Having trouble with Lesson Six: Extending Joomla? Or want a sneak peek? The complete lesson is available for free download at: informit. com/title/9780137 0178129+ Hours of Video Instruction   Joo mla! is a powerful solution for webmasters and developers working with all types of sites. In this one-of-a-kind video package, top Joomla consultant and Prentice Hall author Barrie M. North shows you exactly how to use Joomla! to build sophisticated websites that are incredibly easy to edit and update. You’ll master Joomla! through 13 comprehensive video lessons, and you’ll have your first Joomla! site running faster than you ever expected!   Nort h walks you through every essential skill you’ll need, including installation, administration, site and content organization, template development,... Less

The First Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!-The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management System   If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla!-the world’s #1 open source content management system. Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll find never-before-publi shed tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies.   New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts, and builds your... Less

Having trouble with Lesson Six: Extending Joomla? Or want a sneak peek? The complete lesson is available for free download at: informit. com/title/9780137 0178129+ Hours of Video Instruction   Joo mla! is a powerful solution for webmasters and developers working with all types of sites. In this one-of-a-kind video package, top Joomla consultant and Prentice Hall author Barrie M. North shows you exactly how to use Joomla! to build sophisticated websites that are incredibly easy to edit and update. You’ll master Joomla! through 13 comprehensive video lessons, and you’ll have your first Joomla! site running faster than you ever expected!   Nort h walks you through every essential skill you’ll need, including installation, administration, site and content organization, template development,... Less

The First Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!-The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management System   If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla!-the world’s #1 open source content management system. Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll find never-before-publi shed tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies.   New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts, and builds your... Less

Here's a comprehensive sourcebook, filled with concrete design guidelines for developing clear software interfaces. In it, readers will find practical guidelines including the high level conceptual model, dialog styles, organization of functionality to support user tasks, and effective error handling. Suitable for novice and experienced software development professionals. Based on extensive research in human computer interaction. Provides guidance for both the design of traditional interfaces, such as menus and fill-in forms implemented on character-based screens, and for the design of state-of-the-art user interfaces such as direct manipulation interfaces including graphics, color, windows, and pointing devices.e

Written by a software developer for software developers, this book is a unique collection of the latest software development methods. The author includes OOD, UML, Design Patterns, Agile and XP methods with a detailed description of a complete software design for reusable programs in C++ and Java. Using a practical, problem-solving approach, it shows how to develop an object-oriented application—from the early stages of analysis, through the low-level design and into the implementation. Walks readers through the designer's thoughts — showing the errors, blind alleys, and creative insights that occur throughout the software design process. The book covers: Statics and Dynamics; Principles of Class Design; Complexity Management; Principles of Package Design; Analysis and Design; Patterns... Less

Master C++ “The Qt Way” with Modern Design Patterns and Efficient ReuseThis fully updated, classroom-tested book teaches C++ “The Qt Way,” emphasizing design patterns and efficient reuse. Readers will master both the C++ language and Qt libraries, as they learn to develop maintainable software with well-defined code layers and simple, reusable classes and functions.Every chapter of this edition has been improved with new content, better organization, or both. Readers will find extensively revised coverage of QObjects, Reflection, Widgets, Main Windows, Models and Views, Databases, Multi-Threaded Programming, and Reflection. This edition introduces the powerful new Qt Creator IDE; presents new multimedia APIs; and offers extended coverage of Qt Designer and C++ Integration. It has been... Less

For Grad level courses in software engineering, software development and software metrics. Explains what metrics are and when they are useful. Most detailed study of a metrics program ever done.

