This book provides an insight into the rich diversity of techniques, tools and knowledge used in performance engineering, covering the whole life cycle — from design through to operation — of both networks and systems

С помощью Adobe Photoshop 5.5 вы сможете создать яркий запоминающийся образ и с одинаковой легкостью адаптировать дизайн к помещению его на сайт или к печати. Вместо адской смеси различных программ, необходимых для создания комплексного веб-дизайна, вы теперь можете обратиться к одному первоклассному продукту. Полиграфист, профессионально работающий с допечатными процессами, Веб-мастер или Веб-креатор - все найдут в Photoshop 5.5 набор инструментов для создания лучшего решения в своей области. Adobe Photoshop 5.5 предлагает серию новых возможностей для веб-оптимизации файлов, позволяющую создавать высококачественную веб-графику с минимальными размерами файлов: вы можете сравнить несколько версий файла с различными установками степени сжатия, цветовых настроек и установок браузера в новом окне LiveView. С помощью этого инструмента вы сможете точно балансировать между качеством графики и ее размером. (См. "Оптимизация графики для Веб" www.illustrator.ru/articles/ software/Graphics_to_Web.pdf) Photoshop предлагает новую опцию GIF-формата: сжатие с потерей информации, позволяющее сократить размер файлов на 260-50% при минимальных потерях в качестве. Пакет Adobe Photoshop 5.5 включает в себя компонент ImageReady 2.0 для решения "продвинутых" веб-задач, таких как резка изображений на составные части, создание ролловеров, динамическая анимация и image maps. Этот компонент настолько интегрирован с Photoshop, что вы без труда будете работать с ними обоими. Более того, в одной программе вы сможете откатить операции, сделанные в другой, сохраняя слои и эффекты файла. Кроме этого, Photoshop включил в себя несколько креативных функций, рекомендованных пользователями. Теперь вы можете работать с новым инструментом выделения, более удобным в использовании и более точным в определении границ выделяемой области. Новая Art History Brush позволяет раскрашивать изображение мазками с цветом из выбранного источника из палитры History или Snapshot. Появились новые возможности у функции contact sheet, благодаря которым вы можете экспортировать одну картинку в разных размерах в виде набора. Вы также можете разместить на листе несколько картинок или организовать их в виде веб-галереи. Вместе все эти нововведения делают функциональность Adobe Photoshop 5.5 еще более совершенной. В этом документе рассмотрены новые мощные инструменты для работы с Веб-графикой, а также новые креативные возможности.

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A breakthrough approach to managing agile software development. Agile methods might just be the alternative to outsourcing. However, agile development must scale in scope and discipline to be acceptable in the boardrooms of the Fortune 1000. In Agile Management for Software Engineering, David J. Anderson shows managers how to apply management science to gain the full business benefits of agility through application of the focused approach taught by Eli Goldratt in his Theory of Constraints. Whether you're using XP, Scrum, FDD, or another agile approach, you'll learn how to develop management discipline for all phases of the engineering process, implement realistic financial and production metrics, and focus on building software that delivers maximum customer value and outstanding business results

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks is a compilation of best practice solutions to the most challenging CSS problems. The third edition of this best-selling book, published in full color, has been completely revised and updated to cover the latest techniques and newer browsers, including Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8. It's the most complete question-and-answer book on CSS, with over 100 tutorials that'll show you how to gain more control over the appearance of your web page, create sophisticated Web page navigation controls, design for today's alternative browsing devices including phones and screen readers, and much more.

A Web server is the server software behind the World Wide Web. It listens for requests from a client, such as a browser like Netscape or Microsoft's Internet Explorer. When it gets one, it processes that request and returns some data. This data usually takes the form of a formatted page with text and graphics. The browser then renders this data to the best of its ability and presents it to the user. Web servers are in concept very simple programs. They await for requests and fulfill them when received.

This guide provides practical, hands-on techniques for testing the design, globalization, performance, and security of Web applications.

This book assumes a certain familiarity with the Internet, the Web, and HTML programming, but it starts with the most basic ideas of programming. It will introduce you to concepts common to all programming languages and how they work in PHP. You can expect this book to teach you how to create rich, dynamic Web sites. You can also expect it to remain on your desk as a reference for how PHP works, or even as a recipe book for solving common design problems.

Portable and precise, this pocket-sized reference is the Web application developer’s fast-answers guide to ASP.NET configuration architecture, settings, and custom settings. Zero in on key ASP.NET configuration details and techniques using quick-reference tables, lists, step-by-step instructions, and real world tips, including coding examples for version 2003 of Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#® .NET. This handy, one-stop guide delivers the focused, streamlined direction you need to get your Web solutions up and running quickly.

This book describes the internal algorithms and the structures that form the basis of the UNIX ®operating system and their relationship to the programmer interface. The system description is based on UNIX System V Release 2 supported by AT&T, with some features from Release 3.

In this text, the author provides live code in Java to show how XML can be employed in the development of applications and also provides details of how XML parsers work.

"I come from a T-SQL background, so when I first laid my eyes on SQL Server 2005, I was shocked--and then, I was scared! I didn't have a CLR or XML background and suddenly had an urgent need to learn it. SQL Server 2005 is too big of a release to learn from the books online. Fortunately, now there is a book for developers who need to go from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 and to do it as painlessly as possible. Basically, it's one-stop shopping for serious developers who have to get up to speed quickly. I'll keep this one on my desk--not on my bookshelf. Well done, Bob and Dan!"

In JavaServer Faces, developers learn how to use the new JavaServer Faces framework to build real-world web applications. The book contains everything you'll need: how to construct the HTML on the front end; how to create the user interface components that connect the front end to your business objects; how to write a back-end that's JSF-friendly; and how to create the deployment descriptors that tie everything together. This book is a complete guide to the crucial new JSF technology.

JavaServer Pages, Third Edition is completely revised and updated to cover the substantial changes in the 2.0 version of the JSP specification. It also includes detailed coverage of the major revisions to the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification. Combining plenty of practical advice with detailed coverage of JSP syntax and features and clear, useful examples, JavaServer Pages, Third Edition demonstrates how to embed server-side Java into Web pages, while also covering important topics such as JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), and JDBC database access.

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services streamlines the process of extricating meaningful reports from your data sources. Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services picks up where the Microsoft documentation leaves off, providing report developers, database administrators, application developers, their managers, and report users with invaluable inside information on the workings of Reporting Services.

CVS поддерживает историю дерева каталогов с исходным кодом, работая с последовательностью изменений. CVS маркирует каждое изменение моментом времени, когда оно было сделано, и именем пользователя, совершившим изменение. Обычно человек, совершивший изменение, также предоставляет текстовое описание причины, по которой произошло изменение.

Use this guide to learn how to exploit XML-based Web services to help solve system security, interoperability, availability, and other business challenges.

If you already have experience programming games with Java, this book is for you. David Brackeen, along with co-authors Bret Barker and Lawrence Vanhelsuwe, show you how to make fast, full-screen action games such as side scrollers and 3D shooters. Key features covered in this book include Java 2 game programming techniques, including latest 2D graphics and sound technologies, 3D graphics and scene management, path-finding and artificial intelligence, collision detection, game scripting using BeanShell, and multi-player game engine creation.

Use this book to learn Dreamweaver MX, the latest web development tool, and publish impressive web sites, as well as learn about Dreamweaver MX’s built-in support for the ASP.NET, JavaServer Pages, PHP, and ColdFustion MX programming languages.