You might think more than enough design books exist in the programming world already. In fact, there are so many that it makes sense to ask why you would read yet another. Is there really a need for yet another design book? In fact, there is a greater need than ever before, and Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect fills that need!

* Teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of Time
* Written by the designer of the NetBeans API at Sun
* Based on best practices, scalability, and API design patterns

Here’s the definitive guide to building a Web presence that will increase revenue, improve customer relations, and enhance brand loyalty. Author Ian Cocoran, a digital brand expert, explains traditional branding and how the same principles can be applied to Web sites, no matter what the industry. Chapters cover the entire range of site content: color schemes and menu formats and the pivotal roles they play; incorporating essentials such as company history, careers, site maps, search engines, and FAQs; choosing one global portal versus country-specific content; encouraging and retaining traffic flow; adding depth to the Web experience with audio, video, and animation; maximizing site functionality for online shopping or software updates; and much more. Step into the digital age with expert help from The Art of Digital Branding.

Threats to Macintosh’s OS X operating system are increasing in sophistication and number. Whether it is the exploitation of an increasing number of holes, use of rootkits for post compromise concealment or distributed denial of service, knowing how the system is vulnerable and how to defend it is critical to computer security. This book brings all this information together, providing a solid basis to help you succeed in protecting your organization from risk.

* This friendly, easy-to-use guide shows experienced Access users how to use
* VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to build Access databases and applications, but also covers programming fundamentals for nonprogrammers
* Includes practical, ready-to-use VBA code examples that readers can type or copy and paste from the Web into their own database projects
* Explains basic VBA skills and concepts for nonprogrammers, such as procedures, variables, and loops
* Covers more advanced topics, such as record sets and other programming activities that are unique to Access programming
* Author has written more than ninety computer books and has been working with databases since the early 1980s

This book covers the entire process of building a website. This process involves much more than just technical knowledge, and this book provides you with all the information you’ll need to understand the concepts behind designing and developing for the Web, as well as the best means to deliver professional, best-practice-based results.

There is far more to building a successful website than knowing a little Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The process starts long before any coding takes place, and this book introduces you to the agile development process, explaining why this method makes so much sense for web projects and how best to implement it. Planning is vital, so you’ll also learn how to use techniques such as brainstorming, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to get your project off to the best possible start and help ensure smooth progress as it develops.

An understanding of correct, semantic markup is essential to any web professional, so this book explains how XHTML should be used to structure content so that the markup adheres to current web standards. You’ll learn about the wide range of HTML elements available to you, and you’ll learn how and when to use them through building example web pages.

Once listed in the “nice to have” sections of job postings, these days the knowledge of JavaScript is a deciding factor when it comes to hiring web developers. And rightly so. Where in the past we used to have the occasional few lines of JavaScript embedded in a web page, now we have advanced libraries and extensible architectures, powering the “fat-client”, AJAX-type rich internet applications.

JavaScript is the language of the browser, but it’s also heavily employed in many other environments: server-side programming, desktop applications, application extensions and widgets. It’s a pretty good deal: you learn one language and then code all kinds of different applications. While this book has one chapter specifically dedicated to the web browser environment including DOM, events, and AJAX tutorials, the rest is applicable to all the other environments too.

SQL Server 2008 is a first–rate database management system. It offers more capability than any previous release of SQL Server. More than just a classic relational database management system, SQL Server 2008 includes exciting and powerful features that make it useful for everything from large corporate data warehouses to ad hoc departmental databases. You’ll find enhanced support for XML, new support for spatial data, transparent data encryption, a policy–based management system, and more.

Author and developer Robin Dewson will show you the way from beginner to SQL Server 2008 professional. Learn to install SQL Server 2008 and navigate around Management Studio before getting right to the heart of mastering fundamental SQL Server 2008 tasks: creating tables, storing data, securing data, and retrieving it again. Dewson ensures you’ll be fully prepared to use all the basics and create a solid foundation for your own projects.

Offering a structured approach to handling and recovering from a catastrophic data loss, this book will help both technical and non-technical professionals put effective processes in place to secure their business-critical information and provide a roadmap of the appropriate recovery and notification steps when calamity strikes.

*Addresses a very topical subject of great concern to security, general IT and business management
*Provides a step-by-step approach to managing the consequences of and recovering from the loss of sensitive data.
*Gathers in a single place all information about this critical issue, including legal, public relations and regulatory issues

Android Essentials is a no–frills, no–nonsense, code–centric run through the guts of application development on Google’s Mobile OS. This book uses the development of a sample application to work through topics, focusing on giving developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work. Covering the entirety of the Android catalog in less than 150 pages is simply impossible. Instead, this book focuses on just four main topics: the application life cycle and OS integration, user interface, location–based services, and networking.

* Thorough, complete, and useful work on the nuts and bolts of applicatio development in Android
* Example driven and practically minded
* A tool for hobbyists and professionals who want to create production–quality applications

The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Apache Web server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting. The problem is, you’re not really up to speed. Maybe it’s been a while since you installed all three of these technologies. Perhaps you’ve never used Apache, MySQL, and PHP together. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we’ve got a solution for you - Apache, MySQL, and PHP Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you’ll be able to dive right in and begin building dynamic, data-driven sites on either Windows or Linux with all three integrated technologies.