The first start-to-finish guide to patching Linux systems in production environments For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other leading distributions Comprehensive coverage of apt, yum, Red Hat Network, YaST Online Update, Zenworks Linux Management, and other tools High-efficiency techniques that minimize impacts on networks, users, and administrators The Start-to-Finish Patch Management Guide for Every Linux(R) Environment To keep your Linux systems secure, reliable, and productive, you must stay current with patches and updates. But, until now, it has been difficult to find usable, trustworthy guidance on managing patches in Linux production environments. Linux Patch Management fills that gap, offering Linux professionals start-to-finish solutions, strategies, and examples for every... Less

Presenting the computerized accounting concepts with hands-on training. Designed to present accounting concepts and their relationship to QuickBooks® Pro 2010, this text uses a fictitious company to provide hands-on training while it introduces major accounting concepts.This text has been revised to reflect the latest version of QuickBooks.

 “Hands-on” experience in computerized accounting. Learning QuickBooks® 2010: A Practical Approach uses a comprehensive approach for teaching accounting concepts in a software environment. This text includes sample company data files that simulate real-world businesses, giving readers hands-on experience initiating transactions, performing accounting activities, producing financial statements, and analyzing company performance. This text has been revised to reflect the latest version of QuickBooks.

63656-3 Improve software quality, lower costs, and get to market faster! Don't risk your software product's success through haphazard integration and release management! Software Release Methodology shows you "best practices" for every stage of a successful product release: source code control, product build, testing and defect tracking, code integration, software change management, and release engineering. No matter how large (or small) your project or software development organization, you'll find carefully designed, practical solutions that enhance quality, reduce costs, and get you to market faster. Coverage includes: *Why product builds are so difficult, and how to solve the problem. *Simple defect tracking techniques that make sure problems actually get fixed. *Managing releases on... Less

PRACTICAL, EXAMPLE-RICH COVERAGE OF: XHTML® CSS® JavaScript™: Control Statements, Functions, Arrays, Objects JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) XHTML DOM®: Objects and Collections JavaScript Event-Driven Programming XML® and RSS XML DOM Rich Internet Applications Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) XMLHttpRequest Dojo Toolkit Consuming Web Services And more…  VISIT WWW.DEITEL.COM Download code examples Check out the growing list of programming, Web 2.0 and software-related Resource Centers To receive updates for this book, subscribe to the free Deitel® Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at    www.deitel. com/newsletter/su bscribe.html Read archived issues of the Deitel® Buzz Online Contact deitel@deitel. com for... Less

Here's a comprehensive sourcebook, filled with concrete design guidelines for developing clear software interfaces. In it, readers will find practical guidelines including the high level conceptual model, dialog styles, organization of functionality to support user tasks, and effective error handling. Suitable for novice and experienced software development professionals. Based on extensive research in human computer interaction. Provides guidance for both the design of traditional interfaces, such as menus and fill-in forms implemented on character-based screens, and for the design of state-of-the-art user interfaces such as direct manipulation interfaces including graphics, color, windows, and pointing devices.e

This reference will lead novices or seasoned users of AutoCAD through its basics, and then advanced features of architectural drawing. It shows how to produce architectural working drawings and construction related documents accurately and precisely, along with the skills required to master the 2D drawing commands and procedures. This training manual contains many tools to create company standards to facilitate productivity, and can be used as the office or studio companion with major architectural CAD concepts and applications needed to produce and manage construction documents. Chapter topics provide in-depth coverage of commands significant to architectural drawing—e.g., MULTILINE and AIA CAD Layer guidelines. For architects, interior designers, facilities planners, building... Less

Using a progressive intuitive/mathema tical approach, this introduction to computer vision provides necessary theory and examples for practitioners who work in fields where significant information must be extracted automatically from images-- including those interested in multimedia, art and design, geographic information systems, and image databases, in addition to the traditional areas of automation, image science, medical imaging, remote sensing and computer cartography. The book provides a basic set of fundamental concepts, (representations of image information, extraction of 3D scene information from 2D images, etc.) algorithms for analyzing images, and discusses some of the exciting evolving application areas of computer vision. The approach is language and software independent, and... Less

