As software complexity continues to increase, more emphasis is being placed on proper build
practices. Previously (before .NET 2.0) the build process for .NET applications was mostly a
black box. Now this process has been completely externalized in the Microsoft Build Engine,
MSBuild. MSBuild allows you to take control over every aspect of the build process. Since the
release of MSBuild, there has been a need for a defi nitive reference. Inside the Microsoft Build
Engine is that defi nitive reference! We have been working for over a year on this book, and
the MSBuild team has been involved right from the beginning.
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Inside the Microsoft Build Engine
Data-driven development focuses on storing application structures in a database and deriving
application functionality from the data structure itself, though few applications are entirely data-driven.
A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) system is one such type of application. Users of a
LIMS system need to create definitions for various data elements they require in the process of
laboratory research. It is, in effect, a scaled-down version of the Visual Studio IDE. You must dynamically
generate data tables and drag and drop controls on a form. Each of the data elements may require data
validation that’s written in C# or VB.NET source code and compiled at runtime to check the data and
provide feedback to those performing data entry to the system.
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Dynamic .NET 4.0 – Applications Data Driven Programming for .NET Framework
SERVER CONTROLS ARE AN INTEGRAL aspect of every ASP.NET application we build. They encapsulate browser appearance and server functionality in a reusable object. They can be used across multiple pages within a single ASP.NET application and across multiple ASP.NET applications. ASP.NET comes with a lot of prebuilt server controls. We have simple controls such as the label, and we have complex controls such as the GridView. We can also create our own server controls to meet a need not met by one of the existing controls by inheriting from the appropriate base class and overriding its methods as needed.
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Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls for .NET Framework v3.5
SEARCH HAS BECOME INTEGRATED INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY. With more than 12 billion
searches being performed each month as of January 2009 (according to comScore),
approximately 400 million web searches are performed every day. This means that on average
more than 4,500 searches are performed every single second of every day.
As Google owns approximately 65% of the search market share, Google’s search technology
handles more than 2,900 searches per second.
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The Art of SEO
The ASP.NET MVC Framework was a vision of Scott Guthrie in early 2007. With a prototype demonstration in late 2007 as well as a key hire of Phil Haack as the Senior Program Manager of the feature team, Scott made the vision a reality. At a time when the .NET community was becoming frustrated that other platforms had great MVC frameworks like Tapestry, Rails, and so on, Web Forms was losing favor as developers struggled to make it do things previously unimagined when it became public in 2001.
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ASP .NET – MVC in Action
This book is a full and complete introduction to VMware Infrastructure 3. It
provides you with all the information you need to design and install a virtual
infrastructure. VMware Infrastructure 3 For Dummies explains the components
in VMware Infrastructure 3. In addition, planning, designing, installing, and
configuring your first VI3 environment is covered. Using VI3 requires you to
understand a lot of information, which isn’t difficult when you break it into its
most basic parts.
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VMware Infrastructure 3 For Dummies
Despite this book being titled Oracle 11g For Dummies, we focus on thetenets of Oracle database administration. Not only do we cover many of thefeatures released with the 11g version of the database, but also cover thefundamental building blocks. Many of these concepts and techniques applyto past versions of the Oracle and almost certainly future releases.
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Oracle 11g For Dummies
Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you eight different quickreference guides in a single book. Taken together, these eight minibooks provide detailed information on installing, configuring, and using Linux. What you’ll like most about this book is that you don’t have to read it sequentially chapter by chapter, or for that matter, even the sections in a chapter. You can pretty much turn to the topic you want and quickly get the answer to your pressing questions about Linux, be it about using the OpenOffice.org word processor or setting up the Apache Web server. Here are some of the things you can do with this book:
Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you eight different quickreferenceguides in a single book. Taken together, these eight minibooksprovide detailed information on installing, configuring, and using Linux.What you’ll like most about this book is that you don’t have to read itsequentially chapter by chapter, or for that matter, even the sections in achapter. You can pretty much turn to the topic you want and quickly get theanswer to your pressing questions about Linux, be it about using theOpenOffice.org word processor or setting up the Apache Web server.
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Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 3rd Edition
LINQ For Dummies is your gateway to a new world — one in which you can
ask questions (programmatically) of literally anything. This book starts with
the basics. You need to discover the LINQ basics before you can begin pulling
information from Active Directory, but LINQ is so small compared to
many technologies that the basics require only a few pages. Most of this book
is about getting serious work accomplished.
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LINQ For Dummies
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