running as quickly as possible.
Delivers concise information on Web Parts, pages, workflow, security, and other key topics
Provides deep architectural insights, practical advice, and solutions for Windows developers
Features extensive code samples in Visual C# and XML; assumes prior knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Customer Reviews:
Disappointed!! (No CD/DVD).......2007-10-07
The major thing that disappoints me is that there is no CD/DVD with the book. There are lots of code snippets (rather than complete listings) and it is hard to understand if you can't see everything. An E-book version would also be nice (like every other MS Press book).
Other than that, it is excellent.
This is my manifesto for SharePoint *Development* (as opposed to customization).......2007-09-24
In what I think of as my "pre-Pattison" era I was beating my head against SharePoint. The projects I'd inherited seemed unmanageable and deployment was a nightmare. For the project I was going to be starting from scratch, I was frantically coming up with excuses to not use SharePoint, although there was external pressure to use it.
Ted's book explains the key difference between SharePoint customization and SharePoint development, and focuses on best practices for the later. After reading it, I had a game plan for future development using SharePoint and also for bringing my two legacy apps under control.
A hands on book .......2007-07-23
I agree with the other reviewers this is a book that is worth reading if you are working with Sharepoint development...
By far, mandatory for all Sharepoint developers..........2007-07-23
I had a chance to take Ted's class on the subject matter of this book and found him to be extremely knowledgeable, insightful and practical with regard to developing for Sharepoint. Taking the class and having his book really took me to the next level understanding how WSS 3.0 work and can be extended. This book is a must read from cover to cover if you are new or want to get more acquainted with Sharepoint Services development.
This book fills in the gaps in the SDK.......2007-07-11
Finally, there is a book that provides all the basic information that a developer needs to get started with WSS 3.0. Almost all that information that a developer would expect to find in the SDK documentation is finally available. If this trend continues, it seems that in the future, there will be no SDK documentation, only books to purchase, if you needed documentation.
Very well written, like all books in the 'Inside...' series!
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