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Design useful, professional-looking custom Vista gadgets
June 12, 2008 12:00am PDT
Sidebar gadgets can bring useful and convenient functionality to the Vista desktop -- especially when you create a custom gadget to meet your own (or your users') specific needs. This chapter from...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Improve your HTML using refactoring techniques
May 28, 2008 12:00am PDT
Refactoring code lets you rewrite it without introducing bugs -- and a similar approach can be used to improve your HTML. This sample chapter from Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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Use Ruby on Rails to create a social networking Web site with full community searching and browsing functionality
October 19, 2007 12:00am PDT
Ruby on Rails is fast displacing PHP, ASP, and J2EE as programmers' development framework of choice, thanks to its elegant design and emphasis on practical results. Learn how to build large-scale...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Perfect Phrases For Managers And Supervisors
October 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Communication is the single most important key to a manager's success. What you say - and how you say it - sets the tone for every personal interaction, whether you're dealing with a troublesome...
Provided by: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Programming ASP.NET AJAX: Using ASP.NET AJAX JavaScript Extensions
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
In addition to delivering a considerable amount of Ajax functionality in an easy-to-use framework, ASP.NET AJAX provides a number of additions to JavaScript that can make client coding easier....
Provided by: O'Reilly Media
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Use these tips and tricks to work more efficiently with documents in Microsoft Office Word 2007
August 30, 2007 12:00am PDT
Working with documents in Microsoft Office Word 2007 doesn't just mean using the commands in the Office Menu. Word is full of tricks, shortcuts, and settings that can make working with documents...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Format Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
August 23, 2007 12:00am PDT
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard enables you to apply a property or group of properties to an object by applying a style to that object. Learn how to use CSS to control the presentation...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Decorator Pattern
July 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The Decorator pattern addresses the issue of maintaining the structure while having the ability to make changes by decorating the different components that make up the application. The decorations...
Provided by: O'Reilly Media
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Master the use of variables in your Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) procedures
May 11, 2007 12:00am PDT
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) procedures often need to store temporary values for use in statements and calculations that come later in the code. Although you may get away with using the...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Is it time to abandon Java for Ruby? Identify when and where the switch makes sense, and how to make it
March 20, 2007 12:00am PDT
Developers often struggle beneath Java's mountains of complexity, even though the project might not need Java at all. In contrast, Ruby offers incredible productivity, surprising performance, and...
Provided by: Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Write Cascading Style Sheets with style: Use the amazing em unit and other best practices
March 20, 2007 12:00am PDT
Learn how to write Cascading Style Sheets with style in this sample chapter from Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, Third Edition. Investigate case studies and how they are...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Save time by automating the way you build, deploy, and monitor Java applications
February 27, 2007 12:00am PST
Developers have better things to do than piece together builds, follow checklists full of release commands, copy files around on servers, and monitor running programs. Fortunately, what with the...
Provided by: Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Use JavaScript variables and built-in functions to update your Web pages automatically
December 6, 2006 12:00am PST
Focus on a simple script that automatically changes the date on your Web page in this sample chapter from The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition. Along the way, learn how JavaScript uses variables...
Provided by: No Starch Press
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Combine the power of HTML, CSS, and ASP.NET 2.0 to create powerful Web Forms applications using less code
October 25, 2006 12:00am PDT
One of the big controversies in the Web Forms development world involves the use of HTML tables vs. pure cascading style sheets design. Taking a middle ground, this sample chapter from...
Provided by: Microsoft Press
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Streamline Windows administration by using command-line scripts to monitor system events, processes, and performance
October 25, 2006 12:00am PDT
The ultimate goal of every system and network administrator is to keep the entire network running and to fine-tune it to provide optimum performance. And with every new version of Windows, it...
Provided by: Syngress
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Make Skype fly with these keyboard shortcuts
October 11, 2006 12:00am PDT
These days, who hasn't heard of Skype? Using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to turn any PC, Mac, or Pocket PC into a telephone, Skype offers free calls between computers and extremely cheap calls...
Provided by: O'Reilly Media
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Create innovative and dramatic Powerpoint presentations, Hollywood style
July 24, 2006 12:00am PDT
This sample chapter from Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire introduces the "Beyond Bullet Points" approach to Powerpoint...
Provided by: Microsoft Press
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Program powerful Excel solutions with VBA: A close look at the Application object
June 26, 2006 12:00am PDT
Users know Excel is a powerful platform for solving complex calculations and presenting results. But Programming Excel with VBA and .NET demonstrates how Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can be...
Provided by: O'Reilly Media
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Create a WMI/ADSI script that gathers Windows system information across your domain
May 11, 2006 12:00am PDT
This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI offers systems administrators a straightforward guide to scripting, including a ready-made example script accompanied by complete...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Integrate Microsoft Excel and Access with VBA to create sophisticated applications
February 24, 2006 12:00am PST
There are numerous situations when VBA is not only the preferred way to obtain data, but the only way. This chapter excerpt from Integrating Excel and Access explains when VBA is required and how...
Provided by: O'Reilly Media
