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Principles of Transaction Processing

Philip Bernstein — 2010/02/09

Principles of Transaction Processing is a clear, concise guide for anyone involved in developing applications, evaluating products, designing systems, or engineering products. This book provides an understanding of the internals of transaction processing systems, describing how they work and how best to use them. It includes the architecture of Web Application Servers, transactional communications paradigms, and mechanisms for recovering from transaction and system failures. .. The use of transaction processing systems has changed in the years since publication of the first edition. Electronic commerce has become a major focus for business data processing investments, from banking and stock purchase on the web, to eBay auctions, to corporate database management. New standards, new technology and products, and new languages allow web services and SOA to become the leading style of design for enterprise applications. And with the help of this book and its rich examples, you will be able to produce the state-of-the-art applications discussed within... For more information check out Eric Newcomer's blog: .. http://ericnewcomer.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/what-we-learned-writing-the-second-edition-of-the-tp-book/

Open Government

Daniel Lathrop — 2010/02/09

In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation.

Final Cut Pro 6 - level 2

Jerry Leer — 2010/02/09

Final Cut Pro 6 - level 2Once you have started to use Final Cut Pro use this series of 12 videos to take your skills up a level. Jerry shows you how to easily manage your videos and audio tracks in the timelines, add transitions, create and animate text. You can easily follow along using the clips that Jerry has provided. This course is essential to edit your videos professionally.

CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide

Ido Dubrawsky — 2010/02/09

Dubrawsky's third edition of the CompTIA Security+ 2008 Study Guide Prep Kit provides readers with an all-inclusive toolkit filled with material needed to pass the new CompTIA Security+ certification exam. It is keyed to the new SYO 201 exam.

It is designed to complement the official CompTIA Security+ curiculum. CompTIA routinely offers candidates the opportunity to certify in Security+ and recently annoucned the release of an update to their Security+ exam in the fourth quarter of 2008. Our new edition will cover all the new exam objectives in addition to the core material featured on the test. The new exam covers six major objectives, or topics: Systems Security, Network Infrastructure, Access Control, Assessments and Audits, Cryptography, and Organizational Security. Note that as of July 1, 2009 the last version of the test, to which our current edition is targeted, will be officially retired.

OUr prep kit provides a full set of tools for exam-prep, including a web- and DVD-based exa engine and practice exams, flash cards, cram sheets, PowerPoing presentations, MP3s, and an e-book, for the edge needed to successfully take and pass the Security+ certification. All six of the Security+ domains are covered in detail and questions at the end of each chapter are designed to test the candidates' understanding and recall of the material. In addition to new test-takers, these materials will also be helpful to those who seek to recertify by tkaing either the full, revised exam or a special 'bridge' exam.

Painter 11 Creativity

Jeremy Sutton — 2010/02/09

Jeremy Sutton is one of the world's premier Painter artists (www.JeremySutton.com and www.PaintboxJ.com), and in this brand new edition of his best-selling Painter Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook, he shows you the methods and techniques he's deve

3D Game Textures: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop

Luke Ahearn — 2010/02/09

Finally the eagerly-awaited next edition of Luke Ahearn's cornerstone game art book: 3D Game Textures is on its way. The book will be refreshed per the latest revision of Photoshop and the latest game industry trends and developments. 3D Game Textures allows next-gen game artists to learn to create everything from bricks to books in Photoshop with this step-by-step instructional guide. Because texture is 99% of what a gamer sees when playing, this topic deserves considerable coverage but has gotten little attention. Unlike anything on the market, this book concentrates soley on texturing, and provides an in-depth guide to game texturing with hundreds of high-quality examples. Game artists learn all they need to know on the topic, including basic artistic principles, tools and techniques, and specific step-by-step tutorials that explain how to create textures for myriad environments. New Coverage of the latest version of Photoshop, including adding multiple edge tiling; adding Photoshop Bridge coverage; an updated metal tutorial and adding coverage of urban exteriors. Included in the second edition is a new chapter and an advanced project, featureing a large outdoor urban area - war torn city. Great amount of work on detailed textures (overlays and advanced blending in PS) that utilize many shaders. This environment will look roughly like Battlefield 2 or more recently Call of Duty 4. The scene will include effects as well - smoke and bullet holes. Grass, trees, curtains, signs, and more. The DVD includes: demo versions of relevant software as well as resource images.

Joe Celko’s Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL

Joe Celko — 2010/02/09

Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern - a frightening lack of consistency between their individual encoding schemes and those of the industries in which they operate.

Amazon Simple DB: A Developer’s Guide

Mocky Habeeb — 2010/02/09

This book teaches developers interested in working with Amazon SimpleDB how to write SimpleDB-based applications that fully leverage the service. The book also provides a practical understanding of how to deploy an application on Amazon’s cloud computing platform. By using this book, readers will gain the the ability to fine-tune SimpleDB queries to get the best performance, correctly integrate SimpleDB security into a project’s overall security plan, and evaluate the applicability of SimpleDB for use on various types of projects.

Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum

Craig Larman — 2010/02/09

Lean and Agile Development for Large-Scale Products: Key Practices for Sustainable Competitive Success

Increasingly, large product-development organizations are turning to lean thinking, agile principles and practices, and large-scale Scrum to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation. Drawing on their long experience leading and guiding lean and agile adoptions for large, multisite, and offshore product development, internationally recognized consultant and best-selling author Craig Larman and former leader of the agile transformation at Nokia Networks Bas Vodde share the key action tools needed for success.

Coverage includes

Frameworks for large-scale Scrum for multihundred-person product groups
Testing and building quality in
Product management and the end of the “contract game” between business and R&D
Envisioning a large release, and planning for multiteam development
Low-quality legacy code: why it’s created, and how to stop it
Continuous integration in a large multisite context
Agile architecting
Multisite or offshore development
Contracts and outsourced development

In a competitive environment that demands ever-faster cycle times and greater innovation, the practices inspired by lean thinking and agile principles are ever-more relevant. Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development will help people realize a lean enterprise—and deliver on the significant benefits of agility.

In addition to the action tools in this text, see the companion book Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrumfor complementary foundation tools.

Real-World modo®: In the Trenches with modo

Wes McDermott — 2010/02/08

Explore one of the most exciting 3D tools on the market, modo, with Real-World modo - the Luxology approved, concept and principle- driven guide. Learn to apply the revolutionary, artist-friendly modo toolset with its powerful 3D rendering engine to your project workflows. In a clear, motivating, and entertaining style, Luxology insider, Wes McDermott, provides captivating 3D imagery, real world observations, and valuable tips and tricks all in one place - an invaluable resource for any digital artist. .. .. Explore 3D techniques and principles with chapters on modelling, UV mapping, texturing, animation, lighting and rendering. Learn to leverage the technical elements of the modo rendering engine including Antialaising, Shading Rate and Irradiance Caching from an artist's perspective. Integrate modo with other 3D applications such as Maya and Mudbox and learn to properly setup a linear rendering workflow within modo. For practical, hands-on techniques, you can visit www.wesmcdermott.com for video walk-throughs that further enhance the coverage in the book.