When developers build software, they’re able to keep track of all the different versions and all the components they use with software configuration management (SCM) systems. One of the more popular SCM products is Perforce.

Authored by Perforce’s own VP of product technology, Practical Perforce is the ideal complement to the existing product manual, focusing less on the ‘how” and more on the “why” and “when.” The book is not only a helpful introduction to Perforce, it’s an enlightening resource for those already familiar with this versatile SCM product. Whether you’re a programmer, product manager, or build engineer, you stand to benefit from the many insider tips and ideas presented in this convenient guide.

Practical Perforce is divided into two main parts. Part I offers a whirlwind technical tour, complete with careful descriptions of basic and advanced Perforce commands designed to give you a baseline knowledge. Part II describes the big picture-using Perforce in a collaborative software development. It outlines recommended best practices and quickly shows how to implement them with the Perforce operations introduced in Part I. Throughout the book, you’ll learn how to maximize Perforce so it completes tasks like these in the most efficient manner possible:

* Keep track of changes as you conduct concurrent parallel work on files
* Log activity
* Generate reports on who did what when
* Compare, merge and branch files
* Store files and file configurations
* Restore lost bug fixes

Recognizing the pitfalls and practices of an SCM system like Perforce is absolutely essential to producing good software. Now, with Practical Perforce, you have the edge you need to ensure success.

Prefactoring approaches software development of new systems using lessons learned from many developers over the years. It is a compendium of ideas gained from retrospectives on what went right and what went wrong in development. Some of these ideas came from experience in refactoring. This practical, thought-provoking guide details prefactoring guidelines in design, code, and testing. These guidelines can help you create more readable and maintainable code in your next project.

By: Philipp Lenssen
Publisher: Lulu Press (May 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 1411693418


You probably use Google everyday, but do you know… the Google Snake Game? Googledromes? Memecodes? Googlesport? The Google Calculator? Googlepark and Google Weddings? Google hacking, fighting and rhyming? In this book, you’ll find Google-related games, oddities, cartoons, tips, stories and everything else that’s fun. Reading it, you won’t be the same searcher as before! No programming skills needed.

By: Bennet P. Lientz, Lee Larssen
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Language: English
ISBN: 0750678259

Many IT projects fail to deliver the benefits to the business that were promised. Yet IT managers and staff work hard to meet the needs of the business: Systems are put in place; network operations are reliable and stable. The cause is usually a misalignment of IT with the business. In this book, Bennet Lientz and Lee Larssen present over 200 specific, practical guidelines and steps that show how to: align IT and the business, develop methods that make IT more proactive in helping the business, more effectively manage vendors, avoid negative surprises, ensure that more projects are completed on time and within budget, among other things. The techniques in this book have been implemented in over 60 organizations around the world and in over 20 different industries, and the authors include several examples in each chapter to illustrate their points. Follow these proven recommendations to manage IT as a business that adds value to the company.

Put your phone system on your computer network and see the savings

See how to get started with VoIP, how it works, and why it saves you money

VoIP is techspeak for “voice over Internet protocol,” but it could spell “saving big bucks” for your business! Here’s where to get the scoop in plain English. Find out how VoIP can save you money, how voice communication travels online, and how to choose the best way to integrate your phone system with your network at home or at the office.

Discover how to:

* Use VoIP for your business or home phone service
* Choose the best network type
* Set up VoIP on a wireless network
* Understand transports and services
* Demonstrate VoIP’s advantages to management

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CLASSIC-REVISED AND EXPANDED Now Includes Downloadable Forms and Worksheets Projects are becoming the heart of business. This comprehensive revision of the bestselling guide to project management explains the processes, practices, and management techniques you need to implement a successful project culture within your team and enterprise. Visualizing Project Management simplifies the challenge of managing complex projects with powerful, visual models that have been adopted by more than 100 leading government and private organizations. In this new Third Edition, the authors-leading thinkers and practitioners in the field-keep you on the cutting edge with a sophisticated approach that integrates project management, systems engineering, and process improvement. This advanced content can help take your career and your organization well beyond the fundamentals. New, downloadable forms, templates, and worksheets make it easy to implement powerful project techniques and tools. Includes references to the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge and the INCOSE Handbook to help you pass: The Project Management Professional Certification Exam The INCOSE Systems Engineer Certification Exam (CSEP) “”I recommend this book to all those who aspire to project management [and] those who must supervise it.”" Norman R. Augustine, former chairman and CEO Lockheed Martin Corporation

The only IT guide you need

You’re busy-very busy. You need reliable, practical answers to your IT questions, and you need them now. The Vest Pocket Guide to Information Technology, Second Edition is a handy pocket problem-solver designed to provide you with the quickest route to a solution. Practical, reader-friendly, and thoroughly illustrated, this updated handbook provides complete guidance for the complex, ever-changing world of IT to help you quickly pinpoint what you need to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it.

An integrated study system based on proven instructional methodology, this book and CD package will be the key exam prep tool for system administrators looking to get certified on the new version of Solaris — the leading UNIX operating system. The book covers both of the exams required for this Sun certification and features complete details on all exam objectives, 250+ practice questions, step-by-step exercises, on-the-job elements, and chapter self-tests including one case study-based lab question per chapter. The CD contains MasterExam software with hundreds of questions, a Searchable electronic book, and a bonus practice exam (with free online registration).

Since the publication of the first edition the topic of mixed modelling has seen many developments, particularly regarding software and applications. There are now many more software options for applying mixed model methodology, and SAS has been updated to include powerful new techniques. Applications of mixed models have increased, notably in the areas of health research and epidemiology.

This new edition presents:

* Presents an overview of the theory of mixed models applied to problems in medical research
* Fully updated to include up-to-date references and developments.
Computer examples updated to the latest edition of SAS, and now includes more discussion of other software options
* Includes many more examples using real data, including examples from health research and epidemiology
* Includes a new section on missing data, and a serious update of the material on repeated measures
* Supported by a Website featuring computer code, data sets, and further material

You’ve read the tutorials and watched the online videos. You have a strong grasp of all of the ingredients that make up a successful Rails application. But ingredients don’t just turn themselves into a meal. Chad Fowler’s Rails Recipes is a collection of recipes that will take you step by step through the most cutting edge, modern Rails techniques, mixing the ingredients to create world-class web applications. Learn how to do it, and how to do it right.