PRACTICAL, EXAMPLE-RICH COVERAGE OF: Classes, Objects, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Interfaces, Nested Classes Integrated OOP Case Studies: Time, GradeBook, Employee Industrial- Strength, 95-Page OOD/UML® 2 ATM Case Study JavaServer™ Faces, Ajax-Enabled Web Applications, Web Services, Networking JDBC™, SQL, Java DB, MySQL® Threads and the Concurrency APIs I/O, Types, Control Statements, Methods Arrays, Generics, Collections Exception Handling, Files GUI, Graphics, GroupLayout, JDIC Using the Debugger and the API Docs And more…VISIT WWW.DEITEL.COM For information on Deitel’s Dive Into® Series corporate training courses offered at customer sites worldwide (or write to deitel@deitel. com) Download code examples Check out the growing list of... Less

Written by a software developer for software developers, this book is a unique collection of the latest software development methods. The author includes OOD, UML, Design Patterns, Agile and XP methods with a detailed description of a complete software design for reusable programs in C++ and Java. Using a practical, problem-solving approach, it shows how to develop an object-oriented application—from the early stages of analysis, through the low-level design and into the implementation. Walks readers through the designer's thoughts — showing the errors, blind alleys, and creative insights that occur throughout the software design process. The book covers: Statics and Dynamics; Principles of Class Design; Complexity Management; Principles of Package Design; Analysis and Design; Patterns... Less

Quickly master dynamic, database-driven Web development—no experience necessary!Even if you’re completely new to PHP, MySQL, and Web database development, this book will guide you through every step of building powerful, database-driven, dynamic Web sites. Direct from the world’s top scripting instructor, Ellie Quigley, PHP and MySQL by Example illuminates every concept with tested code examples, screen shots showing program output, and clear, line-by-line explanations. Classroom-tested in Ellie Quigley’s Silicon Valley training courses and at Marko Gargenta’s Marakana training company in San Francisco, this book takes you from the simplest PHP scripting and SQL querying techniques all the way to dynamic, database driven Web site construction with PHP and MySQL. From simple fill-in forms... Less

Mastering SolidWorks: The Design Approach presents SolidWorks as a design system rather than a software program, using design, modeling, and drafting concepts as the building blocks, instead of menus and commands. It describes design approaches, methodologies, and techniques to help CAD designers/enginee rs and draftspersons achieve their engineering tasks in the fastest, easiest, and most effective way. It develops command sequences to achieve CAD and modeling tasks, providing SolidWorks syntax and details. Starting with a CAD task to accomplish, the book then goes about how to  accomplish it, motivating students to learn more than simply going through layers of menus and commands.

Master the Linux Tools That Will Make You a More Productive, Effective ProgrammerThe Linux Programmer's Toolbox helps you tap into the vast collection of open source tools available for GNU/Linux. Author John Fusco systematically describes the most useful tools available on most GNU/Linux distributions using concise examples that you can easily modify to meet your needs. You'll start by learning the basics of downloading, building, and installing open source projects. You'll then learn how open source tools are distributed, and what to look for to avoid wasting time on projects that aren't ready for you. Next, you'll learn the ins and outs of building your own projects. Fusco also demonstrates what to look for in a text editor, and may even show you a few new tricks in your... Less

Rapid changes in the field of parallel processing make this book especially important for professionals who are faced daily with new products—and provides them with the level of understanding they need to evaluate and select the products. It gives readers a fundamental understanding of parallel processing application and system development. Chapter topics include parallel machines and computations, potential for parallel computations, vector algorithms and architectures, MIMD computers and multiprocessors, distributed memory processors, interconnection networks, data dependence and parallelism, implementing synchronization and data sharing, parallel processor performance, temporal behavior of parallel programs, and parallel I/O. For computational scientists, software engineers, computer... Less

This book is unlike anything you've seen before.  You won't find long paragraphs of text that go on forever; instead you will find a highly visual layout with bite-sized chunks of texts, images used to represent concepts, making them easy to remember, chapters organized as articles with catchy headlines, and a Facebook page to stimulate and foster discussion.    What is a computer? Hardware. File Management. Digital Devices and Multimedia. Application Software. System Software. The Internet and World Wide Web. Communicating and Sharing: The Social Web. Networks and Communication. Security and Privacy. Databases. Software and Application Development. Blogger. Mind Maps. Google Docs.   MARKET: With an innovative and easy to read writing style, Visualizing Technology teaches readers... Less

Presenting the computerized accounting concepts with hands-on training. Designed to present accounting concepts and their relationship to QuickBooks® Pro 2010, this text uses a fictitious company to provide hands-on training while it introduces major accounting concepts.This text has been revised to reflect the latest version of QuickBooks.

With User Mode Linux you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, and even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, and even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux shows how to put it to work hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux servers. You'll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, specialized configurations, and much more. Coverage includesWhat User Mode Linux is, how it works, and its uses in Linux networksKey applications, including server consolidation, development, and disaster recoveryBooting and exploration: logins,... Less

Build real-world, end-to-end network monitoring solutions with Nagios   This is the definitive guide to building low-cost, enterprise- strength monitoring infrastructures with Nagios, the world’s leading open source monitoring tool. Network monitoring specialist David Josephsen goes far beyond the basics, demonstrating how to use third-party tools and plug-ins to solve the specific problems in your unique environment. Josephsen introduces Nagios “from the ground up,” showing how to plan for success and leverage today’s most valuable monitoring best practices. Then, using practical examples, real directives, and working code, Josephsen presents detailed monitoring solutions for Windows, Unix, Linux, network equipment, and other platforms and devices. You’ll find thorough discussions of... Less

Thousands of companies are investing millions of dollars in PeopleSoft systems -- and a crucial factor in the success of these systems is careful database and report design. Now, for the first time, PriceWaterhouseCo opers consultant Adam Bromwich presents comprehensive, authoritative guidance on the successful design of PeopleSoft HRMS databases, tables, and reports for maximum value and effectiveness. Bromwich begins with a detailed overview of how the PeopleSoft database is organized, functionally and technically. Review the database's key tables, and the tools PeopleSoft provides for finding the table you need. Throughout the book, Bromwich focuses on the most efficient approach to retrieving PeopleSoft data: using SQL to access the database directly, rather than going through menus... Less

This book presents the fundamentals of operating systems that remain constant as new, more advanced systems are introduced and also integrates and highlights key distributed operating systems issues. The main topics presented include message-based synchronization and remote procedure calls, as well as unique integration of distributed deadlocks, distributed shared memory, distributed file systems, and secure communication using cryptography. For systems programmers, software engineers, programmers, and other professionals who want to teach themselves the fundamentals of operating systems or enhance their understanding of operating systems and distributed systems issues.

97244-8 Get results fast, with LabVIEW Signal Processing! This practical guide to LabVIEW Signal Processing and control system capabilities is designed to help you get results fast. You'll understand LabVIEW's extensive analysis capabilities and learn to identify and use the best LabVIEW tool for each application. You'll review classical DSP and other essential topics, including control system theory, curve fitting, and linear algebra. Along the way, you'll use LabVIEW's tools to construct practical applications that illuminate: *Arbitrary waveform generation. *Aliasing, signal separation, and their effects. *The separation of two signals close in frequency but differing in amplitudes. *Predicting the cost of producing a product in multiple quantities. *Noise removal in biomedical... Less

Take virtual instrumentation to the next level with high-level programming. High-level programming with LabWindows/CVI Live data display via Internet or intranet sources Programmatic creation and control of GUIs Data acquisition and VXI device communication Graph control, table control, function panels, instrument drivers, and Open GL Unleash the true power of LabWindows/CVI when you employ the rich features of this programming environment. In this follow-up to his LabWindows CVI Programming for Beginners, Shahid F. Khalid presents the sophisticated techniques that allow experienced users to make the most of this virtual instrumentation powerhouse. The flexibility of LabWindows/CVI software means that you can build virtual instrumentation using Microsoft Visual Basic and... Less